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INVINCIBLE VOL. | #5. MAY 2003. FIRST PRINTING. An Image Comics Group title published by Image Comics 1071 N. Batavia St. Ste A, Orange, CA 92867. Image
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SPEAK WITH MARK, SON... I'M NOT
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ANY OF THIS.

ANYWAY, I JUST GOT || I'VE FOUGHT THIS GUY

ALERTEP TO A MAJOR
BAPPIE COMING INTO
OUR SOLAR SYSTEM,
HEADED STRAIGHT
FOR EARTH.
BEFORE, HE'S NOT OUT
OF YOUR LEAGUE, BUT
HE'S GOING TO BE
THE TOUGHEST GUY
| YOU'VE FACED
50 FAR.

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I'M NOT WORRIED.
WHAT DO YOU WANT
ME TO DO?

JUST
BEAT THE
GUY UP, KEEP
HIM FROM
ENTERINĠ EARTH’S
ATMOSPHERE AND You've
RUNNING AMOK. GOT ABOUT
IT'S NOT ROCKET TWELVE
SCIENCE. MINUTES TO
GET INTO
ORBIT.

I'M ON
AN IMPORTANT
MISSION WITH THE
ĠUARPIANS OF THE
GLOBE THAT WELL...
YOU DON’T REALLY
WANT TO KNOW ANY
ETAILS ABOUT,
TRUST ME.
 OH, ONE MORE THING. SEE IF YOUR
MOM CAN MAKE STEAKS TONIGHT,
IF EVERYTHING WORKS OUT HERE, DAP,
T'M GOING TO WANT TO CELEBRATE, WAIT! How SON, I
AND IF IT DOESN'T... WELL, LET'S AM I SUPPOSED CAN HOLD MY
JUST SAY IT WON'T MATTER TO FIGHT THIS BREATH FOR TWO
WHAT YOUR MOM GUY IN ORBITZ WEEKS. YOU SHOULD
COOKS. HOW WILL I BE ABLE TO HOLD
BREATHE? OUT FOR AN HOUR AT
LEAST. I'VE GOT
0 GO, YOU'LL
DO FINE.

REALLY?
I GUESS Т
NEVER TRIED
THAT.
HAT. Т
MEAN... IF YOU
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YOU'RE
EARLY!
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WAIT. YOU'RE
NEW Too!
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YOU'RE TEVINĠ
TO SLAM ME INTO
SOMETHING, YOUR
MOON IS THE
CLOSEST OPTION...
AND Ae THAT

WHY
CAN T HEAR
YOU IN MY

Е YOU
KNOW OF A BETTER
WAY ОР SUBSPAĊE
COMMUNICATION, ТР
LOVE TO HEAR IT.
THIS ALWAYS ĠIVES
ME A MASSIVE
HEADACHE!

YOU SPEAK
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А GAME?
 50...
YOU'RE А
TALKER,
HUH?

YOUR
PREDECESSOR
WASN'T MUCH IN THE
WAY OF CONVERSATION.
SOME THINK THAT'S A
SIGN OF DETERMINATION
BUT I THINK IT’S A NEED
FOR CONCENTRATION
THAT INDICATES
WEAKNESS. ОЕ
COURSE,I
DON'T THINK 1
EVER FOUGHT
HIM THIS
LONG.
 WHAT
WERE YOU
SAYING EARLIER...
ABOUT MY
PREDECESSOR?

YOU
MEAN THE YEAH...
PREVIOUS WHAT ARE
CHAMPION? YOU TALKING
ABOUT? 4

CHAMPION,
THE ONE YOU
REPLACED. THE
ONE CHOSEN TO
GUARD YOUR
WORLD.

BEGINNING
TO THINK YOU'RE
NOT A SUITABLE
REPLACEMENT.
 JUST
STOP FIGHTING
ME! CAN'T WE...
TALK THIS OVER OR
SOMETHING?

ENTITLEP TO
ANYTHING?,

JEEZ, THEY
PIPN'T PREPARE YOU
AT ALL. THEY HAD THE
WHAT ARE SCHEDULE WELL IN
YOU TALKINĠ APVANĊE.
ABOUT? DIDN'T
THEY EXPLAIN IT
ALL то YOU? ASSUME I PONT
PON'T YOU I DON’T. EVEN KNOW
KNOW? WHERE TO
BEĠIN...
 IMA
PUBLIC SERVANT OF
SORTS... IT'S SORT OF
HARD TO EXPLAIN. T
GUESS BECAUSE I'VE
NEVER HAP TO
BEFORE.

TMA
CHAMPION
EVALUATION
OFFICER.

OKAY, NOW
I'M JUST MORE
CONFUSED.
CHAMPION
EVALUATION
OFFICER?

I WORK FOR
THE COALITION
OF PLANETS. EACH
PLANET IN THE COALITION
ASSIGNS A CHAMPION,
SOMEONE WHOSE SOLE
JOB 15 TO DEFEND THE
PLANET AGAINST MINOR
ORBITAL THREATS AND
WHAT NOT... GENERAL
STUFF, REALLV.

MY JOB IS TO GO FROM PLANET IT'S ALSO A 7

TO PLANET ON SCHEPULEP TRAINING EXERCISE
ENCOUNTERS WITH THEIR FOR THE CHAMPIONS,
RESPECTIVE CHAMPIONS. I END I'VE GOT A BACKLOG
UP HITTING EACH PLANET ONCE OF PLANETS
EVERY THREE YEARS. WE РОД REQUESTING MY
LITTLE FIGHTING, AND I SERVICES. YOU'RE
REPORT BACK ON WHETHER REALLY QUITE LUCKY.
OR NOT THEY'RE UP TO I DON’T GET AN
THE COALITION’S APJUSTMENT IN MY
STANDARDS. SCHEDULE FOR
ANOTHER FIFTY
YEARS.
 i ARE YOU У
TALKING ABOUT?
I'VE GOT THE
WHY MANDATE FOR THIS
WOULD WE SIGN PLANET RIGHT
UP FOR THAT?! IT HERE! 4
DOESN'T MAKE
SENSE.
SEE?
URATH! IT
SAYS IT RIGHT
OST
HERE.
PEOPLE ON MY
PLANET DON'T EVEN
ACKNOWLEDGE THE
EXISTENCE OF ALIENS,
LET ALONE SIGN UP ON 4
INTERPLANETARY
COMMITTEES WITH

URATH?!
WHERE THE
HELL 15 URATH2!
THIS IS
EARTH!
 TVE WASTED
ALMOST FIFTEEN
YEARS ON THIS PLANET!
THE URATHIANS MUST
BE PISSEPI OH, MAN...
AND I'VE GOT АМ
EVALUATION COMING
UP IN TWENTY
YEARS! SORRY
TO HAVE TO
BREAK THE
NEWS TO YOU,
MAN.

PON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

IF ІТ WASN'T FOR YOU Т
MIGHT HAVE BEEN FIRED
WHEN MY EVALUATION
CAME UP... COME TO
THINK OF IT, I MIGHT
STILL BE...

AGAIN,
THANKS FOR
ALL THE HELP. MY
NAME'S ALLEN, I
DIPN’T CATCH
YOURS.

YOU AROUND,
INVINCIBLE.
IT'S SO NICE
TO HAVE YOU IHAD A
HOME THIS LITTLE HELP
EARLY. TOPAY..

ACTUALLY...
NOT THAT BAD

YEAH, HE
WON'T BE BACK.
TURNS OUT HE'S BEEN
COMING TO THE WRONG
PLANET THIS WHOLE TIME.
EVERY THREE YEARS FOR
NEARLY FIFTEEN YEARS...
I'M GLAD I TOOK THE
TIME TO TALK
TO HIM.

DAMN,
SON... I'M
IMPRESSED.
I WISH YOU HAD
BEEN AROUND
THE FIRST TIME
I FOUGHT
HIM.
 T've
GOT SCHOOL
TOMORROW AND
I'M BEAT... I'M
GOING TO GO
TO BED.

AT LEAST MAKE
SURE YOU
RINSE YOUR
PLATE.

SOUNDS TO ME LIKE SOMEONE OUR SON

SITTING AT THIS TABLE SHOULD PIP.
START USING HIS BRAINS A
LITTLE MORE OFTEN THAN OH,
HIS BRAWN. COME ON...
HOW WAS I BEGINNER’S
SUPPOSED LUCK.
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AHHHH...

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