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I just finnished the bug world collection, which Viltrumite are you talking about?So the next two issues are going to be about Nolan and Allen, right? Those outta be interesting.
Also, after the events of #55, I thought this would be a good chance to go back and reread the entire series. One thing that I noticed that I'm not sure if many have picked up on, but in the issue where Mark and Nolan fight the Viltrumite on Nolan's new bug-world, one of the Viltrumites there to take down Nolan and Mark looks a lot like the all-flesh version of Conquest. Check it out. I wonder if Kirkman did that intentionally.
I just finnished the bug world collection, which Viltrumite are you talking about?
I'll need to be getting the 4th collection soon.
I...think so...There's still a Spawn comic?
Dread said:INVINCIBLE #65: "The all new, all awesome" core Kirkman superhero title has certainly sparked it's share of controversy lately.He gets a bit defensive at some points but it's about twice as long as it usually is. Especially considering Marvel and DC hardly care what fans think and have mostly done away with letters pages for most of their books. I've enjoyed CONQUEST and think INVINCIBLE has quite a few stories coming up that might be good. Sequid Redux may be the weakest link, but Levy is usually always a worthy adversary and it will be good to catch up on the space duo again. After all these years, INVINCIBLE is still one of my favorite books.From people thinking issue sixty was too compressed, to complaining that the fight against Conquest took three issues, to the tease about Atom Eve's death that virtually fooled everyone reading, INVINCIBLE has certainly kicked off it's 5th year with a bang. After quite a few issues of bloodshed and punching, this one is about the aftermath and epilogue, as the cover says. The funeral on the cover is for Rex Splode, who died in issue sixty. Considering he was a long time character, it was a good idea to focus on his death and how the character had moved since his debut.
Mark is laid up in the hospital ROCKY II style as Eve watches over him, and explains what happened. Alluding to her two part mini last year, it seems Conquest nearly killing her removed the "mental block" she has over using her powers to reshape organic material. The downside is that her abilities seem to not be completely under her control; while she's upped her cup size as a result, she also started melting Mark's costume after removing it for a make out session. Mark demands that Cecil show him Conquest's body, but it seems that it was a ruse while Cecil plans to interrogate what is left of Conquest's head. While Mark and Cecil are hardly friends anymore, they've returned to being allies of convenience. Kirkman all but hammers home the point of the saga in a speech Cecil gives about merely ONE Viltrumite doing this much damage to the world and Invincible, their (seemingly) strongest hero. Even the fifty that Nolan claims exists would be a massive problem.
Mark's mom feels guilt over urging her son to be a superhero only to see him occasionally get the stuffing beaten out of him; it was an awkward scene but felt quite real. Although I must say, Eve is quite horny; Mark can barely stand and she's groping him all over. Not that he's resistant at all, but damn, kids, give it a break. For Mark's part, he is still enthused that Eve is even alive; believing that she was dead, of course, gave him the extra edge against Conquest in the end. The issue ends with Angstrom Levy prepping for more plans, a return of the Martian Sequid menace, and Mark vowing to Oliver that he was right; threats of certain nature need to be taken down. It's a bit of a hard line for Mark, but in some ways the past year or so of stories have been about him "growing up" and seeing the world for what it is, in a less naive way, and being bitten by the ugly parts. Given that the world has been destroyed, his girlfriend nearly killed, and even his ally Rex dead in the melee, it makes sense for Mark to feel that way, at least for a while. Even Spider-Man claimed criminals "will get no mercy from Spider-Man" during MAXIMUM CARNAGE, at least for a few issues (before Spidey was telling everyone that Carnage was some sweet misunderstood cherub because he'd been abused as a kid before he decided to murder people by the dozen, but that's Parker for you). Personally I am not against heroes NOT killing under ANY circumstance, so long as they know where that line is, rather than Wolverine or Punisher, who usually kill any creep who steals a purse or wanders into the wrong bar.
Series co-creator Cory Walker is returning to pencil the next two issues, which will star Nolan and Allen. That should be interesting. It will be weird seeing the title without Ottley's pencils for a short while, but Walker as improved quite a bit as an artist in five years, and it will be good seeing him "come home" again (he stopping drawing INVINCIBLE around issue #7 I believe, beyond covers for the trades and the ATOM EVE mini). Ottley's had a uninterrupted run of 58 issues, which is quite lengthy. Hopefully he returns once Walker is finished; I consider him more of INVINCIBLE's artist than Walker.
I have been in the minority and enjoyed the story so far. I loved that issue sixty took a tale that Marvel and DC would bleed into 7-8 books for sheer greed and told it in one oversized one. I liked the epic, godly battle between Mark and Conquest. It would have been a shameless death for Eve to so flat an adversary, but she's not dead, so I accept it. This issue was a good way to take a breath before the next saga.
Kirkman also takes a lot of Eve "death issue" hate mail like a trooper in the letters area.
The Guardians were based off of the JLA because Kirkman wanted to get readers to care about losing them. The easiest way to do that in the short amount of pages Kirkman had to introduce them before killing them off was to try to leech off of whatever attachment the reader might have for the JLA characters that they were based on. Yeah, Kirkman even acknowledged that it was kinda cheap, but I can certainly see the reasoning behind it.
The Guardians were based off of the JLA because Kirkman wanted to get readers to care about losing them. The easiest way to do that in the short amount of pages Kirkman had to introduce them before killing them off was to try to leech off of whatever attachment the reader might have for the JLA characters that they were based on. Yeah, Kirkman even acknowledged that it was kinda cheap, but I can certainly see the reasoning behind it.
Nope, read it again knowing what you know about Kirkman.
Yeah, but that means you just don't have to curse, watch certain language, and don't post NSFW pictures. You don't have to lie and say they were having a MAKEOUT session.True enough. SHH is a family site, though.
I think that he basically cured her. He gave her that belt that stores information on her current genetic structure (or some sci-fi jargon) from an instant before each time that she Hulks out, and saves that info for when she turns back into a girl, so that she can resume her age from where she left off before transforming. So yeah, he effectively cured her as far as we can tell for the moment. Of course, we all know that something is probably going to go wrong with that belt and wackiness will ensue.OK regarding Monster Girl, has Robot/nu-Rex been able to fix her condition or is she still contiually de-aging?
What does that mean though for her age? Does she basically have to re-start growing up again from where ever she left off?I think that he basically cured her. He gave her that belt that stores information on her current genetic structure (or some sci-fi jargon) from an instant before each time that she Hulks out, and saves that info for when she turns back into a girl, so that she can resume her age from where she left off before transforming. So yeah, he effectively cured her as far as we can tell for the moment. Of course, we all know that something is probably going to go wrong with that belt and wackiness will ensue.
I sorta thought it was Kirkman's way of saying. "You like these guys right? Well my one guy is stonger and faster than them all!"I guess I can sorta see that, but I guess it didn't have the desired effect on me. I just rolled my eyes at it. I thought it was suppose to be some quasi-symbolic 'out with the old, in with the new' nonsense or something.