Usually with books you can look at the many elements that influenced it and say that this part is inspired by this and this other part is inspired by that and so on with The Invisibles Volume 1, a comic that came out in the early 90s, you can do the opposite.

That is until he’s rescued by King Mob, the leader of a group of magicians called The Invisibles, who inducts him into his ragtag team of rebels and tells him about their secret war against The Outer Church. After an attempt at burning down his school, he’s sent to a re-education centre called Harmony House, a nightmarish facility which tries to reprogram Dane’s nonconformist behaviour through lobotomy and castration.

The first Invisibles book introduces us to our hero Dane McGowan, an angry working class teenager from Liverpool who spends his evenings vandalising property while his single mother entertains her latest boyfriend in their council flat. But anyway, I’m here now and glad to have finally read such a talked-about book and discovering that it’s really good! You can’t help but be pulled into the series with all the potential shown in this introductory volume.I know, I know, I’m late to the party on this one! The first volume of The Invisibles came out 20 years ago and I’m just now getting around to reading it – all I can say is: Batman. The Invisibles must go back in time and bring one their own back with them.Īlthough this volume is a bit slow it is essential in establishing all the characters and what their roles will be. The second half of the volume Jack Frost begins training with the Invisibles and takes part in a time travel mission.

They’re a group fighting big brother using magic and violence. The Invisibles are a band of rebels dedicated to the ideals of freedom. Jack is a rebellious teenager sent to a boarding school only to escape and befriend a homeless man who initiates him into the world of the Invisibles. The first half introduces us to the main character, Jack Frost. This first volume can be broken into two parts. Many consider this to be Morrison’s finest piece of work which is not a hard case to make considering the strong characterization, refreshing originality, and smart dialogue throughout this series. It’s of course brought to us by DC’s mature imprint Vertigo and written by the legendary Grant Morrison with Steve Yeowell, Jill Thompson, and Dennis Cramer sharing the art duties. This first volume of the undisputable classic Invisibles collects issue 1 to 8 of the original series.

The invisibles volume 1