Books like Invincible, Vol. 5: The Facts of Life

Another solid arc that moves the world forward, though the recap issue was a slog.World: The art is good, it continues to subvert expectations and gives us a very grounded and dare I say mundane look at the genre and I am enjoying that. The world building is good, a continuation of Mark and his story which expands the world through him, it’s smaller and intimate and I like it.Story: A good continuation of the school and life drama that is this series. Sure there are still components of the superhero stuff but the balance of the story leans on a lot of not in costume time and I feel that’s where this book is the best. The Amber situation was handled expectedly and well. I will say that the Allen story does give readers more of a taste of things to come and that’s a good tease.Characters: Mark is good, he’s stable and his point of view is fun, his arc with Amber this time has been a long time coming. The rest of the cast is nice, they are done well, I miss Eve though but I know she’s gonna come back.Solid in moving the world forward.Onward to the next book!