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Invincible the Show Is Better Than Invincible the Comic!

I realize The Walking Dead has its fans, but for my money, there is no better supersized run of Robert Kirkman comics than Invincible. While it doesn’t rewrite the rules of superhero stories, Kirkman’s love for the genre crackles on the page. The ideas and characters implore the question, “How has nobody ever thought of this idea before?” The story of Label Grayson becoming the young superhero Invincible isn’t a Watchmen-style deconstruction, but a celebration of all the goofiest parts of the genre. I was a big fan of the comic when it was coming out, and I’ve returned to it a few times since the series concluded in 2018. Even with all of that in mind, Invincible the cartoon is a major step up from the comic.

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The 2003 of It All

The most obvious changes happen in the name of modernization. It’s a minuscule crazy to reflect about, but Invincible the comic started coming out in 2003. The first issue was on comic stands months before the US invasion of Iraq. It was a profoundly different world! As such, the show is filled with changes, massive and small, that reflect shifting soci

Invincible: Comic Characters the Exhibit Made Better

There are quite a few differences between Invincible as a comic series and Invincibleas an animated series. Within those differences, comes years to change what was once deemed as funny or appropriate, or even years to reflect on certain choices, like the efforts of certain characters or the ways that they are portrayed.

Invincible: 8 Comic Characters the Reveal Can't Use

Despite the library of characters from the Invincible comics, there are some that probably won't feature in the animated series due to rights issues.

While Invincible as a comic series is one of the foremost out there, there are a few characters that seem a tad dated, and the animated series from Amazon Prime Video has made it improve for some audience members to enjoy and deconstruct as characters with mature personalities and complexities to them.

8 William Clockwell

Proudly Gay Instead of Just a Dude-Bro

Played by: Andrew Rannells

William Clockwell is introduced as Mark Grayson’s top friend, and he’s shown to be a characteristic dude-bro who likes girls and flunking out of school to play video games. There isn’t much more to h

Invincible: William Comes Out Way Sooner Than in the Comics

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for the first three episodes of Amazon Prime Video's Invincible, which are streaming now.

Going through Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley and Cory Walker's original Invincible series can, almost two decades later, be awkward at times. A lot of the language characters exploit is very much of its period, with teenagers talking in ways that can come off as homophobic. However, Amazon Prime Video's adaptation makes some changes to the source material that fix a lot of those problems. One notable example occurs in "It's About Time," the first episode of Invincible, which reveals that William Clockwell -- Mark's best friend -- is queer much sooner than in the comics, effectively heading off a lot of homophobic rhetoric.

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During the first episode of Invincible, Highlight heads to institution after his father -- the forceful Omni-Man -- whisks his mother away for a breakfast overseas. As Identify opens his locker, William stands behind him, talking about how the Mauler Twins attacked the White House earlier that day and lamenting

How Invincible's TV Show Fails William Clockwell & LGBTQ Fans

Amazon Prime’s new reveal, Invincible, removes the coming-out story of the title character’s best friend, William Clockwell — robbing the audience of some much-needed gay representation and storylines. Based on the popular comics by Robert Kirkman, Invincible follows Mark Grayson, a young superhero who inherited his powers from his dad, a Superman-like alien named Omni-Man. In the TV show, Mark's top friend at school is William, who is openly gay; however, this is a change from the character's depiction in the comics.

Mark is a 17-year-old high school senior when his powers finally evident themselves, and he chooses the name Invincible for his superhero alter-ego. In Invincible, he has trouble navigating his new powers and superhero identity while keeping up a normal facade at school and in his relationships. It leads to funny moments, like one scene where he rushes to reach back home after departing his crush Amber hanging in his bedroom, but almost forgets to switch back into normal clothes. He also needs to lie to his optimal friend, William Clockwell, to keep his alter-ego confidential (although the trailer show

Invincible’s LGBTQ character is “essential,” creator says

For those semi-exhausted by Disney’s endless MCU content or the nonstop fan pleas for Warner Bros. to #restorethesnyderverse, Amazon has a refreshing breakaway: Invincible (★★★★★). The mature person animated series recently concluded its first eight-episode season (it’s been renewed for two more), and is as addictive as it is satisfying.

Without spoiling anything, Invincible tells the story of Mark Greyson (Steven Yeun), the 17-year-old offspring of alien superhero Omni-Man (a magnificent J.K. Simmons) and his Earth-born wife (Sandra Oh). When Label comes of age, so do his superpowers, and the narrative follows him as he struggles to balance life as a teenage high school senior and potential world savior. The story, gripping and full-blooded (literally), leads Highlight down a dark way of discovery, into a universe teeming with more superheroes than you can flick a cape at.

The series is the brainchild of Robert Kirkman, author of The Walking Dead, and is based on a 144-issue comic novel series the writer created in 2003 with musician Corey Walker. The present is crammed full of immediately reco