Irredeemable Vol. 4

By Mark Waid

A comic book industry event continues: Volume 4 of the new original ongoing superhero series from Mark Waid! IRREDEEMABLE dares to ask the question: what if the world's greatest hero decided to become the world's greates villain? A " twlilight of the superheroes "-style story that examines super-villains from the writer of KINGDOM COME and EMPIRE!

• Language: English
• Publisher: BOOM Studios
• Release date: Nov 20, 2013
• ISBN: 9781613980040

Mark Waid

Mark Waid is an American comic book writer known for his work on DC comics, notably Superman.

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Reviews for Irredeemable Vol. 4

[elizajane_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Reason for Reading: Next in the seriesThis volume contains Special Issue #1 and the next three issues of Irredeemable. The book starts with the Special which takes us back into the past giving us further background story to reveal three important persons in the coming future. We learn the whole story of "Hornet" the man who was burned with his family by Plutonian at the very beginning of the series, in Vol. 1. There is also a reveal here that will affect the future. We are introduced to a new character and shown how Max Damage and Jailbait became partners. Then it's back to the present where we once again take a look back at that fateful day that Plutonian went crazy. The rest of the story arc revolves around Bette Noir and her guilt of holding back her secret she revealed in the last issue. She's given a chance at finding redemption here as the Paradigm plan to finally take the Plutonian out, only to be betrayed by one of their own.A very exciting issue with lots of build-up to the final climactic battle. Bette's character is given the most exposure in this particular story arc which is not a happy one at all. Plutonian has surprisingly little page time, except to show up for the flashbacks and the closing battle. This volume has many surprises as there is not only a revisit with a dead character in the past but then a a couple of dead characters return to the present! There is also a loss for the Paradigm as one of their members looses their life. An action-filled issue with plenty of insight into both the background story and Bette's character. Things will not be the same for Paradigm when next we meet them, leaving one anxious for the next volume.

[rosa.mill · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A lot of this volume revolves around Bette and her feelings of responsibility for Plutonian's actions. We also get a look at those who will be responsible for Plutonian's eventual (hopefully) downfall and their origins. I liked seeing how Max Damage and Jailbait met, it was definitely interesting.

[questbird · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

To be fair to this book I didn't realise it was volume 4 of a series until I finished it. However, it made very little sense to me. Characters appeared from nowhere who had implicit connections to others. I didn't really understand what happened in the final showdown. The individual backstories were OK but the main plot was all over the place.

[meditationesmartini · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

This is where it all gets a bit twisted and sad. I'd been almost griped by this story up till this, which functions as a sort of miniclimax, where the first big push to eliminate the Plutonian fails. But all of a sudden it's all people behaving in unexpectedly venal and selfish ways (and I hope I'm not overestimating people, but) in the light of the end of the world, and the constant fear that somebody else will die horribly starts to grate. It makes the experience of reading this a good approximation of what it would feel like to live in conscious crippling jitters--"crippling jitters", or anxiety to the point of shutdown, sounds so much worse than simple terror, doesn't it?--as a result of being held hostage by an emotionally damaged superbeing. But I don't like that feeling and I get tired of comics thinking it's cool to just brutalize us all the time.