Book Review: Incorruptible Vol. 3 by M. Waid et al.

Incorruptible Volume 3 created and written by Mark Waid and art by Horacio Domingues and Marcio Takara

Max Damage goes after the girlfriend of his old enemy the Plutonian. Alana Patel is a Lois-Lane type who worked at a radio station where the Plutonian, in his everyday persona Dan, worked. She dated the Plutonian until the day that Dan admitted his love for her and that he is the Plutonian. She wigged out and broke up with him. She blames herself for Plutonian going evil and has let herself be kidnapped by a gang of racists who admire The Plutonian because they think he is targeting minorities (he's actually targeting everybody). Alana had an unpublished autobiography that details a lot of secrets, including how Max's powers work. He doesn't want revenge, he just wants to control the information. This situation leads into a lot of conflict between a variety of characters. Also, Max's new sidekick, a Japanese woman who lost her family to the racists and has embraced the Jailbait identity as a coping mechanism, starts making trouble with her own suicidal tendencies. He's renamed her "Headcase" which she does not object to.

The story is less interesting than before. Max is still trying to figure out how to be a hero, though that has taken a back seat to a lot of the other plot mechanics. Many of the minor bits are interesting, like the police chief who has gotten off the bottle just when everyone else turns to drink to deaden the pain of the situation. Unfortunately, the artists still treat Headcase and Alana as eye-candy (i.e. skimpy outfits and lots of cleavage). 

Mildly recommended. They need to get back to Max's main problem!