Invincible 53: Now with more Parkerisms

So this week I had a chance to get caught up on Invincible. I haven't written about everyone's favourite Image wunderkind since good ol' issue #48, but like most of the comics I read, there's that lull where I don't read anything for a good long while, then take a day or afternoon and get caught up all at once.

Through legal means. I swear.

There's always been a bit of comparison between good ol' Mark Grayson and our friendly neighborhood angst factory Peter Parker (I was going to make that name a link, but really, if you don't know who he is... kill yourself?), but in this issue it's pretty damned prevalent. I mean, you've got it all! - Bitching to the girlfriend, bitching about the girlfriend, bitching to the super-powered younger brother who is apathetic about killing people, bitching about the super-powered younger brother who is apathetic about killing people... you know, just bitching in general. I think Kirkman's trying to contrast Mark and brother Oliver on the basis that Mark's a lot more human. Human in the sense of personality, not geneology, but I guess that applies too.

A parallel storyline inludes some of Mark's past villains having a bit of in-fighting themselves, and that always makes for an interesting set-up. If there's one thing I like in comics, it's villains fighting eachother; they tend to be a lot more vile. See Final Crisis: Rogue's Revenge for more on that.

Anyways, solid effort from Kirkman, but not a lot actually... going on. Oh well. Cute Amber/Mark, and some sibling/parental strife, but other than that... tumbleweeds.