So you just finished watching invincible and now you want to start collecting the comic
well everything that you could possibly want to know is right here in this video
Hey guys, it's me Marcus aka the Maddogg, and we're back with another video! So we're finished
now with the first season of invincible and i know that there's a lot of people that have been
introduced to this title as a result of amazon prime but it looks like it's gonna be at least a
year until season two and you can't wait for that so what better time than now to jump into one of
if not the best superhero comics of all time but if you weren't familiar with the series before
you might not be sure exactly which format you need to buy this says volume 1 this says volume 1
and you're not even sure what's collected between the two and which is going to be the best format
for yourself if you're already a die-hard fan of the comic series this one probably isn't going to
be for you but if you just want a little bit of help and knowing exactly what's collected where
i'm going to do my best to try and do that for you so looking at the series it was written by
robert kirkman and illustrated originally by corey walker but then ryan otley took over for
the majority of the series after that the first issue was released in january of 2003 with the
144th and final beam released in february of 2018. there was also a few additional issues
here and there such as invincible returns and there was also a crossover with the astounding
wolfman the first format that we're going to look at is the one that it was originally released in
and that's single issues the problem with this though that i have to stress from the
beginning is that there's 144 of these and then all those little extra ones that you'd have to
get along the way if we're thinking of this like a relationship this is the equivalent of the person
that you want so badly to be with but you never know if they're gonna be perfect for you or if
they're ever gonna be the full package you keep going back and checking and seeing if anything's
changed but there's always just something missing from it and it's never going to be complete and
even worse than an unfulfilling relationship the later issues of invincible were printed in higher
quantities than those of the original couple because there wasn't as much popularity for it so
it might be really easy to find some of the issues maybe the ones that are already in triple figures
but in particular if you're looking for issue one you are going to be paying a hefty price and even
compared to some of the more premium formats we're going to touch on later on in this video this is
probably going to be the least cost effective method of collecting this series the only way
that that isn't really going to be the case is if you find somebody who's selling the complete set
next up is the original trade paperbacks that were released pretty much shortly after the series
began and there were 25 of these in total they're very skinny and they tend to collect less than 10
issues and because they've been out for a number of years and there's been different formats that
have been released since then you might actually have to hunt down one or two of these as well this
if we're going to continue with the relationship metaphor is the equivalent to the person that you
went out with in high school and you thought that it was perfect there and you thought that it was
going to be all that you wanted but since then you've experienced more of life and you look back
and you realize it wasn't really everything for you look at me talking as if i actually
went out with somebody when i was in high school considering the fact that i've got pete campbell
haircut right now but these trade paperbacks would have been the most convenient format if it
wasn't for the compendiums that had come out which we're going to talk about next however there is an
invincible presents atom eve and rexploid volume 1 that you can only really get in this format
this was a little side series that was printed but admittedly i haven't heard anybody talk about it
i haven't read this even though i love this series and i don't think i've missed anything
by not picking this up next up is the compendiums which is the first of the most viable options
for people who are picking up this title today there's only three volumes that you need to pick
up so that you can get the whole series these are all in trade paperback and they also have about
just over a thousand pages each this is a spawn compendium which was also published by image and
as you can see it's a very whammy boy but it is still quite flimsy when you compare
it to something like these hardcovers this is the equivalent to the person that you go out
with because it's comfortable it's not the most exciting thing that you've ever seen in your life
but still it gets the job done and it makes you happy the only real downside to this is
that with it being over a thousand pages it might not be the most convenient for some people to read
some people find a boot with that many pages quite daunting to jump into and if that's you then maybe
this isn't the best method that you should be buying but if you just want a physical copy
of invincible and you're not too bothered about keeping it pristine for years and years on end and
it's just something that you can go back to every time then this might be the best format for you
it's also probably going to be the most cost effective because each of these volumes is about
under 50 quid i believe and i know at the moment it looks as if these are out of stock in quite
a few places but i can personally vouch for our sponsor organicpricebooks.com i'm going to leave
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your order but if you're just wanting something convenient then getting these three books will
mean that you've got the entire series i realized that i kind of told a little bit of a lie
early on because the way hardcover additions of these compendiums but admittedly they were only
really out for the first couple of months when the compendiums were released i think they were
exclusive to skybound which is robert kirkman's website and always worth checking if you want
to pick up some invincible but now it does look as if these are out of print and admittedly if you're
gonna go for a hardcover i would recommend the ultimate collections which conveniently is the
next format that we were gonna talk about because this is the one that i bought myself and that you
can see surrounding me here there's 12 of these oversized hardcovers that you need to collect
to get the full series and it's got pretty much everything except for that atom even explode that
we talked about earlier these present they are in a bigger size than any of the trade paperbacks
or compendiums that you can buy and they've also got extras in the back which i don't believe are
included in the compendiums but i don't own those formats so i'm not 100 sure on that this is the
equivalent of your dream guy or your dream girl the one that you always want to make sure that
you can take home to your parents that you know they'll be proud of you because you've managed
to get these it's got everything that you need it's beautiful and then just when you think they
can't get any better you've got those extras in the back it just keeps giving you more and more
each time as you can tell this is my preferred format it's the one that i'd recommend to people
that are a fan of the art and admittedly if you've seen any of writing otley's art you probably are
a fan of it overall these will cost you more than the three compendiums because i believe these are
about forty dollars each at cover price obviously this channel sponsor organic price books has them
at a cheaper price so i definitely recommend checking them out but if you want this complete
series and the best presentation that's available at the moment this is definitely the one that i'd
recommend even over the compendiums which are at a cheaper price the last physical format that
i'm going to mention just for the sake of being comprehensive is the complete invincible libraries
and similar to the invincible iron man by matt fraction complete collections that marvel released
when this says complete it doesn't actually mean complete there are only three volumes released
which collects the equivalent of the first six ultimate collections and these are very oversized
slip case books equivalent to something like an absolute edition from dc so you get the slip
case there and the boots contained inside it yeah the art is much larger it is much more beautiful
but admittedly if you're going to go this route you are never going to get the full invincible
story this is the equivalent to that person that you think is perfect you think that they've got
everything that you need and more but they always just let you down and they're never
gonna go the distance with you you're just gonna cause yourself heartache if you buy these complete
library editions and i don't really recommend buying these especially because of the fact
that i think a few of these volumes now are quite out of print so you're probably gonna pay over
cover price which is more than i'd recommend paying for any book to then only not be able
to finish this series anyway and then you're gonna have to go to either the ultimate collections or
the compendiums or the trade paperbacks anyway to finish off this series it's just not worth
it and these books already had an increased cover price to begin with but then you're gonna end up
paying more because of the fact that you're gonna buy a separate edition and then if you're like me
it's gonna bother you that you've got them in two different formats so you're gonna have to buy the
first part of the series which you were buying in these complete library editions in the first place
i really hope that made sense because i am very tired today the last option that we're going to
talk about is going digital and if you don't want to have to worry about stuff coming back in stock
this is definitely the way to go maybe you haven't read comics before but you'll love reading books
digitally this would be a great alternative for you and i mentioned it in my guide to digital
comics but don't get fooled by buying an ultimate collection for something that you're going to read
digitally you will be paying an increased price but you're not really going to get any benefits
of it the only reason why i'd recommend buying an ultimate collection digitally is if you're
so bothered about the extras that you'd get in these formats but if that's something that
doesn't really bother you at all then just get the normal standard compendiums on the kindle app that
you can find but if you've got prime reading you can read the first volume of invincible
for free and if you don't have prime reading but you want to sign up to it i'd recommend using the
affiliate link in the description down below because that does greatly help the channel and
if we're going to finish off this horrendous relationship metaphor that i've been carrying
throughout this video the digital versions of invincible are the equivalent to that person
that you fancy on facebook or instagram and you know that you're never actually going to bring
them home that's fine don't worry i'm not going to grass you up because you read invincible digitally
even though i would definitely recommend picking up these ultimate collections so to summarize if
this is a series that you know that you're going to love and you want to keep coming back to
and you want this to be in your collection for the rest of time the ultimate collections are the one
and only way for you to go but if you just want a version of this on your shelf and you're not too
worried about the spam become increased or maybe you don't have too much money to spend on this
title in the meantime or maybe you know it's going to be a bit risky for you to buy this one because
it might be the case that you won't like it then the three compendiums are definitely the best and
most cost effective way for you to go however if you don't even want a physical copy of this
or maybe you're not sure if you're gonna like it and you want to try it before you buy it
because you know i will warn you now there are a few differences between the show and the comic i
would recommend reading the first volume digitally because like i said it is available on prime
reading and just seeing if this is something that you might enjoy but that's the video and like i
said it's just something quick that i thought that i'd do to help a few people out if it was that you
weren't sure how you can collect invincible if you have already read invincible i'd recommend
checking out my top 15 best fights from the series or if you're looking for another series
that you're not sure how you can collect criminal is one that i definitely recommend i do hope that
this has helped at least one person because this is one of my favorite comic series of all time so
i don't know i was doubting myself on if this was going to be worthwhile making it so let me know
in the comments section if this has helped you and which format you're planning on picking up
like i said if you're planning on picking up any invincible volumes or just any books in general
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