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Invincible
Variant cover of Invincible 75 (November 2010), art by Ryan Ottley
Publication information
PublisherSkybound Entertainment
(Image Comics)
ScheduleMonthly
FormatOngoing series
Genre
Publication dateJanuary 2003 â€“ February 2018
No. of issues144
Main character(s)
Creative team
Created byRobert Kirkman
Written byRobert Kirkman
Artist(s)Cory Walker
Ryan Ottley
Letterer(s)Russ Wooton
Colorist(s)Bill Crabtree
Editor(s)Robert Kirkman
Collected editions
Family MattersISBN 1-58240-320-1
Eight is EnoughISBN 1-58240-347-3
Perfect StrangersISBN 1-58240-391-0
Head of the ClassISBN 1-58240-440-2
The Facts of LifeISBN 1-58240-554-9
A Different WorldISBN 1-58240-579-4
Three's CompanyISBN 1-58240-656-1
My Favorite MartianISBN 1-58240-683-9
Out of This WorldISBN 1-58240-827-0
Who's the Boss?ISBN 1-60706-013-2
Happy DaysISBN 1-60706-062-0
Still StandingISBN 1-60706-166-X
Growing PainsISBN 1-60706-251-8
The Viltrumite WarISBN 1-60706-367-0
Get SmartISBN 1-60706-498-7

Invincible is an American comic book series written by Robert Kirkman, illustrated by Cory Walker and Ryan Ottley, and published by Image Comics. Set in the Image Universe,[1] Invincible follows the coming of age of superhero Mark Grayson / Invincible, a Viltrumite and first-born son of Omni-Man, the most powerful superhero on Earth. The series began publication on January 22, 2003, concluding on February 14, 2018, with 144 issues. An animated television adaptation began streaming on Amazon Prime Video on March 25, 2021.[2]

Plot synopsis

Mark Grayson is a normal high school senior with a normal part-time job whose father, Nolan Grayson, is an extraterrestrial of the planet Viltrum (with humanoid forms similar to Kryptonians) known as Omni-Man, the most powerful superhero on the planet. At age seventeen, Mark begins to display super powers as a result of his Viltrumite ancestry. According to Nolan, the Viltrumite race pioneers the entire cosmos on a mission of benevolence and enlightenment.

Initially the first three volumes focus on Mark as Invincible, who begins working as a superhero with his father acting as his mentor, and meeting other heroes (including Robot, Rex Splode, Dupli-Kate and Atom Eve). His exploits range from discovering that his physics teacher has been turning his students into human bombs, to foiling a plan by the Mauler Twins to make an army of robots. Meanwhile, Omni-Man is kidnapped by aliens and taken to another dimension. He returns after what seems to be only a few days but was actually eight months to him.

The story explores various arcs such as when Mark travels to alternate dimensions and when he fights Thragg to determine the fate of Earth.

Publication history

Ryan Ottley, Robert Kirkman, and Cory Walker at Lucca Comics & Games 2018

While Kirkman has been the sole writer of the series, Walker and Ottley have contributed the art. Walker cocreated the book and provided art from #1 to #7 as well as #127–132. Ottley assumed art duties with issue #8 and drew all other issues. Kirkman has provided back-up space for a few aspiring comic creators, most notably Benito Cereno and Nate Bellegarde. The series is known for its extreme graphic violence despite its colorful nature and visuals.[3]

The series ended with issue #144, with Ryan Ottley "coming back to the book" for the final twelve-issue sequence.[4] The double-sized final issue was released on February 14, 2018.[5] In April 2022, it was announced that a Battle Beast story would be published in Skybound X #25, with Kirkman and Ottley reuniting for the story; it was published on July 20, 2022.[6] In October 2022, it was announced that, in celebration of the series's 20th anniversary in 2023, its first issue would be getting a reprinted facsimile edition reprint and a deluxe edition reprint, compendiums 1-3 would be getting comic shop exclusive hardcover versions, and there would be a reprint of the series in a new 6"x9" graphic novel format with new covers from Cory Walker and Dave McCaig, an Invincible Universe compendium, and a secret announcement in January 2023 (which was later revealed to be a teaser for season two of the animated show).[7]

Characters

Grayson family

  • Mark Grayson: A 17-year-old high school student and a Viltrumite/human hybrid who becomes the superhero Invincible.
  • Nolan Grayson: Mark's father, Debbie's husband, and formerly the greatest superhero of Earth known as Omni-Man. He was originally sent by the Viltrimites to prepare the Earth to be conquered by them, but has a change of heart and begins showing compassion for others after nearly killing Mark after his secret is revealed. He works together with Mark, Allan, and his second son Oliver to combat the upcoming threat of the Viltrumites before he is crowned their new emperor when it's revealed he was the son of Emperor Argall.
  • Debbie Grayson: Mark's mother, Nolan's wife, and stepmother of Oliver Grayson.
  • Lord Argall: The former emperor of the Viltrumites prior to his death and the father of Omni-Man and grandfather of Invincible and Oliver Grayson.
  • Oliver Grayson: Mark's alien half-brother. The result of a relationship between Nolan and a member of an alien race called the Thraxans, who have short life spans, growing at a rapidly increased rate compared to humans, though his father's DNA is slowing his aging over time. Although his mother is an insect-like humanoid, he resembles a Viltrumite/human with purple skin (later fades to pink). His mother tells his brother to take him to Earth, so that he can have a life with the people there, because their lifespan is longer than her people's, and he gets adopted by Debbie. He first takes the sobriquet of Kid Omni-Man and then Young Omni-Man as he attempts to rehabilitate the memory of Omni-Man in the general public.
  • Terra Grayson: The daughter of Atom Eve and Mark Grayson who would go on to become the third Invincible.
  • Markus Murphy: Also known as Marky, he is the son of Mark and Anissa after the latter raped the former. He would go on to become Kid Invincible.

Superheroes

  • Atom Eve: Samantha Eve Wilkins is a former classmate of Mark's and member of the Teen Team. Eve was created as a result of a government experiment to create super-beings. She can manipulate all matter, although a mental block has previously stopped her from creating and manipulating living things. Eventually, she and Mark realize their true feelings for each other and the pair start dating, fall in love, and get married after Eve gives birth to their daughter Terra. Eventually, she breaks her previous mental limits and her powers are bolstered to nigh-omnipotent levels, though she retains the discipline to not utilize it on other beings. Breaking her limits allows her to match Mark's Viltrumite powers.
  • Allen the Alien: Previously a Champion Evaluation Officer who worked for the Coalition of Planets, he traveled on a tight schedule and tested the skills of various powered heroes on each planet in order to determine if there is a suitable "champion" to defend that planet. He was later promoted to leader of the Coalition of Planets.
  • The Guardians of the Globe: A superhero team. Most of the original incarnation was brutally killed by Omni-Man causing another incarnation to be formed.
    • The Immortal: Apparently unkillable leader of the Guardians of the Globe and currently married to Dupli-Kate. It is suggested in flashbacks that one of his past identities was in fact Abraham Lincoln. In the present storyline, he is alive and was briefly beheaded by Omni-Man. The Mauler Twins dug up his body and reattached his head causing Immortal to live again. Revealed to rule the world as a tyrant in the far alternate future, where he is finally killed by Invincible at his own behest. Invincible prevents this in his own timeline by giving The Immortal the assistance of Robot's brain to rule with suggestive guidance.
    • Darkwing: A powerless member of the original Guardians of the Globe who was a parody of Batman. Killed by Omni-Man.
    • War Woman: A member of the original Guardians of the Globe with superhuman strength who was a parody of Wonder Woman. Killed by Omni-Man.
    • Aquarus: A fish-like member of the original Guardians of the Globe with aquakinesis who was a parody of Aquaman. Killed by Omni-Man.
    • Red Rush: A member of the original Guardians of the Globe with superhuman speed who was a parody of the Flash. Killed by Omni-Man.
    • Green Ghost: A ghost-themed member of the original Guardians of the Globe who was a parody of Green Lantern. Killed by Omni-Man.
    • Martian Man: A shapeshifting member of the original Guardians of the Globe from Mars who was a parody of Martian Manhunter. Killed by Omni-Man.
    • Black Samson: An original member of the Guardians of the Globe with super-strength. Lost his powers (and with them, his Guardian status) for a while before recovering them very abruptly. When Robot went rogue and started conquering the world, Black Samson is among the superheroes killed.
    • Rex Splode: Former member of the Teen Team and the Guardians of the Globe who can make objects explode by charging kinetic energy. He sacrificed himself to kill a hostile alternate-dimension Invincible.
    • Dupli-Kate: Former Member of the Teen Team and the Guardians of the Globe, creates an army of duplicates of herself. She eventually becomes the Immortal's wife and has children with him.
    • Bulletproof: Initially turned down of membership in the Guardians of the Globe, Bulletproof did later join the team and is currently a member. In a related note, Bulletproof was one of the proposed names for the title character before the series saw print. Bulletproof later becomes the second Invincible after Mark temporarily loses his powers. He eventually betrays the Guardians to side with Robot when the latter took over the world.
    • Shrinking Rae: Former member of the Guardians of the Globe who had the ability to shrink his body. He was consumed by Komodo Dragon of the Lizard League.
    • Monster Girl: A girl who was cursed by a gypsy, now able to shapeshift into a large ogre-like creature with superhuman strength. A side effect is that with each change into Monster Girl, her normal self becomes younger physically. Her boyfriend, Robot, however found a cure for the curse, allowing her to develop normally.
    • The Shapesmith: A Martian, disguised as human astronaut Rus Livingston, who uses his metamorphic powers to change his shape.
    • Darkwing II: Formerly Night Boy, the original Darkwing's sidekick, he continued Darkwing's legacy but snapped and started killing criminals until Invincible apprehended him. A reformed Darkwing joined the Guardians of the Globe. He can teleport himself and others via the Shadow-verse using any shadow large enough to envelop him. Dragged by one of the extra-dimensional Invincibles into the Shadow-verse, this new Darkwing is later revealed to be alive and aged from the experience.
  • Fightmaster and Drop Kick: Two time-travelling martial arts masters who stole the Declaration of Independence, he is from the same era as the future insane Immortal.

Allies

  • Amber Justine Bennett: Mark's ex-girlfriend who he first dated in high school. The two break up after realizing how much Mark's superhero life is interfering in their relationship, but remain on good terms.
  • William Francis Clockwell: Mark's roommate and best friend. He initially dates Eve, though Eve admitted she only did it to get close to Mark. He is revealed to be homosexual and begins dating Rick.
  • Global Defense Agency: A government organization that the Guardians of the Globe and other superheroes work for.
    • Cecil Stedman: Government liaison and head of the clandestine Global Defense Agency. Cecil has a dubious relationship with Mark and the other heroes, prioritizing Earth's safety over all else. Mark later stops working with him after discovering he's hired several supervillains he's defeated to the GDA and has several failsafes in place to potentially stop or kill him, but eventually comes under his employment again to attone for working with Dinosaurus. Cecil is later killed by Robot after Mark warns him of his true intentions.
    • Donald Ferguson: Cecil's assistant, the Guardians of the Globe contact, and android.
    • Damien Darkblood: A demon detective.
  • Art Rosenbaum: Tailor of superhero costumes and family friend of the Graysons.
  • Rick Sheridan: Mark and William's classmate at Upstate University, turned into one of the Reanimen. After he recovers from the ordeal, he begins dating William.
  • B. N. Winslow: Mark and William's principal at Reginald Vel Johnson High School, and later dean at Upstate College.
  • Coalition of Planets: A group of aliens who came together to prevent the Viltrumites from taking over the universe.
    • Thaedus: A peaceful member of the Viltrumites and founder of the Coalition of Planets. He was responsible for killing Emperor Argall enough to plunge Viltrum in a civil war where the weaker Viltrumites were killed. Afterwards, Thaedus went on to establish the Coalition of Planets. Thaedus is later killed by Thragg during the Viltrumite War.
    • Allen the Alien: A one-eyed Unopan and member of the Coalition of Planets.
    • Space Racer: A technopathic member of the Coalition of Planets whose gun has blasts that can harm Viltrumites and rides a hover-cycle.
  • D.A. Sinclair: A young and reclusive scientist at Upstate University and creator of the "Reanimen" who is hired by Cecil to build Reanimen out of the corpses of extra-dimensional Invincibles.
    • Reanimen - A group of robotic zombies intended to be "the soldiers of the future".

Enemies

  • David Hiles: A weapons engineer for a military-sanctioned research firm. His son committed suicide which also resulted in him getting divorced from his wife and also shortly thereafter lost his job. David joined the staff of "Reginald Vel Johnson High School", where one of his students was Mark Grayson, the teenage superhero called Invincible.
  • Robot: Former leader of the Teen Team and leader of the Guardians of the Globe until replaced by the Immortal. Not an actual robot, but a drone body controlled by a malformed human living in a life-support tank, he cloned a new human body for himself using Rex Splode's DNA with the help of the Mauler Twins. Afterward, Robot would become romantically involved with Monster Girl. In Issue #71, he and Monster Girl disappear into a Flaxan portal and return several issues later. Changed from the time he spent in the Flaxan dimension, he becomes an antagonist to Invincible and other heroes who oppose him.
  • Mauler Twins: An evil super-strong blue-skinned scientist and his clone who both continuously argue as to which is the original. After the original was definitely killed, making them both clones, they switched to arguing which is the original clone. During a fight against the Guardians of the Globe, both Mauler Twins were killed by Kid Omni-Man. They come back in a later issue with one of them explaining that they have countermeasures in case both of them die.
  • Sanford: The former butler of Black Samson who wanted revenge on the Guardians of the Globe for firing Black Samson only to be denied when they were killed. He went on a rampage after that.
  • Angstrom Levy: A genius with the ability to leap across dimensions and is one of Invicible's archenemies. After being disfigured by one of his inventions, he blames Invincible and swears revenge.
  • The Viltrumites: Invincible and Omni-Man's species who are known conquerors of different planets.
    • Conquest: An elderly, battle-scarred member of the Viltrum Empire. He is a psychopath who relishes in fighting and killing those who oppose the empire.
    • Thragg: The Grand Regent of the Viltrum Empire. He would later go rogue after being deposed and now seeks vengeance on Omni-Man and his family. He later fathers an entire army of half-Viltrumite children in order to attack Earth. He is Invincible's archenemy and the main antagonist of the series.
    • Anissa: A Viltrumite who was infatuated with Invincible to the point that she raped him and gave birth to their son, Marky.
    • Ursaal: A daughter of Thragg and one of his many children.
    • Onnan: One of Thragg's sons who was killed by Invincible.
    • General Kregg: A member of the Viltrumites who possesses a cybernetic right eye.
    • Thula: A member of the Viltrumites who uses her long hair as a weapon.
    • Lucan: A member of the Viltrumites.
    • Alternative Mark Graysons: Evil versions of Mark Grayson from parallel universes.
  • Titan: Titan can encase his body in super-strong, nearly invulnerable rock. Titan first appeared in Capes. Titan was a member of the organized crime group the Order until Mister Liu revoked his membership.
  • Battle Beast: First appearing as one of Machine Head's several henchmen, a white lion-like alien. He is later released from imprisonment on the Viltrumite Prison Warship where Allen the Alien and Omni-Man were held, and Allen the Alien used his insatiable lust for battles to coax him into helping in their jailbreak.
  • The Flaxans: Aliens from another dimension, in which time passes at a dramatically faster pace.
  • Machine Head: A crime boss with a robotic head. He later appeared as a member of the Order.
  • Doc Seismic: A villain with special gauntlets that enable him to induce earthquakes, also controls an army of lava men and other subterranean monsters.
  • The Sequids: A group of psychic aliens that invaded Mars causing it to be quarantined.
  • Rus Livingston: An astronaut accidentally left behind on Mars, he's been attacked and made a host of the psychic Sequids.
  • The Lizard League: A group of lizard-themed terrorists, they are parodies of fictional reptile-based villain groups The Serpent Society, HYDRA and Cobra. The Lizard League consisted of lizard-named agents along with an army of human followers. Their secret headquarters lies in the Florida Everglades and bears a striking resemblance to a Cobra Terrordrome.
    • King Lizard: The leader of the Lizard League who is an expert strategist and an expert at hand-to-hand combat. King Lizard is the only member of the Lizard League to currently be alive.
    • Komodo Dragon: A member of the Lizard League with super-strength. He was killed when he bit off Rex Sloan's explosive hand.
    • Komodo Dragon II: The successor of the original Komodo Dragon.
    • Salamander: A member of the Lizard League with toxic abilities.
    • Iguana: A female member of the Lizard League with claws
  • Furnace: A villain with a massive steam-powered iron suit armed with dual flame-throwers and jets. He is actually a man made entirely of liquid heat from which the suit earns its power. Furnace later appeared as a member of the Order.
  • Magnattack: A villain for hire with the ability to apparently push metal objects away from him, hence his massive armor plated suit.
  • Kursk: A Russian villain for hire who can electrify single targets at a time. He was hired by Machine Head to deal with Titan, but was quickly defeated by the Guardians of the Globe.
  • Tether Tyrant: A freelance villain with a vest which houses elastic appendages which can pull and throw victims around. Later merged with the sentient alien vest.
  • Magmaniac: A freelance villain who is part lava.
  • Master Mind: A criminal with the ability to mentally control the bodies of large groups of people. He was previously seen in the pages of Brit.
  • Bi-Plane: An age-old villain who believes in using old-fashioned technology for his attacks.
  • The Elephant: A small-time elephant-themed supervillain that has been described in-story as a "lame Rhino rip-off".
  • Isotope: A teleporting criminal, Titan's lieutenant.
  • Giant: An eight-year-old boy who was pulled into another dimension where he transformed by a sorcerer into gigantic orange-red cyclops. He became a king in the other dimension until he was teleported back by one of his enemies.
  • The Order: A criminal organization.
    • Mister Liu: An elderly Asian cyborg and leader of the Order. He can project his soul out of his body, taking the form of a giant Chinese dragon.
    • Embrace: A female supervillain and member of the Order.
    • Face: A supervillain and member of the Order whose head sports three eyes, two mouths, two noses, and a dual brain.
    • Insomniac: A supervillain and member of the Order who has insomnia.
    • Isotope: A teleporting supervillain and member of the Order.
    • Multi-Paul: Dupli-Kate's brother and a member of the criminal organization called the Order. He shares Kate's self-duplicating power.
    • Octoboss: An octopus-like supervillain and member of the Order.
    • Red Eye: A supervillain and member of the Order whose eyes glow red whenever he is about to use his heat vision.
    • Slaying Mantis: A mantis-armored supervillain and member of the Order who has expert swordsmanship.
    • Walking Dread: An electrokinetic supervillain and member of the Order with a monstrous appearance.
    • War Woman II: A member of the Order. She was the former lover of the original War Woman until she was killed by Omni-Man which led to her taking over Amazonia and planning revenge on the men of the world.
  • Dinosaurus: A mutant dinosaur humanoid who transforms when he feels indifferent. As Dinosaurus, he is highly-intelligent and develops various plans to improve the world, but they are usually destructive and result in many lives being lost. Mark later breaks him out of prison and forms a partnership to figure out less destructive means to improve the world, but is forced to kill him when he's unable to do so.
Several of Kirkman's superheroes. Cover art by Ryan Ottley

In 2003 and 2004, Image and Robert Kirkman published several other superhero series: Tech Jacket pencilled in a manga style by E. J. Su (cancelled at #6), the 3-issue Capes Inc. series drawn by Mark Englert and three oneshots starring Brit, the first two with artwork from Tony Moore and the third with artwork by Cliff Rathburn.

In 2007, Brit was launched as an ongoing full-color series written by Bruce Brown, with artwork by Cliff Rathburn. The series was overseen and edited by Robert Kirkman. In late 2007, a two issue mini-series starring Atom Eve was released.

Tech Jacket was first collected as a digest-sized, black and white graphic novel and later reissued in regular sized, full color and a cover scheme similar to Kirkman's other trade paper backs. Capes was collected as a trade paperback in summer 2007, and the three Brit one-shots were colored by Val Staples and published as a collection in 2007, as well.

At first shown to barely coexist in the same universe, the characters have since been integrated into Invincible's book. Tech Jacket was an ongoing series that tied into Invincible #27, and the character has been seen in the background of various battles during the series. The characters from Capes have also been supporting characters seen mainly in large superhero battles Invincible participates in, and the series ran as a back-up in the Invincible book starting with #27. Brit has had an even less substantial role, appearing a couple of times in the aforementioned brawls (understandable considering that after the last book Brit was somewhat-retired). Brit later went on to become the leader of the Guardians of the Globe and was featured heavily in comic spin-offs Guarding the Globe and Invincible Universe. In The Astounding Wolf-Man, Art, Invincible's tailor, appeared, designing the title character's costume. Wolf-man has also appeared in Invincible #48 & 49.

Issues

Invincible (main story)
Issue Illustration Product ID
('Diamond ID')
Publish date
#1
  • Cory Walker
  • Bill Crabtree
NOV021764
  • 22 January 2003[8]
  • 25 January 2023 (recreate edition Facsimile Ed.)[9]
  • 25 January 2023 (black and white edition Undeluxe)[10]
#2
  • Cory Walker
  • Bill Crabtree
DEC021803 19 February 2003[11]
#3
  • Cory Walker
  • Bill Crabtree
JAN031280 26 March 2003[12]
#4
  • Cory Walker
  • Bill Crabtree
FEB031211 21 May 2003[13]
#5
  • Cory Walker
  • Bill Crabtree
APR031280 23 July 2003[14]
#6
  • Cory Walker
  • Bill Crabtree
MAY031224 1 October 2003[15]
#7
  • Cory Walker
  • Bill Crabtree
JUL031198 31 December 2003[16]
#8
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
AUG031218 1 January 2004[17]
#9
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
SEP031284 4 February 2004[18]
#10
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
NOV031259 23 March 2004[19]
#11
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
JAN041299 1 April 2004[20]
#12
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
FEB041318 15 April 2004[21]
#13
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
MAR041397 1 May 2004[22]
#14
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
APR041393 1 June 2004[23]
#15
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
MAY041418 1 July 2004[24]
#16
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
JUN041361 1 August 2004[25]
#17
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
JUL041760 1 September 2004[26]
#18
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
AUG041569 2 October 2004[27]
#19
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
SEP041536 1 November 2004[28]
#20
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
OCT041516 1 January 2005[29]
#21
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
DEC041532 1 March 2005[30]
#22
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
JAN051604 1 April 2005[31]
#23
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
MAR051691 1 June 2005[32]
#24
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
APR051679 13 July 2005[33]
#25
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
MAY051524 1 August 2005[34]
#26
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
JUN051789 1 September 2005[35]
#27
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
JUL051656 1 November 2005[36]
#28
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
AUG051685 1 January 2006[37]
#29
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
SEP051698 1 March 2006[38]
#30
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
OCT051740 1 April 2006[39]
#31
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
DEC051773 1 May 2006[40]
#32
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
JAN061814 7 June 2006[41]
#33
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
FEB061782 28 June 2006[42]
#34
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
MAR061854 2 August 2006[43]
#35
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
JUN061713 27 September 2006[44]
#36
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
JUL061706 15 November 2006[45]
#37
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
AUG061769 6 December 2006[46]
#38
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
SEP061821 24 January 2007[47]
#39
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
OCT061876 21 February 2007[48]
#40
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
NOV061872 18 April 2007[49]
#41
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
DEC061884 9 May 2007[50]
#42
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
FEB071908 6 June 2007[51]
#43
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
MAR071844 27 June 2007[52]
#44
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
APR071871 25 July 2007[53]
#45
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
MAY071873 22 August 2007[54]
#46
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
JUN071916 21 November 2007[55]
#47
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
AUG072016 5 December 2007[56]
#48
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
SEP071998 20 February 2008[57]
#49
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
OCT072012 19 March 2008[58]
#50
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Bill Crabtree
NOV072013 11 June 2008[59]
#51
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Fco Plascencia
DEC072092 23 July 2008[60]
#52
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Fco Plascencia
JAN082077 10 September 2008[61]
#53
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Fco Plascencia
APR082197 1 October 2008[62]
#54
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Fco Plascencia
MAY082204 22 October 2008[63]
#55
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Fco Plascencia
JUN082263 19 November 2008[64]
#56
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Fco Plascencia
JUL082203 10 December 2008[65]
#57
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Fco Plascencia
OCT082293 24 December 2008[66]
#58
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Fco Plascencia
NOV082263 14 January 2009[67]
#59
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Fco Plascencia
DEC082264 18 February 2009[68]
#60
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Fco Plascencia
JAN092362 18 March 2009[69]
#61
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Fco Plascencia
FEB092421 22 April 2009[70]
#62
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Fco Plascencia
MAR092449 20 May 2009[71]
#63
  • Ryan Ot[72]tley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Fco Plascencia
APR090384 17 June 2009
#64
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Fco Plascencia
MAY090350 22 July 2009[73]
#65
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Fco Plascencia
JUN090382 19 August 2009[74]
#66
  • Cory Walker
  • Dave McCaig
JUL090397 23 September 2009[75]
#67
  • Cory Walker
  • Dave McCaig
AUG090355 21 October 2009[76]
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  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Fco Plascencia
SEP090332 18 November 2009[77]
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  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Fco Plascencia
OCT090423 23 December 2009[78]
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  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Fco Plascencia
NOV090384 17 February 2010[79]
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  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Fco Plascencia
DEC090364 7 April 2010[80]
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  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Fco Plascencia
JAN100462 28 April 2010[81]
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  • Cliff Rathburn
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FEB100397 2 June 2010[82]
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  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Fco Plascencia
MAR100431 30 June 2010[83]
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  • Cliff Rathburn
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APR100461 25 August 2010[84]
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  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Fco Plascencia
MAY100412 3 November 2010[85]
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  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Fco Plascencia
JUN100463 22 December 2010[86]
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  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Fco Plascencia
JUL100447 2 February 2011[87]
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  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Fco Plascencia
AUG100480 23 March 2011[88]
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  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Nikos Koutsis
OCT100512 20 April 2011[89]
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  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Nikos Koutsis
NOV100462 15 June 2011[90]
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  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Nikos Koutsis
JAN110609 27 July 2011[91]
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  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • John Rauch
FEB110462 31 August 2011[92]
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  • Cliff Rathburn
  • John Rauch
MAR110587 5 October 2011[93]
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  • Cliff Rathburn
  • John Rauch
MAY110514 2 November 2011[94]
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  • Fco Plascencia
JUN110546 23 November 2011[95]
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  • Fco Plascencia
JUL110532 21 December 2011[96]
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  • Cliff Rathburn
  • John Rauch
AUG110526 11 January 2012[97]
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  • Ryan Ottley
  • John Rauch
SEP110469 1 February 2012[98]
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  • Cliff Rathburn
  • John Rauch
NOV110457 29 February 2012[99]
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  • Cliff Rathburn
  • John Rauch
DEC110557 4 April 2012[100]
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  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
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JAN120590 9 May 2012[101]
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  • Cory Walker
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • John Rauch
MAR120488 13 June 2012[102]
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  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cory Walker
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • John Rauch
APR120543 4 July 2012[103]
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  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cory Walker
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • John Rauch
MAY120615 22 August 2012[104]
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  • Cory Walker
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • John Rauch
JUN120558 26 September 2012[105]
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  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cory Walker
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • John Rauch
JUL120505 24 October 2012[106]
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  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • John Rauch
AUG120519 14 November 2012[107]
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  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • John Rauch
SEP120507 5 December 2012[108]
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  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • John Rauch
OCT120528 2 January 2013[109]
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  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • John Rauch
NOV120425 30 January 2013[110]
#101
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • John Rauch
JAN130594 20 March 2013[111]
#102
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • John Rauch
FEB130449 24 April 2013[112]
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  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • John Rauch
MAR130572 19 June 2013[113]
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  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • John Rauch
APR130541 17 July 2013[114]
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  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • John Rauch
MAY130556 4 September 2013[115]
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  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • John Rauch
JUN130545 16 October 2013[116]
#107
  • Ryan Ottley
  • John Rauch
AUG130697 11 December 2013[117]
#108
  • Ryan Ottley
  • John Rauch
SEP130624 29 January 2014[118]
#109
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • John Rauch
OCT130604 12 March 2014[119]
#110
  • Ryan Ottley
  • John Rauch
JAN140594 9 April 2014[120]
#111
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • John Rauch
FEB140476 21 May 2014[121]
#112
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • John Rauch
MAR140578 25 June 2014[122]
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  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • John Rauch
APR140572 6 August 2014[123]
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  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • John Rauch
MAY140708 10 September 2014[124]
#115
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • John Rauch
JUL140551 19 November 2014[125]
#116
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • John Rauch
AUG140656 21 January 2015[126]
#117
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Jean-Francois Beaulieu
SEP140728 18 February 2015[127]
#118
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Jean-Francois Beaulieu
JAN150582 25 March 2015[128]
#119
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Jean-Francois Beaulieu
FEB150613 29 April 2015[129]
#120
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Jean-Francois Beaulieu
MAR150568 27 May 2015[130]
#121
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Jean-Francois Beaulieu
MAY150515 15 July 2015[131]
#122
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Jean-Francois Beaulieu
JUN150544 19 August 2015[132]
#123
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Jean-Francois Beaulieu
JUL150590 16 September 2015[133]
#124
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Jean-Francois Beaulieu
AUG150523 21 October 2015[134]
#125
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Jean-Francois Beaulieu
SEP150572 18 November 2015[135]
#126
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Cliff Rathburn
  • Jean-Francois Beaulieu
OCT150537 16 December 2015[136]
#127
  • Cory Walker
  • Nathan Fairbairn
  • Ryan Ottley (cover only)
  • Jean-Francois Beaulieu (cover only)
FEB160514 20 April 2016[137]
#128
  • Cory Walker
  • Nathan Fairbairn
  • Ryan Ottley (cover only)
  • Jean-Francois Beaulieu (cover only)
MAR160570 18 May 2016[138]
#129
  • Cory Walker
  • Nathan Fairbairn
  • Ryan Ottley (cover only)
  • Jean-Francois Beaulieu (cover only)
APR160760 15 June 2016[139]
#130
  • Cory Walker
  • Jean-Francois Beaulieu
  • Nathan Fairbairn
  • Ryan Ottley (cover only)
JUN160635 24 August 2016[140]
#131
  • Cory Walker
  • Nathan Fairbairn
  • Ryan Ottley (cover only)
  • Jean-Francois Beaulieu (cover only)
JUL160753 16 November 2016[141]
#132
  • Cory Walker
  • Nathan Fairbairn
  • Ryan Ottley (cover only)
  • Jean-Francois Beaulieu (cover only)
AUG160636 1 February 2017[142]
#133
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Nathan Fairbairn
DEC160639 15 February 2017[143]
#134
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Nathan Fairbairn
JAN170736 15 March 2017[144]
#135
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Nathan Fairbairn
FEB170656 19 April 2017[145]
#136
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Nathan Fairbairn
MAR170758 17 May 2017[146]
#137 Ryan Ottley APR170827 21 June 2017[147]
#138
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Nathan Fairbairn
MAY170692 19 July 2017[148]
#139
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Nathan Fairbairn
JUN170759 16 August 2017[149]
#140
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Nathan Fairbairn
JUL170816 20 September 2017[150]
#141
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Nathan Fairbairn
AUG170683 18 October 2017[151]
#142
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Nathan Fairbairn
SEP170744 15 November 2017[152]
#143
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Nathan Fairbairn
OCT170686 20 December 2017[153]
#144
  • Cory Walker
  • Ryan Ottley
  • Nathan Fairbairn
NOV170577 14 February 2018[154]

Side stories

Invincible Presents: Atom Eve
Issue Script Illustration Product ID
('Diamond ID')
Publish date
#1 Benito Cereno
  • Nate Bellegarde
  • Bill Crabtree
OCT071965 26 December 2007[155]
#2 Benito Cereno
  • Nate Bellegarde
  • Bill Crabtree
NOV072045 5 March 2008[156]
Invincible Presents: Atom Eve & Rexsplode
Issue Script Illustration Product ID
('Diamond ID')
Publish date
#1 Benito Cereno
  • Nate Bellegarde
  • Bill Crabtree
AUG090292 28 October 2009[157]
#2 Benito Cereno
  • Nate Bellegarde
  • Bill Crabtree
SEP090334 25 November 2009[158]
#3 Benito Cereno
  • Nate Bellegarde
  • Bill Crabtree
OCT090424 3 February 2010[159]
Invincible Universe
Issue Script Illustration Product ID
('Diamond ID')
Publish date
#1 Phil Hester
  • John Rauch
  • Todd Nauck
FEB130402 10 April 2013[160]
#2 Phil Hester
  • John Rauch
  • Todd Nauck
MAR130573 1 May 2013[161]
#3 Phil Hester
  • John Rauch
  • Todd Nauck
APR130542 5 June 2013[162]
#4 Phil Hester
  • Todd Nauck
  • Gabe Eltaeb
MAY130557 3 July 2013[163]
#5 Phil Hester
  • Todd Nauck
  • Gabe Eltaeb
JUN130546 7 August 2013[164]
#6 Phil Hester
  • Todd Nauck
  • Gabe Eltaeb
JUL130527 4 September 2013[165]
#7 Phil Hester
  • Todd Nauck
  • Gabe Eltaeb
AUG130698 2 October 2013[166]
#8 Phil Hester
  • Todd Nauck
  • Gabe Eltaeb
OCT130605 4 December 2013[167]
#9 Phil Hester
  • Todd Nauck
  • Gabe Eltaeb
NOV130505 8 January 2014[168]
#10 Phil Hester
  • Todd Nauck
  • Gabe Eltaeb
DEC130576 5 February 2014[169]
#11 Phil Hester
  • Todd Nauck
  • Gabe Eltaeb
JAN140595 5 March 2014[170]
#12 Phil Hester
  • Todd Nauck
  • Gabe Eltaeb
FEB140607 2 April 2014[171]

Collected editions

Trade paperbacks

With the exception of volumes 14, 18, 22, 24, and 25, every volume of the Invincible trade paperbacks is named after a television sitcom:

Title ISBN Release Date Collected Material
Invincible Vol. 1: Family Matters Paperback: ISBN 1-58240-320-1 2003-11-02 Invincible #1–4
Invincible Vol. 2: Eight Is Enough Paperback: ISBN 1-58240-347-3 2004-04-28 Invincible #5–8
Invincible Vol. 3: Perfect Strangers Paperback: ISBN 1-58240-391-0 2004-12-01 Invincible #9–13
Invincible Vol. 4: Head of the Class Paperback: ISBN 1-58240-440-2 2005-04-20 Invincible #14–19; Image Comics Summer Special
Invincible Vol. 5: The Facts of Life Paperback: ISBN 1-58240-554-9 2005-11-16 Invincible #0, 20–24, 25 (origin stories from the back only).
Invincible Vol. 6: A Different World Paperback: ISBN 1-58240-579-4 2006-06-05 Invincible #25–30
Invincible Vol. 7: Three's Company Paperback: ISBN 1-58240-656-1 2006-12-20 Invincible #31–35; The Pact #4
Invincible Vol. 8: My Favorite Martian Paperback: ISBN 1-58240-683-9 2007-07-19 Invincible #36–41
Invincible Vol. 9: Out of This World Paperback: ISBN 1-58240-827-0 2008-06-18 Invincible #42–47
Invincible Vol. 10: Who's the Boss? Paperback: ISBN 1-60706-013-2 2009-05-20 Invincible #48–53
Invincible Vol. 11: Happy Days Paperback: ISBN 1-60706-062-0 2009-08-24 Invincible #54–59; The Astounding Wolf-Man #11
Invincible Vol. 12: Still Standing Paperback: ISBN 1-60706-166-X 2010-05-26 Invincible #60–65
Invincible Vol. 13: Growing Pains Paperback: ISBN 1-60706-251-8 2010-08-25 Invincible #66–70; Invincible Returns #1
Invincible Vol. 14: The Viltrumite War Paperback: ISBN 1607063670 2011-04-25 Invincible #71–78
Invincible Vol. 15: Get Smart Paperback: ISBN 1-60706-498-7 2012-01-11 Invincible #79–84
Invincible Vol. 16: Family Ties Paperback: ISBN 9781607065791 2012-07-05 Invincible #85–90
Invincible Vol. 17: What's Happening? Paperback: ISBN 1-60706-662-9 2013-01-23 Invincible #91–96
Invincible Vol. 18: The Death of Everyone Paperback: ISBN 1-60706-762-5 2013-08-13 Invincible #97–102
Invincible Vol. 19: The War at Home Paperback: ISBN 1-60706-856-7 2014-03-11 Invincible #103–108
Invincible Vol. 20: Friends Paperback: ISBN 1632150433 2014-11-12 Invincible #109–114
Invincible Vol. 21: Modern Family Paperback: ISBN 1-63215-318-1 2015-06-24 Invincible #115–120
Invincible Vol. 22: Reboot? Paperback: ISBN 1-63215-626-1 2016-02-25 Invincible #121–126
Invincible Vol. 23: Full House Paperback: ISBN 1-63215-888-4 2017-04-04 Invincible #127–132
Invincible Vol. 24: The End of All Things, Part 1 Paperback: ISBN 1534303227 2017-09-26 Invincible #133–138
Invincible Vol. 25: The End of All Things, Part 2 Paperback: ISBN 1534305033 2018-03-27 Invincible #139–144
Invincible Compendium Vol. 1 ISBN 1-60706-411-1 2011-08-17 Collects #1–47, #0, Invincible story from the Image Comics Summer Special, The Pact #4.
Invincible Compendium Vol. 2 ISBN 1-60706-772-2 2013-08-27 Collects #48–96, Invincible Returns #1, Astounding Wolf-Man #11.
Invincible Compendium Vol. 3 ISBN 1-5343-0686-2 2018-07-24 Collects #97–144
Invincible Universe Compendium Vol. 1 ISBN 978-1534399969 2023-06-13 Collects Invincible Presents: Atom Eve #1–2; Invincible Presents: Atom Eve & Rex Splode #1–3, Guarding the Globe (Vol. 1) #1-6, Guarding the Globe (Vol. 2) #1-6, and Invincible Universe #1-12.
Invincible Presents: Atom Eve & Rex Splode, Vol. 1 Paperback: ISBN 1-60706-255-0 2010-06-14 Invincible Presents: Atom Eve #1–2; Invincible Presents: Atom Eve & Rex Splode #1–3

Hardcovers

Title ISBN Release Date Collected Material
Invincible Ultimate Collection Hardcover Vol. 1 ISBN 1-58240-500-X 2005-08-03 Collects #1–13, plus extras.
Invincible Ultimate Collection Hardcover Vol. 2 ISBN 1-58240-594-8 2006-06-20 Collects #14–24, #0, Free Comic Book Day 2004 story, parts of #25, plus extras.
Invincible Ultimate Collection Hardcover Vol. 3 ISBN 1-58240-763-0 2007-11-07 Collects #25–35, The Pact #4, plus extras.
Invincible Ultimate Collection Hardcover Vol. 4 ISBN 1-58240-989-7 2009-04-29 Collects #36–47, plus extras.
Invincible Ultimate Collection Hardcover Vol. 5 ISBN 1-60706-116-3 2010-01-13 Collects #48–59, The Astounding Wolf-Man #11.
Invincible Ultimate Collection Hardcover Vol. 6 ISBN 1-60706-360-3 2011-04-05 Collects #60–70, Invincible Returns #1.
Invincible Ultimate Collection Hardcover Vol. 7 ISBN 1-60706-509-6 2012-02-15 Collects #71–84.
Invincible Ultimate Collection Hardcover Vol. 8 ISBN 1-60706-680-7 2013-05-01 Collects #85–96.
Invincible Ultimate Collection Hardcover Vol. 9 ISBN 1-63215-032-8 2014-08-19 Collects #97–108.
Invincible Ultimate Collection Hardcover Vol. 10 ISBN 1-63215-494-3 2015-12-10 Collects #109–120.
Invincible Ultimate Collection Hardcover Vol. 11 ISBN 1-5343-0045-7 2017-05-23 Collects #121–132.
Invincible Ultimate Collection Hardcover Vol. 12 ISBN 1-5343-0658-7 2018-05-22 Collects #133–144.
The Complete Invincible Library Vol.1 ISBN 1-58240-718-5 2007-03-28 Collects #1–24, #0, Free Comic Book Day 2004 story, parts of #25, plus extras.
The Complete Invincible Library Vol.2 ISBN 1-60706-112-0 2009-11-25 Collects #25–47, The Pact #4, plus extras.
The Complete Invincible Library Vol.3 ISBN 1-60706-421-9 2011-11-30 Collects #48–70, The Astounding Wolf-Man #11, Invincible Returns #1, plus extras.

Other collections

  • Invincible also appeared in Marvel Team-Up Vol. 3 #14, which was collected in Marvel Team-Up Volume 3: League of Losers ISBN 0-7851-1946-9. This story occurs "between the pages" of Invincible #33.
  • In November 2006, the Official Handbook of the Invincible Universe was released. This two-issue series told the origins of all of the characters seen in the series so far, and was done in the style of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, including similar covers. The series was collected into a trade paperback in November 2007.

In other media

Motion comics

The comic has been turned into a motion comic by Gain Enterprises using the Bomb-xx process, and is broadcast on MTV2[172] and downloadable to mobile phones, from iTunes,[173][174] and Amazon.[175]

Cast

  • Patrick Cavanaugh as Invincible
  • Mark Fountain as Nolan Grayson
  • Victoria Kelleher as Debbie Grayson
  • Wendy Allyn as Atom Eve
  • Stan Kirsch as Robot
  • Jeff Shuter as William Clockwell
  • J. Anthony McCarthy as Criminal
  • Tom Ohmer as Cecil Stedman
  • Hosea Chanchez as Mauler Twins
  • Daniel Kirschner as Criminals
  • Eric Wolfgang Nelson as Rex Splode
  • Keith Stone as Allen the Alien
  • Mike Connel as Derek
  • Bill Garnet as Art Rosenbaum
  • Leslie-Anne Huff as Dupli-Kate
  • Paul Kresge as Teen Bomb
  • Cynthia Sophiea as Mrs. Thatcher

Film

Point Grey Pictures and Skybound Entertainment were set to produce a live-action adaptation of Invincible with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg attached as writers and directors and Universal Pictures distributing it. Series creator Robert Kirkman was also set to produce the film, along with Rogen, Goldberg, David Alpert, Bryan Furst, and Sean Furst.[176] In January 2021, Kirkman reaffirmed that the film is still in development despite the release of a streaming television adaptation, and that Rogen and Goldberg are still involved with the project.[177]

Television series

On March 25, 2021, Amazon Studios began airing the first season of an adult animated adaptation of the comic series on Amazon Prime Video, executive produced by comic creator Robert Kirkman.[178] The cast features Steven Yeun as Invincible, Sandra Oh as Debbie Grayson, and J. K. Simmons as Omni-Man.[179] Rogen ending up being involved as a part of the cast, he and Goldberg were not set to direct/write/produce the series.[180] Kirkman, along with Yeun, confirmed the series was coming back for a second and third season.[181] The second season was released on November 2, 2023.

Video games

In July 2023, during San Diego Comic-Con, it was announced that Skybound Games and Ubisoft would release a mobile game based on the series, entitled Invincible: Guarding the Globe, with a release date yet to be determined.[182] That same month, it was announced that Skybound Games and Terrible Posture Games were developing a visual novel/turn-based RPG entitled Invincible Presents: Atom Eve which released on Steam and Epic Games Store on November 14, 2023.[183]

Omni-Man is a playable DLC character in Mortal Kombat 1 (2023), voiced by J. K. Simmons, reprising the role, playing several incarnations of Omni-Man from alternate realities, including a blue-suited version.[184] Invincible also cameos in the game.

Invincible, Omni-Man, and Atom Eve appear as purchasable skins in Fortnite. War Woman's Mace and the arm of a Reaniman are available as pickaxes, while the Immortal's head is a wearable Back Bling.

Controversies

In August 2019, Image Comics faced significant backlash emanating from an enigmatic hacker identified as PNPatrice127#Comicsforlife, particularly concerning issues related to comic copyrights, security vulnerabilities, appropriated storylines within select volumes of the Invincible series, and instances of literary theft. Subsequent investigations have revealed that the forenamed individual is affiliated with an illicit network operating within the dark web, responsible for facilitating the transfer of contraband commodities across various illicit markets, including but not limited to comics, music, films, and applications. The repercussions of such activities have reportedly led to an estimated loss amounting to a staggering US$660 billion within the global Entertainment industry. Regrettably, comprehensive details pertaining to this elusive hacker remain scant.

In popular culture

  • In the King of the Hill episode "Behind Closed Doors", Bobby is seen reading a comic entitled Unvincible, whose title and cover art is similar to the first issue of Invincible. Also, in the 13th-season episode "Earthly Girls are Easy", Buck Strickland plays with an Invincible action figure when planning his entrance at the benefit concert.
  • In the film Paul, Simon Pegg can be seen wearing an Invincible shirt, and issues of the comic appear in a comic book shop. According to Robert Kirkman, he, along with Invincible cocreator Cory Walker and current Invincible artist Ryan Ottley, had a cameo in the film as the Big Guy's henchmen.[185]
  • On the eighth episode of Season 6 of The Walking Dead, during the first scene, four Minimates action figures of the characters Invincible, Allen the Alien, Atom Eve, and Omni-Man are shown in Sam Anderson's room. Carl and the other kids in Alexandria periodically read Invincible comic books as well.[186] In Season 11, episode 18, RJ is seen reading Invincible Vol. 12: Still Standing. Robert Kirkman, co-creator of Invincible, is the co-creator of The Walking Dead comic book series that originated the TV series, also acting as executive producer for the show.
  • Invincible and Atom Eve make cameos as audience members in the 2023 video game WrestleQuest.

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