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Irredeemable Ant-Man
The Irredeemable Ant-Man, Vol. 1: Low-Life
A new superhero is born when Eric O'Grady, a low-level S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, finds Hank Pym's new Ant-Man suit, but O'Grady has no intention of using his new-found powers to help anyone but himself.
144 pages, Paperback
First published July 11, 2007
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Robert Kirkman
2,512 books7,003 followersRobert Kirkman is an American comic book writer best known for his work on The Walking Dead, Invincible for Image Comics, as well as Ultimate X-Men and Marvel Zombies for Marvel Comics. He has also collaborated with Image Comics co-founder Todd McFarlane on the series Haunt. He is one of the five partners of Image Comics, and the only one of the five who was not one of the original co-founders of that publisher.
Robert Kirkman's first comic books were self-published under his own Funk-o-Tron label. Along with childhood friend Tony Moore, Kirkman created Battle Pope which was published in late 2001. Battle Pope ran for over 2 years along with other Funk-o-Tron published books such as InkPunks and Double Take.
In July of 2002, Robert's first work for another company began, with a 4-part SuperPatriot series for Image, along with Battle Pope backup story artist Cory Walker. Robert's creator-owned projects followed shortly thereafter, including Tech Jacket, Invincible and Walking Dead.
Robert Kirkman's first comic books were self-published under his own Funk-o-Tron label. Along with childhood friend Tony Moore, Kirkman created Battle Pope which was published in late 2001. Battle Pope ran for over 2 years along with other Funk-o-Tron published books such as InkPunks and Double Take.
In July of 2002, Robert's first work for another company began, with a 4-part SuperPatriot series for Image, along with Battle Pope backup story artist Cory Walker. Robert's creator-owned projects followed shortly thereafter, including Tech Jacket, Invincible and Walking Dead.
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November 6, 2018
Ant-Man is, at best, a mediocre character and a joke of a superhero and the Eric O’Grady version might be the worst. So it goes with The Irredeemable Ant-Man, Volume 1: Low-Life, wherein Eric steals the Ant-Man suit off the corpse of his best friend and uses his new powers to watch women shower, getting a female victim of a mugging he’s just saved to buy him dinner, and hit on his dead friend’s girlfriend.
I get it – the title is “Irredeemable” and “Low-Life”, so he’s meant to be a scumbag. But… why?! Why did anyone think it would be a good idea to make a comic where the main character is such an unlikeable shithead? It’s not funny, it’s not entertaining, it’s just gross.
The story is pitiful: some SHIELD dude is chasing Eric for the stolen suit – it’s that lame and uninspired. Meanwhile Eric’s doing all that sleazy crap I mentioned earlier. Robert Kirkman overwrites this wafer-thin nonsense so the pages are crammed with bad, useless writing and Phil Hester’s blocky art is as unappealing as ever. The Ant-Man suit is the worst design I’ve ever seen.
The Irredeemable Ant-Man is irredeemable garbage.
I get it – the title is “Irredeemable” and “Low-Life”, so he’s meant to be a scumbag. But… why?! Why did anyone think it would be a good idea to make a comic where the main character is such an unlikeable shithead? It’s not funny, it’s not entertaining, it’s just gross.
The story is pitiful: some SHIELD dude is chasing Eric for the stolen suit – it’s that lame and uninspired. Meanwhile Eric’s doing all that sleazy crap I mentioned earlier. Robert Kirkman overwrites this wafer-thin nonsense so the pages are crammed with bad, useless writing and Phil Hester’s blocky art is as unappealing as ever. The Ant-Man suit is the worst design I’ve ever seen.
The Irredeemable Ant-Man is irredeemable garbage.
May 25, 2011
Do you remember that "friend" you USED to have? The one that NONE of your other friends could stand; that TRASH-TALKED you behind your back, MOOCHED your money and HAD SEX with your girlfriend. Remember him?...WELL HE JUST STOLE A HIGH TECH ANT-MAN SUIT AND IS RUNNING AROUND PLAYING SUPERZERO.
The above is the best way I could think of to describe both the main character and the series. Well, that and....
Eric O’Grady is a low level administrative agent at S.H.I.E.L.D. He is the classic self-involved, narcissistic jerk. Following a series of "wow that was certainly a nice coincidence to keep the plot moving forward" events, Eric finds himself in unlawful possession of the latest generation “Ant-Man” suit created by Dr. Hank Pym (the original Ant-Man).
Now Eric is on the run and playing less than superhero with his stolen technology. Mind you he's not balling to help his fellow man. He's on the hunt to mooch some free dinners, a place to live…and hopefully some pickle tickle off the “damsels” that he helps out of jams. Eric’s biggest problem (besides being caught and stepped on by the women he is peeking at in the shower while shrunk to microscopic size) is that he is being stalked by a horribly scarred and oh so pissed off S.H.I.E.L.D. agent with a massive grudge against Eric (uh…you wanna guess how agent man got his scars).
This is shaping up to be a really fun series and it all centers around the excellent writing by Robert Kirkman and the uniquely unlikable main character he has created. What I enjoyed most about the character is that he is wonderfully scummy without being “mustache-twirling evil.” How can I explain this? Eric is a slimy, fucktard who will lie, cheat and steal to get what he wants. This includes lying about his best friend after he’s dead in order to get his dead friend’s grieving girlfriend to throw him a little sausage warmer. Does that give you a sense of the kind of charming individual we are dealing with here?
However, despite all that, Eric seems to always be struggling with his scumbagious nature and never comes across as truly evil. By this I mean you don’t get the impression that he would mug an old woman and bash in her head or commit rape or run for congress.. In fact, there are a several scenes in which he selflessly puts himself at risk to give aid to someone who would have otherwise died. So you see, it’s complicated and I'm conflicted and that is what I find so scrumptiously compelling about this series.
Anxiously, looking forward to what Eric does in Volume 2.
The above is the best way I could think of to describe both the main character and the series. Well, that and....
Eric O’Grady is a low level administrative agent at S.H.I.E.L.D. He is the classic self-involved, narcissistic jerk. Following a series of "wow that was certainly a nice coincidence to keep the plot moving forward" events, Eric finds himself in unlawful possession of the latest generation “Ant-Man” suit created by Dr. Hank Pym (the original Ant-Man).
Now Eric is on the run and playing less than superhero with his stolen technology. Mind you he's not balling to help his fellow man. He's on the hunt to mooch some free dinners, a place to live…and hopefully some pickle tickle off the “damsels” that he helps out of jams. Eric’s biggest problem (besides being caught and stepped on by the women he is peeking at in the shower while shrunk to microscopic size) is that he is being stalked by a horribly scarred and oh so pissed off S.H.I.E.L.D. agent with a massive grudge against Eric (uh…you wanna guess how agent man got his scars).
This is shaping up to be a really fun series and it all centers around the excellent writing by Robert Kirkman and the uniquely unlikable main character he has created. What I enjoyed most about the character is that he is wonderfully scummy without being “mustache-twirling evil.” How can I explain this? Eric is a slimy, fucktard who will lie, cheat and steal to get what he wants. This includes lying about his best friend after he’s dead in order to get his dead friend’s grieving girlfriend to throw him a little sausage warmer. Does that give you a sense of the kind of charming individual we are dealing with here?
However, despite all that, Eric seems to always be struggling with his scumbagious nature and never comes across as truly evil. By this I mean you don’t get the impression that he would mug an old woman and bash in her head or commit rape or run for congress.. In fact, there are a several scenes in which he selflessly puts himself at risk to give aid to someone who would have otherwise died. So you see, it’s complicated and I'm conflicted and that is what I find so scrumptiously compelling about this series.
Anxiously, looking forward to what Eric does in Volume 2.
July 10, 2018
This is "what if Ant-man was a giant asshole" the series. I mean it's hard to top a wife beater but this guy is something else.
So Hank Pym is of course working on his suit. He needs it be useful to help S.H.I.E.L.D. and we have two agents who we follow their storyline in the past while dealing with the current of one of them being Antman. After a good, decent guy, uses the armor to help people something happens and the asshole of the two, Eric, begins to use the suit. In the process he fucks over his friend and tells his friend's girlfriend he was cheating on her (he wasn't), he then tries to murder a good shield agent trying to stop him (or almost does) he then saves a woman on the streets and uses her for food money and then stays in her house without her permission and spies on her taking a shower. So yeah...this guy is a giant asshole for such a small little dude.
Good: I liked the zanny cartoony art. It fit well with the style the story was going for. Eric, despite being a dickhead, is interesting because he never changes into a "good" guy who redeems himself or anything like that. I also thought the style of going back and forth between mordern and past was good.
Bad: The side cast is really bad. Like a woman fucking her ex-boyfriends friend right after his death? What? And then the main enemy, is actually a good guy, but they make him out to be crazy when they didn't have to be.
Overall this is fun but dumb type of story. The Astonishing Ant-man series is better but for what this is, not too bad. A 2.5 out of 5 but I'll bump it to a 3.
So Hank Pym is of course working on his suit. He needs it be useful to help S.H.I.E.L.D. and we have two agents who we follow their storyline in the past while dealing with the current of one of them being Antman. After a good, decent guy, uses the armor to help people something happens and the asshole of the two, Eric, begins to use the suit. In the process he fucks over his friend and tells his friend's girlfriend he was cheating on her (he wasn't), he then tries to murder a good shield agent trying to stop him (or almost does) he then saves a woman on the streets and uses her for food money and then stays in her house without her permission and spies on her taking a shower. So yeah...this guy is a giant asshole for such a small little dude.
Good: I liked the zanny cartoony art. It fit well with the style the story was going for. Eric, despite being a dickhead, is interesting because he never changes into a "good" guy who redeems himself or anything like that. I also thought the style of going back and forth between mordern and past was good.
Bad: The side cast is really bad. Like a woman fucking her ex-boyfriends friend right after his death? What? And then the main enemy, is actually a good guy, but they make him out to be crazy when they didn't have to be.
Overall this is fun but dumb type of story. The Astonishing Ant-man series is better but for what this is, not too bad. A 2.5 out of 5 but I'll bump it to a 3.
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October 14, 2012
We're told or reminded at the beginning of each issue -- by an ant chorus -- that Eric O'Grady, S.H.I.E.L.D. surveillance nobody, is a jerk. We're told over and over again what a "bad guy" he is, what a douchebag, what an asshole.
What does it take to become a bad-douche-hole?
1. Lie to people to get them in bed with you.
2. Lie about a friend's relationship to pry him/her away from a person you dig.
3. Steal something off their dead body.
4. Lie to score a free dinner.
5. Peep at some naked folks (a dozen or so at different times) in the shower.
6. Sleeping with the dead friends lover in the dead friend's bed.
7. Being party to an unplanned pregnancy.
8. Indetectable stalking.
And, yes, O'Grady commits all the transgressions on that ✓list, but what is so fascinating about this tale is that O'Grady isn't even close to a super-villain. He's amoral, perhaps, but not particularly immoral -- which makes him a much mroe realistic character than your average Marvel super-hero -- and Walking Dead creator, Robert Kirkman offers plenty of subtle detail to allow us empathize with O'Grady if we so choose.
O'Grady, you see, is always being treated poorly by everyone around him, oftentimes undeservedly and bafflingly. He's treated like a side-kick by his friend Chris (the guy everyone likes, who just happens to be the original thief of the Ant-Man suit, which doesn't seem to bother anyone); he's bullied by Mitch Carson, a belligerent asshole of a S.H.I.E.L.D. security officer, who treats O'Grady like shit at every turn.
As for the ✓list: O'Grady's ignorant to the fact that he's made a baby with Veronica (by the end of this volume) because she wasn't able to get him alone to tell him, and speaking of Veronica, he was the one initially interested in her, and Chris, Mr. Goldenboy, went behind his back to strike up a relationship with her; O'Grady's initial moment of shower peeping (although there's no excuse for his second round of voyeurism) and the stalking of Ms. Marvel are entirely by accident; if he hadn't stolen the Ant-Man armor he'd have been dead at the hands of HYDRA; and the free dinner he pried out of a woman only came after he saved her from a pair of muggers.
Now I am not saying that he's a good guy or even a nice guy, but he's not a monster either. Hell, even after taking a savage beating at the hands of Carson (the nastiest person in the comic, in my opinion) and needing badly to escape the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, O'Grady, having accidently burned off half of Carson's face, saves the man's life by taking him to the infirmary and puts himself in serious jeopardy.
He's no Captain America. But he's no En Sabah Nur either. He's a just a man, a rather regular man, flawed, mostly selfish, poorly treated, treating others poorly, who stumbles on a suit and winds up with powers that make his life easier. What he does with those powers is, I think, what a whole bunch of people would actually do. I'm glad Kirkman took us into the life of Eric O'Grady. His mediocrity makes him one of the more interesting super-characters I've ever encountered.
What does it take to become a bad-douche-hole?
1. Lie to people to get them in bed with you.
2. Lie about a friend's relationship to pry him/her away from a person you dig.
3. Steal something off their dead body.
4. Lie to score a free dinner.
5. Peep at some naked folks (a dozen or so at different times) in the shower.
6. Sleeping with the dead friends lover in the dead friend's bed.
7. Being party to an unplanned pregnancy.
8. Indetectable stalking.
And, yes, O'Grady commits all the transgressions on that ✓list, but what is so fascinating about this tale is that O'Grady isn't even close to a super-villain. He's amoral, perhaps, but not particularly immoral -- which makes him a much mroe realistic character than your average Marvel super-hero -- and Walking Dead creator, Robert Kirkman offers plenty of subtle detail to allow us empathize with O'Grady if we so choose.
O'Grady, you see, is always being treated poorly by everyone around him, oftentimes undeservedly and bafflingly. He's treated like a side-kick by his friend Chris (the guy everyone likes, who just happens to be the original thief of the Ant-Man suit, which doesn't seem to bother anyone); he's bullied by Mitch Carson, a belligerent asshole of a S.H.I.E.L.D. security officer, who treats O'Grady like shit at every turn.
As for the ✓list: O'Grady's ignorant to the fact that he's made a baby with Veronica (by the end of this volume) because she wasn't able to get him alone to tell him, and speaking of Veronica, he was the one initially interested in her, and Chris, Mr. Goldenboy, went behind his back to strike up a relationship with her; O'Grady's initial moment of shower peeping (although there's no excuse for his second round of voyeurism) and the stalking of Ms. Marvel are entirely by accident; if he hadn't stolen the Ant-Man armor he'd have been dead at the hands of HYDRA; and the free dinner he pried out of a woman only came after he saved her from a pair of muggers.
Now I am not saying that he's a good guy or even a nice guy, but he's not a monster either. Hell, even after taking a savage beating at the hands of Carson (the nastiest person in the comic, in my opinion) and needing badly to escape the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, O'Grady, having accidently burned off half of Carson's face, saves the man's life by taking him to the infirmary and puts himself in serious jeopardy.
He's no Captain America. But he's no En Sabah Nur either. He's a just a man, a rather regular man, flawed, mostly selfish, poorly treated, treating others poorly, who stumbles on a suit and winds up with powers that make his life easier. What he does with those powers is, I think, what a whole bunch of people would actually do. I'm glad Kirkman took us into the life of Eric O'Grady. His mediocrity makes him one of the more interesting super-characters I've ever encountered.
February 13, 2023
I’m glad I read this but on balance I prefer my off-brand superheroes incorrigible more than irredeemable. 🐜 🐜 🐜
July 17, 2019
I really like villains and anti-heroes, so I thought this would be right up my alley. Oh boy was this bad from beginning to end.
First of all, it's boring. Out of six issues, you don't really get to see Ant-Man in action until issue 5. And even then, the fights are very brief and about as exciting as soggy bread. Most of the book is taken up with long, boring flashbacks and cartoonish and clunky dialog.
Next, I went into this expecting an anti-hero, but holy crap this guy is one step away from being a serial rapist. He spends an inordinate amount of time breaking into women's homes and watching them shower. They play it off as cartoony and quirky, which somehow makes it a hundred times creepier.
I don't think I would recommend this boring slog to anyone.
First of all, it's boring. Out of six issues, you don't really get to see Ant-Man in action until issue 5. And even then, the fights are very brief and about as exciting as soggy bread. Most of the book is taken up with long, boring flashbacks and cartoonish and clunky dialog.
Next, I went into this expecting an anti-hero, but holy crap this guy is one step away from being a serial rapist. He spends an inordinate amount of time breaking into women's homes and watching them shower. They play it off as cartoony and quirky, which somehow makes it a hundred times creepier.
I don't think I would recommend this boring slog to anyone.
January 25, 2024
That guy you hated in highschool grew up to be Ant-Man.
July 15, 2016
1 - The new Ant-Man saves a woman from a purse snatcher and asks her out for dinner. Then we are treated to a flashback of his origin. Part of it, anyway.
Okay, reading this on the heels of a Hawkeye trade was not a good idea. The pace is slow, the dialogue isn't great, and it's just not Hawkeye. It has potential, though. Too bad the origin story is still going on.
My suspension of disbelief is strained when a fuck-up like Eric O'Grady makes the cut for SHIELD in the first place.
2 - Things pick up when the SHIELD helicarrier is under attack. Meanwhile, in the present, O'Grady is using the Ant-Man suit to try to get laid.
Okay, this issue was a little better. O'Grady is finally in the suit and his douchebaggery continues.
3 - O'Grady makes a move on Chris' girlfriend before he's even in the ground. In the present day, he continues trying to get laid using the Ant-Man suit.
I can see how this is supposed to be funny, and it does have funny moments, but it's more uncomfortable than anything else.
4 - An agent is tasked to find the missing Ant-Man suit. Will he find Eric and bring him in?
We can only hope. I think this series would work much better if it was played for laughs instead of played seriously. For laughs, it would be like a teen sex comedy. Played seriously, it's got an ick factor and it really strains my suspension of disbelief that SHIELD agents would be so incompetent.
5 - Agent Carson closes in on O'Grady, both in the past and in the present.
Yeah, I'm glad this trade paperback is short. The sad thing is I know that O'Grady won't get his comeuppance at the end.
6 - Carson and O'Grady have it out in both time periods.
Okay, I didn't hate this issue. The fight between the two Ant-Men in the cafeteria was the highlight of the series so far.
Closing Thoughts: I'm really glad I got this from Marvel Unlimited rather than paying for it. O'Grady is a slimeball and not the kind of slimeball that is fun to read about. I will not be seeing how the series ends. 2 out of 5 stars.
Okay, reading this on the heels of a Hawkeye trade was not a good idea. The pace is slow, the dialogue isn't great, and it's just not Hawkeye. It has potential, though. Too bad the origin story is still going on.
My suspension of disbelief is strained when a fuck-up like Eric O'Grady makes the cut for SHIELD in the first place.
2 - Things pick up when the SHIELD helicarrier is under attack. Meanwhile, in the present, O'Grady is using the Ant-Man suit to try to get laid.
Okay, this issue was a little better. O'Grady is finally in the suit and his douchebaggery continues.
3 - O'Grady makes a move on Chris' girlfriend before he's even in the ground. In the present day, he continues trying to get laid using the Ant-Man suit.
I can see how this is supposed to be funny, and it does have funny moments, but it's more uncomfortable than anything else.
4 - An agent is tasked to find the missing Ant-Man suit. Will he find Eric and bring him in?
We can only hope. I think this series would work much better if it was played for laughs instead of played seriously. For laughs, it would be like a teen sex comedy. Played seriously, it's got an ick factor and it really strains my suspension of disbelief that SHIELD agents would be so incompetent.
5 - Agent Carson closes in on O'Grady, both in the past and in the present.
Yeah, I'm glad this trade paperback is short. The sad thing is I know that O'Grady won't get his comeuppance at the end.
6 - Carson and O'Grady have it out in both time periods.
Okay, I didn't hate this issue. The fight between the two Ant-Men in the cafeteria was the highlight of the series so far.
Closing Thoughts: I'm really glad I got this from Marvel Unlimited rather than paying for it. O'Grady is a slimeball and not the kind of slimeball that is fun to read about. I will not be seeing how the series ends. 2 out of 5 stars.
April 30, 2022
I love hating Eric O’Grady. This is like if It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia was a marvel comic.
August 6, 2016
Lots of fun to read. A douche-bag with an exo-suit who looks after his own interests is a nice change of pace. Robert Kirkman had a great run with this series, and Phil Hester's art is excellent (as always). This is a very funny book. Kirkman gives his characters great lines and puts them in interesting situations, and Hester captures the facial expressions perfectly.
I like that its story takes place behind-the-scenes of other Marvel series/events (Wolverine: Enemy Of The State, Civil War, World War Hulk) and how Ant-Man is involved in them. One of my favourite moments is when Eric O'Grady (a low-level SHIELD agent & the guy who ends up being Ant-Man) and his friend are guarding the door to a lab, and they're not sure if they're supposed to keep people out or keep people in. Then the door opens and as Hank Pym is walking out of the lab, Eric knocks him out by whacking him in the face with the butt of his rifle (in issue 1). The way Kirkman writes these funny scenes, coupled with the way Hester renders them, you cannot help but laugh out loud.
If you can manage to find a copy of this book, pick it up! I give it my highest recommendation. This series concludes in The Irredeemable Ant-Man, Volume 2: Small-Minded.
I like that its story takes place behind-the-scenes of other Marvel series/events (Wolverine: Enemy Of The State, Civil War, World War Hulk) and how Ant-Man is involved in them. One of my favourite moments is when Eric O'Grady (a low-level SHIELD agent & the guy who ends up being Ant-Man) and his friend are guarding the door to a lab, and they're not sure if they're supposed to keep people out or keep people in. Then the door opens and as Hank Pym is walking out of the lab, Eric knocks him out by whacking him in the face with the butt of his rifle (in issue 1). The way Kirkman writes these funny scenes, coupled with the way Hester renders them, you cannot help but laugh out loud.
If you can manage to find a copy of this book, pick it up! I give it my highest recommendation. This series concludes in The Irredeemable Ant-Man, Volume 2: Small-Minded.
April 10, 2019
Being different isn't enough justification in and of itself. The idea of taking a super hero's suit and giving it to an amoral character has been done before, but Kirkman really commits to it here. Eric is a horrible person, and reading about him makes one root for anyone who is up against him. None of the characters around him are particularly great either, but Eric is just pure slime. I read comics to be inspired and entertained, and this did neither. Every problem is caused by Eric's actions and decisions, and instead of trying to solve things he just digs the hole deeper. You know that eventually it will all collapse on him, but a) it doesn't happen in this volume, and b) reading about that collapse is even less entertaining.
Even Kirkman's decision to be a complete jerk on the letter pages (and pretty sleazy too; joking about giving away an assistant editor's panties was borderline at the time, but has aged incredibly poorly) shows commitment to an unworthy cause. Although the art isn't bad, it's in service to a story I don't want.
I know Kirkman can write wonderfully - Walking Dead, Invincible, Outcast, even Oblivion Song are testaments to that. But what I've seen of him in the Marvel Universe is underwhelming. And perhaps even irredeemable. I'm not going to keep reading to find out.
Even Kirkman's decision to be a complete jerk on the letter pages (and pretty sleazy too; joking about giving away an assistant editor's panties was borderline at the time, but has aged incredibly poorly) shows commitment to an unworthy cause. Although the art isn't bad, it's in service to a story I don't want.
I know Kirkman can write wonderfully - Walking Dead, Invincible, Outcast, even Oblivion Song are testaments to that. But what I've seen of him in the Marvel Universe is underwhelming. And perhaps even irredeemable. I'm not going to keep reading to find out.
January 4, 2025
No sé hasta qué punto, Marvel Zombies pudo haber puesta en buen lugar a Robert Kirkman ante los jefazos editoriales de Marvel Comics. Es cierto que a día de hoy se sigue reeditando ese Universo zombificado aprovechando el revival zombi en cierta medida por el The Walking Dead que guionizó Kirkman. El caso es que este autor pudo crear su propio personaje Marvelita (que a día de hoy sigue siendo Incorregible)... aunque fuese asociado a uno de los más viejos pilares de la comunidad superhéroica de la Casa de las Ideas. Ant Man ya había tenido un sucesor del traje y habilidades del doctor Hank Pym en circunstancias delictivas que llevaban a Scott Lang a redimirse y poder llegar a mantener el traje y el legado aunque Pym pudiese seguir ejerciendo. ¿La historia se repite con Eric O´Grady?... Bueno, sí en cierta manera.
En el contexto argumental de Robert Kirkman. Se aprovecha que Hank Pym está trabajando con SHIELD en la fabricación de un nuevo traje de Ant Man que pueda ser usado por el mejor agente y asegurar a la organización capitaneada por el ojo bueno de Nick Furia un super agente en miniatura para tantas misiones ultra secretas. Por un cúmulo de circunstancias, el traje acabará en las manos de posiblemente el peor agente de SHIELD. Este Eric O´Grady cuyas actividades heroicas pasan por, sí, salvar alguna vida. Pero a poder ser de mujeres a las que poder coaccionar para sus patéticas conquistas amorosas y/u contentar su asqueroso libido aprovechando sus poderes de miniaturizarse para espiarlas en la ducha.... EL INCORREGIBLE HOMBRE HORMIGA ESTÁ AQUÍ.
Por supuesto, es evidente que este personaje y tono general de la historia. Atienden a ese gran interés de Robert Kirkman de dinamitar ese "glamour" del género. Por el cual su Invincible se granjeó esa tremenda aceptación que hoy en día ya es universal gracias a la adaptación televisiva. El personaje de Eric O´Grady se caracteriza en extremo como un individuo bastante antipático, aunque Kirkman logra que no caiga del todo con su propio peso y consiga hacer interesante el que tenga el traje de Ant Man. Algo imprescindible cuando la historia está desfragmentada entre el presente donde Eric se encuentra "esquivando" el inicio del conflicto de la Civil War por la imposición del Acto de Registro de Superhumanos, por ser perseguido personalmente por un agente de SHIELD, ex compañero y que actualmente está desfigurado aparentemente por causa de O´Grady. Y el pasado reciente en el que descubrimos a Eric como un agente de vigilancia en SHIELD bastante anodino pero que parece estar esperando su gran momento sin esforzarse o merecerlo. Cosas del destino (o el aprovechar historias ajenas), un ataque relacionado por los arcos argumentales de Lobezno: Enemigo del Estado, de Mark Millar. Facilitará el que Eric acceda al traje a expensas de la vida de su mejor amigo. Quien también con su muerte deja vía libre para que Eric intime más con la que era la novia del finado (todo un pieza).
El Incorregible Hombre Hormiga entra en esta categoría de humor negro "pijamero" para el que la identidad gráfica de Phil Hester funciona para dinamizar mejor la importancia de los personajes "de a pie" y situaciones algo más personales y "anodinas" para lo que nos acostumbra este Universo de ficción. Desde luego no será plato de buen gusto para todo tipo de lector. Pero creo que resulta una propuesta suficientemente fresca y descarada para hacer mínimamente divertida su lectura en su función de "Origin Story" que ya no sé si funcionará mejor el segundo volumen que compila esta presentación de personaje.
En el contexto argumental de Robert Kirkman. Se aprovecha que Hank Pym está trabajando con SHIELD en la fabricación de un nuevo traje de Ant Man que pueda ser usado por el mejor agente y asegurar a la organización capitaneada por el ojo bueno de Nick Furia un super agente en miniatura para tantas misiones ultra secretas. Por un cúmulo de circunstancias, el traje acabará en las manos de posiblemente el peor agente de SHIELD. Este Eric O´Grady cuyas actividades heroicas pasan por, sí, salvar alguna vida. Pero a poder ser de mujeres a las que poder coaccionar para sus patéticas conquistas amorosas y/u contentar su asqueroso libido aprovechando sus poderes de miniaturizarse para espiarlas en la ducha.... EL INCORREGIBLE HOMBRE HORMIGA ESTÁ AQUÍ.
Por supuesto, es evidente que este personaje y tono general de la historia. Atienden a ese gran interés de Robert Kirkman de dinamitar ese "glamour" del género. Por el cual su Invincible se granjeó esa tremenda aceptación que hoy en día ya es universal gracias a la adaptación televisiva. El personaje de Eric O´Grady se caracteriza en extremo como un individuo bastante antipático, aunque Kirkman logra que no caiga del todo con su propio peso y consiga hacer interesante el que tenga el traje de Ant Man. Algo imprescindible cuando la historia está desfragmentada entre el presente donde Eric se encuentra "esquivando" el inicio del conflicto de la Civil War por la imposición del Acto de Registro de Superhumanos, por ser perseguido personalmente por un agente de SHIELD, ex compañero y que actualmente está desfigurado aparentemente por causa de O´Grady. Y el pasado reciente en el que descubrimos a Eric como un agente de vigilancia en SHIELD bastante anodino pero que parece estar esperando su gran momento sin esforzarse o merecerlo. Cosas del destino (o el aprovechar historias ajenas), un ataque relacionado por los arcos argumentales de Lobezno: Enemigo del Estado, de Mark Millar. Facilitará el que Eric acceda al traje a expensas de la vida de su mejor amigo. Quien también con su muerte deja vía libre para que Eric intime más con la que era la novia del finado (todo un pieza).
El Incorregible Hombre Hormiga entra en esta categoría de humor negro "pijamero" para el que la identidad gráfica de Phil Hester funciona para dinamizar mejor la importancia de los personajes "de a pie" y situaciones algo más personales y "anodinas" para lo que nos acostumbra este Universo de ficción. Desde luego no será plato de buen gusto para todo tipo de lector. Pero creo que resulta una propuesta suficientemente fresca y descarada para hacer mínimamente divertida su lectura en su función de "Origin Story" que ya no sé si funcionará mejor el segundo volumen que compila esta presentación de personaje.
September 18, 2018
The current Marvel Ant-Man isn't Hank Pym or Scott Lang. It's Eric O'Grady. And he's a dirtbag. His run is called "Irredeemable" and the tag line is "World's Most Unlikable Superhero!". Not something to be proud of if it means that people stop reading and then advise people not to bother with it.
Eric O'Grady is lazy. He's a thief. He's a monumental liar and manipulator. He's a coward. He's selfish. If we stopped here, there would be nothing to like about this character. Anything good he does is either by accident or for his own ends.
Worst of all though, being a sleazy womanizer would be a step up for this character. More than once he shrinks down to spy on women who are taking a shower. He lies to his best friend's girlfriend to try and get a chance to sleep with her. He asks that same woman out moments after telling her that her boyfriend is dead and manipulates her into making out with him on top of the grave. He saves a woman, manipulates her into a date which he then lies and makes her pay for the expensive meal, then spies on her in the shower when she doesn't sleep with him.
It's repugnant. It's disgusting. The novelty of a "hero" being a horrible person wears off almost immediately with no sign that there's anything about them to root for or hope to see change. Playing the horrible things he does off for laughs just makes it all worse. You don't even get the satisfaction of seeing him fail or get comeuppance for his crappy behavior since he always manages to get away with it as befitting his status as the title character.
Eric O'Grady is lazy. He's a thief. He's a monumental liar and manipulator. He's a coward. He's selfish. If we stopped here, there would be nothing to like about this character. Anything good he does is either by accident or for his own ends.
Worst of all though, being a sleazy womanizer would be a step up for this character. More than once he shrinks down to spy on women who are taking a shower. He lies to his best friend's girlfriend to try and get a chance to sleep with her. He asks that same woman out moments after telling her that her boyfriend is dead and manipulates her into making out with him on top of the grave. He saves a woman, manipulates her into a date which he then lies and makes her pay for the expensive meal, then spies on her in the shower when she doesn't sleep with him.
It's repugnant. It's disgusting. The novelty of a "hero" being a horrible person wears off almost immediately with no sign that there's anything about them to root for or hope to see change. Playing the horrible things he does off for laughs just makes it all worse. You don't even get the satisfaction of seeing him fail or get comeuppance for his crappy behavior since he always manages to get away with it as befitting his status as the title character.
March 13, 2025
Eric O'Grady is a low-level S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who monitors a screen on their Helicarrier. In his off time, he plays poker with some friends and lusts after the female agents. His hometown friend Chris is a fellow agent. Chris is dating Veronica, also a fellow agent. When the Helicarrier is attacked, Chris and Eric are assigned to guard Hank Pym's lab. In the chaos, they accidentally knock out Pym. Chris tries on the latest Ant-Man armor prototype and gets killed. Eric takes the armor and starts wandering around the Helicarrier. The ship crashes and everyone is put on leave until repairs can be made. Eric and Veronica go back to his hometown for Chris's funeral. Eric starts worming his way into her affection as he also gets into more trouble.
While the premise is interesting, the execution is off-putting. Kirkman tries to make it more comedic but it just wasn't that funny. Eric is not some lovable loser or interesting anti-hero. He's just a jerk who is flying by the seat of his pants. He's too unlikeable as a main character to carry my interest. The other characters are okay but there's nothing else compelling about the storytelling or the art to make me read the next volume.
Not recommended.
While the premise is interesting, the execution is off-putting. Kirkman tries to make it more comedic but it just wasn't that funny. Eric is not some lovable loser or interesting anti-hero. He's just a jerk who is flying by the seat of his pants. He's too unlikeable as a main character to carry my interest. The other characters are okay but there's nothing else compelling about the storytelling or the art to make me read the next volume.
Not recommended.
September 26, 2018
The title says it all
Very slow moving with all the time jumps, but at the end when you piece it all together you realize how much different of a story this is. So many questions to ask. Who is the good guy? What is morality for a superhero? The art was basically the house style of Marvel ten years ago and hasn't aged well.
Very slow moving with all the time jumps, but at the end when you piece it all together you realize how much different of a story this is. So many questions to ask. Who is the good guy? What is morality for a superhero? The art was basically the house style of Marvel ten years ago and hasn't aged well.
February 27, 2023
Storia interessante, bei disegni e balzi temporali ben gestiti anche se a primo impatto potrebbero dare l’impressione di essere confusi.
I personaggi secondari sono un po’ piatti.
Il protagonista invece è “ben” caratterizzato… un vero stronzo, e non da l’impressione di poter cambiare nel secondo volume, ma sono comunque curioso di scoprire come si evolverà (se lo farà).
3.0
I personaggi secondari sono un po’ piatti.
Il protagonista invece è “ben” caratterizzato… un vero stronzo, e non da l’impressione di poter cambiare nel secondo volume, ma sono comunque curioso di scoprire come si evolverà (se lo farà).
3.0
July 24, 2018
¿Y un tipo así entra en SHIELD? Vaya porquería de selección de personal, los de RRHH se han lucido.
Pero me he reído un rato.
Pero me he reído un rato.
September 7, 2018
Good look at New Ant Man
Story was good New take on Ant Man. The shield angle was refreshing. Look to see where it goes from here
Story was good New take on Ant Man. The shield angle was refreshing. Look to see where it goes from here
September 24, 2018
It's a fun twist on superhero stories. If you like Deadpool then this is in your wheelhouse.
February 17, 2019
very funny and enjoyable
a lot like deadpool apart from the mindless violence and 4th wall breaking
a lot like deadpool apart from the mindless violence and 4th wall breaking
May 19, 2019
Give Kirkman chops for making an unlikeable hero. Still have yet to see the "hero" part of Eric, but I don't like the guy.
September 11, 2019
¿Un cómic Marvel sobre un super que ha robado un traje y lo usa para ligar? Buenísimo!
February 12, 2020
kirkman rocks
This reads smooth and sarcastic like kirkman does best. Suggested for fans of the walking dead and other kirkman tales.
This reads smooth and sarcastic like kirkman does best. Suggested for fans of the walking dead and other kirkman tales.
December 25, 2021
Haha the lead character is a complete jerk but I'm really enjoying this series.
March 8, 2023
What a dirtbag!
August 26, 2008
This review is going up for both volumes of Kirkman’s Irredeemable Ant-Man because I read the entire thing in three sittings across two days. Three very entertaining sittings.
Essentially Kirkman took an asshole and his more responsible best friend and gave them a super-suit inspired by the hokier days of Marvel Comics. The suit lets the wearer shrink down to ant size and communicate with insects. What ensues includes fight scenes and romantic drama, but also ant drag racing, off-hours spying in the showers of a spy’s locker room, and a superhero fighting a thief… at Nintendo Wii Boxing. Most of it is centered around that selfish protagonist, who for all his typical good impulses will do at least one thing to remind you he’s a bastard in every issue. The bastardly thing is seldom a half-hearted act of selfishness; as characters often remark, he is a “****ing jerk.”
I’m not a fan of censorship, but darned if blanking out the cuss words didn’t make them funnier. That’s the atmosphere of Kirkman’s Irredeemable Ant-Man, which so easily could have fit into his Invincible universe.
Irredeemable Ant-Man is a comic besieged by the plots of other comics, especially by the massive cross-book plots Marvel loves to unfold. SHIELD is inexplicably attacked; most of the world’s mutants disappear; there is a civil war between superheroes and everyone is forced to register with the government; Hulk leads aliens to invade the earth; Nick Fury is nearly killed in the line of duty, Iron Man becomes head of SHIELD, and the old Damage Control starts up again. What’s funny is that almost every event is inexplicable, parodying the convoluted way Marvel forces its writers to include the massive plots into their own books. Who is Damage Control? What is the Civil War? If you didn’t pick it up reading other Marvel comics, you’re lost here. But they’re all so ultimately inconsequential to Ant-Man’s story that it doesn’t bother you. It’s hilarious.
Essentially Kirkman took an asshole and his more responsible best friend and gave them a super-suit inspired by the hokier days of Marvel Comics. The suit lets the wearer shrink down to ant size and communicate with insects. What ensues includes fight scenes and romantic drama, but also ant drag racing, off-hours spying in the showers of a spy’s locker room, and a superhero fighting a thief… at Nintendo Wii Boxing. Most of it is centered around that selfish protagonist, who for all his typical good impulses will do at least one thing to remind you he’s a bastard in every issue. The bastardly thing is seldom a half-hearted act of selfishness; as characters often remark, he is a “****ing jerk.”
I’m not a fan of censorship, but darned if blanking out the cuss words didn’t make them funnier. That’s the atmosphere of Kirkman’s Irredeemable Ant-Man, which so easily could have fit into his Invincible universe.
Irredeemable Ant-Man is a comic besieged by the plots of other comics, especially by the massive cross-book plots Marvel loves to unfold. SHIELD is inexplicably attacked; most of the world’s mutants disappear; there is a civil war between superheroes and everyone is forced to register with the government; Hulk leads aliens to invade the earth; Nick Fury is nearly killed in the line of duty, Iron Man becomes head of SHIELD, and the old Damage Control starts up again. What’s funny is that almost every event is inexplicable, parodying the convoluted way Marvel forces its writers to include the massive plots into their own books. Who is Damage Control? What is the Civil War? If you didn’t pick it up reading other Marvel comics, you’re lost here. But they’re all so ultimately inconsequential to Ant-Man’s story that it doesn’t bother you. It’s hilarious.
July 31, 2015
I am surprised how much I enjoyed reading this, and I feel a bit guilty for it given that this Ant-Man may be "irredeemable" (but I'm kinda hoping he's not?). Although SHIELD agent Eric O'Grady is described numerous times as despicable, a dirtbag, and every other synonym for a guy who steals an Ant-Man super suit off the dead body of his best friend, sleeps with his girlfriend, and generally lies and cheats (oh yeah, he also uses the suit to spy on showering women--ugh), the book is compulsively readable and funny without (I think) glorifying his transgressions. I feel sorry for him, more than enraged. He's affable enough, but selfish, therefore he has no friends and likely contributed to the death of the one person who may have believed he isn't irredeemable. Writer Robert Kirkman introduces O'Grady as the least moral superhero, but he's not 100% bad and shreds of decency begin to show through as the book continues. I'm interested to see if he develops further and yields to his conscience or finds himself in a high security prison. A few notes about the art: I enjoyed the angular, geometric art with a 90's cartoon feel. The straightforward coloring and tight and repeated geometric layouts especially help convey the monotony of O'Grady's jon as a surveillance officer and the tight quarters of the SHIELD hellicarrier.
April 30, 2015
wasn't too crazy about this book. (this is just barely 3 stars.) I get that this new Ant-Man isn't supposed to be likable but I honestly don't understand his motivations ever. like the things that he does that are "irredeemable" seem like they come outta nowhere or don't match up w/ the knowledge we have about him as a person before. essentially the scummy stuff seems forced in to make our "hero" and therefore the book itself feel different. so yeah, I don't like the main dude b/c he doesn't make sense to and he's boring. my God is he boring. also the art doesn't really do much for me. it isn't bad, it just kinda makes me a lil sleepy (probably because everyone looks like they're made of pillows). so enough of what didn't work for me and more of what I liked. I liked the sort of day to day boredom of being a lower ranking member of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the fact that this collection had a letters page after each issue was something not enough trades do and it really helped me like the book and the people making it a lil more. I'm gonna read the next volume and am hoping it gets better but I dunno w/ a lead character I find so profoundly flawed. oh, and then back and forth structure of this book did nothing for me. okay. done.
May 20, 2014
I don't know why I passed over this the first time around. This is what I want to see from a superhero title that has comedy as one of its major aims. More than that, THIS is what I want to see from an anti-hero. Too many "anti-heroes" are just sociopaths whose purposes coincide with the greater societal good for a time, but here we get Eric O'Grady. O'Grady is the sort of asshole everyone knows, self centered and blissfully unaware that his mooching nature is the reason he can't get a girlfriend or sustain many friendships. He'll never pay you back, he'll sleep with your girlfriend, and sexual harassment is the equivalent of casual conversation for him, BUT when the stakes are large enough he'll . . . half-heartedly do what is necessary and then try to work an angle off of it. And now? Now this guy has super powers.
May 1, 2010
So... I read this. I finished it. It was well-done, and really did a good job of incorporating the myriad storylines/characters of the Marvel universe. But it left a bad taste in my mouth. Yes, he's "irredeemable," and every page emphasizes that he's a scummy guy. But I, as a reader, could not get past that. Usually, you cheer for the main character, and while you know he has personal obstacles to overcome, you look forward to him inevitably doing so. This guy? Piece of trash jerk- I couldn't empathize or sympathize in any way. And it just colored the whole story for me. No thank you.
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