INVINCIBLE

Someone murdered

the Guardians of the Globe

last night.

I'm Allen, by the way.

The Coalition of Planets will want to hear about you.

I couldn't move.

My heart was racing.

That's fear.

I don't have anyone to talk to,

so I keep it all inside.

What's this?

Something that helped me.

Yeah!

Ooh, crap.

You brought me to Paris?

Is that a casino?

Make sure the voice in your ear isn't

the only one you listen to.

You're way too good for me!

You goddamn geriatric hypocrite.

- Come on! - You and I were never a thing.

The Immortal and I are.

I call me the Shapesmith.

You're not your father, Mark.

That's why I'm going back.

I guess this is it.

Time to push my baby bird out of the nest.

It's a good thing I can already fly.

You're gonna be okay, right?

You know I can be home in like five minutes if you need me.

I'll be fine.

Anger is a part of it. Part of the grieving.

Yeah, I... I know.

I promised myself I wouldn't cry.

Oh, this past year's just been so...

Tough?

Yeah.

But college is a fresh start.

And I want you to enjoy every second of it.

This is your chance to figure out who you are.

And I don't mean Invincible.

I mean Mark Grayson.

My only son.

My... my baby boy.

- My... - Okay, okay.

- I love you, Mom. - Mmm.

And don't do drugs.

Would they even work on me?

You do not need to find out.

I'll come home for dinner on Sunday.

Um... one second, please.

Shh, okay. Just let me take this call.

Okay.

Hi. Sorry.

Hi. Um...

I got your card from my friend Olga.

- My name is Debbie G... - Oh, yeah.

Yeah-yeah, no. Uh, sorry, no last names, Debbie.

But Olga told me about you.

I've been expecting your call.

Séance Dog? Really?

- What are we, 12? - Hmm.

Does that look crooked to you?

Help me out here, Mark.

You already have a girlfriend

and you're a superhero.

I, on the other hand, am single and have no superpowers

and, thus, actually have to attempt game.

This isn't helping.

Maybe it'll just make you look better by comparison.

Huh. Excellent point.

Okay. See this?

It's a sock?

And when it's on the door handle like so,

it means go eat a taco or fly to Spain

or do whatever you have to do,

but don't come in until the sock is gone.

And I will do the same for you. Got it?

Hi, um, there's some stuff out here.

Does it belong to you guys?

- Oh! Toys. - Uh, they're collectibles.

Sorry, buddy.

I don't know what I was thinking.

Who has sex on the first day of college?

I don't know, Mark.

Lots of people, probably.

- Us, for example? - Us?

My roommate doesn't arrive until tomorrow, so...

we have the whole place to ourselves.

Uh, o-okay, I mean, yeah. Like... like, right now?

I mean, we could.

O-Okay. Um... yeah.

I bought these.

Okay. Good.

Good to have those. Mmm.

Wait.

You don't have, like,

super sperm or something, do you?

Uh, it's not... I mean, it seems normal.

Not that I would... I-I think it's fine.

And you wouldn't accidentally crush me or something?

Like, if you get excited? I've seen what you can do.

No. I would never...

That's not, like, a thing I would do.

Maybe we'll try with me on top, just to be safe.

Sure.

Turn off the lights first?

- How'd you do that? - Superpowers, baby.

- Don't call me "baby." - Got it.

And so, dear audience,

perhaps it's time to give Amber and Mark some privacy

and turn our attention to the stars

and a story that began generations ago in...

We begin on the planet Unopa.

A peaceful and thriving world, the Unopans had achieved

harmony with nature and technology...

...until everything changed in the blink of an eye.

Like a plague of unequaled potency,

a dark force invaded Unopa.

It swept across the planet,

conquering it in a matter of days.

The Unopans that died never knew who their conquerors were.

The ones that lived quickly learned the name...

Viltrumite.

However, the Unopan spirit was unbroken.

Biding their time for decades,

they waited for a moment of weakness

and rebelled.

Unfortunately, they still underestimated their oppressors.

But all was not lost.

Ever resourceful, some Unopans were able to escape,

abandoning their home for the stars

and the promise of a new life.

Within a generation, they started breeding camps

on various Unopan outposts to rebuild their population,

the rumors of which caught

some very powerful galactic attention.

Impressed with the Unopan survival

and escape from a Viltrumite invasion,

Thaedus, the leader of the Coalition of Planets,

invited them to the planet Talescria

to join their ranks.

You have our deepest sympathies,

Marvin of Unopa.

The Viltrumite campaign has become the scourge of the galaxy

and we stand united against it.

We are currently devising a weapon to stop them.

If you wish to help,

we would be happy to join your coalition.

Marvin explained to Thaedus

that the breeding camps were also

a genetic enhancement program designed to breed a soldier

that could defeat a Viltrumite in combat.

The results were...

not promising.

Until... Allen.

He was the first and only success.

From the day he was born, Allen was trained to be

the greatest fighter the universe had ever known.

Even before adulthood, an opponent could not be found

who didn't fall to his might.

Soon, it was time for Allen to embark on his first mission.

But while stronger than most of the universe,

Allen still couldn't match

even a single Viltrumite in combat.

The program was considered a failure

and ended.

Instead, Allen was made a planetary evaluation officer

and sent to discover any being able to defeat him

in hope of finding

an ally strong enough to withstand a Viltrumite.

And while it may be true that Allen was supposed to be

keeping tabs on the planet Urath and accidentally

went to Earth instead,

his mistake led him to Mark Grayson,

a half-human, half-Viltrumite

sympathetic to the coalition cause.

Because sometimes, to change the entire universe,

you have to be...

Home sweet home.

This time Allen bears a rare

and valuable gift for the coalition.

Hope.

Data log.

Hello to you, too. Here you go.

Hmm.

You found the right planet this time.

Yes, I found the right planet.

Because it was the wrong planet you already found before.

- Sure, but that's not really... - Most of our agents don't make

so many astronavigational mistakes.

Listen, sparky.

Is it still a mistake if it ends up saving the universe?

- Yes. - Yeah.

You're late.

General Telia.

My apologies. I got here as soon as I could.

The Viltrumites hit Aikreon while you were gone.

What? But they just joined the council...

It's terrified the sector.