Invincible (comics)

For the character, see Invincible (character).

Invincible is an American comic book series written by Robert Kirkman, illustrated by Cory Walker and Ryan Ottley, and published by Image Comics. Set in the Image Universe, Invincible follows the coming of age of superhero Mark Grayson / Invincible, a Viltrumite and first-born son of Omni-Man, the most powerful superhero on Earth. The series began publication on January 22, 2003, concluding on February 14, 2018, with 144 issues, across the storylines Family Matters, Eight Is Enough, Perfect Strangers, Head of the Class, The Facts of Life, A Different World, Three's Company, My Favorite Martian, Out of This World, Who's the Boss?, Happy Days, Still Standing, Growing Pains, The Viltrumite War, Get Smart, Family Ties, What's Happening?, The Death of Everyone, The War at Home, Friends, Modern Family, Reboot?, Full House, and The End of All Things. Several spin-off series were released over its run, including: Brit, The Pact, Atom Eve & Rex Splode, and Guarding the Globe. An animated television adaptation began streaming on Amazon Prime Video on March 25, 2021.

Invincible
Variant cover of Invincible 75 (November 2010), art by Ryan Ottley
Publication information
Publisher	Skybound Entertainment (Image Comics)
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Superhero
Publication date	January 2003 – February 2018
No. of issues	144 (25 volumes)
Main character(s)	Mark Grayson / Invincible Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man Atom Eve Wilkins
Creative team
Created by	Robert Kirkman
Written by	Robert Kirkman
Artist(s)	Cory Walker Ryan Ottley
Letterer(s)	Russ Wooton
Colorist(s)	Bill Crabtree
Editor(s)	Robert Kirkman
Collected editions
Family Matters	ISBN 1-58240-320-1
Eight is Enough	ISBN 1-58240-347-3
Perfect Strangers	ISBN 1-58240-391-0
Head of the Class	ISBN 1-58240-440-2
The Facts of Life	ISBN 1-58240-554-9
A Different World	ISBN 1-58240-579-4
Three's Company	ISBN 1-58240-656-1
My Favorite Martian	ISBN 1-58240-683-9
Out of This World	ISBN 1-58240-827-0
Who's the Boss?	ISBN 1-60706-013-2
Happy Days	ISBN 1-60706-062-0
Still Standing	ISBN 1-60706-166-X
Growing Pains	ISBN 1-60706-251-8
The Viltrumite War	ISBN 1-60706-367-0
Get Smart	ISBN 1-60706-498-7

Plot synopsis

Mark Grayson is a normal high school freshman with a normal part-time job whose father, Nolan Grayson, is an extraterrestrial of the planet Viltrum (with humanoid forms similar to Kryptonians) known as Omni-Man, the most powerful superhero on the planet. At age seventeen, Mark begins to display super powers as a result of his Viltrumite ancestry. According to Nolan, the Viltrumite race pioneers the entire cosmos on a mission of benevolence and enlightenment.

Initially the first three volumes focus on Mark as Invincible, who begins working as a superhero with his father acting as his mentor, and meeting other heroes (including Robot, Rex Splode, Dupli-Kate and Atom Eve). His exploits range from discovering that his physics teacher has been turning his students into human bombs, to foiling a plan by the Mauler Twins to make an army of robots. Meanwhile, Omni-Man is kidnapped by aliens and taken to another dimension. He returns after what seems to be only a few days but was actually eight months to him.

The story explores various arcs such as when Mark travels to alternate dimensions and when he fights Thragg to determine the fate of Earth.

Publication history

Ryan Ottley, Robert Kirkman, and Cory Walker at Lucca Comics & Games 2018

While Kirkman has been the sole writer of the series, Walker and Ottley have contributed the art. Walker cocreated the book and provided art from #1 to #7 as well as #127–132. Ottley assumed art duties with issue #8 and drew all other issues. Kirkman has provided back-up space for a few aspiring comic creators, most notably Benito Cereno and Nate Bellegarde. The series is known for its extreme graphic violence despite its colorful nature and visuals.

The series ended with issue #144, with Ryan Ottley "coming back to the book" for the final twelve-issue sequence. The double-sized final issue was released on February 14, 2018. In April 2022, it was announced that a Battle Beast story would be published in Skybound X #25, with Kirkman and Ottley reuniting for the story; it was published on July 20, 2022. In October 2022, it was announced that, in celebration of the series's 20th anniversary in 2023, its first issue would be getting a reprinted facsimile edition reprint and a deluxe edition reprint, compendiums 1-3 would be getting comic shop exclusive hardcover versions, and there would be a reprint of the series in a new 6"x9" graphic novel format with new covers from Cory Walker and Dave McCaig, an Invincible Universe compendium, and a secret announcement in January 2023 (which was later revealed to be a teaser for season two of the animated show).

Characters

Grayson family

• Mark Grayson: A 17-year-old high school student and a Viltrumite/human hybrid who becomes the superhero Invincible.
• Nolan Grayson: Mark's father, Debbie's husband, and formerly the greatest superhero of Earth known as Omni-Man. He was originally sent by the Viltrumites to prepare the Earth to be conquered by them, but has a change of heart and begins showing compassion for others after nearly killing Mark after his secret is revealed. He works together with Mark, Allen, and his second son Oliver to combat the upcoming threat of the Viltrumites before he is crowned their new emperor when it's revealed he was the son of Emperor Argall.
• Debbie Grayson: Mark's mother, Nolan's wife, and stepmother of Oliver Grayson.
• Lord Argall: The former emperor of the Viltrumites and the father of Omni-Man and grandfather of Invincible and Oliver Grayson. He was revealed to have been killed by Thadeus which plunged Viltrum into a civil war.
• Oliver Grayson: Mark's alien half-brother. The result of a relationship between Nolan and a member of the Thraxans named Andress, who have short life spans, growing at a rapidly increased rate compared to humans, though his father's DNA is slowing his aging over time. Although his mother is an insectoid, he resembles a Viltrumite/human with purple skin (later fades to pink). Andressa tells Mark to take Oliver to Earth, so that he can have a life with the people there, because their lifespan is longer than her people's and he gets adopted by Debbie. He first takes the sobriquet of Kid Omni-Man and then Young Omni-Man as he attempts to rehabilitate the memory of Omni-Man in the general public. Kid Omni-Man was later killed by Thragg.
• Terra Grayson: The daughter of Atom Eve and Mark Grayson who would go on to become the third Invincible.
• Markus Murphy: Also known as Marky, he is the son of Mark and Anissa after the latter raped the former. He would go on to become Kid Invincible.

Superheroes

• Atom Eve: Samantha Eve Wilkins is a former classmate of Mark's and member of the Teen Team. Eve was created as a result of a government experiment to create super-beings. She can manipulate all matter, although a mental block has previously stopped her from creating and manipulating living things. Eventually, she and Mark realize their true feelings for each other and the pair start dating, fall in love, and get married after Eve gives birth to their daughter Terra. Eventually, she breaks her previous mental limits and her powers are bolstered to nigh-omnipotent levels, though she retains the discipline to not utilize it on other beings. Breaking her limits allows her to match Mark's Viltrumite powers.
• Allen the Alien: Previously a Champion Evaluation Officer who worked for the Coalition of Planets, he traveled on a tight schedule and tested the skills of various powered heroes on each planet in order to determine if there is a suitable "champion" to defend that planet. He was later promoted to leader of the Coalition of Planets.
• The Guardians of the Globe: A superhero team. Most of the original incarnation was brutally killed by Omni-Man causing another incarnation to be formed.
  • The Immortal: Apparently unkillable leader of the Guardians of the Globe and currently married to Dupli-Kate. It is suggested in flashbacks that one of his past identities was in fact Abraham Lincoln. In the present storyline, he is alive and was briefly beheaded by Omni-Man. The Mauler Twins dug up his body and reattached his head causing Immortal to live again. Revealed to rule the world as a tyrant in the far alternate future, where he is finally killed by Invincible at his own behest, Invincible prevents this in his own timeline by giving The Immortal the assistance of Robot's brain to rule with suggestive guidance.
  • Darkwing: A powerless member of the original Guardians of the Globe who was a parody of Batman. Killed by Omni-Man.
  • War Woman: A member of the original Guardians of the Globe with superhuman strength who was a parody of Wonder Woman. Killed by Omni-Man.
  • Aquarus: A fish-like member of the original Guardians of the Globe from Atlantis with aquakinesis who was a parody of Aquaman. Killed by Omni-Man.
  • Red Rush: Josef is a member of the original Guardians of the Globe with superhuman speed who was a parody of Flash. Killed by Omni-Man.
  • Green Ghost: A ghost-themed member of the original Guardians of the Globe who was a parody of Green Lantern. Killed by Omni-Man.
  • Martian Man: A shapeshifting member of the original Guardians of the Globe from Mars who was a parody of Martian Manhunter. Killed by Omni-Man.
  • Black Samson: Markus Grimshaw is an original member of the Guardians of the Globe with super-strength. Lost his powers (and with them, his Guardian status) for a while and wore a high-tech armor made by Art Rosenbaum before recovering them very abruptly. When Robot went rogue and started conquering the world, Black Samson is among the superheroes killed.
  • Rex Splode: Rex Sloan is a former member of the Teen Team and the Guardians of the Globe who can make objects explode by charging kinetic energy. He sacrificed himself to kill a hostile alternate-dimension Invincible.
  • Dupli-Kate: Kate Cha is a former member of the Teen Team and the Guardians of the Globe who can create an army of duplicates of herself. She eventually becomes the Immortal's wife and has children with him.
  • Bulletproof: Zandale Randolph is a superhero with energy absorption abilitiees. Initially turned down of membership in the Guardians of the Globe, Bulletproof did later join the team and is currently a member. On a related note, Bulletproof was one of the proposed names for the title character before the series saw print. Bulletproof later becomes the second Invincible after Mark temporarily loses his powers. He eventually betrays the Guardians to side with Robot when the latter took over the world. His face was scarred when Immortal activated a bomb in himself.
  • Shrinking Ray: Former member of the Guardians of the Globe who had the ability to shrink his body. He was consumed by Komodo Dragon of the Lizard League.
  • Monster Girl: Amanda is a girl who was cursed by a gypsy, now able to shapeshift into a large ogre-like creature with superhuman strength. A side effect is that with each change into Monster Girl, her normal self becomes younger physically. Her boyfriend, Robot, however found a cure for the curse, allowing her to develop normally.
  • Shapesmith: A Martian disguised as human astronaut Rus Livingston who uses his metamorphic powers to change his shape.
  • Darkwing II: Formerly Night Boy, the original Darkwing's sidekick, Benjamin Taylor continued Darkwing's legacy where he snapped and started killing criminals until Invincible apprehended him. A reformed Darkwing joined the Guardians of the Globe. He can teleport himself and others via the Shadow-verse using any shadow large enough to envelop him. Dragged by one of the extra-dimensional Invincibles into the Shadow-verse, this new Darkwing is later revealed to be alive and aged from the experience.
• Fightmaster and Drop Kick: Two time-travelling martial arts masters who stole the Declaration of Independence, he is from the same era as the future insane Immortal.

Allies

• Amber Justine Bennett: Mark's ex-girlfriend who he first dated in high school. The two break up after realizing how much Mark's superhero life is interfering in their relationship, but remain on good terms. Mark later finds out that her new boyfriend has been beating her and decides to teach him a lesson and make him promise to stop.
• William Francis Clockwell: Mark's roommate and best friend. He initially dates Eve, though Eve admitted she only did it to get close to Mark. He is revealed to be homosexual and begins dating Rick.
• Global Defense Agency: A government organization that the Guardians of the Globe and other superheroes work for.
  • Cecil Stedman: Government liaison and head of the clandestine Global Defense Agency. Cecil has a dubious relationship with Mark and the other heroes, prioritizing Earth's safety over all else. Mark later stops working with him after discovering he's hired several supervillains he's defeated to the GDA and has several failsafes in place to potentially stop or kill him, but eventually comes under his employment again to atone for working with Dinosaurus. Cecil is later killed by Robot after Mark warns him of his true intentions.
  • Donald Ferguson: Cecil's assistant, the Guardians of the Globe contact, and android.
  • Damien Darkblood: A demon detective.
  • Ms. Popper: A GDA agent with teleportation and dimensional travel abilities.
• Art Rosenbaum: A tailor of superhero costumes and family friend of the Graysons.
• Rick Sheridan: Mark and William's classmate at Upstate University who was turned into one of the Reanimen. After he recovers from the ordeal, he begins dating William. It is also revealed that he is the only one that had recovered from being turned into a Reanimen.
• B. N. Winslow: Mark and William's principal at Reginald Vel Johnson High School who later becomes the dean at Upstate College.
• Andressa: A member of the insectoid Thraxan who is the second wife of Omni-Man and the mother of Kid Omni-Man.
• Coalition of Planets: A group of aliens who came together to prevent the Viltrumites from taking over the universe.
  • Thaedus: A peaceful member of the Viltrumites and founder of the Coalition of Planets. He was responsible for killing Emperor Argall enough to plunge Viltrum in a civil war where the weaker Viltrumites were killed. Afterwards, Thaedus went on to establish the Coalition of Planets. Thaedus is later killed by Thragg during the Viltrumite War.
  • Allen the Alien: A one-eyed Unopan and member of the Coalition of Planets.
  • Space Racer: A technopathic member of the Coalition of Planets whose gun has blasts that can harm Viltrumites and rides a hover-cycle.
• D.A. Sinclair: A young and reclusive scientist at Upstate University and creator of the "Reanimen" who is hired by Cecil to build "soldiers" out of the corpses of extra-dimensional Invincibles. After some time working with Cecil, Sinclair reforms and eventually helps Invincible and the surviving Guardians of the Globe fight against Robot.
  • Reanimen - A group of cyborg zombies intended to be "the soldiers of the future".

Enemies

• David Hiles: A weapons engineer for a military-sanctioned research firm. His son committed suicide which also resulted in him getting divorced from his wife and also shortly thereafter lost his job. David joined the staff of "Reginald Vel Johnson High School", where one of his students was Mark Grayson, the teenage superhero called Invincible.
• Robot: Former leader of the Teen Team and leader of the Guardians of the Globe until replaced by the Immortal. Not an actual robot, but a drone body controlled by a malformed human named Rudolph Connors living in a life-support tank, he cloned a new human body for himself using Rex Splode's DNA with the help of the Mauler Twins. Afterward, Robot would become romantically involved with Monster Girl. In Issue #71, he and Monster Girl disappear into a Flaxan portal and return several issues later. Changed from the time he spent in the Flaxan dimension, he becomes an antagonist to Invincible and other heroes who oppose him.
• Mauler Twins: An evil super-strong blue-skinned scientist and his clone who both continuously argue as to which is the original. After the original was definitely killed, making them both clones, they switched to arguing which is the original clone. During a fight against the Guardians of the Globe, both Mauler Twins were killed by Kid Omni-Man. They come back in a later issue with one of them explaining that they have countermeasures in case both of them die.
• Sanford: The former butler of Black Samson who wanted revenge on the Guardians of the Globe for firing Black Samson only to be denied when they were killed. He went on a rampage after that.
• Angstrom Levy: A genius with the ability to leap across dimensions and is one of Invincible's archenemies. After being disfigured by one of his inventions, he blames Invincible and swears revenge. Angstrom was later beheaded by Rex Splode.
• The Viltrumites: Invincible and Omni-Man's species who are known conquerors of different planets.
  • Thragg: The Grand Regent of the Viltrum Empire. He would later go rogue after being deposed by Omni-Man and now seeks vengeance on Omni-Man and his family. He later fathers an entire army of half-Viltrumite children in order to attack Earth. He is Invincible's archenemy and the main antagonist of the series. Thragg was later killed by Invincible.
    • Ursaal: A Viltrumite/Thraxan daughter of Thragg and one of his many children. Eventually starts to reform by convincing her Viltrumite/Thraxan siblings to surrender in the final battle alongside Thragg.
    • Onnan: A Viltrumite/Thraxan who is one of Thragg's sons. He was killed by Invincible.
  • Conquest: An elderly, battle-scarred member of the Viltrum Empire. He is a psychopath who relishes in fighting and killing those who oppose the empire. Headbutted to death by Invincible.
  • Anissa: A Viltrumite who was infatuated with Invincible to the point that she raped him and gave birth to their son Marky. Killed by Thragg's children.
  • General Kregg: A member of the Viltrumites who possesses a cybernetic right eye.
  • Thula: A member of the Viltrumites who uses her long hair as a weapon.
  • Lucan: A member of the Viltrumites.
  • Alternative Mark Graysons: Evil versions of Mark Grayson from parallel universes.
• Titan: Titan can encase his body in super-strong, nearly invulnerable rock. Titan first appeared in Capes. Titan was a member of the organized crime group the Order until Mister Liu revoked his membership.
• Battle Beast: First appearing as one of Machine Head's several henchmen, Thokk is a white lion-like alien. He is later released from imprisonment on the Viltrumite Prison Warship where Allen the Alien and Omni-Man were held, and Allen the Alien used his insatiable lust for battles to coax him into helping in their jailbreak. Battle Beast was later killed by Thragg.
• The Flaxans: Aliens from another dimension, in which time passes at a dramatically faster pace.
• Machine Head: A crime boss with a robotic head. He later appeared as a member of the Order.
• Doc Seismic: A villain with special gauntlets that enable him to induce earthquakes, also controls an army of Magmanites and other subterranean monsters.
  • Magmanites: A race of lava monsters.
• The Sequids: A group of psychic aliens that invaded Mars causing it to be quarantined.
• Rus Livingston: An astronaut accidentally left behind on Mars, he's been attacked and made a host of the psychic Sequids.
• The Lizard League: A group of lizard-themed terrorists, they are parodies of fictional reptile-based villain groups The Serpent Society, HYDRA and Cobra. The Lizard League consisted of lizard-named agents along with an army of human followers. Their secret headquarters lies in the Florida Everglades and bears a striking resemblance to a Cobra Terrordrome.
  • King Lizard: The leader of the Lizard League who is an expert strategist and an expert at hand-to-hand combat. King Lizard is the only member of the Lizard League to currently be alive.
  • Komodo Dragon: A Komodo dragon-themed member of the Lizard League with super-strength. He was killed when he bit off Rex Sloan's explosive hand.
  • Komodo Dragon II: The successor of the original Komodo Dragon.
  • Salamander: A salamander-themed member of the Lizard League with toxic abilities.
  • Iguana: A female iguana-themed member of the Lizard League with claws.
• Furnace: A villain with a massive steam-powered iron suit armed with dual flame-throwers and jets. He is actually a man made entirely of liquid heat from which the suit earns its power. Furnace later appeared as a member of the Order.
• Magnattack: A villain for hire with the ability to apparently push metal objects away from him, hence his massive armor plated suit.
• Kursk: A Russian villain for hire who can electrify single targets at a time. He was hired by Machine Head to deal with Titan, but was quickly defeated by the Guardians of the Globe.
• Tether Tyrant: A freelance villain with a vest which houses incredibly strong elastic appendages which can pull and throw victims around. Later merged with the sentient alien vest.
• Magmaniac: A freelance villain who is part lava.
• Master Mind: A criminal with the ability to mentally control the bodies of large groups of people. He was previously seen in the pages of Brit.
• Bi-Plane: An age-old villain who believes in using old-fashioned technology for his attacks.
• The Elephant: A small-time elephant-themed supervillain that has been described in-story as a "lame Rhino rip-off".
• Isotope: A teleporting criminal, Titan's lieutenant.
• Giant: An eight-year-old boy who was pulled into another dimension where he transformed by a sorcerer into gigantic orange-red Cyclops. He became a king in the other dimension until he was teleported back by one of his enemies.
• The Order: A criminal organization.
  • Mister Liu: An elderly Asian cyborg and leader of the Order. He can project his soul out of his body, taking the form of a giant Chinese dragon.
  • Embrace: An Israeli female supervillain and member of the Order with intangibility, possession, and invisibility powers.
  • Face: A Canadian supervillain and member of the Order whose head sports three eyes, two mouths, two noses, and a dual brain.
  • Insomniac: An Egyptian telepathic supervillain and member of the Order.
  • Isotope: A teleporting supervillain and member of the Order.
  • Multi-Paul: Dupli-Kate's brother and a member of the criminal organization called the Order. He shares Kate's self-duplicating power.
  • Octoboss: An octopus-like supervillain and member of the Order.
  • Red Eye: A Brazilian supervillain and member of the Order whose eyes glow red whenever he is about to use his heat vision.
  • Slaying Mantis: An Irish mantis-armored supervillain and member of the Order who has expert swordsmanship.
  • Walking Dread: A Polish electrokinetic supervillain and member of the Order with a monstrous appearance.
  • War Woman II: A member of the Order. She was the former lover of the original War Woman until she was killed by Omni-Man which led to her taking over Amazonia and planning revenge on the men of the world.
• Dinosaurus: A mutant dinosauroid who transforms when he feels indifferent. As Dinosaurus, he is highly-intelligent and develops various plans to improve the world, but they are usually destructive and result in many lives being lost. Mark later breaks him out of prison and forms a partnership to figure out less destructive means to improve the world, but is forced to kill him when he cannot do so.

Several of Kirkman's superheroes. Cover art by Ryan Ottley

In 2003 and 2004, Image and Robert Kirkman published several other superhero series: Tech Jacket pencilled in a manga style by E. J. Su (cancelled at #6), the 3-issue Capes Inc. series drawn by Mark Englert and three oneshots starring Brit, the first two with artwork from Tony Moore and the third with artwork by Cliff Rathburn.

In 2007, Brit was launched as an ongoing full-color series written by Bruce Brown, with artwork by Cliff Rathburn. The series was overseen and edited by Robert Kirkman. In late 2007, a two issue mini-series starring Atom Eve was released.

Tech Jacket was first collected as a digest-sized, black and white graphic novel and later reissued in regular sized, full color and a cover scheme similar to Kirkman's other trade paper backs. Capes was collected as a trade paperback in summer 2007, and the three Brit one-shots were colored by Val Staples and published as a collection in 2007, as well.

At first shown to barely coexist in the same universe, the characters have since been integrated into Invincible's book. Tech Jacket was an ongoing series that tied into Invincible #27, and the character has been seen in the background of various battles during the series. The characters from Capes have also been supporting characters seen mainly in large superhero battles Invincible participates in, and the series ran as a back-up in the Invincible book starting with #27. Brit has had an even less substantial role, appearing a couple of times in the aforementioned brawls (understandable considering that after the last book Brit was somewhat-retired). Brit later went on to become the leader of the Guardians of the Globe and was featured heavily in comic spin-offs Guarding the Globe and Invincible Universe. In The Astounding Wolf-Man, Art, Invincible's tailor, appeared, designing the title character's costume. Wolf-man has also appeared in Invincible #48 & 49.

Issues

Invincible (main story)

Issue	Illustration	Product ID ('Diamond ID')	Publish date
#1	Cory Walker Bill Crabtree	NOV021764	22 January 2003 25 January 2023 (recreate edition Facsimile Ed.) 25 January 2023 (black and white edition Undeluxe)
#2	Cory Walker Bill Crabtree	DEC021803	19 February 2003
#3	Cory Walker Bill Crabtree	JAN031280	26 March 2003
#4	Cory Walker Bill Crabtree	FEB031211	21 May 2003
#5	Cory Walker Bill Crabtree	APR031280	23 July 2003
#6	Cory Walker Bill Crabtree	MAY031224	1 October 2003
#7	Cory Walker Bill Crabtree	JUL031198	31 December 2003
#8	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	AUG031218	1 January 2004
#9	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	SEP031284	4 February 2004
#10	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	NOV031259	23 March 2004
#11	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	JAN041299	1 April 2004
#12	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	FEB041318	15 April 2004
#13	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	MAR041397	1 May 2004
#14	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	APR041393	1 June 2004
#15	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	MAY041418	1 July 2004
#16	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	JUN041361	1 August 2004
#17	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	JUL041760	1 September 2004
#18	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	AUG041569	2 October 2004
#19	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	SEP041536	1 November 2004
#20	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	OCT041516	1 January 2005
#21	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	DEC041532	1 March 2005
#22	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	JAN051604	1 April 2005
#23	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	MAR051691	1 June 2005
#24	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	APR051679	13 July 2005
#25	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	MAY051524	1 August 2005
#26	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	JUN051789	1 September 2005
#27	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	JUL051656	1 November 2005
#28	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	AUG051685	1 January 2006
#29	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	SEP051698	1 March 2006
#30	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	OCT051740	1 April 2006
#31	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	DEC051773	1 May 2006
#32	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	JAN061814	7 June 2006
#33	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	FEB061782	28 June 2006
#34	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	MAR061854	2 August 2006
#35	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	JUN061713	27 September 2006
#36	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	JUL061706	15 November 2006
#37	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	AUG061769	6 December 2006
#38	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	SEP061821	24 January 2007
#39	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	OCT061876	21 February 2007
#40	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	NOV061872	18 April 2007
#41	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	DEC061884	9 May 2007
#42	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	FEB071908	6 June 2007
#43	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	MAR071844	27 June 2007
#44	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	APR071871	25 July 2007
#45	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	MAY071873	22 August 2007
#46	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	JUN071916	21 November 2007
#47	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	AUG072016	5 December 2007
#48	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	SEP071998	20 February 2008
#49	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	OCT072012	19 March 2008
#50	Ryan Ottley Bill Crabtree	NOV072013	11 June 2008
#51	Ryan Ottley Fco Plascencia	DEC072092	23 July 2008
#52	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Fco Plascencia	JAN082077	10 September 2008
#53	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Fco Plascencia	APR082197	1 October 2008
#54	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Fco Plascencia	MAY082204	22 October 2008
#55	Ryan Ottley Fco Plascencia	JUN082263	19 November 2008
#56	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Fco Plascencia	JUL082203	10 December 2008
#57	Ryan Ottley Fco Plascencia	OCT082293	24 December 2008
#58	Ryan Ottley Fco Plascencia	NOV082263	14 January 2009
#59	Ryan Ottley Fco Plascencia	DEC082264	18 February 2009
#60	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Fco Plascencia	JAN092362	18 March 2009
#61	Ryan Ottley Fco Plascencia	FEB092421	22 April 2009
#62	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Fco Plascencia	MAR092449	20 May 2009
#63	Ryan Ot tley Cliff Rathburn Fco Plascencia	APR090384	17 June 2009
#64	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Fco Plascencia	MAY090350	22 July 2009
#65	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Fco Plascencia	JUN090382	19 August 2009
#66	Cory Walker Dave McCaig	JUL090397	23 September 2009
#67	Cory Walker Dave McCaig	AUG090355	21 October 2009
#68	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Fco Plascencia	SEP090332	18 November 2009
#69	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Fco Plascencia	OCT090423	23 December 2009
#70	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Fco Plascencia	NOV090384	17 February 2010
#70.5	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Fco Plascencia	DEC090364	7 April 2010
#71	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Fco Plascencia	JAN100462	28 April 2010
#72	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Fco Plascencia	FEB100397	2 June 2010
#73	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Fco Plascencia	MAR100431	30 June 2010
#74	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Fco Plascencia	APR100461	25 August 2010
#75	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Fco Plascencia	MAY100412	3 November 2010
#76	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Fco Plascencia	JUN100463	22 December 2010
#77	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Fco Plascencia	JUL100447	2 February 2011
#78	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Fco Plascencia	AUG100480	23 March 2011
#79	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Nikos Koutsis	OCT100512	20 April 2011
#80	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Nikos Koutsis	NOV100462	15 June 2011
#81	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Nikos Koutsis	JAN110609	27 July 2011
#82	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn John Rauch	FEB110462	31 August 2011
#83	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn John Rauch	MAR110587	5 October 2011
#84	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn John Rauch	MAY110514	2 November 2011
#85	Cory Walker Fco Plascencia	JUN110546	23 November 2011
#86	Cory Walker Fco Plascencia	JUL110532	21 December 2011
#87	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn John Rauch	AUG110526	11 January 2012
#88	Ryan Ottley John Rauch	SEP110469	1 February 2012
#89	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn John Rauch	NOV110457	29 February 2012
#90	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn John Rauch	DEC110557	4 April 2012
#91	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn John Rauch	JAN120590	9 May 2012
#92	Ryan Ottley Cory Walker Cliff Rathburn John Rauch	MAR120488	13 June 2012
#93	Ryan Ottley Cory Walker Cliff Rathburn John Rauch	APR120543	4 July 2012
#94	Ryan Ottley Cory Walker Cliff Rathburn John Rauch	MAY120615	22 August 2012
#95	Cory Walker Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn John Rauch	JUN120558	26 September 2012
#96	Ryan Ottley Cory Walker Cliff Rathburn John Rauch	JUL120505	24 October 2012
#97	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn John Rauch	AUG120519	14 November 2012
#98	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn John Rauch	SEP120507	5 December 2012
#99	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn John Rauch	OCT120528	2 January 2013
#100	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn John Rauch	NOV120425	30 January 2013
#101	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn John Rauch	JAN130594	20 March 2013
#102	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn John Rauch	FEB130449	24 April 2013
#103	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn John Rauch	MAR130572	19 June 2013
#104	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn John Rauch	APR130541	17 July 2013
#105	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn John Rauch	MAY130556	4 September 2013
#106	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn John Rauch	JUN130545	16 October 2013
#107	Ryan Ottley John Rauch	AUG130697	11 December 2013
#108	Ryan Ottley John Rauch	SEP130624	29 January 2014
#109	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn John Rauch	OCT130604	12 March 2014
#110	Ryan Ottley John Rauch	JAN140594	9 April 2014
#111	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn John Rauch	FEB140476	21 May 2014
#112	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn John Rauch	MAR140578	25 June 2014
#113	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn John Rauch	APR140572	6 August 2014
#114	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn John Rauch	MAY140708	10 September 2014
#115	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn John Rauch	JUL140551	19 November 2014
#116	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn John Rauch	AUG140656	21 January 2015
#117	Ryan Ottley Jean-Francois Beaulieu	SEP140728	18 February 2015
#118	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Jean-Francois Beaulieu	JAN150582	25 March 2015
#119	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Jean-Francois Beaulieu	FEB150613	29 April 2015
#120	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Jean-Francois Beaulieu	MAR150568	27 May 2015
#121	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Jean-Francois Beaulieu	MAY150515	15 July 2015
#122	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Jean-Francois Beaulieu	JUN150544	19 August 2015
#123	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Jean-Francois Beaulieu	JUL150590	16 September 2015
#124	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Jean-Francois Beaulieu	AUG150523	21 October 2015
#125	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Jean-Francois Beaulieu	SEP150572	18 November 2015
#126	Ryan Ottley Cliff Rathburn Jean-Francois Beaulieu	OCT150537	16 December 2015
#127	Cory Walker Nathan Fairbairn Ryan Ottley (cover only) Jean-Francois Beaulieu (cover only)	FEB160514	20 April 2016
#128	Cory Walker Nathan Fairbairn Ryan Ottley (cover only) Jean-Francois Beaulieu (cover only)	MAR160570	18 May 2016
#129	Cory Walker Nathan Fairbairn Ryan Ottley (cover only) Jean-Francois Beaulieu (cover only)	APR160760	15 June 2016
#130	Cory Walker Jean-Francois Beaulieu Nathan Fairbairn Ryan Ottley (cover only)	JUN160635	24 August 2016
#131	Cory Walker Nathan Fairbairn Ryan Ottley (cover only) Jean-Francois Beaulieu (cover only)	JUL160753	16 November 2016
#132	Cory Walker Nathan Fairbairn Ryan Ottley (cover only) Jean-Francois Beaulieu (cover only)	AUG160636	1 February 2017
#133	Ryan Ottley Nathan Fairbairn	DEC160639	15 February 2017
#134	Ryan Ottley Nathan Fairbairn	JAN170736	15 March 2017
#135	Ryan Ottley Nathan Fairbairn	FEB170656	19 April 2017
#136	Ryan Ottley Nathan Fairbairn	MAR170758	17 May 2017
#137	Ryan Ottley	APR170827	21 June 2017
#138	Ryan Ottley Nathan Fairbairn	MAY170692	19 July 2017
#139	Ryan Ottley Nathan Fairbairn	JUN170759	16 August 2017
#140	Ryan Ottley Nathan Fairbairn	JUL170816	20 September 2017
#141	Ryan Ottley Nathan Fairbairn	AUG170683	18 October 2017
#142	Ryan Ottley Nathan Fairbairn	SEP170744	15 November 2017
#143	Ryan Ottley Nathan Fairbairn	OCT170686	20 December 2017
#144	Cory Walker Ryan Ottley Nathan Fairbairn	NOV170577	14 February 2018

Side stories

Invincible Presents: Atom Eve

Issue	Script	Illustration	Product ID ('Diamond ID')	Publish date
#1	Benito Cereno	Nate Bellegarde Bill Crabtree	OCT071965	26 December 2007
#2	Benito Cereno	Nate Bellegarde Bill Crabtree	NOV072045	5 March 2008

Invincible Presents: Atom Eve & Rex Splode

Issue	Script	Illustration	Product ID ('Diamond ID')	Publish date
#1	Benito Cereno	Nate Bellegarde Bill Crabtree	AUG090292	28 October 2009
#2	Benito Cereno	Nate Bellegarde Bill Crabtree	SEP090334	25 November 2009
#3	Benito Cereno	Nate Bellegarde Bill Crabtree	OCT090424	3 February 2010

Invincible Universe

Issue	Script	Illustration	Product ID ('Diamond ID')	Publish date
#1	Phil Hester	John Rauch Todd Nauck	FEB130402	10 April 2013
#2	Phil Hester	John Rauch Todd Nauck	MAR130573	1 May 2013
#3	Phil Hester	John Rauch Todd Nauck	APR130542	5 June 2013
#4	Phil Hester	Todd Nauck Gabe Eltaeb	MAY130557	3 July 2013
#5	Phil Hester	Todd Nauck Gabe Eltaeb	JUN130546	7 August 2013
#6	Phil Hester	Todd Nauck Gabe Eltaeb	JUL130527	4 September 2013
#7	Phil Hester	Todd Nauck Gabe Eltaeb	AUG130698	2 October 2013
#8	Phil Hester	Todd Nauck Gabe Eltaeb	OCT130605	4 December 2013
#9	Phil Hester	Todd Nauck Gabe Eltaeb	NOV130505	8 January 2014
#10	Phil Hester	Todd Nauck Gabe Eltaeb	DEC130576	5 February 2014
#11	Phil Hester	Todd Nauck Gabe Eltaeb	JAN140595	5 March 2014
#12	Phil Hester	Todd Nauck Gabe Eltaeb	FEB140607	2 April 2014

Collected editions

Trade paperbacks

With the exception of volumes 14, 18, 22, 24, and 25, every volume of the Invincible trade paperbacks is named after a television sitcom:

Volume	Title	ISBN	Release Date	Collected Material
Invincible
1	Invincible – Family Matters	ISBN 1-58240-320-1	2003-11-02	Invincible #1–4
2	Invincible – Eight Is Enough	ISBN 1-58240-347-3	2004-04-28	Invincible #5–8
3	Invincible – Perfect Strangers	ISBN 1-58240-391-0	2004-12-01	Invincible #9–13
4	Invincible – Head of the Class	ISBN 1-58240-440-2	2005-04-20	Invincible #14–19; Image Comics Summer Special
5	Invincible – The Facts of Life	ISBN 1-58240-554-9	2005-11-16	Invincible #0, 20–24, 25 (origin stories from the back only).
6	Invincible – A Different World	ISBN 1-58240-579-4	2006-06-05	Invincible #25–30
7	Invincible – Three's Company	ISBN 1-58240-656-1	2006-12-20	Invincible #31–35; The Pact #4
8	Invincible – My Favorite Martian	ISBN 1-58240-683-9	2007-07-19	Invincible #36–41
9	Invincible – Out of This World	ISBN 1-58240-827-0	2008-06-18	Invincible #42–47
10	Invincible – Who's the Boss?	ISBN 1-60706-013-2	2009-05-20	Invincible #48–53
11	Invincible – Happy Days	ISBN 1-60706-062-0	2009-08-24	Invincible #54–59; The Astounding Wolf-Man #11
12	Invincible – Still Standing	ISBN 1-60706-166-X	2010-05-26	Invincible #60–65
13	Invincible – Growing Pains	ISBN 1-60706-251-8	2010-08-25	Invincible #66–70; Invincible Returns #1
14	Invincible – The Viltrumite War	ISBN 1-60706-367-0	2011-04-25	Invincible #71–78
15	Invincible – Get Smart	ISBN 1-60706-498-7	2012-01-11	Invincible #79–84
16	Invincible – Family Ties	ISBN 1-60706-579-7	2012-07-05	Invincible #85–90
17	Invincible – What's Happening?	ISBN 1-60706-662-9	2013-01-23	Invincible #91–96
18	Invincible – The Death of Everyone	ISBN 1-60706-762-5	2013-08-13	Invincible #97–102
19	Invincible – The War at Home	ISBN 1-60706-856-7	2014-03-11	Invincible #103–108
20	Invincible – Friends	ISBN 1-63215-043-3	2014-11-12	Invincible #109–114
21	Invincible – Modern Family	ISBN 1-63215-318-1	2015-06-24	Invincible #115–120
22	Invincible – Reboot?	ISBN 1-63215-626-1	2016-02-25	Invincible #121–126
23	Invincible – Full House	ISBN 1-63215-888-4	2017-04-04	Invincible #127–132
24	Invincible – The End of All Things, Part 1	ISBN 1-53430-322-7	2017-09-26	Invincible #133–138
25	Invincible – The End of All Things, Part 2	ISBN 1-53430-503-3	2018-03-27	Invincible #139–144
Spin-offs
1	Invincible Compendium	ISBN 1-60706-411-1	2011-08-17	Collects #1–47, #0, Invincible story from the Image Comics Summer Special, The Pact #4.
2		ISBN 1-60706-772-2	2013-08-27	Collects #48–96, Invincible Returns #1, The Astounding Wolf-Man #11.
3		ISBN 1-5343-0686-2	2018-07-24	Collects #97–144
1	Invincible Universe Compendium	ISBN 1-5343-9996-8	2023-06-13	Collects Invincible Presents: Atom Eve #1–2; Invincible Presents: Atom Eve & Rex Splode #1–3, Guarding the Globe (Vol. 1) #1-6, Guarding the Globe (Vol. 2) #1-6, and Invincible Universe #1-12.
1	Invincible Presents: Atom Eve & Rex Splode	ISBN 1-60706-255-0	2010-06-14	Invincible Presents: Atom Eve #1–2; Invincible Presents: Atom Eve & Rex Splode #1–3

Hardcovers

Volume	Title	ISBN	Release Date	Collected Material
1	Invincible Ultimate Collection Hardcover	ISBN 1-58240-500-X	2005-08-03	Collects #1–13, plus extras.
2		ISBN 1-58240-594-8	2006-06-20	Collects #14–24, #0, Free Comic Book Day 2004 story, parts of #25, plus extras.
3		ISBN 1-58240-763-0	2007-11-07	Collects #25–35, The Pact #4, plus extras.
4		ISBN 1-58240-989-7	2009-04-29	Collects #36–47, plus extras.
5		ISBN 1-60706-116-3	2010-01-13	Collects #48–59, The Astounding Wolf-Man #11.
6		ISBN 1-60706-360-3	2011-04-05	Collects #60–70, Invincible Returns #1.
7		ISBN 1-60706-509-6	2012-02-15	Collects #71–84.
8		ISBN 1-60706-680-7	2013-05-01	Collects #85–96.
9		ISBN 1-63215-032-8	2014-08-19	Collects #97–108.
10		ISBN 1-63215-494-3	2015-12-10	Collects #109–120.
11		ISBN 1-5343-0045-7	2017-05-23	Collects #121–132.
12		ISBN 1-5343-0658-7	2018-05-22	Collects #133–144.
1	The Complete Invincible Library	ISBN 1-58240-718-5	2007-03-28	Collects #1–24, #0, Free Comic Book Day 2004 story, parts of #25, plus extras.
2		ISBN 1-60706-112-0	2009-11-25	Collects #25–47, The Pact #4, plus extras.
3		ISBN 1-60706-421-9	2011-11-30	Collects #48–70, The Astounding Wolf-Man #11, Invincible Returns #1, plus extras.
4		ISBN 1-53439-906-2	2023-10-17	Collects #71-96, plus extras.
5		ISBN 1-53439-770-1	2024-04-30	Collects #97-120, plus extras.
6		ISBN 1-53432-776-2	2024-09-10	Collects #121-144, plus extras.

Other collections

• Invincible also appeared in Marvel Team-Up Vol. 3 #14, which was collected in Marvel Team-Up Volume 3: League of Losers ISBN 0-7851-1946-9. This story occurs "between the pages" of Invincible #33.
• In November 2006, the Official Handbook of the Invincible Universe was released. This two-issue series told the origins of all of the characters seen in the series so far, and was done in the style of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, including similar covers and many entries even being researched and written by former OHOTMU writer and researcher Peter Sanderson, as well as crediting late OHOTMU creator Mark Gruenwald as inspiration. The series was collected into a trade paperback in November 2007.

In other media

Motion comics

The comic has been turned into a motion comic by Gain Enterprises using the Bomb-xx process, and was broadcast on MTV2 and downloadable to mobile phones, from iTunes, and Amazon.

Cast

• Patrick Cavanaugh as Invincible
• Mark Fountain as Nolan Grayson
• Victoria Kelleher as Debbie Grayson
• Wendy Allyn as Atom Eve
• Stan Kirsch as Robot
• Jeff Shuter as William Clockwell
• J. Anthony McCarthy as Criminal
• Tom Ohmer as Cecil Stedman
• Hosea Chanchez as Mauler Twins
• Daniel Kirschner as Criminals
• Eric Wolfgang Nelson as Rex Splode
• Keith Stone as Allen the Alien
• Mike Connel as Derek
• Bill Garnet as Art Rosenbaum
• Leslie-Anne Huff as Dupli-Kate
• Paul Kresge as Teen Bomb
• Cynthia Sophiea as Mrs. Thatcher

Film

Point Grey Pictures and Skybound Entertainment were set to produce a live-action adaptation of Invincible with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg attached as writers and directors and Universal Pictures distributing it. Series creator Robert Kirkman was also set to produce the film, along with Rogen, Goldberg, David Alpert, Bryan Furst, and Sean Furst. In January 2021, Kirkman reaffirmed that the film is still in development despite the release of a streaming television adaptation, and that Rogen and Goldberg are still involved with the project.

Television series

Main article: Invincible (TV series)

On March 25, 2021, Amazon Studios began airing the first season of an adult animated adaptation of the comic series on Amazon Prime Video, executive produced by comic creator Robert Kirkman. The cast features Steven Yeun as Invincible, Sandra Oh as Debbie Grayson, and J. K. Simmons as Omni-Man. Rogen ending up being involved as a part of the cast, he and Goldberg were not set to direct/write/produce the series. Kirkman, along with Yeun, confirmed the series was coming back for a second and third season. The second season was released on November 2, 2023.

Video games

In July 2023, during San Diego Comic-Con, it was announced that Skybound Games and Ubisoft would release a mobile game based on the series, entitled Invincible: Guarding the Globe, with a release date yet to be determined. That same month, it was announced that Skybound Games and Terrible Posture Games were developing a visual novel/turn-based RPG entitled Invincible Presents: Atom Eve which released on Steam and Epic Games Store on November 14, 2023.

Omni-Man is a playable DLC character in Mortal Kombat 1 (2023), voiced by J. K. Simmons, reprising the role, playing several incarnations of Omni-Man from alternate realities, including a blue-suited version. Invincible also cameos in the game.

Invincible, Omni-Man, and Atom Eve appear as purchasable skins in Fortnite. War Woman's Mace and the arm of a Reaniman are available as pickaxes, while the Immortal's head is a wearable Back Bling.

In popular culture

• In the King of the Hill episode "Behind Closed Doors", Bobby is seen reading a comic entitled Unvincible, whose title and cover art is similar to the first issue of Invincible. Also, in the 13th-season episode "Earthly Girls are Easy", Buck Strickland plays with an Invincible action figure when planning his entrance at the benefit concert.
• In the film Paul, Simon Pegg can be seen wearing an Invincible shirt, and issues of the comic appear in a comic book shop. According to Robert Kirkman, he, along with Invincible cocreator Cory Walker and current Invincible artist Ryan Ottley, had a cameo in the film as the Big Guy's henchmen.
• On the eighth episode of Season 6 of The Walking Dead, during the first scene, four Minimates action figures of the characters Invincible, Allen the Alien, Atom Eve, and Omni-Man are shown in Sam Anderson's room. Carl and the other kids in Alexandria periodically read Invincible comic books as well. In Season 11, episode 18, RJ is seen reading Invincible Vol. 12: Still Standing. Robert Kirkman, co-creator of Invincible, is the co-creator of The Walking Dead comic book series that originated the TV series, also acting as executive producer for the show.
• Invincible and Atom Eve make cameos as audience members in the 2023 video game WrestleQuest.

References

• Invincible at the Grand Comics Database
• Invincible at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)

External links

• Official website
• Invincible at Image Comics