r/Invincible • u/SeacattleMoohawks Séance Mod • Mar 26 '21

Invincible [Comic SPOILERS Discussion] - S01E01-03 - It's About Time, Here Goes Nothing, Who You Calling Ugly? COMIC SPOILERS

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Official Trailer

Episode 1 - It's About Time

When Mark Grayson finally inherits powers from his superhero father, it's a dream come true. But there's more to being a hero than just choosing a name and costume.

Episode 2 - Here Goes Nothing

With his father out of action, Mark struggles to defend the city against an interdimensional invasion, joining forces with a team of teenage superheroes.

Episode 3 - Who You Calling Ugly?

Mark has to cut a study date short to help save Mount Rushmore from a crazed scientist. Robot deals with Action - Comic as he assembles a new team of world-saving superheroes.

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u/mwthecool Omni-Mod Mar 26 '21

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't recall seeing Omni Man's foray into the Flaxan dimension in the comics. It's so cool that we saw something we didn't see before.

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u/Epic_Coleslaw Mar 26 '21

Nope, I believe we just see him come back later with a beard.

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u/MrHero429 Tether Tyrant Mar 26 '21

Yeah, he described it as liberating prisoners for a few months.

When Robot and Monster Girl say that he tore through the planet for a 2 years or something crazy.

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u/Neurotic_Marauder Allen the Alien Mar 27 '21

Yeah, it was because of him that it took the Flaxans so long to launch another counterattack on Earth.

Nolan essentially sent the Flaxans back to the Stone Age, and it took multiple generations of them to get back to where they were technologically when they first invaded by the time Robot and Monster Girl went through the portal.

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u/matthieuC Apr 02 '21

He also seemed a bit shellschocked by being away this long if I remember correctly.

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u/Hashbrown4 Comic Fan Mar 26 '21

That scene was epic.

Other than the guardians slaughter, we get to see him drop the hero persona and go full viltrumite warrrior.

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u/ActionBenton Mar 26 '21

he went fucking nuclear on that planet lmao

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u/RandomJPG6 Mar 26 '21

They changed up the pacing from the comics. He disappears before the betrayal, so when he says he liberated some prisoners you believe him. The Flaxxans are just a bit in an issue that you forget about that ended up becoming a big player later on. That's why the comic is so great.

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u/Jrs6500 Comic Fan Mar 28 '21

Im so glad to find someone else saying this. I totally agree. I love how in thw comics seemingly insignificant things end uo becomong huge. Whereas in the show they seem to be really removing the surprise out of it. I would love to know why.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '21

You probably have to spoon feed these things a bit more to the general Amazon Prime audience. Additionally, the pacing can be adapted to connect things more clearly in the show given that the source material is complete. There's no way Kirkman knew the full extent of what he was doing with the Flaxxans when they first appeared given that their later appearnance was years later in real time. Adding more foreshadowing and expanding on some off-panel stuff gives us greater insight into what Nolan is capable of. Same as expanding the fight with the Guardians.

I prefer the show's way of handling this. It helps reconnect Nolan with the Warlord that he was sent to Earth to be.

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u/Jrs6500 Comic Fan Apr 01 '21

I guess it's a matter of tastes. Im very open to the show doing its thing but i found an IGN article that expresses my concerns pretty elequently although i would day im not quite as pesemistic

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u/Strix182 Mar 29 '21

For all Mark's bemoaning of the ineffectiveness of one-liners, his dad pulled a really, really badass one before completely obliterating the Flaxan homeworld.

"You don't seem to understand-- Earth isn't yours to conquer."

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u/skapoww Mar 31 '21

They do briefly show Omni man wrecking the flaxan capital in the comics, but it’s like 70 issues later. (I am in the middle of a re read)