Written by Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead) and illustrated by Cory Walker and Ryan Ottley, Invincible is arguably the greatest superhero comic of the 21st century. It takes traditional teen hero tropes (à la Spider-Man) and injects them with shock plot twists, Viltrumite cosmic lore, and jaw-dropping, bone-crunching action.

Compendium 1 packs 1,136 pages (collecting issues #0–47) into a single volume. You get to watch Mark Grayson's entire origin, his tragic clash with Omni-Man, and the fallout that reorganizes Earth's heroes.