Image & Kirkman Tease Death In "Invincible" #100

[CBR News]

After a high profile sales performance from his "Walking Dead" series 100th issue, Robert Kirkman is getting the ball rolling on hype for his Image superhero comic "Invincible" #100 with a tease of a cast member's demise.


Full article here.

[capuga]

I really hope he doesn't kill off Mark. I won't drop the book if that happens but I can certainly see my current almost crazy, obsessive love of the title dwindle down to a mostly "meh" attitude if that happens. I just don't care much about Zandale or anyone else they could replace him with. Kirkman and Ottley will continue to put out an excellent comic I'm sure but without that emotional attachment to the character it just won't feel the same to me.

But I'm betting someone else will die (please not Eve either) or they'll do something else unexpected. Guess we'll see.

[squashmaster]

If Mark dies, Invincible is finished. Same with Walking Dead. Walking Dead is Rick's story, Invinicible is Mark's. You kill them off and its game over.

[MrStytch]

My money's on either Oliver or Omni-Man. I've got a suspicion that Omni-Man might not [somehow] be Mark's father due to the Viltrumite Leader going to such lengths to stop the truth about Mark's genetic code getting out.....

[capuga]

My money's on either Oliver or Omni-Man. I've got a suspicion that Omni-Man might not [somehow] be Mark's father due to the Viltrumite Leader going to such lengths to stop the truth about Mark's genetic code getting out.....

While I think Omni-Man is also a very real candidate for the chopping block, I think the idea of him not being Mark's father is incredibly unlikely. We know for sure that Mark has Viltrumite blood. So Debbie was sleeping with a 2nd Viltrumite that happened to be on Earth? Or if Debbie is not his mother (which we have no evidence of and would go against the previously established idea that part of what Nolan was doing on Earth was testing Viltrumite DNA compatibility with human DNA) than Nolan would have had to gotten/stolen the baby from some other Viltrumite. It doesn't seem like he would have done that.

It seems more likely that Nolan is also part of the same royal bloodline that Mark seems to be.

As for Oliver - I think there is a chance he could die as well (which I wouldn't shed too many tears over so I'd greatly prefer that to Mark) but it seems like Kirkman is starting to set him up as a longer term antagonist/foil for Mark.

[tridon]

I don't understand Kirkman's whole "it's the 100th issue so I have to kill someone" way of thinking. The Walking Dead #100 was the most gruesome, disturbing comic book I've ever read. It was so much so that I'm actually debating whether I even want to read the next issue. Invincible is my absolute most-favourite comic book on the stands today. If Mark or Eve dies (and in a brutal, pointless fashion like TWD100), I will most likely quit reading the book. Seeing any other character die would be sad, but it won't be the dealbreaker that Mark or Eve's death would be. Really, though? Why another death for another 100th issue? 100 issues should be something to celebrate, not mourn. I'd rather see Mark propose to Eve than one of them die.

[Obregon Kaine]

I love this book!

But please don't kill Mark!

[Supermutant2099]

Please don't kill Mark or Atom Eve. I rather see this wanna be invincible die but after Walking Dead I have no confidence anymore. I mention when this was original announced I quiet reading Walking Dead after a point. I loved book but just realized after around 50 that their was no point getting invested in characters if going to be killed off soon. That would including characters you think would be safe. It wasn't worth reading anymore to me then. I look through issue 100 and nothing changed. I really hope Kirkman doesn't make a huge mistake with this book too.

[SpideyCzar]

I trade wait this book, as the erractic shipping schedule annoys me, so I'll have to wait longer than the rest to see who "Dies".

[Deviancy]

If Mark dies, Invincible is finished. Same with Walking Dead. Walking Dead is Rick's story, Invinicible is Mark's. You kill them off and its game over.

If Rick dies in the near future, like #103 seems to be teasing, it is game over. But that's only because Kirkman hasn't really made it anyone elses story, its been a hundred issues about Rick trying to keep Carl and others alive, while the others have all been accessory items. If he had spent some time building Andrea up and making it just as much her story, I could see Rick dying and her taking over, or if he had done that with Michonne, same thing. But he's actually said Carl has been built up to be a replacement and uh, no. But well, I also think Malcom as the co-lead in SD is kinda lame. If I want to read stories about teenagers, I'd get into Twilight.

[Crunch C.]

I'm not one of these crazy fans but if Mark dies then I'll no longer read the book. If I wanted to read someone else posing as Invincible then I would read an entirely different comic series. I'm having a hard enough time reading the series while wanna be Invincible stars in the book. Come on enough is enough lets get back to the real star of the series!

[squashmaster]

If Rick dies in the near future, like #103 seems to be teasing, it is game over. But that's only because Kirkman hasn't really made it anyone elses story, its been a hundred issues about Rick trying to keep Carl and others alive, while the others have all been accessory items. If he had spent some time building Andrea up and making it just as much her story, I could see Rick dying and her taking over, or if he had done that with Michonne, same thing. But he's actually said Carl has been built up to be a replacement and uh, no. But well, I also think Malcom as the co-lead in SD is kinda lame. If I want to read stories about teenagers, I'd get into Twilight.

I will never follow Carl as the main character of WD, and I doubt many would.Malcom being co-lead has worked so far, I think, despite Dragon being far better, obviously. But it looks like Dragon proper will be playing a bigger part again soon.