crookedtreehouse's review against another edition
2.0
It's somewhat remarkable how different Incorruptible is from its "parent title", [b:Irredeemable Premier Edition Volume One|27499801|Irredeemable Premier Edition Volume One|Mark Waid|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1448205479s/27499801.jpg|47537975]. While Irredeemable tells the story of a long-time superhero who seemingly cracks and becomes a genocidal supervillain, Incorruptible tells the story of a supervillain who was set to commit his own act of genocide when he sees The Plutonian (the rogue hero from Irredeemable) has started killing people, and decides he needs to become a superhero and stop The Plutonian.
It could have worked.
Instead, we are treated to a story where a guy who is still a complete scumbag is supposed to be seen as Trying To Be A Hero. Look at how he decides to stop sleeping with his underage partner-in-crime named Jailbait. He should get a cookie for that, right?
Everything about this comic is cheap and exploitative. It's difficult to believe it's written by the same person as Irredeemable. I mean, the main character of the book is Max Damage. With his partner, Jailbait. It sounds like some shitty, Howard Chaykin hackjob. I can't find any interviews where Waid says he's embarrassed to have produced this title, but he should be.
It gets two stars because [a:Jean Diaz|111462|Jean Diaz|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]'s art is far better than this story deserves.
I don't recommend it. But if I had to, I'd recommend it to people who still look forward to Frank Miller books, people who confuse "gritty" with "interesting", and people who stay in abusive relationships because they believe it will get better.
It could have worked.
Instead, we are treated to a story where a guy who is still a complete scumbag is supposed to be seen as Trying To Be A Hero. Look at how he decides to stop sleeping with his underage partner-in-crime named Jailbait. He should get a cookie for that, right?
Everything about this comic is cheap and exploitative. It's difficult to believe it's written by the same person as Irredeemable. I mean, the main character of the book is Max Damage. With his partner, Jailbait. It sounds like some shitty, Howard Chaykin hackjob. I can't find any interviews where Waid says he's embarrassed to have produced this title, but he should be.
It gets two stars because [a:Jean Diaz|111462|Jean Diaz|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]'s art is far better than this story deserves.
I don't recommend it. But if I had to, I'd recommend it to people who still look forward to Frank Miller books, people who confuse "gritty" with "interesting", and people who stay in abusive relationships because they believe it will get better.
saraha19's review against another edition
4.0
Love the idea of a superhero/supervillain swap. Can't wait to catch up on this series.
nnebeluk's review against another edition
2.0
An interesting concept - what happens when the world's biggest super villain goes straight - is launched in this book but it doesn't go very far. The majority of it is spent on past exposition instead of plot or character development and so it doesn't seem to have any momentum. We're just told to admire how odd this situation is for a 100 odd pages. That being said, the series does seem to offer some potential and I'll likely check out future volumes.
chwaters's review against another edition
3.0
What do you do when the world's greatest superhero turns bad and kills millions of people? If you're Max Damage, one of the most infamous villains, you decide that you're going to switch teams and play for the good guys. Naturally, not as easy as it might sound, but makes for a very entertaining comic book premise.
tin_squid's review against another edition
2.0
I really enjoy Mark Waid's writing, but this was kind of meh. There are a couple of similarly premised short stories in Masked which I thought were better.
charliemudd's review
4.0
The world's greatest supervillan turned hero because the world's greatest superhero turned villan. Also, there is a 16-year-old female sidekick named "Jailbait". But even with all that mess, this graphic novel works. Not sure if it can sustain, and I woud have given it a 3.5 if we had halvsies, but I will definitely read the next few volumes.
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