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Irredeemable, Vol. 4 (2010)

by Mark Waid(Favorite Author)

3.94 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1608860299 (ISBN13: 9781608860296)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

BOOM! Studios

review 1: The potential good news is the Plutonian's sidekick appears to be OK. The bad news is the sidekick isn't really, since the Plutonian's greatest enemy, Luthor to his Superman, is possessing the body. Volume 4 goes from there, showing the Paradigm's escape from military custody, and backstory for the three characters the reader is told could stop the rampaging former hero. One is a reformed villain, soon to get his own series. One is the former teammate who can conjure ancient ghosts and legends. And the last is the Batman-like Hornet, who died in the first issue. As for the rest of the story, we start to see the various weaknesses of the team, the last moments of some guys who died before the series started while trying to stop the Plutonian's rampage in a school (the... more guy had no compunction about killing children when he went bad), as well as showing what may be the biggest weakness defacto Paradigm leader Qubit has, namely the idea that there is something in the Plutonian worth saving. Much of the problem seems to be the Plutonian wanted to be loved...unconditionally and completely. Since not everyone did...
review 2: Things are finally starting to come to a head in this Volume. Villains who were set up in previous volumes start to reveal how dangerous they truly are (instead of being pawns who never stood a chance against Plutonian) and The Paradigm finally confronts the Plutonian in an effort to kill him.Waid has done an excellent job of throwing in a little anarchy and making us second guess everything. When the series started out, it was The Paradigm, who stood little to no chance, united against the Plutonian, who could kill The Paradigm on a whim. Now, the Paradigm stands a good chance of defeated Plutonian, but they're not united, leaving Plutonian to be able to outlast and defeat them. Excellent volume overall. less

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