r/Invincible • u/ManyMention6930 Battle Beast • Apr 02 '24

Is Mark Korean-American in the comics as well? DISCUSSION

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I thought his race/ethnicity was something present in the comics but I’ve been reading through them and have found no mention of it so far

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u/RakshashaRavana Apr 02 '24 edited Apr 02 '24

Hes actually asian- viltrumite

Edited: Guys u was making a joke about how people in US call themselvs african american or asian american or anglo american. At most hes a mix between human and viltrumite. Now am assuming viltrumites culuture has evoled beyong the concept of nationalism or culturalism as they seem to be soly homogensized (as they are barely left) and am guessing he would probably self actualize as an american since he grew up in the US. But yall need to chill with this entire discussion i was making a joke. Dont need an entire debate about race- ethnisicty- spieces and culture etc

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u/spicybigdadd Apr 02 '24

Is he not american?

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u/RendesFicko Apr 02 '24

I mean, he's an american citizen, but none of his ancestors are.

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u/RadioSlayer Apr 02 '24

Never read the comics, do they say Debbie wasn't born in the states?

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u/Tisamonsarmspines Apr 02 '24

No. Just that her father is named Oliver. That’s the extent of her backstory.

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u/Grendlsgrundl Rex Splode Apr 03 '24

No. Because his human ancestry is never once addressed beyond his being half-human.

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u/RendesFicko Apr 02 '24

I... think so? I seem to recall it. Could be wrong, it's been a while.

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u/Kinggakman Apr 02 '24

I get first generation American vibes from Debbie. Born in America but her parents weren’t. I could be wrong though.

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u/Chainsawd Apr 02 '24

No way her dad is an Asian from Korea named "Oliver," I would be shocked. So maybe she's adopted, maybe she's mixed, but there's something else goin on there.

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u/geckoexploded Apr 02 '24

Maybe he has an anglicized name. Lots of Vietnamese people I use to work with did that.

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u/Xenoezen Apr 03 '24

Definitely. Lots of Koreans too. Source: me

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u/geckoexploded Apr 03 '24

Only Koreans I know use their Korean names so I dunno. Imma go with what you say.

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u/Xenoezen Apr 03 '24

Probably depends on where they are then. I'm korean English and went to the korea society at uni so I got exposed to a lot of Morgan Lees and James Parks and the like.

I work at a korean supermarket rn, all the korean staff go by anglicised names too

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