Robert Kirkman's Invincible ended its acclaimed run with Issue #144 in 2018, with an epilogue that the series' vaunted creator described as a rejection of a superhero cliche, the genre's traditional endless narratives. Invincible's conclusion managed to be definitive, while also being open-ended. Rich with echoes from the series' past, the issue took its characters five-hundred years into the future, answering a core question asked early in the series.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT "What will you have after five hundred years?" The question was first posed to Mark Grayson, the hero Invincible, early in the series, during a brutal confrontation with his father Omni-Man. While the question was asked derisively, meant to make Mark despair, as the series ended, it turned out the answer was: everything Mark ever wanted, and then some.
Mark Grayson's Final Triumph Comes In Answering A Rhetorical Question By Invincible #144, the series double-sized final issue, Omni-Man had died as he lived – that is, violently. Mark, by contrast, ended the series with the entire universe at his fingertips. He assumed leadership of the Viltrumite Empire, proceeding to demilitarize their civilization. He brought an era of interstellar peace.
What made the ending of Invincible so satisfying is that it delivered pay-off to Omni-Man's question, something readers may not have realized they wanted. The question was posed rhetorically, derisively, spat in the face of Invincible amidst a betrayal by the person he thought he could trust most. The decision to center this moment to bring the series to a close was an insightful creative note by Kirkman, resulting in a satisfying epilogue.
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