Source: Irredeemable #1-?? (2009- )
Type: Analog
I was gonna wait for the series to end before talking about Irredeemable, but there's no end in sight, so here goes.
The Plutonian is the type of analog that exists precisely because Irredeemable is the kind of Superman story that cannot be told within the confines of Superman continuity. The great and powerful hero is not only everywhere, saving everyone, but can also see and hear everybody. But if Superman can do all this, wouldn't he quickly find out what a bunch of ingrates we are? That's what happens to the Plutonian, at least initially, though a lifetime of pressure to do the right thing, never hurt anyone, and the trauma of being an orphaned bounced from foster family to ever more terrorized foster family all set him up to snap after a major mistake on his part costs the lives of hundreds of children.
A man with Superman's powers gone bad can be a VERY bad thing.
VERY VERY bad.
There's nowhere to hide. There's nowhere to run.
Any Irredeemable fans out there?
Type: Analog
I was gonna wait for the series to end before talking about Irredeemable, but there's no end in sight, so here goes.The Plutonian is the type of analog that exists precisely because Irredeemable is the kind of Superman story that cannot be told within the confines of Superman continuity. The great and powerful hero is not only everywhere, saving everyone, but can also see and hear everybody. But if Superman can do all this, wouldn't he quickly find out what a bunch of ingrates we are? That's what happens to the Plutonian, at least initially, though a lifetime of pressure to do the right thing, never hurt anyone, and the trauma of being an orphaned bounced from foster family to ever more terrorized foster family all set him up to snap after a major mistake on his part costs the lives of hundreds of children.
A man with Superman's powers gone bad can be a VERY bad thing.
VERY VERY bad.
There's nowhere to hide. There's nowhere to run.Any Irredeemable fans out there?
Comments
But there are some great WTF moments, like when we learned what Hornet had done to ward off the aliens the first time.