Irredeemable #5

I will admit than when this book started I was not exactly blown away. The first few issues felt very been there, done that as we watch yet another twisted analogue of everybody’s favorite Man of Steel run amuck. Sure it was well written and well drawn but I couldn’t help but long for a continuation of Waid’s far superior villain driven series Empire in place of this book. Well five issues in and I find that Irredeemable has managed to turn my opinion around. Don’t get me wrong. It’s still not as good as Empire was but for good nasty driven fun (as opposed to say the Boys which is bad nasty driven pointlessness by way of Ennis retreading himself) you could do a lot worse. I also like the fact that there are subplots beginning to pop up that point to this book having more than just “Look Ma its Evil Superman” driving it in the future. I do not want to spoil the fun so I will just say that I found the last page twist a nice, if admittedly obvious, one. This book is the poster child for why you should give a book from a good creative team a few issues to find its footing. At 99 cents how can this book be anything but:

Recommended.