Catching Up

Welp, I took my sweet time updating this. Better late than never though.

When I had the idea for this blog, a handful of topics and comic book related items came to mind. One was the Supergirl shorts debacle (if you can even call it that), and another was a recent issue of "Invincible".

"Invincible" is actually one of my favorite comic books. I'll let Wikipedia give you the synopsis:

Invincible is the teenaged son of Omni-Man, an extraterrestrial superhero of the Viltrumite race, recently revealed to be more than he seems. Invincible inherited his father’s superhuman strength and ability to fly and he has sworn to protect the Earth. He has had trouble adjusting to his newfound powers and coping with the reality of his origins. Invincible began in 2003, and was a debut title in Image's new superhero line, one reminiscent of the Golden and Silver Ages of comics, as opposed to the more modern and dark comics, such as Spawn and Savage Dragon, which Image is known for.

So yeah, mostly pretty standard superhero fare. The series has been going on for 6 years now, and has had TONS of twists and turns. Kirkman writes teenagers really well, and it makes for some compelling reading. He usually does really well with avoiding many superhero stereotypes, i.e. the busty girls, the totally ripped men. It's not to say that it's not there, it's just more subdued than many other books on the stands.

A recent issue has Invincible's girlfriend Eve almost killed. In fact, you think she's dead for an issue or two, and then she comes back, fully recovered, and actually stronger than ever. Along with her new strength comes two new changes. And I'm pretty sure that you can guess what they are.

You see, Eve can create new matter out of organic things around her. So when she got the crap beat out of her by a villain, she rebuilt her body. The panel at the top shows a bit of the dialogue between the two kids.

I read this long before I joined the WMNST class, before my paradigm had shifted, before my eyes were opened more to things around me, etc. But I still balked at the complete and total randomness and irrelevance that this change had. Kirkman never went for this blatant sexual stuff. Every once and awhile there's some innuendos, but nothing like this.

To me, it was definitely a step back for the series.