Inhuman

Inhuman (Collected Editions) #1-3

by Charles Soule (Writer), Joe Madureira (Illustrator), Ryan Stegman (Illustrator)

Marvel's newest heroes are born! The Terrigen Mist spread worldwide, triggering latent genes and transforming normal people into Inhumans! But as the mysterious Lash takes an unwanted interest in the new Inhumans and the newly transformed Flint's world falls apart, Medusa finds herself ruling the Inhumans alone, her husband Black Bolt believed dead. When the Unspoken stages a coup, Flint and his fellow NuHumans must step up and embrace their destiny! Meanwhile, Black Bolt is alive and allied with his mad brother Maximus...but why? What is the Ennilux Corporation, and how does it affect the Inhumans' future?Collecting: Inhuman 1-14, Annual; material from Original Sins 3

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels Comics, Fiction

352 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2016

About the author

Charles Soule is a #1 New York Times-bestselling novelist, comics author, screenwriter, musician, and lapsed attorney. He has written some of the most prominent stories of the last decade for Marvel, DC and Lucasfilm in addition to his own work, such as his comics Curse Words, Letter 44 and Undiscovered Country, and his original novels Light of the Jedi, The Endless Vessel, The Oracle Year and Anyone. He lives in New York.

Reviews

[George Ilsley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Huge complicated backstories, with tie-ins to other franchises (the Avengers, Thor, Captain America and so on).

I picked my way through this fat volume, and was confused at times — but that is more or less to be expected with me. There are dangling plot threads that I wanted to see more of, and asterisks pointing to other issues providing more context (which I could have done without, since that only emphasized the notion that I was missing important information).

Much thematic overlap with mutants, and other tales of humans developing extraordinary powers. I guess there are only so many ways to mine the same material.

That said, this complex universe, peopled with quirky characters, was oddly compelling, and rating it in the context of such works — 4 supernatural stars.

[Petergiaquinta · Rating 2 out of 5]

Moar Lockjaw!

[Simone · Rating 2 out of 5]

La prima parte della run di Charles Soule sugli Inumani è appena passabile.

Se questa è la prima lettura in assoluto di una serie Marvel o degli Inumani, sicuramente il lettore la troverà godibile perché fatta di numerosi personaggi dai poteri bizzarri e stravaganti, sottotrame intriganti e colpi di scena ad effetto.
Però se il lettore in questione è già un navigato lettore della Casa Delle Idee - o, ancor meglio, degli X-Men - la run risulterà appena passabile, in quanto si presenta come la "fiera del già visto". Soule scrive gli Inumani come se volesse scrivere i mutanti e, quindi, nella sua gestione non fa altro che rivendere idee e concetti propri degli Uomini X. Il risultato, infatti, è abbastanza insipido.
Quanto meno, le tavole di Ryan Stegman e Pepe Larraz (quando ci sono) riscaldano il cuore. E anche un'apprezzabile scena di litigio tra Freccia Nera e Medusa (che però mi ha ricordato tantotantissimo lo scontro tra Ciclope e Tempesta per la leadership degli X-Men, ma vabbé).

Troveranno mai gli Inumani una voce che non sia quella presa in prestito da altri personaggi? Beh, finché il capo sarà muto Freccia Nera, ne dubito.
[battutaccia, ba-dum, tsss...]

[Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Now this is something special! This oversized hardcover is the opening volume in Charles Soule's big Inhumans saga - he spent four years on the title and he clearly put a lot of thoughts into it.

I loved it. I loved every page, every panel. I loved the old characters, Medusa has always been a favorite of mine, and I also loved the new characters that are introduced here. Esspecially Inferno and Iso, I loved them so much!

The plot is thick, there are many storylines, lots of things are happening at once. But all was done really, really well. Can't wait to see what we're getting next!

[Caitlyn G · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love picking up a marvel comic and finding out it connects to another comic I’ve read before, really completes the context

[Michael Tharp · Rating 5 out of 5]

Attlian now lies in the Center of the hudson river, in New York. Black Bolt is still missing, presumed dead, and the Terrigan cloud spreads across the planet creating inhumans. Queen Medusa has made a planetary decree, that Atillian is a sovereign nation, and will brook no interference from the US or the UN, as well as opening up Attilian to any newly transformed Inhuman (Nuhuman).
Here we learn the fate of Black Bolt and Karnak. and a bold new beginning for the Inhumans.

The Artwork by Joe Madueria, Ryan Stegman and others pops and enhances this epic tale about the return to prominence of one of Marvels strangest characters. No longer are the Inhumans isolated, but now a part of the Marvel universe like never before.

[Mitchell Friedman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Generally okay book. It would have been nice if it were particularly special. Or the characters became real people. But at this point, for the big books of Marvel, not bad is a start. It's just none of the Inhumans in Atillan matter. And the focus on Inhumans because of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a bit irritating. But this book does fill in the blanks of the ongoing story and isn't all stuff I've read elsewhere. And the writing and art is pretty good. 3.5 of 5.

[Anna Hepworth · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wanted to like this - a vast superhero type story with diversity of origins across many characters and a very strong main female character. Sadly, vast political fantasy is as boring in a modern superhero setting as it is in faux-feudal fantasy settings. Bits of the story are captivating, but there is just too much going on. Oh, and too much 'us v. them' as well.

[Brian · Rating 2 out of 5]

Never got into the inhumans, except the silent war arc. Poor man's x-men

[Francisco Silva · Rating 2 out of 5]

No es para nada una historia sobresaliente, no obstante, entretiene en ciertos puntos. Los Inhumanos parecen brillar más cuando están solapados en un segundo plano.

[Garrett · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a person who's only read Inhumans in crossovers or as secondary characters this was the perfect jumping on point. The story did seem a bit cluttered and rushed at the end with the Lash and Lineage semi converging to make way for Secret Wars. I was semi annoyed by the change of art, I always get distracted if the art is too different. But overall it was a great story and cool characters, the Nuhumans gave it an Xmen-ish tone.

4 Gorgon stomps of 5.

[Ernest · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a surprisingly dense volume that actually packs a lot of stuff into its pages. Featuring Inhuman #1-14, Annual #1 and some stuff from Original Sings #3, this volume sees the Inhumans well and truly integrated into the rest of the Marvel 616 Universe. Their homeland is now within New York, former leader Black Bolt is missing, and they (and those surrounding them) have to deal with new threats and the uneasy situation that all now find themselves in. The amount of material in this volume more than makes up for it fading from memory some time after reading it, and while there are perhaps a few too many characters for them to all be explored in depth, there is enough entertainment in these pages.