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.