Invincible
The pursual contain plunderer for the Invincible comics as well as Invincible season 3 sequence 4 , " You Were My Hero of Alexandria , " now stream on Prime VideoInvincibleseason 3 add Mark Grayson to a possible future timeline , and quietly prognosticate the conclusion of the original comic ( and likely the animated adaptation ) in the procedure . Invincibleis a very forward-looking feeler to the superhero genre , adapting Robert Kirkman ’s comic serial of the same name . The serial is both a dark subversion and full - throated embrace of superhero storytelling , with many tropes of the genre present even while the characters are portrayed from a more realistic and flawed perspective .
These tropes admit a trip to an alternate future , a vernacular occurrence in superhero comics . Two ofInvincible ’s new characters for season 3bring Mark to the future in " You Were My Hero , " which for the most part meet into the emotional arc that the hero is squeeze to face up in season 3 . However , this trip to the future also quietly hints at major elements of the original comedian , even teasing some significant details that factor intohow theInvinciblecomic ended .
How The Invincible Comics End
TheInvincibleAnimated Series Isn’t Halfway To The Ending Of The Comic
Season 3 ofInvinciblebrings Mark Grayson into the aloof future tense , which quietly allows the show to tease how the comedian ( and potentially the liven version ) come to an end . Invinciblefollows the growth of Mark Grayson from a well - meaning teen to a fully realise bomber , with the young man steadily developing a open perspective of the world . Season 3 ofInvinciblecovers the events leading up to the " Invincible War " plot line , which occurred in issue # 60 of the comic . The series ran for # 144 consequence total , which end with Mark Grayson eventually becoming a universal - story hero .
Invincible season 3 finally tells the backstory of Cecil Stedman , but the origin story make a major alteration to the original comic books .
In the original comic strip , after a series of massive tragedies on Earth reshaped the landscape for his friends and enemies alike , Mark was forced to battle the Viltrumite Empire directly . He gain a major advantage after the revelation that his family were actually the true majestic stemma of the species , giving him a call to the throne . The comics end with Mark winning , eventually leaving Earth in the hands of his remaining allies to find over the Viltrumite Empirewhile his shaver Terra and Marky carry on the Invincible identity as heroes across Earth and the keen cosmos .
How Invincible Season 3’s Future Timeline Foreshadows Mark’s Comic Ending
The Future Immortal Quietly Teases Multiple Aspects Of How Mark Grayson’s Story Ends
" You Were My Hero " convey backDropkick and Fightmaster , revealing the Twin Falls hail from a upstage future and are seeking ways to tumble the despot that govern their world . This prompts them to recruit the present - Clarence Day Invincible , dragging him into the hereafter to confront the King of the World . The King is revealed to be the Immortal , driven to ferociousness over the centuries of loneliness ruling the world . During his confrontation with Mark , this next Immortal reveals that it was the next Invincible who made him the rule of the world when he entrust the planet for distance .
While Mark ’s conflict with the Viltrumite Empire carries throughoutInvincible , other important villain like Angstrom Levy , Dinosaurus , and Monax dish as the major scourge of certain arc of Mark ’s tale .
This foreshadows the adult Mark ’s decision to eventually depart the Earth , as well as the fact that Immortal will eventually come to see Mark as his peer . In the present day , Immortal is one of Invincible ’s harshest critics . Still distrustful of Viltrumites after Nolan killed the original Guardians of the Globe , Immortal is quick to criticize Mark during thesplintering of the raw Guardians . Immortal narrate Mark he should have stay on instead of him hint that Mark and Immortal ’s respect for one another will grow over sentence , like to the agency they were at the conclusion of the comic .
Invincible Adapting The Comic Book Ending Makes Sense
InvincibleSeason 3 Is Laying The Groundwork For The Comic’s Finale
Invinciblehas plenty of storylines to adapt before it attain the endgame teased in " You Were My Hero,“but it makes sense that the show would be moving towards that end game . The importance of the Viltrumite plotline to the overarching news report has been fundamental to the show , with multiple teases in Nolan ’s sub - plot and throughout Cecil ’s action setting up their eventual comer on Earth . It makes mother wit , given the set - up that ’s been ground , thatInvinciblewould commence steadily approach the bragging Viltrumite - centric stories of the original strip ( albeit without forgetting the Earth - bound plotlines and fiber ) .
This reflects the overarching questions about salvation inInvincibleseason 3 , and foreground the overall thematic throughline of the intact series .
Notably , the evil Immortal set - up byInvincibleseason 3 also appear in the original comic . By the ending of the comic , Mark Grayson did leave Earth and put Immortal in care — but remembering his skirmish with a corrupted Immortal , Invincible changed the future for the better by ensure Immortal would n’t rule alone . This plays into a major aspect of the comic , where mercy becomes a oecumenical concept under Mark ’s control of the Viltrumite Empire . This reflects the overarching questions about salvation inInvincibleseason 3 , and highlights the overall thematic throughline of the entire series .
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Based on the comical Good Book persona by Robert Kirkman , Invincible come after Mark Grayson , a seventeen - year - old who leads a seemingly mean life-time save for the fact that he lives behind the shadow of his superhero father , Omni - Man . Mark go on to evolve superhuman abilities , but he must also hear that his father ’s legacy is n’t as glitzy and glamorous as he ’s been led to consider .
