by Mark Waid (Author),
Peter Krause (Illustrator)
Publisher : IDW
Publishing; Illustrated edition (May 9, 2017)
Softcover, 100 pages
The fourth and final
story in the Insufferable line. A
rich man, methodical and obsessed, becomes a costumed vigilante and eventually trains
his son to take his place. They become Nocturnous and Galahad. However, the son
gets tired of being put in the corner and reveals his identity to the world.
His father is forced to go into hiding, but can't funnel his fortune away fast
enough. The son becomes a media giant, and a brand, spending more time
advertising products and posing for social media than defeating villains. Now
the final stage is set. The pair’s home city has been invaded by an army of
villains from their past.
Several people felt that
the series went on too long. That perhaps the third section slowed down the
action and their interest in the characters. And while they may have points in
their criticism, I felt that the long internal journeys of the tortured
protagonists paid off well. People with such deep psychological issues can’t
resolve them overnight. It usually takes something big and catastrophic to
alter the destructive path of two zealous individuals. In this case, the event
is over-the-top, but that’s what you want in a superhero comic.
Most people expect the
big revelation and change, followed by confessional to come from the younger
Galahad. Who is brasher and more obnoxious, at least on the surface. The title
“Insufferable” can easily be applied to both protagonists. Nocturnus secretly
enjoys demonstrating his son’s weaknesses to him, while hobbling him as an
effective partner. Galahad has a public image to maintain and is thus hungry to
collect bragging rights regardless of what he actually achieves. The father who
will never treat his son like an adult and the son who hasn’t grown out of that
blaming dad for everything stage. They make for a toxic team-up. And a fun
comic.
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