Invincible
Invincible is a comic book character that first appeared in Invincible #1
Mark Grayson, Invincible, is a young super powered hero and the son of the greatest hero on his Earth.
Mark Sebastion Grayson was only seven years old when his father Nolan revealed that he was the superhero Omni-Man as well as an alien, and that Mark was half-alien. Nolan told Mark that his people, the Viltrumites, were a race of peaceful explorers and that he had come to Earth to help mankind. He also told his son that one day he would develop super powers. Every day he got up hoping that he'd have powers but alas they had not developed. Until his last year of high school. He first developed his super strength while working at his after school job. While tossing out the trash, Mark hurled a trash bag at least a hundred
Two months later Mark met the Teen Team, a young group of heroes consisting of Robot, Dupli-Kate, Rex-Splode and Atom Eve and helped them capture Maulers, two super strong super smart twins. Invincible would also team up with his father to battle an alien invasion from a group called the Flaxians who captured Nolan before and wanted revenge for his leading a revolt and escaping. However their dimension's time moves faster than ours; they created devices to halt their aging here, but those were soon destroyed and the Flaxians retreated. At school the next day he recognizes Atom Eve, a member of the Teen Team. The two become friends and fight their teacher when they discover he had been strapping bombs to students and blowing them up in some elaborate scheme for vengeance for the loss of his son and wife that left him. While Omni-Man was out of town Invincible fought Allen the Alien. Instead of being an evil alien, he was really testing the champions of planets. Omni-Man had always thought he was a bad guy because he didn't know that was Allen's job . After talking with Invincible, Allen realized he had been going to the wrong planet for fifteen years and left.
After High School, Mark leaves for college. While visiting Upstate University with his friend William they were attacked by a Reaniman (a robot/zombie), which was created by an evil student named D.A. Sinclair, who had been using homeless men in his experiments to turn the dead into his slaves and added robot parts to make them easier to control. William was looking for Rick Sherdian, who was turned into a Reaniman, and acting as a homeless man, allowed himself to be captured by D.A.
Mark(as Invincible) fought the Reanimen and stopped D.A., and as a result, William learned his secret identity. Meanwhile, Atom Eve quit the Teen Team after finding out that her boyfriend Rex-Splode was cheating on her with Dupli-Kate. She quit the team and started working with Invincible more. By the time she realized she had feelings for Mark, he had already been asked out by Amber Bennett and they started dating. She never told Mark that she liked him.
Soon after, the members of the Guardians of the Globe, (Earth's best superhero team) were murdered. A new team was formed (made mostly of members of the Teen Team). Invincible was offered a spot but declined. Mark and Eve still worked with them on several occasions. Mark would also fight and easily thwart a group of terrorists called the (Lizard League Salamander, Iguana, Komodo Dragon, King Lizard) attempting to poison a towns water supply. He would soon meet Doc Seismic, who uses wrist bands to create earthquakes, and likes fighting famous super heroes.
When it was discovered that it was Omni-Man who had destroyed the Guardians, Mark confronts him. Omni-Man then reveals to his son that the Viltrumites weren't really peaceful explorers, but violent conquerors. Omni-Man had been assigned to take over Earth and he offered Mark the chance to do it with him. Mark refuses, and the two fight. Omni-Man easily wins, leaving Invincible in a coma for two weeks before leaving the planet himself. Upon his recovery, Mark started working for the Global Defense Agency. His liaison is Cecil Steadman, who also used to be Omni-Man's liaison as well.
Mark then meets a new villain Angstrom Levy. Originally Levy was creating a machine that would allow him to transport to other dimensions. He was to use his machine to find his counterparts and use their knowledge to "better the human race". Angstrom was being helped by Mark's old foes the Mauler Twins; he freed them from prison so they would help him with their super-intelligence. When Mark attacked the twins and their other-dimensional counterparts that were summoned by Angstrom, Angstrom removed himself from his machine to plead for Invincible's life. Sadly doing so caused a error in the machine and it exploded. After wards the New Guardians found Mark. Angstrom was found by a lone surviving Mauler. He was horribly disfigured (body and mind) but stated his plan is a success. He soon vowed revenge on Invincible, blaming him for the explosion.
Mark rushes home after a threatening phone call. When Mark arrives he finds his mother in Levy's clutches. Angstrom attempts to weaken Invincible by dragging him through various dimensions. It is here Mark meets Spider-man and the New Avengers. In anger and through irrationality Invincible beats Levy to death because of what he had done to his mother. Mark is then rescued by a group of Guardians from 15 years in the future, where Eve tells him to tell his Eve how he feels so she can move on. Once he returns he attempts to tell Eve how he feels, instead the two wind up kissing. The two are interrupted by a Martian invasion leaving their feelings unresolved.
Later while Mark is dealing with a separate alien invasion alongside a group of aliens called Sequids, a small group of the Guardians in Montana are fighting the Lizard League who are trying to start a nuclear holocaust. The attempt to stop the enemy goes horribly wrong and Shrinking Ray is eaten, Dupli-Kate is seemingly killed and Rex Splode has his hand bitten off and is shot in the head, but he survives. However Komdo Dragon, Iguana and Salamander also died during the battle. After a misunderstanding and a battle with Allen the Alien, The Immortal leaves the team, due to what happened to Kate. Eve returns to Earth after finding out that Mark has broken up with Amber due to some troubles because of Mark's superhero life and her having feelings for a guy named Gary. The two talk, and Mark informs her about her future if she doesn't move on. Later, Mark has lunch with his mom and talks about her new relationship. They are interrupted by a Viltrumite woman named Anissa. The two viltrumites fight and she defeats Mark, then reminds him of his duty to take over Earth, but he (respectfully) declines. Allen the Alien is taken prisoner by the Viltrumites as a part of his plan to find Nolan; after learning about his books and his rebellion against Viltrum, Allen hopes to be placed in the same prison as Nolan so that he can save him from being executed. Invincible and Rex Splode team up to defeat Multi-Paul Dupli-Kate's twin brother, who is angry over his sister's death. It is then that it is revealed that Kate wasn't dead, just her dupes. She is in hiding for an unknown reason after her supposed death. She wanted to stop her brother without taking him to prison, but when she arrived to help Invincible she found that he had already stopped her brother and was going to send him to prison.
With Oliver's Viltrumite powers emerging, he has asked Mark if he can become his super hero partner. Mark is currently debating on whether to let him work with him.
Road to issue 50
Mark recently went looking for Atom Eve, and found her hiding in Africa. Cecil pages Mark, and tells him that Doc Seismic has captured all of the superheroes and are holding them underground. Invincible and Atom Eve go to help, and Mark destroys many of the monsters yet when he goes to fight Doc Seismic he is exhausted and passes out. After beating Doc Seismic, and
Mark fights a horde of Reanimen, only to find that Cecil has another way of keeping him in check. He discovers that Cecil has placed something in his equilibrium. Mark flies away fro help form the New Guardians of the Globe, and they help him only for the charge to Mark's brain to go permanent, until robot blocks the frequency. Mark lashes out and destroys almost all of the Reanimen. Cecil tells Mark that he is fired, and Mark flies into him and pushes him against the wall, he tells him that everything he's been paid is his, to stay away from his family, and if he dare recruit Oliver than he'd kill him. Invincible goes back home, and tells the story to his mom, brother, and Eve. Eve and Mark go into the backyard, and he tells her all he could think of was her when he thought he was going to die, and they kiss.
New Partner, New Duds, Big Changes
Mark is now a free agent who is not working for the government any longer. He tells Oliver that he needs to train him how to use his powers, and Oliver says "As your partner?", Mark says why not, and takes him to get his first costume. Oliver insists on being called kid Omni-Man, because his costume has an O on it, and Mark gets some cool new blue duds, which he doesn't like at first. Mark and Oliver end up fighting two super villains, and Oliver makes many rookie mistakes, but Invincible forgives him. When Mark arrives home he hangs out with Eve, and they kiss again only to be watched by some floating robot which is a camera set to the office of Angstrom Levy who was presumed dead!
The Mauler Twins have a new weapon and appear to have take out the Guardians of the globe. Mark suits up and flies over there, not so long after Oliver suits up as well and follows him. Invincible begins fights the Mauler twins, when they become frustrated and launch a nuclear missile. Just then Oliver arrives, and Invincible takes off after the missile. While Mark is in space, Oliver fights the Mauler Twins and ends up killing them both. When Mark arrives back at the nuclear base he sees the dead bodies, and tells Oliver to get in the sky. He tells him human life is precious, and Oliver disagrees Mark tell him that he sounds too much like his dad. Oliver asks Mark if he ever thought their father was right, Mark replies discreetly....sometimes.
The Return of Titan!
Mark, is still surprised at what Oliver has done and leaves his date with Eve early. He returns home and talks to Oliver about what he did Mark yells at him and says they'll continue the discussion later. Mark yells at Deborah for telling her new boyfriend his secret, she tries to apologize and mark tells her to save it. Mark goes patrolling, and comes across Titan. Mark tells him that he has not forgiven him for taking over Machine Head's corporation and they fight, until a huge dragon attacks Mark. Titan escapes and we see that he is going to start a war with Mr. Liu and his team which also consists of Multi Paul. He comes across Eve in the sky and tells her he'll meet her later. He returns home to talk to Oliver, and he forgives him but it seems Oliver notices the orb in the tree.Nolan, Allen and Battle Beast!?
Since then Mark & Eve have been going on many dates, and they have come to the conclusion that they love each other deeply. Invincible has gone into the future in order to save it, and almost kills the Immortal because he tells him to. Mark refuses to at first but when the Immortal starts to reveal stuff about the future
Mark loses it and rips off his head. When Eve and Mark arrive at home they sleep together for the first time. We flash off to the location in which Allen, and Nolan are being held. It is the day of Nolan's execution and him and Allen are communicating telepathically. Allen reveals that him and Nolan have become very good friends while being held prisoner. Nolan says its time and Allen breaks out of his cell to help, and breaks the other prisoners out of their cells as well. Some prisoners do not want to help but one does. BATTLE BEAST! Allen, Nolan fight the Viltrumites and eventually escape after Nolan reveals that there are only 50 pure blooded Viltrumites left.
Young Love...
Mark receives a call from Amber and goes to see her. When he arrives she reveals that her father has dies and her new boyfriend Gary has been abusing her physically. Mark asks where he is and flies off. Meanwhile, Oliver is patrolling the city when he comes across a giant robot destroying the city. He is being followed by
Invincible War
Aftermath
Invincible visits Eve in the hospital often while the rest of the superpowered community cleans up after the war. Invincible later
The fight rages on between Conquest and Invincible. Invincible get in a few good hits but Conquest is better trained and starts dominating in the fight. Oliver tries to help but almost gets himself killed.
Eve wakes up and rushes to help Mark, but she is killed by Conquest. In his anger, Invincible promises to kill Conquest. They continue to fight despite Mark's body having been broken and bleeding all over. His rage allows him to turn the tide as he destroys Conquest's robotic arm. Somehow Eve comes back to life thanks to her powers and fires a massive energy beam at Conquest that burns all the skin off his body. Invincible continues to fight him as the Viltrumite isn't done yet. In the end, Invincible headbutts Conquest over and over again until his skull is crushed, killing him. Invincible then collapses to the ground due to his injuries as the heroes show up to help him.
Mark awakens in the Pentagon hospital with Eve by his side. The two reconcile with Mark noticing that Eve's breasts have gotten bigger, leading to an intimate moment between them, which is quickly interrupted my Debbie. Later on, Invincible joins the other heroes at the funeral for Rex Splode, and afterwards goes to see Oliver in the hospital. Mark then reveals a shocking revelation he had during his fight with Conquest; in order to truly protect Earth, Invincible must kill every villain he encounters from now on.
Powers
Invincible has super human strength (over 400 tons), speed, flight, and as his name states, invulnerability (able to take a nuke at close range and be unaffected) due to him being half human, half Viltrumite. While he cannot breath in space he is able to hold his breath long enough to fight and travel short distances without a space suit. He also appears to be unaffected by the vacuum or radiation of space. Due to his hybrid nature he is not as strong as a true Viltrumite, but it is expected that as he grows, so to will his powers. By pushing his powers beyond his limits he is able to accelerate them. It is said that if he continues to push himself he will soon be as strong as his father. Presumably he also has an extended lifespan like a Viltrumite.
