Invaders Classic: The Complete Collection, Vol. 2

Invaders Classic: The Complete Collection

by Roy Thomas, Donald F. Glut, Frank Robbins (Illustrator)

Collects Invaders (1975) #23-41, Invaders (1993) #1-4, Giant-Size Invaders #2, What If? (1977) #4.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Superheroes, World War II, Historical Fiction

500 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2014

About the author

Roy Thomas was the FIRST Editor-in-Chief at Marvel--After Stan Lee stepped down from the position. Roy is a longtime comic book writer and editor. Thomas has written comics for Archie, Charlton, DC, Heroic Publishing, Marvel, and Topps over the years. Thomas currently edits the fanzine Alter Ego for Twomorrow's Publishing. He was Editor for Marvel comics from 1972-1974. He wrote for several titles at Marvel, such as Avengers, Thor, Invaders, Fantastic Four, X-Men, and notably Conan the Barbarian. Thomas is also known for his championing of Golden Age comic-book heroes — particularly the 1940s superhero team the Justice Society of America — and for lengthy writing stints on Marvel's X-Men and Avengers, and DC Comics' All-Star Squadron, among other titles.

Also a legendary creator. Creations include Wolverine, Carol Danvers, Ghost Rider, Vision, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Valkyrie, Morbius, Doc Samson, and Ultron. Roy has also worked for Archie, Charlton, and DC among others over the years.

Reviews

[Sean O · Rating 4 out of 5]

This volume of the Classic Invaders run includes a 1993 mini-series I never read before, as well as one of my favorite issues of "What If."

The only bad point about the collection is it doesn't have as much Frank Robbins art. Robbins is not your typical comic artist, but I thought he was perfect for those WW2 stories.

[Neerwon · Rating 3 out of 5]

This starts off strong but honestly once Frank Robbins leaves this book looses all of its charm. The stories after are okay at best and headache inducing at worst (Nazi Thor). Under Franks frantic pencil some of these stories might’ve landed better but everything just feels flat. The formation of the Kid Commandos, the inclusion of the 90’s Invaders series and the Robbins pencilled What If? Issue at the end were the highlights of this collection for me.

[Charles · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great fun but quality is down from the beginning of the run. Kudos for completeness including the "What If". Makes me want to read the spun off "Liberty Legion" series though I know it didn't end well.

[Stephen Snyder · Rating 5 out of 5]

Relive those thrilling World War II episodes of the Invaders plus a whole plethora of guess stars! This one you have to read!