Image Teases The Death of Robot in "Invincible" #100

**CBR News** · 08-15-2012, 07:19 AM

A third teaser promising the death of a character in Robert Kirkman's "Invincible" #100 hints at the possibility that Robot's human form may meet his untimely demise when the Image title's centennial issue hits in January.

Full article here.

**Just Endless** · 08-15-2012, 07:37 AM

So how's invincible, by the way?

I really like walking dead up until the point that I hated it (Spoilers: it all basically fell apart when Eugene was ousted as a liar, I guess that's what it took to make me believe Kirkman ACTUALLY had no plot, he wasn't just saying so.)

I tend to be the same on other things, ie, I liked fables until the end of the story, around 70-ish. I like finite things I guess. So how is Invincible? I'm curious how Kirkman can actually write.

**thevedis** · 08-15-2012, 07:42 AM

Originally Posted by Just Endless

So how's invincible, by the way?

I really like walking dead up until the point that I hated it (Spoilers: it all basically fell apart when Eugene was ousted as a liar, I guess that's what it took to make me believe Kirkman ACTUALLY had no plot, he wasn't just saying so.)

I tend to be the same on other things, ie, I liked fables until the end of the story, around 70-ish. I like finite things I guess. So how is Invincible? I'm curious how Kirkman can actually write.

pretty damn good actualy, i know i enjoy it, moreso then any dc superhero title, and most marvel ones

as t these teasers...yeah, i wonder whos actualy gonna die cuz it sure aint gonna be all these people lol

**0bsessions** · 08-15-2012, 07:44 AM

I stopped reading Invincible around the point where Mark teamed up with the dinosaur guy. Has whats-his-face been hanging out inside an armor for long? I seem to recall that he was always just controlling Robot remotely.

**thevedis** · 08-15-2012, 08:09 AM

Originally Posted by 0bsessions

I stopped reading Invincible around the point where Mark teamed up with the dinosaur guy. Has whats-his-face been hanging out inside an armor for long? I seem to recall that he was always just controlling Robot remotely.

he goes inside the armor when he cant remote control it, he still only has a certain range on it

**capuga** · 08-15-2012, 08:16 AM

Originally Posted by Just Endless

So how's invincible, by the way?

I really like walking dead up until the point that I hated it (Spoilers: it all basically fell apart when Eugene was ousted as a liar, I guess that's what it took to make me believe Kirkman ACTUALLY had no plot, he wasn't just saying so.)

I tend to be the same on other things, ie, I liked fables until the end of the story, around 70-ish. I like finite things I guess. So how is Invincible? I'm curious how Kirkman can actually write.

It's the best book on the stands. At the very least it's the best superhero book on the stands. If you like superhero comics I can't imagine that you wouldn't love Invincible.

**west3man** · 08-15-2012, 08:24 AM

Robot is too necessary to die.
Mark is too central to die.
Allen is too representative of good aliens to die (unless Nolan takes over as the COP leader).

Nolan can die.

**0bsessions** · 08-15-2012, 08:28 AM

Originally Posted by capuga

It's the best book on the stands. At the very least it's the best superhero book on the stands. If you like superhero comics I can't imagine that you wouldn't love Invincible.

As a counterpoint (Not to dismiss your opinion, just to present a different one):

I think it's been spinning its wheels for a long, long time, though I get that from most of Kirkman's work.

Kirkman's got a tendency to decompress in a manner that makes Bendis look like Claremont sometimes and considering his books have often had a tendency to have timeliness issues, I find reading him in anything other than trade is borderline unbearable. Frankly, even trade-waiting has gotten tough for me to the point I've lost interest in the title. Personally, I just don't see it stacking up to Slott's ASM or Waid's Daredevil.

The first half or more of his run is nothing short of phenomenal. I do agree that, at one point, Invincible was probably the best superhero book on the stands. I think it's gotten a little too focused on the Viltrumite stuff the last few years to the point where it feels a little too Dragonball Z sometimes.

I'd recommend, at the least, picking up the first collection or two. If you like it, stick with it until you get bored (If you get bored), but it's absolutely worth starting.

**west3man** · 08-15-2012, 08:44 AM

Well said. I agree, although I'm still following it.

Pacing has been an ongoing concern within Invincible and The Walking Dead. It reached the breaking point with me in the case of tWD (combined with recent events) but I'm still there with Invincible.

As far as reading the first two collections, you might have to power your way through the first 6-8 issues to get to the pay-offs, shortly after that...and for a good while after that.

Originally Posted by 0bsessions

As a counterpoint (Not to dismiss your opinion, just to present a different one):

I think it's been spinning its wheels for a long, long time, though I get that from most of Kirkman's work.

Kirkman's got a tendency to decompress in a manner that makes Bendis look like Claremont sometimes and considering his books have often had a tendency to have timeliness issues, I find reading him in anything other than trade is borderline unbearable. Frankly, even trade-waiting has gotten tough for me to the point I've lost interest in the title. Personally, I just don't see it stacking up to Slott's ASM or Waid's Daredevil.

The first half or more of his run is nothing short of phenomenal. I do agree that, at one point, Invincible was probably the best superhero book on the stands. I think it's gotten a little too focused on the Viltrumite stuff the last few years to the point where it feels a little too Dragonball Z sometimes.

I'd recommend, at the least, picking up the first collection or two. If you like it, stick with it until you get bored (If you get bored), but it's absolutely worth starting.

**capuga** · 08-15-2012, 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by 0bsessions

As a counterpoint (Not to dismiss your opinion, just to present a different one):

I think it's been spinning its wheels for a long, long time, though I get that from most of Kirkman's work.

Kirkman's got a tendency to decompress in a manner that makes Bendis look like Claremont sometimes and considering his books have often had a tendency to have timeliness issues, I find reading him in anything other than trade is borderline unbearable. Frankly, even trade-waiting has gotten tough for me to the point I've lost interest in the title. Personally, I just don't see it stacking up to Slott's ASM or Waid's Daredevil.

The first half or more of his run is nothing short of phenomenal. I do agree that, at one point, Invincible was probably the best superhero book on the stands. I think it's gotten a little too focused on the Viltrumite stuff the last few years to the point where it feels a little too Dragonball Z sometimes.

I'd recommend, at the least, picking up the first collection or two. If you like it, stick with it until you get bored (If you get bored), but it's absolutely worth starting.

I can see where you're coming from although I don't think anyone decompresses a story like Bendis (not a shot at Bendis as I really like the majority of his work) and I'm not sure that I would say he really does it at all on Invincible. I won't go into a long post of the things I think have continued to move at a fast pace in the comic and I'm not discounting your opinion as not everyone will view every book the same, but just to encourage the poster to try out the series I'll point this out:

There are recent threads for both Invincible and The Walking Dead that say "Be honest, are you still enjoying....". You'll notice that The Walking Dead poll has very mixed results with plenty of people saying they are thinking about dropping or have dropped the series. On the other hand, Invincible's poll is overwhelming positive with only a handful of the people thinking about dropping or have dropped the title. So it seems to be pleasing the fan base in a much more consistent manner than The Walking Dead.

**0bsessions** · 08-15-2012, 09:12 AM

Originally Posted by capuga

There are recent threads for both Invincible and The Walking Dead that say "Be honest, are you still enjoying....". You'll notice that The Walking Dead poll has very mixed results with plenty of people saying they are thinking about dropping or have dropped the series. On the other hand, Invincible's poll is overwhelming positive with only a handful of the people thinking about dropping or have dropped the title. So it seems to be pleasing the fan base in a much more consistent manner than The Walking Dead.

I think part of this can be attributed to sampling error. I don't venture into many threads based on Invincible (I popped into this one because of my Robot question), though I still pop into Walking Dead threads as I at least want spoilers. I lost interest in Invincible completely, while I mostly just don't like the direction of Walking Dead (Two different things, really).

That said, I don't disagree that he should read it and that's not my stance. Being that the collections are easily available and relatively inexpensive, I think it's absolutely worth venturing into the series as much of it is some of the best superhero comics of the last decade or so. My disconnect is that I don't feel it's been particularly good lately, but that doesn't mean he shouldn't check out the series from the start and read as long as he enjoys it.

**Ironman2978** · 08-15-2012, 10:23 AM

Yeah I haven't been reading this for a while and I've been hearing about a new Invincible. All my knowlege of Invincible came from the Graphic novels at my library and the last one is volume 11 or 12 I think. Can anyone get me updated on what's happening who is the new invincible and what happened to Mark Grayson and the gang.

**west3man** · 08-15-2012, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by Ironman2978

Yeah I haven't been reading this for a while and I've been hearing about a new Invincible. All my knowlege of Invincible came from the Graphic novels at my library and the last one is volume 11 or 12 I think. Can anyone get me updated on what's happening who is the new invincible and what happened to Mark Grayson and the gang.

Bulletproof replaced Mark as Invincible when the business, Invincible Inc, was in-jeopardy due to Mark's near-year off-planet, at-war with the Viltrumites.

Since returning to Earth, Mark was accidentally exposed to the Scourge virus. He survived but has lost some invulnerability - temporarily or permanently.