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Irredeemable Ant-Man #1-2
El incorregible Hombre Hormiga: Integral
Contiene The Irredeemable Ant-Man 1-12 y material de Civil War: Choosing Sides USA.
¡La presentación del peor superhéroe del mundo! El Universo Marvel tiene problemas después de que un agente de SHIELD se haga con el nuevo traje del Hombre Hormiga. No te creas que él querrá utilizarlo para ayudar a otras personas... ¡Su único afán es pasarlo lo mejor que pueda! Le gusta engañar a la gente, mirar a escondidas a Carol Danvers mientras se ducha y jugar a la Wii. Es el nuevo Hombre Hormiga, un “héroe” para un nuevo mundo. Robert Kirkman, el genial autor detrás del fenómeno mundial de The Walking Dead, pasa por La Casa de las Ideas para reinterpretar a su manera un mito de siempre.
Autores: Robert Kirkman y Phil Hester
¡La presentación del peor superhéroe del mundo! El Universo Marvel tiene problemas después de que un agente de SHIELD se haga con el nuevo traje del Hombre Hormiga. No te creas que él querrá utilizarlo para ayudar a otras personas... ¡Su único afán es pasarlo lo mejor que pueda! Le gusta engañar a la gente, mirar a escondidas a Carol Danvers mientras se ducha y jugar a la Wii. Es el nuevo Hombre Hormiga, un “héroe” para un nuevo mundo. Robert Kirkman, el genial autor detrás del fenómeno mundial de The Walking Dead, pasa por La Casa de las Ideas para reinterpretar a su manera un mito de siempre.
Autores: Robert Kirkman y Phil Hester
288 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
About the author
Robert Kirkman
2,646 books7,177 followersRobert 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.
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.
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November 18, 2012
**
Lots of fun to read. A douche-bag with an exo-suit who looks after his own interests is a nice change of pace. Robert Kirkman had a great run with this series, and he gives his characters great lines and puts them in interesting situations, and Hester (who drew all but 2 issues of this series) captures the facial expressions perfectly. Corey Walker (who collaborates with Kirkman on Invincible ) provides the art for issues 7 & 8. This is a very funny book, and one that explores - and questions - our pre-conceptions of heroes and accepted/expected "heroic" behaviour. Very risky, very ballsy. I wish I had more books
** Addendum (18th of June 2013) :
I like that its story takes place behind-the-scenes of other Marvel series/events (Wolverine: Enemy Of The State, Civil War, World War Hulk) and how Ant-Man is involved in them. Two of my favourite moments are...
(1) when Eric O'Grady (a low-level SHIELD agent & the guy who ends up being Ant-Man) and his friend are guarding the door to a lab, and they're not sure if they're supposed to keep people out or keep people in. Then the door opens and as Hank Pym is walking out of the lab, Eric knocks him out by whacking him in the face with the butt of his rifle (in issue 1). And...
(2) when Ant-Man (who wants to hide from SHIELD, who are on his tail) sneaks into a woman's purse (while ant-sized, naturally) and lets himself be carried back to her place of residence. Turns out this lady is none other than Carol Danvers, the Avengers' own Ms. Marvel. When he thinks it's safe and finally gets out of the purse, he hears the distinct sound of a shower running, so he gets on top of the showerhead and gets a good eyeful of Ms.Marvel in the shower (in issue 7).
The way Kirkman writes these funny scenes, coupled with the way Walker & Hester render them, you cannot help but laugh out loud.
**Disclaimer: My endorsement DOES NOT guarantee YOUR OWN enjoyment of this book!**
December 28, 2012
The first half of this was a blast. I'd encountered Eric O'Grady as Ant-Man in Thunderbolts during the Civil War/Dark Avengers era, and wondered where he'd come from. I found hi interesting then, and moreso now that I see just how scuzzy his origin story really is. This is real fun, seeing a "hero" who definitely makes all the *wrong* moral choices.
O'Grady could in fact be the quintessential Marvel hero - broken, grapples with lots of compromised choices that never have a perfect answer, has secret identity issues, has a hard time making all those around him happy all at once, and has a lot of sotto voce monologues. Well, maybe not *all* the qualities of the character - all the juvenile fantasies of power, sneaking in on people, getting your way the easy way, and passive-aggressively screwing with authority? Yes, these might instead be Kirkman (one of the "rebels" who fled Marvel to form Image under the maturity of others, and many of whose comics have been at best just plodding teenage fantasy relics) in his natural voice.
Somehow this feels like a perfect vehicle for Kirkman's talents - lots of expository dialogue, repeating scenes over and over, not terribly imaginative ways of resolving conflicts. Ad yet, with this dumb bastard of a character occupying the spotlight, these "quirks" work. I don't find myself arrested in the middle of a page thinking, "is this the best Kirkman could come up with?" Instead I think, "Wow that O'Grady is sure stupid" or "what a turd O'Grady is".
I mean, not one but two "peeping on women showering" scenes in this series? That veers from funny to juvenile to just plain creepy in a hurry. Then we get O'Grady in ant-size, riding along on Ms. Marvel's belt sash, staring at her ass in the skin-tight swimsuit/costume, thinking to himself, "I wonder what I'll miss most about this woman?" Now we're creeping towards exploitative and sleazy, and I can't help but think of Kirkman and Walker sitting together under a stairwell, giggling over a dog-eared copy of Playboy magazine and making dick jokes.
Oh jesus, did he just do a half-page illustration of Ant-Man punching the Black Fox in the nuts? When exactly did Kirkman decide to make this a Kevin Smith joint?
From then on it varies from momentarily funny to soap-opera dramatic to hitting-us-over-the-head dramatic - Eric feels bad for getting the girl pissed off at him, Eric avoidantly lies about his shady past, Eric continues to dodge responsibility for everything. It's almost as hard to take this constant stream of depressing-personality-displays as it is to take the constant, repetitive, depressing storylines in the Walking Dead.
Sadly, when the final climactic confrontation occurs, it's a lot of blather-blather talking - far too much exposition, which just proves to me that Kirkman either (a) never takes advice from an editor or (b) only blunders into good action scenes by accident and otherwise just rationalises his way out of every conflict. [Not too much unlike my own tactics, which doesn't much help my appreciation of this.]
Frankly I'm glad Kirkman is off Ant-Man and other writers can take a shot at developing a pseudo-adult out of him. It would be a tragedy to leave a character with do much potential in such ham hands.
O'Grady could in fact be the quintessential Marvel hero - broken, grapples with lots of compromised choices that never have a perfect answer, has secret identity issues, has a hard time making all those around him happy all at once, and has a lot of sotto voce monologues. Well, maybe not *all* the qualities of the character - all the juvenile fantasies of power, sneaking in on people, getting your way the easy way, and passive-aggressively screwing with authority? Yes, these might instead be Kirkman (one of the "rebels" who fled Marvel to form Image under the maturity of others, and many of whose comics have been at best just plodding teenage fantasy relics) in his natural voice.
Somehow this feels like a perfect vehicle for Kirkman's talents - lots of expository dialogue, repeating scenes over and over, not terribly imaginative ways of resolving conflicts. Ad yet, with this dumb bastard of a character occupying the spotlight, these "quirks" work. I don't find myself arrested in the middle of a page thinking, "is this the best Kirkman could come up with?" Instead I think, "Wow that O'Grady is sure stupid" or "what a turd O'Grady is".
I mean, not one but two "peeping on women showering" scenes in this series? That veers from funny to juvenile to just plain creepy in a hurry. Then we get O'Grady in ant-size, riding along on Ms. Marvel's belt sash, staring at her ass in the skin-tight swimsuit/costume, thinking to himself, "I wonder what I'll miss most about this woman?" Now we're creeping towards exploitative and sleazy, and I can't help but think of Kirkman and Walker sitting together under a stairwell, giggling over a dog-eared copy of Playboy magazine and making dick jokes.
Oh jesus, did he just do a half-page illustration of Ant-Man punching the Black Fox in the nuts? When exactly did Kirkman decide to make this a Kevin Smith joint?
From then on it varies from momentarily funny to soap-opera dramatic to hitting-us-over-the-head dramatic - Eric feels bad for getting the girl pissed off at him, Eric avoidantly lies about his shady past, Eric continues to dodge responsibility for everything. It's almost as hard to take this constant stream of depressing-personality-displays as it is to take the constant, repetitive, depressing storylines in the Walking Dead.
Sadly, when the final climactic confrontation occurs, it's a lot of blather-blather talking - far too much exposition, which just proves to me that Kirkman either (a) never takes advice from an editor or (b) only blunders into good action scenes by accident and otherwise just rationalises his way out of every conflict. [Not too much unlike my own tactics, which doesn't much help my appreciation of this.]
Frankly I'm glad Kirkman is off Ant-Man and other writers can take a shot at developing a pseudo-adult out of him. It would be a tragedy to leave a character with do much potential in such ham hands.
February 12, 2013
The Irredeemable Ant-Man tackles an interesting question: what if a bad person became a superhero? Most of the common superheroes are shiny posterboys of goodness and all are at least mostly good. The protagonist, Eric O'Grady gets hold of an ant-suit and starts using it to gain personal gain. He's just got to be the least likable superhero ever and that's what makes his character so great. Following a superhero who's incredibly cruel and selfish and a pathological liar is most fun I've had in some time reading a comic book. Kirkman's writing is every bit as solid as in Invincble or The Walking Dead. Also after enjoying this comic so much I'm actually beginning to have some expectations from the upcoming movie Hancock since it tackles a very similar issue. On the other hand it's a shame this comic got cancelled so early on but then again at least now it didn't run out of ideas and the character still lives. I'm just gonna have to check out The Initiative.
Recommendable reading for anyone.
Recommendable reading for anyone.
August 19, 2018
I read the pre-super hero saga of Ant-man as well as they early super hero stuff in real time. Loved Ant-Man/Giant-man stuff from day one. When they turned him into a creep I basically quit liking the guy though I read the comics into the 1970s that he appeared in. Some jerk is Ant-man? Meh. A few moments of brilliance with a lot of aggravation. It seemed like Guy Gardner in an Ant-man costume except Gardner had a little more class [not much, but a little]. This is what we are left with when they ruin a good character [though I did enjoy the Marvel Zombies character as he reminded me of what Pym started as and could have been... if he wasn't a zombie, that is.
October 2, 2015
The more I think about this book the more offensive I find it. It's basically a really badly written story about an Average Joe jerk. Guys like him are annoying enough in real life - why they get to see themselves successfully become super powered dumb selfish jerks is beyond me!
January 21, 2015
I read this in order to be caught up on the mythos for the new movie, only to be simultaneously amused by how crappy a person he is and annoyed that this isn't even the right Ant-Man. It's the third incarnation, not the second. I don't even know who the second really is or why he's no longer around. Did see Pym though.
So, taking this on its own merits, we're dragged through the moral and creeptastic sludge that is Eric O'Grady. Only the super tiny smudge of hope waits for us at the end of this set. He may not be killing people left and right or able to orchestrate grand evil events while appearing to be good, but he's no less an antihero. Really, he's just filth that's pretty good at lying.
Let's face it, if there were any better choices, ANYONE would have been a better choice as Ant-Man.
Unfortunately for us, Earth is extremely short on good superheroes.
So, taking this on its own merits, we're dragged through the moral and creeptastic sludge that is Eric O'Grady. Only the super tiny smudge of hope waits for us at the end of this set. He may not be killing people left and right or able to orchestrate grand evil events while appearing to be good, but he's no less an antihero. Really, he's just filth that's pretty good at lying.
Let's face it, if there were any better choices, ANYONE would have been a better choice as Ant-Man.
Unfortunately for us, Earth is extremely short on good superheroes.
May 10, 2013
I get how Eric O'Grady is supposed to be an anti-hero, so we're not really meant to like him, but there's still a way to do that that's enjoyable to read. Punisher is a straight up murderer, but his comics are still good (cause he kills the worst kind of people).
Maybe it's just a taste thing, but I didn't enjoy this. It got a bit better when he started interacting with other superheroes (and I think the character in general works better in team books like Secret Avengers and the Initiative, when he has other characters to play off).
But I don't want to read a super hero comic were the main character is perving on women in showers and then leaving them with bastard children. And this got released in an all-ages format. Which I think is a little insane. It's not for me.
Maybe it's just a taste thing, but I didn't enjoy this. It got a bit better when he started interacting with other superheroes (and I think the character in general works better in team books like Secret Avengers and the Initiative, when he has other characters to play off).
But I don't want to read a super hero comic were the main character is perving on women in showers and then leaving them with bastard children. And this got released in an all-ages format. Which I think is a little insane. It's not for me.
April 15, 2014
There are anti-heroes and then there’s Eric O'Grady. While a character like the Punisher or Wolverine sometimes uses deplorable means to get a job done O’Grady is actually pretty ok at the superhero stuff but is a huge jerk in his personal life. The “Ant Man” characters in the past never interested me much but Robert Kirkman (of Walking Dead fame) does such a great job with grafting the “guy you love to hate” motif on top of the miniature hero concept that it makes this book a winner. I'm sad that it only lasted 12 issues, but the book is structured with a satisfying ending nonetheless.
October 30, 2011
Okay, most unlikeable protagonist EVER, and I've read Twilight. The story was pretty dull for the first half, although it did improve later -- the new characters introduced were boring, though, and like I said: the main guy was a douchebag. A really big one. And not in the endearing Tony Stark way, either.
Oh my god, I wrote an actual review! What is this, mardi gras?
Oh my god, I wrote an actual review! What is this, mardi gras?
November 4, 2013
One of the last great things Kirkman got to do at Marvel, and it's a fun ride. The latest Ant-Man suit falls into the hands of a scumbag and he does the most scumbag-y things with it. The series didn't last long and much of it gets ignored as other writers passed O'Grady around, but it's still the most memorable adventures in the character's history.
November 11, 2014
the whole book was a fun read, it never took itself too seriously. but there is a wonderful amount of soul underpinning the book that gives it a depth you that surprised me having only known the character from a few thunderbolt issues. there is always something to make you smile in a issue and often laugh your socks off so it makes a nice break from dark and gritty. only wish there had been more.
March 29, 2021
A new ish hero/villain ?
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April 28, 2021
If it would call this book in one word, it would be ,,Unrefined". We have young Kirkman work here, when both Walking Dead and Invincible, didn't started out, but they weren't as popular as they were after founding Skybound. Eric is a asshole. From start to finish, he lies cheats, and even frames people, sometimes he get's a little grounding, but sadly I just felt kinda whatever. Dialogue is very wordy, like a lot of the conversations could be trimmed down. There's also a lot of jokes, and most of them stick, others are kinda creepy. Most fun I had actually looking at references for the broader Marvel Universe, like story begins when Wolverine was brainwashed by Hydra during Enemy of the State storyline, or the Initiative, Eric joins Damage Control and fights with Hulk during WWH! It's funny since Kirkman scorned at these events. Artwork is pretty good for the most part, Phil Hester is a Pro.
April 9, 2024
I rate this basically a 2.8
Eric O'Grady is such a despicable character in this collection. I had to wait till issue 12 (the final issue) to even remotely like him. It was hard to read because of his attitude and his lack of decency.
I am not sure this is a book for many Marvel fans. Also, I am sorry to admit this, but Kirkman--the writer-- has never been my favorite comic writer, but I am a huge Ant-Man fan so I picked this up.
There is redemption in the end of this collection and I have to read Avengers the Initiative to see more of Eric O'Grady to find out if he does become the hero worthy of the name Ant-Man.
Eric O'Grady is such a despicable character in this collection. I had to wait till issue 12 (the final issue) to even remotely like him. It was hard to read because of his attitude and his lack of decency.
I am not sure this is a book for many Marvel fans. Also, I am sorry to admit this, but Kirkman--the writer-- has never been my favorite comic writer, but I am a huge Ant-Man fan so I picked this up.
There is redemption in the end of this collection and I have to read Avengers the Initiative to see more of Eric O'Grady to find out if he does become the hero worthy of the name Ant-Man.
January 28, 2019
Kirkman's take on an Ant-Man that isn't so nice.
May 23, 2021
What if a scuzzy bad dude becomes a superhero. One of the best post-Civil War comics spinning out.
May 5, 2025
I'm not just in heaven... I am God.
Even before I had my recent stint to get into comics again people have been recommending Robert Kirkman's Irredeemable Ant-Man to me. Even after years of superhero fatigue made me disinterested in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I still always had a soft spot for the Ant-Man character and so I did owe it to myself to actually engage with some of the surely superior source material. When I realized that this was written by the same guy that did the original Marvel Zombies run that I enjoyed so much, I was even more down for it.
I do have to say though, this version of Ant-Man is a bit sobering and, despite the title, not quite what I expected. The main character who steals the Ant-Man suit from the original creator and exploits it for shitty things, is quite the asshole. And while that is very fun to a degree, I didn't find it interesting enough to fill this whole run. Kirkman's writing does succeed in bringing a relative depth to the superhero characters he focuses on, but the character did eventually begin to overstay its welcome to me and the ultimate growth was not as satisfying to leave me with the greatest impression.
It does help that he is surrounded by some more interesting characters like the post-superhero fight clean-up crew titled Damage Control.
Don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed this quite a lot but maybe there was a bit too much hype surrounding my finally getting to it and I believe the whole could have been tightened up a bit to a shorter run.
My true rating is more along the lines of 7/10.
November 14, 2013
Really. The worst superhero ever. Selfish, self centered, greedy, thieving, back stabbing and those are the good qualities. The thing is though, he grows. Yeah he pretty much is an arrogant selfish bastard through out the entire series. But that gets chiseled away a little all throughout the story. If there was more time, this cod have been a great book. Too bad it ended so soon.
October 2, 2015
La propuesta de Kirkman en cuanto a la actitud del personaje y su periplo transversal a grandes acontecimientos del Universo Marvel es interesante y entretiene, con dosis justas de drama y comedia.
Hester es un dibujante que no logra convencerme en algunos aspectos pero igualmente acompaña de manera correcta las intenciones del guionista.
Hester es un dibujante que no logra convencerme en algunos aspectos pero igualmente acompaña de manera correcta las intenciones del guionista.
August 12, 2017
Sabemos que Robert Kirkman es un gran guionista y que puede moverse en diferentes ambientes. En este cómic toma una visión muy gamberra de los superheroes, algo parecido a lo que puede hacer Millar pero sin ser tan exagerado. Esta claro que la pélicula de Mavel del hombre hormiga está muy basado en el tono de este comic y que este es el mejor hombre hormiga.
March 5, 2013
I finally scored the twelfth and concluding issue in the series collected in this book. Phil Hester's art attracted me, then I got caught by Kirkman's portrayal of a protagonist lacking all sense of responsibility.
Mildly recommended, if you like this, too.
Mildly recommended, if you like this, too.
January 24, 2015
Robert Kirkman with visual conspirator Phil Hester took the Ant Man story and twisted it wickedly and cleverly.
Imagine a rogue with the luck of the devil acquiring Ant Man's armour and used it for petty purposes.
Deliciously delightful.
Imagine a rogue with the luck of the devil acquiring Ant Man's armour and used it for petty purposes.
Deliciously delightful.
February 3, 2010
This amused me a lot and has some memorable moments. Plus, Ant-Man is a dick. I recommend!
August 27, 2012
Далеко не лучшая работа Киркмана, но в целом потраченного времени не жаль.
December 29, 2012
WHAT A DICK
January 8, 2015
Amusing and clever.
July 19, 2015
Funny, immature adventure with a perverted super-hero(?)
June 4, 2017
a great twist on ant-man neck !!!! ;D
January 23, 2014
How in the FUCK did this not end with him being shot in the face?!
April 1, 2017
Robert Kirkman writes excellent well deeply flawed and compromised characters, and Eric O'Grady is a lying, misogynist, cowardly piece of shit for a human being when we meet him and he never really gets any better. He does do a heroic act or two, but always manages to outpace them with acts of perversion or despicable selfishness. He's a thief and a womanizer who, when he finally has an attack of real human feelings, the reader will find that it's too late to care. This veers from amusing to train-wrecky, without ever being boring or bad, so I recommend spending time with this terrible, terrible Ant-Man. You will be disgusted and entertained.
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