Ok. This volume bored the shit out of me. This series has one more volume to pick up or I'm probably out.

I'm at the point where I have hardly any sympathy for Plutonian. I'm sure that's the point. His nuclear-level, over-the-top temper tantrum has cost the lives of millions of innocents, and his homicidal impulses are unchecked. I mean, get over it. I think many of us have lived through being unpopular and didn't turn into mass murderers. The remaining members of his former team Paradigm are working to stop him. Bette has to face her demons about her massive betrayals of her husband, the other team...

Spoilerish review for those who haven’t read the series. He didn’t mean that. Honest. What with losing his marbles and killing a gazillion people. Cut the guy some slack. Unless, of course, you’ve been incinerated, fallen 1000 feet to your death or been ripped limb from limb or had your head torn off and thrown into orbit around Saturn. Then, it’s game over. No more alphabet themed plans. Aside from trying to get into Bette Noir’s pants, does every hero have some sort of secret agenda? More plan...

This volume is getting what usually taking place that usually take i the middle of soap opera. Predictable but with pretty good execution.

3.5 stars. This was my least favourite volume so far. Both the story and the artwork weren’t up to their usual standards (Peter Krause was replaced by Diego Barreto for this volume and while Barreto did a good job, it wasn’t as good as Krause’s in my opinion). So even though the story’s quality dipped a bit, I think it was one of those volumes that sets things up for the volumes to follow. I’m especially curious to see what will happen with “Samsara” and Kaidan. I think Kaidan is so interesting

This volume picks up the pacing and a lot of shit happens in a small amount of time. So we get a lot more background, a lot more history, and I love it. I enjoy watching characters grow, it's my favorite part of reading, so this offered a lot. More into why this Superman like hero became a killer, why certain people didn't tell the world their secrets, and most of all someone finds out who someone else is. I really dug this volume, the action was great, and the twist were fun. Who's the real bad...

The only problem I had with this one was the little mini-arcs/issues didn't add much, and they threw me off a bit as I went from the third trade to the fourth. Also, as I've decided to not read Incorruptible until I finish this, the Max Damage stuff didn't resonate with me, despite knowing the bare minimum about him.Other than that, Waid is still right on with pretty much all of his instincts and actions. The pacing is incredible. Plot and character develop at a quick speed, but I never feel los...

Irredeemable volume 4 includes the Irredeemable Special (which wasn’t really all that special) and then continues on with the core story. The “Special” had some mildly interesting prequel stuff that focuses on Hornet, Kaiden, and Max Damage (of Waid’s other related series Incorruptible). And nope, I haven’t read that one yet. Some spoilery stuff to follow, but I’ll try and keep it to a minimum. The next part of the book picks up with what’s left of the team following their run in with Uncle Sam...

The art was good, as always, and a couple important-for-later plot points were made, but overall it felt kind of slight. Too much rehashing of stuff that happened in earlier volumes.

Mark Waid - writerPeter Krause - artist5/5 starsThe Paradigm escape from prison and make a deal with the extra-dimensional demon Orian in order to take out the Plutonion. A weapon that can damage the Plutonion is created, and the heroes stage a desperate attack on their former ally. More exciting stuff from Waid and Krause.

This is getting ridiculous - I’ve read four books in this series now and for the life of me can’t find a single thing wrong with it. Most series tend to sag somewhere around Book 4 but this book is brilliant like the previous 3. I cannot fault it, Mark Waid is just doing all the right things in this series. This book turns the focus on the team-mates of Paradigm, the book opening with brief stories about 3 of them and their backgrounds drawn by different artists. Then the main story resumes with...

Although the premise of this series is an original enough – pushing the concept that not only does power corrupt, but that absolute power corrupts absolutely – my interest started to wane for the very first time with this latest volume. At first I thought it was because of the split narrative structure. But since it worked so brilliantly in the first several volumes, I then realized that it wasn’t that. What it clear is that Waid has a long-term endgame in mind. But it is taking too long, with s...

The potential good news is the Plutonian's sidekick appears to be OK. The bad news is the sidekick isn't really, since the Plutonian's greatest enemy, Luthor to his Superman, is possessing the body. Volume 4 goes from there, showing the Paradigm's escape from military custody, and backstory for the three characters the reader is told could stop the rampaging former hero. One is a reformed villain, soon to get his own series. One is the former teammate who can conjure ancient ghosts and legends.

Volume 4 keeps up the great pace...the Paradigm is falling apart, one of them dies, one of them is exposed for a failure, and the team has a chance to defeat Plutonian, but inexplicably, one of the team prevents that from happening...will we find out why?Honestly these are all going at such a great pace, I can hardly keep them apart, as I usually read back to back volumes.The Plutonian is obviously angry, but I like that they show how he's been holding all the rage in his whole life and was alwa...

In this installment we get some payoff from the plot threads laid down in volume three. Bette Noir's marriage is on the rocks, but so is her sanity and chances for redemption. Bette wants people to forgive her for not revealing that she had a likely weapon for killing the Plutonian when this all started and she failed to reveal it because to do so would reveal her affair with the Plutonian. We get some Plutonian unnecessary nastiness towards the foster family that raised him, as he again shows w...

Too much is going on within this series to write critically about it without giving away all the secrets that are exposed in the fourth volume of Mark Waid’s IRREDEEMABLE, so here’s what readers absolutely need to know:1. The plot thickens in more ways than one here. For those readers who may imagined that IRREDEEMABLE wouldn’t get a lot of mileage out of a story devoted to “Superman Gone Wild” and the hodge-podge of heroes devoted to saving the planet, they’re still mostly right. Just as Waid g...

Bullet Review:Unfortunately, this is where the story ends for me - try as I might, my library system apparently stopped at volume 4. I had hoped it would give a decent ending; maybe I’ll try an inter library loan.Anyway, this one took me awhile to read. The first issue seemed to be pop out of nowhere, with focus on new characters, like Hornet, Max Destruction, Kotex (I’m sorry, Kortex) and Jailbait. These characters don’t reappear in this volume. Also, some of the art in this volume is pretty at...

The cover shows The Plutonian standing tall, holding earth over his head. He's staring at the reader. SECRETS ARE REVEALED! The battle continues between Cary/Survivor & Tony. Sam is actually Modeus. Plus we learn how Max Damage found Jailbait.

I used to get Mark Waid and Mark Millar mixed up. They both do write for independents and they both have a flair for the diabolical. Then I started to think that Waid is a watered down Millar.(Yeah I know, I'm a jerk, ...)But now I am certain of it.As the story continues it seems like it is getting stretched really thin, and the artwork is just embarrassing....

There's a lot of recap and history in this volume - who were all of these superheroes before they met and hooked up with the Plutonian? And how much have their lives changed since he blew his top and went rogue? In the last installment, we learned that Bette Noir had the means to defeat the Plutonian all along - the final remnants of a candle that renders him powerless. When Bette comes clean about that, she also has to admit that she slept with the Plutonian (a fact which her husband is loathe