I read this in order to be caught up on the mythos for the new movie, only to be simultaneously amused by how crappy a person he is and annoyed that this isn't even the right Ant-Man. It's the third incarnation, not the second. I don't even know who the second really is or why he's no longer around. Did see Pym though.

So, taking this on its own merits, we're dragged through the moral and creeptastic sludge that is Eric O'Grady. Only the super tiny smudge of hope waits for us at the end of this set. He may not be killing people left and right or able to orchestrate grand evil events while appearing to be good, but he's no less an antihero. Really, he's just filth that's pretty good at lying.

Let's face it, if there were any better choices, ANYONE would have been a better choice as Ant-Man.

Unfortunately for us, Earth is extremely short on good superheroes. ( )

The more I think about this book the more offensive I find it. It's basically a really badly written story about an Average Joe jerk. Guys like him are annoying enough in real life - why they get to see themselves successfully become super powered dumb selfish jerks is beyond me! ( )

I generally really like Kirkman's work but this was not one of my favourites.

Eric O'Grady certainly deserves to be called irredeemable. The idea behind the book was to have a hero who was obviously not heroic. While it does make for an original read, it's really hard to care about the main character. The problem is not that O'Grady isn't a good guy, good comics about villains have been written, it's mostly that he is your average jerk and why should anyone be interested in him.

At least, some of the other characters are interesting and some of the jokes are somewhat funny. ( )