When I was a teenager, there were three comics I started regularly collecting.
There was J.
Michael Straczynski’s run on Amazing Spider-Man; not only did it make me a fan of Peter Parker, but I got to witness the character work that Straczynski had honed to a fine science in his previous work.
There was Geoff Johns’s run on Teen Titans; I was a fan of the animated series and it introduced me to Conner Kent/Superboy, who became a favorite character of mine.
Finally, there was Invincible by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker, and Ryan Ottley.
From the very first story arc in 2003 all the way to the grand finale in 2018, I read through each issue and slowly but surely fell in love with the world the creators crafted.
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