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Irredeemable dares to ask the question: what if the world's greatest hero decided to become the world's greatest villain?
Series
10 primary booksIrredeemable is a 10-book series with 10 primary works first released in 2009 with contributions by Mark Waid.
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People doing riffs on the Superman mythos has become something of a genre unto itself, and a lot of the time the stories that result are more interesting than what's actually being published in the Superman books themselves: books like Moore's Miracleman, McDuffie's Icon, and Mayer's Superfolks have all turned Superman on his head to explore the nature of heroism, and here Waid joins those ranks.
Waid's thesis in this series is that the people who become superheroes aren't necessarily emotionally equipped for the job - his Plutonian has fantastical abilities, but still is crippled by insecurity, anger, and hubris, and those feelings help turn him to evil. The plot of the book is split between watching the Plutonian wreak havoc, and an investigation into what events precipitated his fall from grace. It will be interesting to see where this story goes next.