Irredeemable Vol. 9 (9) Paperback – June 5, 2012

I loved the origin story of the Plutonian and max Damage. Haven't read Incorruptible yet, I'll read that after Irredeemable. As always, Waid tells a great, multilayered story.

I'd complained in my reviews of volumes 7 and 8 that the series was losing steam and getting repetitive. Waid could still slip in some hammer blows but more and more often he was hitting with the same combination of punches. This volume (which I believe to be the penultimate volume) is a total departure. When last we left off the president had released two massive humanoids who claimed to be the Plutonians parents. Releasing them also unleashed a massive wave of radiation that wiped out a third of the Earths population (although oddly enough we never actually see it happen). This was all established in volume 8.Volume 9 basically fills in the details of The Plutonians origin. What we don't get is appearances by The Survivor or Qubit or anyone from the Paradigm. Modeus makes a brief appearance in a flashback but this one is all Plutonian and Max Damage. Max Damage is the main character from Waid's companion series Incorruptible. This book is split down the middle with two issues from Irredeemable and two issues from Incorruptible. That leaves the four final issues for volume 10. The rest of the book is taken up by 12 pages of cover art and a 14 page preview of something called "Valen the Outcast".When the origin of The Plutonian started I was a little worried we might be jumping into midi-chlorians territory of a mystery revealed that should have remained a mystery or perhaps just a let down after 8 volumes of buildup but I thought it was done well enough that I wasn't disappointed. Max Damages back story was pretty good too although the way he acquired his powers was perhaps a bit weak. I'm a little disappointed that this volume didn't pick up on the storylines from recent volumes but frankly this one is an improvement and breathed some life back in an increasingly strained series. It's probably a good thing that the series is coming to an end but it will be interesting to see how Waid ties everything together in the final four issues.

Irredeemable is the story of The Plutonian, a Superman-like hero, who finally snaps under the pressure of being perfect and nearly destroys the world in a fit of mania. Volume 9 of Irredeemable shows us the Plutonian's true origins and gives us hope that he might be defeated while at the same time showing us there is truely no hope for his redemption.Mark Waid's hero gone bad comic franchise finally returns to form after a few missteps from previous volumes. This latest volume provide insight into the character that was lacking, particularly in the last two volumes, and begins to line up all the events for a great ending to the series.

The worst of the series, in the sense that it was not fulfilling. I was an avid fan of the entire series. I would receive one volume (which a graphic novel is usual a solid week of casual reading for me) and finish it before going to bed that night. Mark Waid does a good job of keeping things interesting throughout the entire series. This final volume tied up all loose ends and ended all plot lines. Completed the story. However, it felt like an editor told Waid, "hey. finish everything up in the next few pages." and that was it. If you are a fan of the Irredeemable then this is worth reading just to get closure.

I have really enjoyed this series and like the other reviewers have felt it losing steam the last few episodes but i keep giving it another try because they have just enough great moments to keep me hooked. I liked the origin part. I thought it was interesting but wish it would have tied together better with the other characters. The thing that really turned me off was spending have the book trying to tie in Waids other book Max Damage again. I tried reading a few incorruptables and they just don't have the same charm. I really felt like this book was trying to force it's way into this storyline. I would much rather have known more about what happened with the reaming paradigm then more MAX DAMAGE.

Product as expected. I would recommend this seller to others.

Excellent book! So much easier than wading through several comics.

One of my favorite series. I just keep wanting more

After reading Book 9, I think this series should be retitled "Interminable" because it just goes on and on without end! This series should be over by now, there's so little to be said! Gah... yeah I'm gonna groan a lot in this review, this series is broken and I want to move on.So this book explores Plutonian's creation, who he is, how he came to be, who his parents are. It sounds promising until you're actually told and it becomes so weird and abstract that even Grant Morrison might stop and wonder what the hell's going on.I've read the creation sequence 3 times now and I'm still not entirely sure what's going on. It reads like something Tom Cruise would believe in. The two aliens who've been trapped by man-made radiation, came from a far off race who studied everything. They came to Earth, creating an orb of energy that would mimic humanity's attributes and, presumably, go back to the aliens with that information. And this orb was drawn to an insane woman who'd recently murdered her child and then took the form of a child and thus the woman's insanity was imprinted upon the child and his alien DNA gave him the powers... I give up. This is such a convoluted creation mythos, and at this point I just don't care.Following the pattern of the last few books, Mark Waid introduces YET ANOTHER new character to the story. This is the penultimate book in the series and he's still avoiding the main players in the series to draw focus on someone else. It's so frustrating because he's always moving away from the main story to examine another side story that leads nowhere.So we're introduced to the campily named "Max Power" - oh wait, that was Homer Simpson's fake name in one episode. No, this dude is called Max Damage. Yeah that's... cooler. Ugh. Anyway, he's the main character in Waid's other series "Incorruptible" and I suppose by shoe-horning him into "Irredeemable" which is ending, Waid expects to funnel the readers of this title into the other on-going series? Well it didn't work on this reader. Max Damage is a tool, pure and simple, whose story intertwines with Plutonian's in such a forced way. His appearance in this book was utterly pointless.Also, I have no idea why Qubit is so intent on trying to save Tony all the damn time, or why it's so important to him that he redeem himself. Oh and time travel? If you can time travel, why not time travel to before Plutonian was "born" and stop him from imprinting on some nutjob, or tell the aliens what happens and divert all the carnage that is to follow? Bah!Ok, one more book to go and I'm done, but I'm very disappointed with this book and how this series has dovetailed from Book 5 onwards. It started well but it's now going down fast. Book 9 is for people like me who've booked passage on Titanic and can't leave because the iceberg is just ahead of us and we're resigned to our fates. Everyone else, save yourselves!

Penultimate volume in the series of paperbacks that collects issues of the comic Irredeemable. The story of the Plutonian. A Superman like Superhero who has gone bad, and the resulting efforts of world leaders and his former colleagues in a Superhero team to deal with the consequences.This collects issues thirty two to thirty three of the comic. It also collects issues twenty five and twenty six of it's sister title Incorruptible. The story of a super villain turning into a hero.This issue doesn't advance the plot too far, because the point is to tell the origin of the Plutonian. Via certain characters introducted at the end of book eight. The origin is pretty interesting, and pretty grim at points. This book isn't labelled as being only for mature readers but there are some harrowing moments that aren't really suitable for children.This alternates with the chapters from Incorruptible. Which gives the origin of the main character from that series, and intertwines the fates, history and destiny of him and the Plutonian.It's always a bane for comic readers when titles intercross and you have to pick up something you're not reading to follow a story. But the Incorruptible parts do stand pretty much independent of the Irredeemable ones, sometimes showing the same thing from two different viewpoints.They're pretty good for what they are, and you can get into them without having read the rest of that series. The reason they are here does become apparent at the end of the second Irredeemable part in this volume.So how you rate this one will be a matter of opinion. I found it to be a pretty good read regardless of all the potential issues around it, and thus give it four stars. It does leave you desperate to find what will happen next and how the series will finish, so it does it's job well enough.As ever the volume ends with a preview of another comic from the same publisher, and a gallery of covers from the issues of the comics that it collects.

A fantastic new series, Mark Waid is THE man for writing this classic series, utterly brilliant.