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/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/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 😂