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Invincible Comic Ending: The first season of its cartoon adaptation on Amazon has been a special superhero show since it recognizes the most intriguing dynamic at the core of the story of fledgling superhero Mark Grayson (Steve Yeun): his tense relationship with his father, Omni-Man (J.K. Simmons). Invincible was a special comic. Though many tales of fathers and sons engaged in epic warfare abound, I have rarely seen one in this genre with a betrayal so intimate and cruel on the paper or on screen. With lovely character moments, rich animation inspired by the original graphic novel, and loads of over-the-top action and gore, Season 2's second half carries on the all-around hot streak of the program.

For those reasons, the series is amazing; yet, in the second half of this bisected season, Mark's relationship with Amber takes front stage in the best subplot.

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Invincible Comic Ending: The Legacy of Invincible

Back when it first started in 2003, the comic Invincible had a quite straightforward idea: a modern interpretation of superhero clichés. It meant greater real-world consequences for the characters, a grittier study of what, for instance, the government might do should superheroes exist, or whether masks really help to hide identities anymore. It was an action-packed superhero comic with all the soapy melodrama but none of the nonsensical continuity baggage of the continuous stories of the Big Two, shortly before the real flood of superhero films entered theaters. Invincible was rather decent on the level of a light satire/homage to the capes genre, and always interesting to read.

All that was window dressing for the tale of Mark Grayson and how he negotiates his struggle and reconciliation with his father Nolan and the life of a superhero in the twenty-first century. Much as with Spider-Man or Superman, a major component of that was Mark's ability to juggle keeping his romantic relationships with being Invincible. And nowhere did that land flatter than with the hilarious rendition of Amber.

Mark shows up outside her college room in the moment where he breaks up with her to discover her chatting with The One She Told You Not To Worry About. Though nothing improper occurs, she clearly started emotionally cheating on Mark. We are aware he has also been doing since he is drawn to someone else whose life less conflicts with his own. After a depressing conversation about it, Mark and Amber amiably separate. It's almost anticlimactic, neat and clear-eyed. I had to search my hardcover book for it even.

From the start, the show has veered in a new route with Amber, most likely figuring the viewers wouldn't object very much about it. The first difference anyone who reads the comics will find about the cartoon version of Amber is that she is now Black. Though some of the parts of the internet I seldom visit are unhappy about it, this is the least significant alteration to the character (Zazie Beetz). It also serves a character who in the original piece truly lacked much to give. Comic Amber is neither a scold or a shrew; nobody would have treated her unfairly as Skyler White of Breaking Bad experienced a few years later. She did not exist to sprinkle on the procession of the protagonist. She wasn't really fascinating, though, and I recall feeling relief when the comic writers gently put her aside to investigate Mark's love for fellow superhero and obviously superior teammate Atom Eve (Gillian Jacobs, who received an entire grisly origin story episode in the run-up to Season 2).

Invincible Comic Ending actually has a lot of quiet character moments much like that; the page in the comic where Comic Mark and Comic Amber break off is full of conversation. Many times they were fascinating, exposing, occasionally tragic. But the separation between Amber and Mark felt like housekeeping.

Mark is trying his best to be present and attentive at the same time his superheroic life continues dragging him to outer space to halt invasions or meet his father, so you assume the program is headed in a similar manner to the comic. He and Amber go on one more date; it feels just like a last date, and even this is cut short. Another Valkyroid shows him when he does at last catch up with her: embrace the task of conquering Earth, or the Empire will come and destroy him. The crucial point is that this Valkyroid threatens Amber, and the threat is far different here than it was in the original piece.

Mark is having a quiet dinner in the comic not with Amber but with his mother Debbie when the Valkymerite Anissa (Shantel VanSanten on the program) shows up to provide her warning. Her presence anywhere near Mark's human mother implies a threat. The show made a far more terrifying judgment when Anissa touched Amber. Here the threat is shockingly overt, following all the program has done to demonstrate that Valkyroid strength can unmake human bodies without the slightest effort. In both books, Debbie is practically a throwaway story piece in the comic since she is so accustomed to the varied and numerous hazards of the Cape life. The play is horrific, and Amber and Mark respond in a way that realistically would be of a pair of college students.

FAQs: Invincible Comic Ending

How does the Invincible comic end?

Omni-Man had died as he lived, that is, viciously, by Invincible #144, the series double-sized finale. Mark, on the other hand, ended the series with the whole universe at his hands. Assuming leadership of the Valkymerite Empire, he then demilitarized their culture.

What happened to Omni-Man at the end of Invincible?

The last episode of Invincible Comic Ending season 1 calls Omni-Man's future under question. Omni-Man flies away and leaves Earth behind after he finds he cannot proceed with killing Mark. As he spends several years off the planet he calls home, some of the Valkyroid's tears linger floating in space.

What happens in the Invincible finale?

Mark eventually gets hold of Levy and flies him into another reality, apparently killing Levy to death before the Guardians of the Future saves him. Though the second Invincible season finale suggests Angstrom Levy is dead, this isn't the case.

Is Invincible the strongest Viltrumite in the end?

More rigorously than anybody else, believing in that concept, the immensely strong villain repeatedly proved why he is the strongest being in the cosmos.

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