One more on comics that I love

Okay, okay, I promise the next one will be about something other than comic books. But this is one I had to put out there as well. This comic is called Irredeemable. I happened to hear about it when watching something about one of the conventions in Maryland. A great writer named Mark Waid is putting this one out on his label BOOM! comics. Essentially it is about a super hero who has more or less all the same abilities as Superman. Except in his case no one knows anything about him. Not where he comes from (or even if he's human or not), not his weaknesses, or even his secret identity. So the first issue starts out with this super hero running into his childrens room telling them and his wife they need to leave now. He doesn't get a chance to explain why other than that "he's" coming. Than in comes The Plutonian (our superman type of hero) who starts by killing off the hero, than all of his family with his heat vision, than whispers in his little girls ear, who is still alive at this point, "Want to know a secret honey? I'm a super hero." This is just the first 5 pages of the first issue. This one is not for kids for sure, but it is certainly for anyone who likes a deep and engrossing story. It has everything, mystery, action, romance, drama, even a little humor. Basically I explain this to people as being a what if superman was more mentally unstable and finally had enough of things. They are only one issue 7 or 8 at this point, and honestly I am hooked so hard. They haven't even totally explained why he went bad yet, and I don't even care. Read it. If you like comic books at all, read it. You won't be sorry.

One of my favorite comics of all time

Alright this is my first post, and honestly probably will not get read. But I thought I would do my first post on something that I truly am passionate about, comics. So the series I am going to talk about is called "Invincible". It is written by a wonderful writer named Robert Kirkman and has all the great aspects that all the old comic books had, and all the best parts that the new ones have. It has well written stories that pull you in and make you care about the characters, bright colors with heroes who are heroes, and villains who are true villains. The lines don't blur that much with this one as far as who are the good guys and who are the bad guys. At least that is the case at first. You have to read it to understand why that is though. Now it is pretty violent at times, and definitely knows how to push the envelope when it wants to. But it is still in good taste generally and it rarely moves away from being exactly what it started out as, a comic that anyone who likes super hero comics will enjoy. The best thing about this one is that just when you think you know where the plot is going there is a huge twist, especially in the first volume of it. I have yet to have met anyone who has read the first volume of this comic book and not wanted to immediately buy or borrow volume 2. So if you like a good strong story and a superman-esque hero than this one is for you. Honestly, even if you don't like Superman comic books, you'll probably like this one. A brief synopsis with no spoilers of the basic plot is it is about a boy who is born to a mother from Earth and a father who is from a planet called Viltrumite. The Viltrumites are strong, fast, can fly, and are almost entirely invulnerable. The older they get the stronger they get as well. The main character, Mark, finds out he inherited his fathers abilities and becomes a super hero just like his father. He names himself Invincible, his father is named Omni-Man. So far sounds pretty familiar right? Almost like superman came to Earth, and had a kid with Lois kind of story. It gets much better as it goes, and is full of plot twists, one of which has made almost every single best spoiler/plot twist list since the issue it was in came out. So read it, don't read anything else about it, just read the comic. Wizard ruined the twist for me by saying exactly what it was. So trust me, don't read anything else about it, just go find volume one, hardcover edition is the one I have, and read it. I promise once you start you won't put it down til you are done with it.