An Invincible Thread
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Unless it gets locked, then it would be...vincible?
Anyway, couldn't find a thread (i searched, twice...and then 2 more times after i was told there was one to no avail) on Invincible, and since it's the only comic i currently read, AND i happen to think it's awesome, here's a thread for fellow Invinciheads (i think kirkman said that once) to talk about it and just maybe stir up some new interest for the book.
while we're here, any one have opinions on Invincible's single issues vs trade paperbacks vs ultimate collection?
i've only had experience with the ultimate collection and i loved seeing the artwork evolve throughout the first one and the extra material included a the end of all of them has been fucking cool, he seems to do a lot of sketches of Mark as a zombie, kinda makes me wish i had read Marvel Zombies.
Anyway, couldn't find a thread (i searched, twice...and then 2 more times after i was told there was one to no avail) on Invincible, and since it's the only comic i currently read, AND i happen to think it's awesome, here's a thread for fellow Invinciheads (i think kirkman said that once) to talk about it and just maybe stir up some new interest for the book.
while we're here, any one have opinions on Invincible's single issues vs trade paperbacks vs ultimate collection?
i've only had experience with the ultimate collection and i loved seeing the artwork evolve throughout the first one and the extra material included a the end of all of them has been fucking cool, he seems to do a lot of sketches of Mark as a zombie, kinda makes me wish i had read Marvel Zombies.
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this is what i got when i searched, minus this thread, obviously.
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Yeah, but that'll be countered by the presence of the Firebirds, Dynamo 5, Tech Jacket, the Capes, and Superpatriot.
In addition to the Invincible War, the big Conquest story is coming up.
Reminds me of the Superman/Doomsday teasers from when I was a little kid.
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It's kind of a way to keep continuity streamlined and confined to a single book, while still allowing for crossovers. As for who's a part of the Image superhero universe, the cover for issue 60 has pretty much everyone.
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Okay, so a multiverse. Is there a primary universe where none of the other books supersede the events?
Not really. The closest thing would be the Kirkmanverse, where all of Robert's characters (Brit, Capes, Invincible, Wolf-Man, and Tech Jacket) exist within the same universe. Or Jay Faerber's little Noble Causes/Dynamo 5/Firebirds universe. And occasionally you'll get stuff like The Pact, where creators work together to tell a story that can be applied to all their characters without issue.
It's worth pointing out however, that it's really pretty rare for something not to sync up between books. Like, Kirkman's not going to write Dragon into Invincible and have him get killed, forcing Larsen to point out that it was just a multiversal duplicate. When characters cross over from one book to another, it's usually just so a creator can tip their hat to a peer, and have a character they're a fan of make an appearance.
As a result, nothing of much consequence really happens to a character, without it happening in their own book. Like, Iron Man might make an important appearance in Captain America, setting up his next year's worth of stories, but the same thing won't happen if Witchblade appears in Dynamo 5. But, she may pop in to uppercut a badguy, chat with the protagonists, and then depart back to her own book.
Personally, I think it's a good system. Kind of a super casual continuity.
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I'm staring at this post very intently.
And I would go to the comic book store just to pick up 60, but they never seem to have Invincible. It's weird. They have Wolf-Man and Walking Dead, but no Invincible. I guess people just swoop in and pick them all up or something.
Oooh badass, notice in the last panel how one of the alternate Marks is dressed as a Virilumite with a tache...
Conquest looks interesting
yeah, i've never read it but i've also never heard anything but good stuff about savage dragon
i can second that. :?
Right now is coincidentally a great time to give Savage Dragon a look, as issue #145 is sort of a "fresh start" "new direction" "back to basics" kind of issue that's designed to be a good jumping on point.
Ironically, I adored the series along with Spawn back at the birth of Image Comics (so much so that I brought it when I got my Spawn 1 signed by McFarlane, in the hopes that someone from the book would be there).
I loved the shit out of it until he pulled the "Savage World" craziness with issue #76. I don't think the book has ever really recovered from that, but right now it's looking good.
It's nice to have a book where the creator can pretty much go where he wants and let the storyline evolve organically without dealing with changes in creative teams/events/crossovers. I have to admit that I still tend to think of the character as a super-powered police officer, even though that hasn't been the case in the book for ages. I'm interested to see what it's going to be like now that he's "Back in Blue".
Oh, and Dupli Kate having the Immortal's head thrown through her torso? Hilarious.
I'm not sure if Kirkman really succeeded in doing an entire event condensed down to one issue, but he still told a damn fun story that involved most of the Image-verse.
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It's not bad at all, mind you, it just does a good job of showing me why a longer event can be good, as opposed to making the case for a done in one.
Like Rex getting a page of being a badass. That needed more than a page to do it justice. I'd have been happy with an entire issue of the fight leading up to that.
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And now that I'm reading it again, the book seems even more dysfunctional with each pass. There's just so much stuff that feels like it should be important that gets at best a panel.
The Guardians lose a fight and Kate may or may not be dead again.
The teen team (I guess that's what they're calling themselves) lose a fight.
Bulletproof loses a hand.
Eve fights an Invincible and Oliver fights 2, all three of which make it to the end.
And that's ignoring stuff that can legitimately count as foreshadowing or seeding, with Angstrom and the last 8 Invincibles.
It's so packed it's blasted past dense into schizophrenic.
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I did not notice this at all until I read that spoiler
I really wanted to see more Darkness action in this issue, but I guess it's good not to see him thrashed like so many of the others at least