r/Invincible • u/SeacattleMoohawks Séance Mod • Apr 16 '21

Invincible [COMIC SPOILER Discussion] - S01E06 - You Look Kinda Dead COMIC SPOILERS

Episode 6 - You Look Kinda Dead

Mark joins William and Amber on a campus visit to Upstate University, hoping to discover a new future for himself. Debbie makes her own disturbing discovery.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '21

Mark's show strength is all over the place tbh not so the reanimen seem much less visceral than the comics.

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u/Ren_Davis0531 Comic Fan Apr 16 '21

Mark does start off weaker in the comics and gradually gets more powerful, but he didn’t get beat this badly in the comics in the beginning. I’m wondering if they actually did nerf the Viltrumites long term. That would be unfortunate given that I feel that would lessen the impact of how much of a threat they are.

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u/Neurotic_Marauder Allen the Alien Apr 16 '21

Tbf, the show has Mark fighting the Reanimen right after he got his shit beaten in by Battle-Beast.

The comic never had Mark get beaten by Battle-Beast this badly so early on either.

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u/Hellknightx Comic Fan Apr 16 '21

I think the show is trying to start Mark off much stronger than he was in the comic so that they can afford to race through most of the plotlines without having to show his gradual power growth.

It makes sense that Battle Beast would whoop his ass. Hell, Battle Beast would probably kill Nolan 1v1 too. But I think the reanimen end up being too strong compared to this powered-up version of Mark we have in the show.

Having Mark stop an asteroid this early on is making his power level feel inconsistent.

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u/DiscoshirtAndTiara Allen the Alien Apr 17 '21

Stopping it may have relied primarily on flight, but he threw it too. Presumably far enough away that earth's gravity wouldn't pull it back. That is a major feat of strength and makes the Reanimen's ability to restrain him feel off.

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u/enzone Apr 20 '21

hmmm...then why doesn't he just fly into the zombie.

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u/anonamus7 Battle Beast Apr 17 '21

I don’t mind comic spoilers as I just really love the world and am gonna start looking to read the comments. Can battle beast really kill Nolan one on one? I’ve been imagining viltramites as kyrptonian without no need for solar power, is battle beast like the strongest guy around? I’m not trying to ruin whole arcs by looking up a bio online just a more general idea of where he ranks among who we’ve seen thus far

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u/Stabby_Mgee Apr 17 '21

Battle Beast is one of the most powerful characters in the comic. The viltrumite/kryptonian comparison is about right, but Battle Beast being one of Machine Head's goons is like the Riddler sending his flunkies to fight the heroes and one of them turns out to be Doomsday.

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u/anonamus7 Battle Beast Apr 17 '21

Ah okay, that is a hilarious image. I can only imagine what comic readers were thinking when he first showed up in that scene

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u/godisanelectricolive Apr 17 '21

He was hired by Machine Head as muscle in the comic as well. That scene is basically the same.

Battle Beast doesn't care about money and doesn't take orders. He just showed up to a random fight because he heard there would be powerful adversaries. All he wants is someone just as strong, or ideally more stronger, than him to battle.

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u/funny_almost Cecil Stedman Apr 19 '21

You have no clue about who he is when he appears - just like in the show. Only later you find out that his only drive and purpose in life is to fight the strongest person in the universe 😂

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u/Hellknightx Comic Fan Apr 17 '21

Yeah, like the other guy said, Battle Beast is hilariously out of place the first time we see him. He's basically the equivalent of a DBZ villain who just goes around the galaxy looking for the strongest warriors to fight.

Honestly, the funniest part is trying to figure out how Machine Head managed to recruit him in the first place.

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u/anonamus7 Battle Beast Apr 17 '21

That does sound funny to see. And does he have any relation to war woman? Their weapons seemed to be sort of a similar material or maybe just both the same color

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u/Hellknightx Comic Fan Apr 17 '21

No relation. Assuming the show makes it far enough, we'll eventually see Battle Beast's backstory and home planet.

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u/anonamus7 Battle Beast Apr 17 '21

Ah that’s awesome. He seems like an intriguing character will be cool to see

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u/enzone Apr 20 '21

Exactly, casually fly to Mars, beat whole civilization there, play with asteroids....and than randomly get beaten by zombie.