Invincible: The Ultimate Collection Volume 4 (INVINCIBLE ULTIMATE COLL HC)

Much like the other graphic novels the art work and story is great and with all of these books there is a brillant sketchbook part of the graphic novel at the end, with ideas and notes on certain character development. A must for all invincible fans.

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If you've read the earlier Invincible collections (and I doubt you're reading the 4th one if you haven't seen the earlier books) you'll enjoy this addition. The events within the book are entertaining and the meta-plot moves along well. This story avoids the annoying deus ex machina moment that marred my appreciation of book 3, although given the enemy Invincible was up against in #3 it's hard to think how else things could have been resolved.Given that Invincible is in a 5 book set as I type this, I'm hoping the authors finalise the story by the 7th collection at the latest. The most compelling of similar stories had an effective wrap-up point, the most obvious example being the Watchmen, and it would be a shame if this excellent collection became an ongoing "series". Currently the story is entertaining and the characters involved evolve effectively, let's hope the creators can take it that way - the multiverse character from collection 3 remains a worry and I hope they have a decent method of handling that beyond collection 5...

Kirkman's Invincible continues to prove itself as the best superhero story out there. This collection provides more of the amazing storylines and twists with it's perfect balance of action, drama and comedy.The story alone is worth 5 stars BUT I have only awarded 4 due to the book itself. The shiny covering of the book (once the dust jacket has been removed) is not as appealing to me as the previous matte, stitched covering of the previous. Also, the binding of the book is somewhat inadequate. It is too tight for the book to be held fully open comfortably without feeling your damaging it and it makes an unpleasant squeak when opened. I accept these may be seen as nitpicks to others, but it affected my reading experience, though only slightly. Like I said, the story itself is still amazing work and the art is as stunning as ever.

I've enjoyed this series so far, but have noticed a few times that Kirkman's characters are using 'gay' as a term of ridicule. Its frustrating, and really taking away from the enjoyment of the book.Only other thing I will say is that this is up there with the 60s comics in terms of vision and creativity. It doesn't stand alongside more coherent and challenging works such as those by Moore, Morrison, Vaughan, in terms of making self-contained original stories.