Incorruptible 10

"Incorruptible #10" by Mark Waid and Horacio Domingues

Rating: Worth multiple reads

This series' biggest attraction, to me, is the creepiness of watching a sick, twisted, perverted, psychotic human being attempt to form a moral code and act like... well... a superhero. It has been a deeply uncomfortable journey. Most of the time, a comic book reform story kind of seems to work like a WWE wrestling story: the reforming bad guy hits their friends with a steel chair, then everyone is best friends again. Max Damage isn't having that kind of redemption. Everybody hates him now, the heroes and the villains, which is considerably more interesting.

This issue did not have the usual philosophical issues that the others have had. Max Damage does look at the ruins of Sky City from the top of the skyscraper, and realizes that Plutonian views them like the top of the skyscraper views the city. Other than that, the rest of the issue is a giant chase scene. The white supremacists are chasing Max and his new little friend. Max is chasing Alana Patel, the Plutonian's girlfriend, who is chasing the new Jailbait - now renamed "Headcase" in (what might be) the funniest scene in the series. And, our friendly Lieutenant (himself a reform case worthy of the "Lost" island) is chasing after a giant war machine bearing down on the city of Coalville, with explosive results.

This is another one of those books that I don't want to like, but I just can't stop reading it. It's interesting and fascinating and disturbing and compelling. High recommend.