The Whole Invincible Timeline Defined

Amazon Prime Video’s “Invincible” has turn into probably the most beloved superhero collection ever made. Based mostly on the Picture Comics collection by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker, and Ryan Ottley, it tells a well-recognized story of capes and costumes however with a novel willingness to discover how individuals in such a world would possibly behave and develop over time.

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Even simply three seasons in, the present’s chronology has turn into extremely difficult, technically spanning from the daybreak of man by way of to some distant potential future with a mad king (and that is earlier than we deal with the varied alternate realities launched in season 2). As we await the arrival of season 4 someday subsequent yr, we have taken one other have a look at the collection as an entire to piece collectively the story to this point. Seize your Burger Mart, trigger this would possibly take a bit. That is your entire “Invincible” timeline, defined.

Accommodates main spoilers for “Invincible” on Prime Video.

The primary level in our story, past the large bang and the creation of planets and such, occurs 1000’s of years up to now on Earth. A wandering caveman warrior encounters an odd, glowing, blue mild. Upon interacting with it, he’s bestowed with items of superhuman power, pace, agility, sturdiness, and immortality.

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He would outlive all the pieces and everybody he knew — by way of the Center Ages to the American Revolution, and served as President of america throughout the Civil Conflict below the alias Abraham Lincoln. When the time was proper, he would then emerge because the world’s first superhero, publicly embracing his everlasting life and adopting the alias “The Immortal” (Ross Marquand).

For an unknown period of time, the soldiers of the planet Viltrum thrive, till they select to violently cull the weakest of their race by way of fight. The survivors of this nice purge are educated as a part of the planet’s world-conquering crucial. Having efficiently rebuilt their society on pure would possibly, the Viltrumites proceed sending brokers to different planets in order that their empire can increase not by way of the unchecked development of their very own, functionally immortal inhabitants, however the addition of subjugated planets and their peoples. The survivors — additionally by default the strongest and most brutal of the Viltrumite race — would possible see this chance to perpetually wield their power over weaker beings as the one significant use of their energy and, by extension, their lives (one might argue that acts of heroism offered a sure different Viltrumite who survived the Nice Purge a more healthy outlet for his relationship to his personal nice energy).

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One of many many planets the Viltrumites invade is Unopa, a “peaceable and thriving world” that had “achieved concord with nature and expertise” (an essential distinction made by the narrator of the “Invincible” episode “This Missive, This Machination!,” which undermines the Viltrumite narrative that pressured assimilation to the Viltrum Empire brings about utopian situations not in any other case achieved). 

Unopans resisted their oppressors, however solely survived extinction by fleeing the planet and growing a breeding program with the intent to make the subsequent era of Unopans a genetically modified super-powered preventing drive able to defeating the Viltrumites. Although this challenge was finally unsuccessful — producing just one viable candidate, Allen the Alien (Seth Rogen), who was nonetheless unable to defeat a Viltrumite — it caught the eye of the Viltrumite defector Thaedus (Peter Cullen), who thus supplied the Unopans a house on Talescria and a spot inside the burgeoning resistance group the Coalition of Planets.

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Round this time, a younger Viltrumite named Nowl-Ahn is shortly surpassing his friends on Viltrum, the place he’s coaching relentlessly to turn into a member of the planet’s elite world-conquering drive. Regardless of an inauspicious begin, he was ultimately chosen as one of many main conquerors. He hand-delivered lots of of planets to the Viltrumites earlier than he was assigned the planet Earth (to not be confused with Urath).

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When he arrives, he’s met by two imposing beings: a large kaiju (which he kills with little issue) and a younger Cecil Stedman (Walton Goggins). Stedman had not too long ago been promoted to director of the International Protection Company (GDA) after serving time in a GDA jail for killing two supervillains they transformed into property. Although Cecil doesn’t belief Nowl-Ahn, he decides to attend and observe in the interim. Nowl-ahn adopts the title “Omni-Man” and collaborates with the superhero workforce the Guardians of the Globe, which is led by the Immortal.

Quickly after, the Viltrumite — now dwelling as a journey author named “Nolan Grayson” — meets a younger lady named Debbie (Sandra Oh). They date, marry, and ultimately have a baby named Mark (Steven Yeun). When Mark is sufficiently old, Nolan tells him about Viltrum, however paints their shared heritage in a positive, heroic mild.

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As Mark Grayson is being raised by his seemingly good dad and mom, a number of different younger individuals destined for greatness are experiencing very totally different childhoods. A younger lady named Rachel discovers that she has the power to shrink herself to a tiny measurement, and her household instantly begins coaching her rigorously for hero work; Paul and Kate Cha, twins cursed with the power to repeat themselves an infinite quantity of instances, are taken from their catatonic father and given to a authorities facility for coaching; Rex Sloane, having been offered to shady scientists for a low sum, is being physiologically modified with bio-tech, enhancing his bodily capabilities and granting him the ability to explode something he touches.

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However younger Samantha Eve Wilkins (Aria Kane and Jazlyn Ione) had it significantly tough. She was born by way of a science experiment carried out by the Pentagon’s superhuman analysis division. Her creator, Dr. Elias Brandyworth (Stephen Root), secretly gave her to 2 regular dad and mom to forestall the Pentagon from turning her into a brilliant soldier below their management. This left Eve with no assets to assist cope along with her powers, leaving her socially ostracized and mistrusted even by her personal dad and mom for many of her childhood.

At 17, Mark unintentionally hurls a trash bag into area and discovers that his Viltrumite powers are in the end starting to manifest. Although Nolan is initially unsettled by this improvement (unbeknownst to anybody else, this occasion compels him to start his conquest of Earth in earnest), he accepts his duty to coach Mark within the methods of being each a Viltrumite and a superhero.

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Mark’s first days of coaching are tough and discouraging, and his preliminary makes an attempt at crime preventing do not go a lot better (he almost takes down a metropolis block preventing Titan for the primary time). However after some reassurance from his dad and mom (who individually remind him that his powers will solely amplify the issues about him which might be already particular), he embraces his new life and adopts the superhero alter ego “Invincible.” Artwork Rosenbaum, an in depth buddy of the household, in addition to the preeminent tailor for superheroes (voiced by Mark Hamill), designs him a blue, yellow, and black go well with with a delicate “I” insignia constructed into the design.

Nevertheless, as Invincible lastly soars into the sunshine, Omni-Man descends into darkness. Luring the Guardians of the Globe to their secret base with a false misery sign, Nolan brutally murders them one after the other. Exhausted from the combat, Nolan collapses on the scene instantly afterward. When the GDA arrives to scrub up and get well the our bodies, Omni-Man is assumed to be one of many victims, and an investigation is opened by Cecil Stedman into who or what might need defeated him and killed the Guardians.

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With Omni-Man out of the sport indefinitely, Mark feels the necessity to step up in his father’s place. Cecil, involved by the lack of Earth’s strongest heroes and intrigued by the opportunity of having a peer (or perhaps a contender?) to Omni-Man’s energy in his nook, encourages this as respectfully as doable.

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Invincible is given his first main take a look at when portals to an alien dimension are opened in downtown Chicago. When he arrives, he is confronted by a race generally known as the Flaxans, who possess superior weapons and a large navy drive. Attempt as he would possibly, Invincible is overwhelmed by the pace and brutality of such an onslaught, and is ready to do little greater than evacuate a single, mortally injured outdated lady from the chaos. And whereas he’s shortly assisted by the Teen Staff — a bunch of younger superheroes, consisting of an older Atom Eve (Gillian Jacobs), her explosive boyfriend Rex Splode (Jason Mantzoukas), the duplicitous Dupli-Kate (Malese Jow), and unfeeling android chief Robotic (Zachary Quinto) — they, too, are overpowered. In the long run, it is the Flaxan’s personal physiology that undoes them, as they quickly age the longer they continue to be on Earth. They retreat, however vow to return.

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Time within the Flaxan dimension strikes a lot sooner, so after they do finally return (a number of instances within the span of some days), their weaponry has superior by a long time. The Teen Staff and Invincible develop as heroes by way of their encounters with the Flaxans, however are by no means sturdy sufficient to decisively beat them. Solely a revived Omni-Man, having healed from his wounds within the GDA hospital, is ready to ship them packing. Additional, he chases them again into their dimension and disappears for a while — probably years, if not a long time from his perspective, although mere hours or days on Earth — and almost wipes out their complete civilization single-handedly earlier than returning residence.

With Omni-Man recovered — sufficient to beat again the Flaxans however (apparently) not sufficient to face Allen the Alien when he mistakenly arrives to guage Earth’s defenses for the Coalition of Planets (he confused it for Urath) — and making public appearances, the GDA formally broadcasts the deaths of the Guardians of the Globe and their intent to kind a brand new workforce. At a non-public funeral ceremony for the heroes’ households, Nolan spots the demonic detective Damien Darkblood (Clancy Brown) lurking within the shadows. Whereas he might be able to idiot Cecil and his primitive Earth tech, Darkblood’s mystical strategies might very properly uncover him because the assassin, and from the tense interplay the 2 share, it is clear Darkblood is already too near the reality.

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Cecil, in the meantime, places Robotic answerable for assembling and main a brand new workforce of Guardians. After a rigorous audition course of, he selects Rex Splode, Dupli-Kate, the size-changing hero Shrinking Rae (Gray Griffin), a depowered however technologically enhanced veteran of the outdated Guardians workforce named Black Samson (Khary Payton), and Amanda (additionally voiced by Griffin), a 24-year-old shapeshifter cursed to swap between a continuously de-aging physique and the type of hulking demonic beast dubbed “Monster Lady.” Robotic appears immediately related to Amanda, for causes that can turn into clear later. He additionally extends provides to Invincible and Atom Eve, although each decline (the previous desirous to give attention to coaching along with his father and the latter nonetheless offended after discovering Rex had been dishonest on her with Kate).

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Amidst all this, Mark begins courting Amber Bennett (Zazie Beetz), a standard lady at his faculty. Although he is clearly smitten along with her, their first date is interrupted by Cecil, who calls for Invincible’s assist preventing the eco-terrorist Doc Seismic (Chris Diamantopoulos) with Eve. Mark returns afterward and wins Amber’s affections in the interim, however she makes it clear she will not stick round lengthy if he continues to blow her off.

Sadly for Mark and Amber’s blossoming romance, nevertheless, Cecil calls to ask for Invincible’s assist as soon as extra, this time with discreetly escorting a spacecraft to and from the planet Mars. Mark agrees in opposition to his father’s needs. On Mars, the people shortly run afoul of the native Martian individuals, who’re terrified that any of them might be contaminated by the parasitic Sequids that plague their planet and became a vessel for whole Sequid domination. 

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The stakes are apparently apocalyptic, and the Martians are ready to execute the astronauts to forestall a Sequid rebellion. With the assistance of Invincible, they escape and make a hasty retreat again to Earth — that’s, apart from the American astronaut Rus Livingston, who’s knocked unconscious and left on Mars unbeknownst to the crew as a consequence of a shapeshifting Martian stowaway (Ben Schwartz) who stole Rus’ look. Whereas this imposter travels to Earth and unsuccessfully makes an attempt to step into Rus’ life, the true Rus is contaminated by a Sequid on Mars and used to overcome the planet.

With Mark out of the home, Nolan and Debbie attempt to regain some normalcy of their marriage. The loss of life of the Guardians hinders this in quite a few methods, not least of all as a result of Damien Darkblood is dangerously near proving Nolan’s involvement within the crime. Utilizing his tremendous pace and the samples of blood on his destroyed costume, Nolan questionably frames Darkblood for his crimes. Although Cecil would not imagine Darkblood is the true wrongdoer, he nonetheless makes use of a ritual to banish the demon again to hell as punishment for interfering along with his personal investigation. As for Nolan, his efforts seemingly got here too late. Darkblood has already left his notes to be found by none apart from Debbie Grayson.

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Lastly again on Earth, Mark is on very skinny ice with Amber. In actual fact, he is about one missed date away from getting dumped. However when pressured to decide on between serving to her at a neighborhood kitchen and serving to a seemingly remorseful and morally justified felony known as Titan (Mahershala Ali in season 1; Todd Williams in season 3) take down the crime lord Machine Head (Jeffrey Donovan), he places his relationship in danger and does what he thinks is correct. Machine Head, able to primarily predicting the long run, because of a leading edge microchip Titan beforehand stole for him, is extra ready for the team-up than both of them anticipated, and ambushes them with a workforce of highly effective supervillains that features the unstoppable feline warrior Thokk — aka Battle Beast.

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The brand new Guardians arrive to assist, however the mixed would possibly of the villains is simply too nice — Invincible, Monster Lady, and Black Samson are all almost crushed to loss of life. Recognizing the clear imbalance of energy, Battle Beast deems the battle beneath him and voluntarily leaves. The remaining Guardians and Titan actual their vengeance on the remaining villains and defeat Machine Head, whose predictive chip is finally taken by Cecil Stedman as soon as the GDA reveals as much as get well the our bodies.

Eve (additionally a buddy of each Mark and Amber’s from faculty) tells Amber that Mark missed their charity date as a result of he was in a automotive accident. In the meantime, within the literal rubble of Machine Head’s now-empty headquarters, Titan strikes in along with his household and takes his rival’s place as town’s new crime boss.

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Disheartened by his defeat and petrified of dropping his girlfriend and what else stays of his regular childhood, Mark decides to take a trip from being Invincible to go to Upstate College with Amber. They have been invited by Mark’s finest buddy William (Andrew Rannells), who was himself visiting to reconnect along with his one-time boyfriend Rick Sheridan (Jonathan Groff in season 1; Luke MacFarlane in season 2).

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Mark is sadly pressured to jeopardize his relationship with Amber for good when cyborg-zombies created by the pompously deranged science prodigy D.A. Sinclair (Ezra Miller in season 1; Eric Bauza in season 2) start attacking the campus. Invincible is ready to cease him, however not earlier than Rick is kidnapped by Sinclair and became one in every of his monstrosities.

To make issues worse, Amber breaks up with him and his identification is uncovered by (a fortunately sympathetic) William. The trio drive residence in near-silence, and when it comes time to drop Amber off at her home, Mark tries to easy issues over by telling her the reality. Surprisingly, she already is aware of Mark is Invincible, and is as a substitute insulted by his condescending therapy of her. She asks Mark to depart, and after William proves to be lower than useful, he disappears looking for the one buddy who can actually perceive him.

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Having turned down Robotic’s supply to affix the brand new Guardians of the Globe (and with no Teen Staff to return to, as its membership had been completely absorbed into the aforementioned tremendous workforce), Eve is attempting to determine what precisely she needs to do along with her life — a reasonably regular manner for most youngsters to spend their closing yr in highschool. However whereas Amber and Mark are faculties — and Invincible is working towards his heroism by defending college students earlier than he is even made it to campus — Eve is not positive greater schooling or superheroism are for her. And when her discouraging and undermining dad and mom supply no assist, she leaves residence.

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She flies to a close-by wooded space the place she makes use of her powers to assemble a tree home, which serves primarily as her residence and base of operations as she begins saving the world her personal manner. Slightly than punching by way of the dangerous man of the week, she travels the globe serving to to unravel all method of disasters. It is exhausting, however seemingly rewarding.

When Mark arrives to ask for recommendation on what to do about Amber (having flown to her straight from William’s automotive), Eve shares her personal doubts about balancing the need for a standard life with the immense duty their powers give them. (It is also probably a tough topic for Eve, as she virtually went to him for consolation weeks earlier after discovering out about Rex, however stopped herself when she noticed him on a date with Amber.)

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Whereas forming and main his new Guardians of the Globe, the android Robotic has been secretly engaged on a challenge within the background. After breaking the Mauler Twins (two hulking clones of a scientific genius, voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) out of a GDA jail, he brings them to a secret laboratory the place he asks them to place their cloning and reminiscence transference experience to “good” use. Seemingly unknown to the Guardians, Robotic is definitely a vessel remotely managed by a person named Rudy Connors who was born with so many extreme illnesses that he cannot survive outdoors of a stasis tube. In alternate for the schematics for a collar that can permit them to manage any superhero they need, the Maulers switch Rudy’s recollections right into a clone of Rex Splode’s 12-year-old physique (which they grew from a organic pattern he took with out Rex’s data). The process is profitable, after which the brand new Rudy Connors (Ross Marquand) mercy-kills his unique self.

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Rudy makes good on his promise, however instantly tries to recapture the Mauler Twins. He is almost profitable, however is known as away on a Guardians emergency earlier than he can end the job. Left with the schematics, the Maulers depart the power to dig up the grave of The Immortal. Over the subsequent a number of hours (because the world offers with the largest menace it is ever confronted), they reassemble his physique — stated to be able to regenerating by itself — and construct the collar to suit him completely, getting ready one of many strongest heroes on Earth to be their private servant.

In the meantime, for the reason that banishment of Damien Darkblood and the invention of his investigation notes, Debbie has been unable to shake the suspicion that her husband is aware of extra about what occurred to the Guardians he is instructed her. Determined, she manages to get him out of the home simply lengthy sufficient for her to search out the Omni-Man go well with that was almost destroyed throughout his battle with the Guardians (having recalled how surprisingly insistent Nolan was about having the go well with returned to him by the GDA hospital).

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Whereas Mark is at Upstate College, she takes the go well with to Artwork, who makes use of his lab to run a panel of checks. Heartbreakingly, he determines that, primarily based on the blood patterns and oxidation, Nolan was preventing the Guardians when the go well with was destroyed, and it was extra possible than not that Nolan was the primary to strike. Debbie returns residence to confront Nolan, who admits to killing the Guardians of his personal free will however asks her to belief him. She orders him to depart, and — although offended — he does. Debbie is straight away escorted to GDA HQ for security, as Nolan disappears to arrange to disclose the reality to his son when he returns from his faculty go to.

When Nolan returns residence the subsequent morning to speak to Mark (who had unexpectedly taken a detour to see Eve), he as a substitute discovers a squadron of GDA brokers ready for him, in addition to a secret base of operations hidden in a home throughout the road. He makes fast work of the brokers and heads to the bottom, the place Cecil’s right-hand Donald Ferguson (Chris Diamantopoulos) sacrifices his life to blow the build up with Nolan inside. Nolan is unscathed, and flies off to search out Mark. After intimidating William, he heads off looking for Eve’s treehouse. On the way in which, Cecil throws each GDA asset he can at him, together with Sinclair’s ReAnimen and a strong space-laser (the Guardians, on Cecil’s orders, are to stay secure at HQ till known as, lest he give Omni-Man the possibility to clear the roster a second time).

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The latter happens throughout Mark and Eve’s heart-to-heart, and creates an explosion large enough to name their consideration. Although Cecil efficiently will get Eve to face again, an ear-piece-less Mark heads unwittingly into battle along with his father in opposition to Cecil, who deploys a behemoth Kaiju to take Omni-Man down. Invincible and Omni-Man are in a position to vanquish the beast, however within the course of are confronted by an surprising third-party — The Immortal. Having been efficiently revived by the Maulers (however unsuccessfully managed by them, as Robotic had secretly sabotaged the schematics), his first impulse was to trace Omni-Man down and kill him. After a short scrape, Nolan guts him in entrance of Mark, revealing himself because the Guardians’ true murderer.

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Nolan explains his true origin to Mark, and enlists his assist in conquering Earth whereas diminishing its individuals as bugs — and Debbie as a “pet.” An enraged Mark tries to combat him, however he is no match. Nolan deliberately destroys most of Chicago, kills 1000’s (together with the household of Aaron Paul’s Scott Duval) throughout the brawl, and almost kills Mark as properly. Earlier than he can, nevertheless, he’s instantly moved by recollections of fatherhood, marriage, and life on Earth. Overwhelmed, he flies into area in tears.

As he would later clarify, preventing his personal son started to disclose emotions inside Nolan that weren’t allowed on Viltrum. The impulse to guard these weaker than oneself, to develop hooked up to them even, was strictly taboo in his tradition. On the similar time, he had publicly betrayed the identical world he had grown to like for an empire he was starting to despise, and had turned his household in opposition to him within the course of. Unable to dwell with this guilt, he flies to the closest black gap and prepares to float in however is stopped when he sees a close-by ship in misery.

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Nolan saves the vessel, piloted by individuals from the planet Thraxa. He is invited again to their planet, the place his power, heroism, and incomparable lifespan (Thraxans solely dwell for round 9 months and age extraordinarily shortly) compel them to primarily elect him emperor. Throughout this time, he meets a Thraxan lady named Andressa (Rhea Seehorn), and collectively they’ve a son. This little one, a combination between Viltrumite DNA and a “lesser race” (lesser apparently than humanity), is an abomination in Viltrumite tradition, and Nolan fears the kid will probably be hunted and killed when his individuals be taught of his existence.

After therapeutic from his battle along with his father, Mark does what he can to assist clear up town of Chicago. Nonetheless overwhelmed by grief, he begs Cecil to let him work for the GDA, which Cecil very reluctantly agrees to do.

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On the similar time, a scientist named Angstrom Levy (Sterling Ok. Brown) possesses the power to create portals between dimensions and has begun gathering as many alternate variations of himself as doable. Seemingly unbeknownst to him, many of those variations of himself come from realities the place Invincible agreed to overcome the Earth along with his father, or in any other case became a fascist overlord. This Angstrom’s plan is to switch all of their recollections — with the assistance of the not too long ago jail-broken Mauler Twins — into his thoughts, so he can use their collective data to assist save the world. Sadly, Cecil calls in Invincible when he notices the quantity of vitality this process creates, and Invincible would not cease to ask questions when he sees the Maulers are concerned.

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Angstrom tries to subdue Invincible lengthy sufficient for the process to complete, however the Maulers (and their multiversal counterparts known as by Angstrom) almost kill him. Wanting to avoid wasting his life, Angstrom removes his helmet too quickly, inflicting the machine to malfunction and explode, seemingly evaporating the power and everybody inside, save Mark. In actuality, one of many unique Maulers survived, as did Angstrom — although he has been became a monstrous mutated model of himself, overwhelmed by his new recollections of Invincible’s villainy. He leaves to journey the multiverse to arrange his revenge.

Mark’s new life working for the GDA goes fairly properly. He simply takes down villains like Doc Seismic and Darkwing II (the psychologically deranged former sidekick of the Darkwing killed by Omni-Man, voiced by Cleveland Berto) and does so whereas managing to graduate from highschool and keep his rekindled relationship with Amber. It definitely helps that the Guardians are starting to turn into extra dependable, particularly with the additions of the Invincible-esque hero Bulletproof (Jay Pharoah) and the mysterious shape-shifter Shapesmith (secretly the Martian invader who took over astronaut Rus Livingston’s life).

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Moreover, The Immortal has been reinstated as chief of the Guardians, as Rudy is simply too distracted by his new human physique — and his emotions for Monster Lady — to be an efficient chief (it additionally did not assist that he cloned Rex with out his permission and broke the Maulers out of jail). Immortal wastes no time getting them in control… and, awkwardly, begins courting Dupli-Kate, a lot to Rex’s chagrin.

The one factor the Guardians cannot do is make amends with the Atlanteans for the homicide of their king — one of many Guardians of the Globe killed by Nolan. Per their customized, Mark should face judgement in his father’s place, resulting in a battle with a sea beast able to disarming him with a particular name. Seeing this, Cecil secretly has this name replicated by the GDA for use in opposition to Mark if he ever activates them.

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On Talescria, the Coalition of Planets is getting each nervous and excited. On the one hand, Nolan’s flight from Earth and Mark’s rejection of the Viltrumite manner has impressed hope that their resistance has an actual probability of taking maintain. Alternatively, neither Mark nor Allen the Alien nor any of their quantity can bodily compete with even one Viltrumite, and Thaedus is rising involved that they could have put in a mole inside the Coalition.

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He duties Allen the Alien with investigating this matter for him. Earlier than he can, Allen is kidnapped from Talescria by Viltrumites and interrogated about his encounters with Mark and Nolan. Unwilling to cave to their torture, he’s crushed seemingly to loss of life and left in area. Thaedus recovers his physique and takes him to their med bay. There, Allen spends an unknown period of time recovering, ultimately and surprisingly restoring himself to a state extra bodily superior than he was earlier than.

Mark, Amber, and Will — having all been accepted to Upstate College — get pleasure from their first weeks at school collectively. Mark’s is minimize brief, nevertheless, when a Thraxan visits him and asks for his assist saving their planet from an existential menace. In opposition to Cecil’s needs, Mark travels to Thraxa, the place he reunites along with his father. Although Mark remains to be livid and damage, his emotions for Nolan are difficult. Nolan begs him to remain on Thraxa to allow them to end his coaching and shield the planet and his new half-brother from an impending Viltrumite invasion.

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Mark refuses, however is compelled to behave when the planet is ambushed by the Viltrumite Elites Lucan (Phil LaMarr), Thula (Gray Griffin), and Vidor (Chris Diamantopoulos). Although they put up combat, Mark and Nolan are overwhelmed by their would possibly. Viltrumite Common Kregg (Clancy Brown) descends on the planet to take Nolan aboard his ship to be executed for his crimes in opposition to the empire. Mark, however, has really confirmed himself worthy by surviving the battle, and Kregg orders him to return to Earth to complete his father’s mission.

As soon as they go away, Mark spends the subsequent two Earth months serving to rebuild Thraxa. Nolan’s companion Andressa convinces him to return residence, and to take his brother with him, as his Viltrumite blood will make him outlive her care.

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Mark’s two-month disappearing act causes fractures in his relationships, particularly with Amber (who, regardless of attempting laborious to be supportive of Mark’s work, is struggling to like somebody who’s by no means there) and Eve (who wanted Mark for assist, as a discouraging wrestle to search out her path pressured her to give up being a hero and transfer again in along with her dad and mom). Now residence, he tries to make extra time for the individuals in his life — however, in fact, responsibility (learn: Cecil) calls.

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A Martian spaceship is headed towards Earth. Shapesmith admits to being Martian himself (everybody already knew), confesses to attacking and leaving Rus Livingston stranded on Mars (they didn’t know), and rightly theorizes that Rus’ physique was used as a vessel for the Sequids to overcome the planet (they positively didn’t know). Cecil enlists Invincible, in addition to the Guardians with invulnerable pores and skin (Immortal, Bulletproof, Robotic, Monster Lady, Black Samson and Shapesmith) to take care of the menace. Rex Splode has the thought to contain Atom Eve and convinces her to return out of retirement.

The workforce is profitable in stopping the invasion and rescuing Rus. However their departure has left the heroes of Earth susceptible to a different menace.

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Again on our little blue planet, a night of leisure for the much less vincible (or extra vincible?) Guardians — Rex Splode, Dupli-Kate, and Shrinking Rae — is interrupted by none apart from the Lizard League. After an inside shake up of their group, the League is led by King Lizard (Scoot McNairy) to invade a U.S. Authorities facility and take management of the nation’s nuclear arsenal.

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Maybe underestimating the villains considerably, the trio of Guardians combat them to a near-pyrrhic victory. Shrinking Rae is crushed when she tries to mainly “Thanus” the invulnerable Komodo Dragon by permitting herself to be eaten by him — although she is recovered after the battle, she is taken to the GDA’s hospital with extreme accidents. Rex, too, leaves the battle half-dead, his altered physiology permitting him to only barely survive a point-blank gunshot to the top lengthy sufficient for him to win the day. Tragically, nevertheless, Dupli-Kate is crushed whereas attempting to make a replica of herself, seemingly killing her as soon as and for all.

The Immortal is devastated by Kate’s loss of life, a lot in order that he tries to resign from the Guardians completely. As an alternative, he’s placed on sabbatical, and management of the workforce is returned to Robotic/Rudy.

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Recovering from the taxing encounter with the Sequids and the Guardians’ tragic battle with the Lizard League, Mark catches up on some mild studying by heeding his father’s final phrases on Thraxa: “Learn my books!” Mark initially believes that is in reference to the journey books written and revealed by Nolan Grayson, however a go to to Artwork reveals that Nolan additionally wrote quite a few science fiction novels that by no means noticed the sunshine of day.

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Mark shortly deduces that these books are thinly fictionalized memoirs of Nolan’s perilous adventures in area, presumably when he was conquering the lots of of planets he invaded earlier than touring to Earth. In them, Nolan wrote about ferocious beasts a lot stronger than himself, from whom he barely escaped along with his life — in addition to a mysterious, legendary area nomad with a gun highly effective sufficient to destroy something in its path. Recognizing this as proof of potential threats to Viltrumite energy, Mark passes the books on to Allen the Alien and assures him that when the Coalition of Planets prepares for struggle, he’ll combat on their facet.

Elsewhere, on the GDA headquarters, Donald — donating his backbone to the combat in opposition to Omni-Man and in some way alive after blowing up a home with him inside it — confronts Cecil about why he is nonetheless alive. Cecil reveals that, in some unspecified time in the future up to now, Donald voluntarily requested a protocol the place he can be revived from deadly accidents by any means needed as long as the traumatic reminiscence of his loss of life was erased.

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This has left Donald with a confused and incomplete reminiscence of his personal life, and few remaining natural physique components (probably simply his mind). Cecil says that Donald has “died” 39 instances at this level. Provided that Donald hasn’t visibly aged since Cecil was promoted to director, it is doable the protocol was in place earlier than they met.

Donald is deeply disturbed by the revelation, however requests the restoration of his recollections. Coming to phrases along with his personhood by way of recollections, relationships, and actions, he even helps an in-crisis Rick Sheridan (traumatized by his personal life-saving cybernetic reconstruction by the hands of the GDA) perceive this as properly.

Mark’s two-month absence from Earth has performed a big position in exacerbating the rising divide between him and Amber. Decided to make issues work and win again her belief, he takes her on a lavish date the place he recommits to his regular life.

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Nevertheless, actuality comes crashing when a Viltrumite seems virtually out of nowhere. Anissa (an elite member of their ranks, voiced by “The Boys'” Shantel VanSanten) orders Mark to depart the date to talk along with her privately, threatening to kill Amber on the spot if he would not. Mark fearfully acquiesces to her calls for, resulting in a surprisingly civil dialog wherein Anissa earnestly tries to promote him on the mission Common Kregg charged him with on Thraxa. Conquering Earth, as he has been ordered to do by the Viltrumite Empire, will finally be a profit to humanity, she argues, and can save extra of the lives of the people he loves a lot. She even helps him defeat a kaiju serendipitously attacking close by to show that Viltrumite conquest is not about bloodlust or genocide.

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However when Mark refuses to decide to the mission, she viciously beats him, proving simply how unprepared he nonetheless is to face a Viltrumite. He solely survives as a result of Anissa permits it, presumably as a result of she is aware of how few Viltrumites stay on this planet. She leaves, however threatens the arrival of one other elite soldier in her place. Mark returns to Amber, each of them horrified by the encounter. Feeling threatened and irreconcilably out of her depth, Amber breaks up with Mark.

Shortly after Mark and Amber’s breakup, he’s contacted by Angstrom Levy. Having absolutely internalized his inter-psychological, multi-dimensional vendetta in opposition to Invincible (fueled partially by some basic comedian guide misdirection of blame for “inflicting” his grotesque mutation), Angstrom has spent his time for the reason that explosion touring dimensions to arrange for a confrontation along with his archnemesis. Along with studying Mark’s secret identification and getting ready just a few dimensions to entice and weaken him in, he is had his physique bodily enhanced by the multiverse’s finest scientists in order that he can win in a one-on-one combat.

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Or that is the plan at the least. Although Angstrom has an honest run throwing him into numerous harmful (and Easter-egg-filled) dimensions whereas holding his mom and half-brother hostage, the eventual fist-fight is comparatively short-lived. An enraged Invincible beats absolutely the doorways off of Angstrom in a desolate dimension. From the mangled look of his un-moving physique, Invincible is pretty sure he unintentionally, brutally killed the person. Stranded and shortly dropping his grip on his sanity (an ethical dilemma like committing second-degree homicide can try this), Mark is saved by future variations of Monster Lady, Robotic (conspicuously going by the title Rex as a substitute of Rudy), Bulletproof, and Eve, who all journey to him through time machine particularly to ship him residence.

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They suggest that, of their timeline, Invincible was endlessly modified by being stranded on this dimension for thus lengthy, and created the darkish world wherein they dwell. Earlier than he goes residence, nevertheless, the older Eve tells Mark that her youthful self loves him and has all the time liked him, and urges him to inform his Eve whether or not or not he loves her again. Shocked, Mark returns residence. Unbeknownst to anybody, Angstrom survived the assault and teleports himself to a dimension the place his physique will be repaired by a race of beings known as The Technicians.

From right here, issues transfer sooner than they ever have for Invincible. Guilt-ridden over killing Angstrom, dropping to Anissa, and leaving his mom to lift his half-brother (now named Oliver, after his grandfather, and voiced by Christian Convery), Mark chooses to drop out of college and dedicate his time to coaching with Cecil and the GDA. Collectively, they dramatically enhance his bodily capabilities, estimating that he would now be sturdy sufficient to defeat Anissa. Mark additionally makes fast work of the mysterious twin thieves Dropkick and Fightmaster (Xolo Maridueña) and Dupli-Kate’s multiplying brother Multi-Paul (now a global murderer voiced by Simu Liu).

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The scenario with Multi-Paul (who was attempting to kill Rex Splode for failing to guard Dupli-Kate from the Lizard League) is nearly quelled peacefully when the Immortal arrives with Kate herself, revealing that she had been dwelling by way of a replica of herself lengthy earlier than her “loss of life.” Invincible — with a harsher code of justice within the wake of his killing of Angstrom — denies her pleas for leniency and takes him to jail.

In his private life, Mark lastly decides to ask Eve out. She initially says sure, however is offended and humiliated when Mark unintentionally tells her concerning the future model of her.

They’re awkwardly pressured to assist the GDA in opposition to Doc Seismic as soon as once more, although he’s now in a position to overpower them with the assistance of subterranean tremendous creatures. Backed in opposition to the wall, Cecil calls in reinforcements — Sinclair’s ReAnimen and the rehabilitated Darkwing II. Although they assist win the day, Mark is fiercely in opposition to integrating criminals like Sinclair and Darkwing into the GDA and angrily confronts Cecil about it. Cecil tries to motive with Invincible, however throws extra ReAnimen at him so as to forestall him from exposing these secrets and techniques to the Guardians.

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Throughout their confrontation, Cecil reveals that he had a chip put in in Mark’s head that permits him to activate the Atlantean Sea Beast’s name anytime, wherever. Mark manages to get to the Guardians HQ, the place the workforce is appalled at Cecil’s actions. Mark threatens to kill Cecil if he ever comes close to him or his household once more, and asks for Robotic’s assist eradicating the chip. Later, Bulletproof, Rex Splode, Shrinking Rae, Monster Lady, and Robotic resign from the Guardians and transfer again into the Teen Staff HQ; the remaining Guardians — Immortal, Dupli-Kate, Black Samson, and Shapesmith — are joined by Darkwing II.

Now freed-up to spend extra time with Oliver, Mark tries to coach him within the methods of being a superhero like Omni-Man did for him. Mark is troubled, nevertheless, when Oliver methods Artwork into designing a dressing up for him with an “O” insignia, as he intends to go by Child Omni-Man. Although Mark tries to elucidate his dad’s difficult legacy on Earth, Oliver simply would not perceive.

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In subsequent encounters, Oliver fails to heed Invincible’s orders and infrequently acts impulsively, additional troubling Mark. Nonetheless, he permits Oliver to affix him when he is known as in to assist the Guardians cease the newly re-cloned Mauler Twins. Oliver loses management when Mark leaves to cease a nuke the villains fired into the air and kills each twins. Cecil is the primary to see the carnage and tries to counsel Oliver, however a livid Mark takes issues into his personal arms on his return. Right now, Angstrom Levy — having in some way survived Mark’s assault — begins spying on the Grayson family by way of remote-controlled drones.

In area, Nolan is being held prisoner and awaiting execution on a jail barge run by the Viltrumites. Believing him to be a possible support to their trigger after talking to Mark on Earth, Allen the Alien permits himself to be apprehended by Anissa in order that he might be positioned in the identical facility.

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He manages to befriend Nolan on the within whereas proving himself invulnerable to most strategies of execution. When it comes time for Nolan to be killed, Allen levels a jail break with the assistance of the near-unbeatable Battle Beast. Exterior, Nolan commits to their trigger, and divulges to Allen that there are solely 50 Viltrumites left in existence.

Again on Earth, Mark tries to maintain his life below management within the wake of his break up from the GDA. Fortuitously, he and Debbie are in a position to steer Oliver towards the correct path, whereas Eve agrees to offer their relationship a shot (although their first date is interrupted by Dropkick and Fightmaster, revealed to be time travels in want of Invincible’s assist to cease a deranged and despotic Immortal 1000’s of years sooner or later). To mitigate a few of the chaos, the couple plan to maneuver in collectively and begin a non-public safety agency — Invincible Inc. — to earn cash.

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Their first and solely consumer, a supervillain jail, calls upon Mark when the dragon projection of Mr. Liu (Tzi Ma) tries to interrupt Multi-Paul out. Paul was Liu’s finest murderer — although Liu, being the top of the supervillain-supergroup The Order, solely bought concerned as a result of Titan refused to bend the knee and accomplish that himself. Secretly, Titan had orchestrated these occasions in order that Liu and Invincible’s combat would free Machine Head, who he had teamed up with to subvert Liu’s rule. Machine Head kills Liu, takes his place in The Order, and permits Titan to be free from their interference — at the least, for now.

In the meantime, within the GDA, Scott Duvall (apparently an engineer there, for some unexplained period of time) has been stealing experimental plates that permit him to soak up kinetic vitality and amplify his inherent superhuman items of electrical manipulation. Scott had turn into obsessive about prosecuting Invincible for his position in Omni-Man’s assault, however was unsuccessful in getting the D.A. concerned. Working along with his spouse (Kate Mara), he adopts the title Powerplex and levels a number of assaults to goad Invincible into open battle so he can actual his revenge.

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When he lastly succeeds in luring Invincible to the condo the place his sister and niece lived, he does so by staging a kidnapping along with his spouse and son current. They’re each unintentionally killed throughout the battle, and he’s finally taken into GDA custody. Invincible tries to take accountability for Omni-Man’s destruction, however Scott vows revenge.

Not lengthy after, Angstrom, absolutely repaired and within the dimension of the Technicians, throws his grand plan into motion. He sends over 18 alternate, evil variations of Invincible from different dimensions into his personal, the place they kill 1000’s and trigger chaos throughout the globe. The GDA’s mixed would possibly does what it may well, however the alternate Marks tear by way of a lot of the heroes despatched their manner. Throughout this multi-day struggle, many perish, together with Rex Splode (who blows himself as much as kill a single Invincible). Eve is critically injured, which causes Mark to retreat to guard her.

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Cecil discovers that Angstrom is alive and behind the assault (having promised the unruly variants their very own dimensions to overcome, a deal that falls aside, forcing him to ship all of them residence prematurely). Mark permits Cecil to teleport him to Angstrom’s location, the place they combat as soon as extra. When Mark has Angstrom in his arms, Oliver urges him to kill him. Mark seemingly decides to, however Angstrom teleports himself away earlier than he can (severing an arm within the course of). Within the Technicians’ dimension, Angstrom tries to rally, however finds the scientists are reversing the phrases of their very own deal after seeing him betray the Invincibles. He’ll now spend his days as their servant.

Within the aftermath of the so-called “Invincible Conflict,” the world tries to rebuild. Cecil provides Mark the possibility to steer the Guardians of the Globe, however Mark adamantly refuses — although a civil dialog between them appears to suggest their partnership is not completely dissolved. Invincible joins the clean-up efforts, the place he’s pressured to reckon along with his position within the atrocity.

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Within the midst of this, Conquest (the Viltrumite Elite Anissa warned about, voiced by Jeffrey Dean Morgan) arrives to beat some sense into Mark. Their battle, although surprisingly near evenly matched, nonetheless almost kills an exhausted Mark. Eve arrives and is sort of killed, however this state permits her to beat the psychological restrictions that forestall her from manipulating organic matter — she then flays Conquest alive so Mark can seemingly kill him. Mark tells Cecil to burn the physique, however, in fact, Cecil refuses to pay attention and retains Conquest as a captive informant.

Although their battle could mark the tip of the “Invincible” timeline to this point, it alerts the start of even crazier tales but to return. To seek out out what occurs subsequent, you will want to take a look at the unique comedian guide collection by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker, and Ryan Ottley — or wait till 2026 for the discharge of “Invincible” season 4 on Prime Video.

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