Invincible, Volume 5

Invincible (Definitive Edition) #5

by Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley (illustrator), Bill Crabtree (illustrator)

These all-new definitive softcover editions collect the entire INVINCIBLE comic book series from the very beginning, with stunning new covers from Cory Walker & Dave McCaig.

Mark is brought to another planet in order to save it. Is he their only hope? Or the source of the worst disaster to ever befall them?

Collects INVINCBLE #25-30

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Adult, Fiction

144 pages, Paperback

Published September 17, 2024

About the author

Robert Kirkman is an American comic book writer best known for his work on The Walking Dead, Invincible for Image Comics, as well as Ultimate X-Men and Marvel Zombies for Marvel Comics. He has also collaborated with Image Comics co-founder Todd McFarlane on the series Haunt. He is one of the five partners of Image Comics, and the only one of the five who was not one of the original co-founders of that publisher.

Robert Kirkman's first comic books were self-published under his own Funk-o-Tron label. Along with childhood friend Tony Moore, Kirkman created Battle Pope which was published in late 2001. Battle Pope ran for over 2 years along with other Funk-o-Tron published books such as InkPunks and Double Take.

In July of 2002, Robert's first work for another company began, with a 4-part SuperPatriot series for Image, along with Battle Pope backup story artist Cory Walker. Robert's creator-owned projects followed shortly thereafter, including Tech Jacket, Invincible and Walking Dead.

Reviews

[Urbon Adamsson]

EN An alien comes to Earth asking Mark for help to save his planet from an unknown threat. Without really knowing what awaits him, Mark doesn’t hesitate to leap into the unknown and assist this alien race.

I really enjoyed this volume. As the Invincible universe continues to take shape, it’s becoming increasingly interesting.

The Mauler Twins show up here and there, but they don’t strike me as particularly compelling villains. Still, we’ll see what they have in store for us.

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PT Um extraterrestre chega à Terra a pedir a ajuda de Mark para salvar o seu planeta de uma ameaça desconhecida. Sem saber ao certo o que o espera, Mark não hesita em atirar-se para o desconhecido e ajudar esta raça alienígena.

Gostei bastante deste volume. À medida que o universo de Invincible vai tomando forma, começa também a tornar-se cada vez mais interessante.

Os Mauler Twins vão surgindo aqui e ali, mas não me parecem vilões particularmente cativantes. Ainda assim, veremos o que nos reservam no futuro.

[Andy Cantrell]

This is one of the best volumes so far. Sadly, there aren't any other offerings in this edition yet, so I will need to start the massive compendiums.

[Arran Reviews]

The story continues with Mark meeting up with his dad Nolan again. Some really good character moments in this volume and feels like it has told a strong arc. It’s a shame that I’ve now finished it and I have to wait even longer for the next edition.

[Matt Beardmore]

Over the Garden Wall's 20-issue run MASSIVELY killed my motivation to read, so we're back with Invincible to re-ignite that desire, and what a volume.
Again, the show adapts this better. The way the story is re-ordered fits the show, and the action in the show is so much more gripping. In fact, the action in the comic is continually a bit disappointing. The death of the Guardians in Volume 1, the fight for Thraxa in this volume, both very important fights for the plot, but in the comic, they feel very... minimal? There isn't much fighting at all, and the action is over very quickly.
But again, that is the only complaint I have. "The show does it better". And the comic is still very consistent; well written, well drawn and blocked, great pace, it's still a fantastic series

[Julian]

I think the break I took from this was very needed, but I was able to quickly remember what was going on. While the art is undeniably beautiful, the writing is the real star here.

Mark finally seeing Nolan again and seeing his new life, and the way that made Mark feel really hit for me. It’s the moment when you realize the person you loved and hurt you had the capacity to change, but when you see it happen away from you, it makes you think “Damn, why weren’t they able to be this way when they were around me?!” Wow.

So many amazing fleshed out characters, Mark’s mom being one of the ones whose arc I’d love to see be developed further.

[⋆˚࿔ kyara˚⋆]

cecil really needs to step up his game bc wdym he has sent mark to multiple battles thinking “it wouldn’t be that big of a deal” and then mark is on his death bed

also allen never gets a break fr

judging by the show, ik the thing with angstrom is gonna get dark fast… im looking forward to seeing more!!

i love how at the end all the guardians of the globe members’ origin stories were shown!!

[Jakub]

A solid set - some important developments for both characters and gritty action but in general seems more like a setup for future storylines (Viltrumites, clone boys). Still enjoying the art, still liking the action scenes.

[presidentpoppy]

comic so good I read the whole volume in one day

[Dbgirl]

I rarely give a book full stars, but this really hit me hard. It's funny, horrible, full of action and drama and unexpected occurrences and it looks nice. Not a single bad or boring moment.

[Douglas Yannaghas]

Best volume of this series so far. Moves at a whip-crack pace while allowing so much time and effort in its world building and character development.

[l_weng]

Really really good, I'm excited

[George]

decent

[Emma Hailey]

art was so much better, story (despite multiple jumps) was cohesive, we’ve got baby Oliver, cool fight scenes that didn’t look bad, things might be looking up

[Juha Soininen]

3.5 stars

[Zach Nair]

4.5/5

[Sir Bealor]

The best one until now. Its the first time seeing a real fight with the Viltrumites and maybe a real fight in general (the brutality was fun to read). And im glad to know more about Nolan!

[Marisol Puga]

Great volume. I love the insane amount of gore they draw when Viltrumites fight. Also, bb OLIVER 🥺❤️