Guarding the Globe, Vol. 2: Hard to Kill

Guarding the Globe

by Phil Hester, Todd Nauck (Artist), John Rauch (Colorist)

The Guardians of the Globe are BACK in an all-new, all-exciting ongoing series! Your favorite heroes - Brit, Invincible, Best Tiger, Robot, Yeti, Kaboomerang, and more - face new challenges of epic proportions. Collects Guarding the Globe #1-6.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Comic Book, Graphic Novels Comics, Superheroes, Science Fiction

160 pages, Paperback

First published March 27, 2013

About the author

This Eisner Award-nominated artist was born in eastern Iowa, where he went on to study at the University of Iowa. His pencilling credits include Swamp Thing, Brave New World, Flinch, Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, Clerks: The Lost Scene, The Crow: Waking Nightmares, The Wretch (nominated for the 1997 Eisner Award for Best New Series), Aliens: Purge, and Green Arrow.

Since graduating from the University of Iowa, he has been in the comics industry for over 15 years.

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

So this book isn’t a direct follow on from the last book but shows what the guardians of the globe were up to while invincible had lost his powers. I enjoyed it, there were some good storylines in here and like the other spin-offs it’s fun to see what the other heroes are up to in the invincible universe.

[Baba · Rating 3 out of 5]

The second instalment of this Invincible: Ultimate Collection, Vol. 1 universe series is a six comic book issues story about the return of Set and some difficulties at home for Britt... not sure which is more deadly! 6 out of 12.

[Shaun Stanley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Guarding the Globe Vol. 2 Hard to Kill collects issues 1-6 of the series written by Phil Hester with art by Todd Nauck.

The Guardians of the Globe are back in action on different missions around the world. Meanwhile, Brit faces family issues at home.

This second volume greatly improved upon the first volume. The story is more consistent and the art is better throughout. The story still suffers from not feeling like a stand alone arc. Instead it feels like a collection of side stories from the Invincible universe.

[Matthew Ward · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this volume, but I didn’t feel like there was a ton of clarity when it came to what was going on across the entire series. There were good aspects to each individual issue, but the whole lacked. I don’t think this was continued after this volume unless the story picks up in “The Invincible Universe” books, so we’ll see if questions I had will be answered.

[Jared Conti · Rating 5 out of 5]

Much better than the first volume. Liked how he bad guys were still around, but took a back seat to the good guys. Needed to be done after the mess that was volume one.

While there were quite a few characters that didn't get panel time, the ones that we got to see were well fleshed out, PLENTY of great beats, especially the few panels where we find out [redacted] was manipulated by a body snatcher.

And though Brit's homelife with Brit Jr. was a bit overdone, the fate of certain characters was nice to see in a side book because it felt real, and not just done for kicks.

Maybe this'll get me back into reading Invincible again?

[Jamie Connolly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not bad. I wish I had read these in sequence with the main story. Still enjoyable though. 4 stars.

[Sean · Rating 3 out of 5]

I still wish these stories were B or even C stories in Invincible, but this was another fun read. Hester and Nauck did a great job but there were a ton of moving pieces here. The fun and creativity of Invincible is very present. The focus on Brit and his family is touching. The problem with these enormous casts are when someone dies it doesn't always have the effects it could if there was a limited number. Overall, a good read that would be better served in the main book.

[Alex Memus · Rating 2 out of 5]

For the second volume they found a better ghost writer for Kirkman (or he started his 12-step program together with El Chupacabra). So this volume has glimpses of interesting stories for team members. But the proportion is still jarring: just few good panels per issue. And I couldn't care less about the villains and their plans.

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great spin off mini series from the Invincible comics. Good action and art. Recommended to comic lovers

[alternBRUNO°° · Rating 2 out of 5]

I find rather confusing what to get from this volume. The antagonists are lame, the heroes are disorienting and the overall story is some sort of moral with a pivot towars team building, I guess.

[Nicolas · Rating 2 out of 5]

This needs a central character to ground it. Without that it feels like what it is... the rest of the ensemble hanging out while they wait for Invincible to get back.

[Stephen · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Not 'Good Tiger' but 'Best Tiger'".
This isn't strictly necessary reading to enjoy the mainline Invincible comic, but it's such a breath of fresh air in contrast to Marvel's trope and safeguards.
Friendship, betrayal, healthy boundaries in marriage, manipulation, and sacrifice for the greater good. And two sincere funerals.
Excellent work by the authors.

[Etain · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Can't you tell? We won"


Like the rest of Invincible this book has some moments of greatest but is otherwise mired in mediocrity.
This is the kinda book that has a genuinely heartfelt struggle with addiction or the gut wrenching death of a civilian at the same time as it has "rape bombs" and smoking dogs. This series can never seem to stick the landing.

[Doug Duncan · Rating 4 out of 5]

i think I liked this more than volume 1, the story still feels unfinished but I thought it was good and the artwork was consistent. that new villain at the end seemed brutal, I would've liked to see more of him.

[Will Cooper · Rating 4 out of 5]

Follows the Guardians with more fights and real bad stuff happens. Great volume!

[Patrick · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm giving it 5.

It has one joke that made me laugh way, way too hard. And that's worth the rating to me.

[Eugenio · Rating 4 out of 5]

Worth the read if taking a dive into Invincible and you like fleshing out a world.

[Robin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't understand the choice of Toth's name. He looks like Cernunnos.

[Filmkiller Zoli · Rating 5 out of 5]

Better than the 1st Volume while also setting up Invincible Universe.

[Mihir Prahlad · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Name not Good Tiger...Best Tiger" pushes a 3 star volume to a 4 star one by itself

[Lordlight · Rating 4 out of 5]

7/10

[kami · Rating 3 out of 5]

this volume is much better than the first, ill give it that. brit carries the whole thing, once again

[Jota Houses · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lo dicho en la reseña del tomo anterior multiplicado porque además las termina y deja varios hilos abiertos que se cierran de cualquier manera en la serie principal, Invincible.

[Daniel · Rating 3 out of 5]

The artwork was good, and the Outrun and Best Tiger subplot was also good. Overall, it was just okay.

[Cale · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm really not sure why, but I liked this volume better than the first. Maybe it's that the characters are given more room to grow (and Best Tiger is awesome, for unfathomable reasons); maybe that it deals more with redemption than overwhelming force (see El Chupacabra and Japandroid); maybe that the stakes are high (there's a scene in here that rivals the Paris moment in the first volume, and a character moment with Brit that is absolutely brutal), or that it explores the heroes' lives outside the team. Whatever it is, this definitely felt like a step up from the first volume. Still fairly middle-of-the-road super hero stuff, but closer to the A game levels of DC/Marvel, rather than their average fare.

[Alex Sarll]

Now with even less Kirkman involvement, a sequel to the already fairly unnecessary Invincible spin-off, in which fairly standard superheroics meet Very Special Episode content clumsily addressing autism and the consent implications of possession.