The Viltrumite War is over and the Invincible family have returned to earth. It's been about a year since they left and there have been some major changes. Atom Eve went into retirement as a superhero and gained more than just a little perspective. Mark's mom is now single again and Cecil has mellowed slightly. Also Robot (now going by Rex) returned with Monster Girl from another dimension, secretly bearing some scars from their lengthy time away. (This all took place in volume 14 but if you blink you miss it, as their disappearance from earth only took up two panels.)
The time away from earth has also changed Invincible. He's gotten a little older and a little wiser and now seeks to right some of the errors he made while learning the ropes of being a superhero. But when his new perspective causes a major city to be wiped from the face of the earth, Mark has a crisis of conscience that may put him on the wrong side of the law and Cecil's army of undead Invincibles (made from the Parallel Earth episode some issues back.)
This was an entirely different volume than the last one. Not so much carnage as with the Viltrumites but that doesn't mean this volume was short on action. For instance, Invincible rehabilitates a warrior alien princess, puts a fledgling super villain on the right path, and becomes the head of the household when his mom decides to explore COP space with his dad.
This isn't my favorite volume, but it certainly isn't an indication of a lack of quality on the part of the creative team of Kirkman and Otterly. I just seem to like it when the pages run red with blood. Well, there was one thing that did bug me. There were several events that took place on earth that are referenced by a book that I've not heard of.
Sadly, I don't have the book in front of me at the time of this review as I've already turned it in at the library. But I couldn't find this book listed in the back of the book which lists other works by Kirkman nor can I find it on stashmycomics.com. Regardless, those events which involve experiments within the CIA, destruction of France, and other superhero events with the Global Guardians were things that are totally foreign to me and made for some uneven reading.
Worth Consuming!
Rating: 8 out of 10 stars.
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