#prisonincible

One thing that has consistently impressed me about the show adaptation of Invincible has been the affirmation of the emotions of the characters. Especially when shit hits the fan (and believe me, shit hits the fan in this episode!) the show emphasizes the fucked-up nature of what's happening, and lets you sit in it in a way that the original comic couldn't.

This episode was a straight banger in that regard. I thought at first it was just boring, but this was because they were building the tension throughout, and I straight-up stopped fidgeting entirely because the action happening on-screen took my full attention.

I do think the fights were a little boring, and the destruction didn't feel as awful as it does in the comics, but there's a heavier focus on civilian deaths in this one which makes what we do see feel weightier. The comic is a series of vignettes tightly packed together, giving the impression of everything happening all at once, but with the linear nature of the show you end up having to make sacrifices. And they're obviously saving their big budget animation for the finale, which promises to be... truly something.

(Side note: as a reader of the comics there were about a dozen characters I wasn't expecting to see here. The Astonishing Wolf-Man? Brit? Tech Jacket? I didn't think they would be adapted for copyright reasons, like the Dynamo Five, Spawn, Witchblade or the Savage Dragon, who all cross over in the comic)

But! The reason I am making this post in the first place was because I thought everyone needed to know the names of Mark's alternates and their own spin on the "Invincible" name. I saw the names of a couple and spent some time googling, and I'm thankful there's a source who can tell us them all. (side note: they got slightly more characterization in the show than the comic, which makes sense, but props to Steven Yeun for giving each one he voiced a distinct personality and tenor)

That is, from left-to-right, top-to-bottom:

Capevincible, Sportvincible, Prisonincible, Nogogglesible, Flaxancible, Movincihawk

Hairvincible, Gogglesvincible, Capvincible, Nomaskible

Maskvincible, Mustachible, Hoodvincible, Omnivincible