Invincible (character)

**Invincible** is the main protagonist of the eponymous comic book series from Image Comics and its 2021 animated series adapatation.

## Background

Mark Grayson is Invincible, a half-human half-Viltrumite superhero with the powers of strength, flight, durability, and speed. Raised in a household where his father Nolan Grayson (A.K.A. Omni-Man) was the world's most famous superhero, Mark has always had an unconventional family. Following in his father's footsteps, upon gaining his powers during puberty, Mark decided to use his powers for good. However, shortly into his superhero career, he learned that his father was designated by the Viltrumites to conquer Earth and enslave humans. His ideologies would evolve over the course of the story due to this revelation; Initially, he stays a superhero not out of vengeance or redemption, but because it's the right thing to do. However, Invincible has anything but a good life, and his attitudes can change to reflect that. Extreme threats have caused him to take extreme measures, leading to his trademark brutal fighting style. While he believes not all problems can be solved with fists, he's not afraid to get dirty.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Hybrid/Viltrumite Physiology:** Mark/Invincible is a Human/Viltrumite hybrid and this gives him access to Viltrumite powers. Viltrumite genes are extremely powerful and adaptable meaning that Viltrumites can mate and breed with a variety of races. The more compatible the race the more likely the Viltrumite genes will blossom and begin to dominate the hybrid genome structure. Mark is a unique case as humans are genetically very close to Viltrumites and not only does a human/Viltrumite hybrid closely match a full blooded Viltrumite, given enough time to develop Mark's genome will be almost indistinguishable from a full-blooded Viltrumite with his powers reaching the same level.
	+ **Superhuman Strength:** Being half-Viltrumite, Mark/Invincible has strength beyond human levels. Upon first getting superpowers, he was able to throw a trash bag from the United States all the way to England. He was able to stop an asteroid from crashing into earth and toss it back into space. The only ones known to surpass his strength are Battle Beast and his father, Nolan.
	+ **Superhuman Speed:** Mark/Invincible is capable of moving at speeds beyond Human levels. He’s able to blitz opponents before they can react.
	+ **Superhuman Stamina:** Mark/Invincible has stamina much greater than normal Humans. He’s able to perform at optimal level for an extended period of time without tiring.
	+ **Superhuman Endurance:** Mark/Invincible's endurance is greatly enhanced beyond human levels. He was able to survive in the vacuum of space without needing to breathe.
	+ **Flight:** Mark/Invincible has the ability to fly. He’s capable of breaking the sound barrier easily inside earth's atmosphere but can fly multiple times faster than the speed of sound in space.
	+ **Enhanced Lung Capacity:** Mark/Invincible has a lung capacity to hold his breath for weeks at a time.
	+ **Interstellar Travel:** Mark can survive, move, fly and comfortably function in outer space without aid.
	+ **Invulnerability:** Due to his Viltrumite heritage, Mark is virtually immune to any/all kind of damage. Only beings of similar strength can actually inflict damage on Mark or even pierce his skin. Mark has been shot with bullets and none were able to pierce his skin. Mark has survived a nuclear bomb being blown in his face with no damage. Mark has survived the explosion of several hydrogen bombs with him minimal injuries.
	+ **Enhanced Healing Factor:** Due to his Viltrumite heritage, Invincible is immune to all diseases, disorders, imperfections, and can heal and regenerate from any injuries, even those that would normally kill Humans. Depending on how severe his injuries are, some injuries he's sustained can heal from in weeks and others take longer. After his battle with his father, he healed in 2 weeks. After his battle with the Viltrumites on Thraxa, he didn't make a full recovery until a month later. During his first battle with Conquest, Mark broke his radius and his femur and three days after had bruises and required crutches to move. In a few months, he healed in a few months. During his second battle with Conquest, he was disemboweled and took him a few months to recover. Like all Viltrumites he adapts to any bodily harm as he regenerates.
	+ **Decelerated Aging:** Due to his Viltrumite heritage, Mark's aging process is slower than the average Human, as he gets older his aging process will exponentially slow down further, eventually he'll stop aging. Mark can potentially live for thousands of years and will still be in his physical prime.
	+ **Dominant Genetics:** Due to to his Viltrumite heritage, Mark's human genetics were overridden when he was conceived, making him more pure-blooded Viltrumite like Nolan, than human.
* **Indomitable Will:** Mark has been severely injured and still continued fighting, despite the pain. Mark continued fighting after his leg and arm were broken, and he was disemboweled. Mark fights for what he believes is right.
* **Genius Level Intellect:** Although not usually stated, Mark is capable of fully memorizing and understanding complex ideas and skills, learning and adapting to any situations and environments instantly.
* **Hand-to-Hand Combat**
* **Leadership**

## Feats

### Strength

* When his powers first emerged, threw a garbage bag all the way to London.
* Easily dispatched Titan in his first week, who is supposedly a twenty tonner.
* Easily lifted a van.
* Knocked out one of the Mauler twins in one punch.
* Thunderclapped someone hard enough to turn them into a projectile that one-shot a sea monster.
* Casually held up a wall.
* Easily created a fissure in Mars' surface.
* Afraid to hit a person because he might kill them.
* Smashed Allen into the moon.
* Sucker punched Omni-Man and hurts him.
* Sucker punched another Viltrumite and knocked him over.
* Easily lifted a large stone pillar.
* Easily benched four hundred tons.
* Casually destroyed a man's jaw.
* With Anissa's help, lifted a cruise ship.
* Killed a bunch of Multi-Pauls by throwing them off of him.
* Pushed a monster's fangs through its head, killing it.
* Killed a bunch of Reanimen.
* Killed more of them after being subjected to a frequency that weakened him.
* Accidentally hurt Titan with a casual backhand and then stopped his punch.
* No-sold several attacks from the Immortal and then ripped his head off.
* Knocked out an alternate universe version of himself.
* Forced Dinosaurus to revert back to his human form after just two punches.
* Easily blew up some spaceships.
* Damaged a large robot with just his grip and then damaged it further when he pushed into it.
* Knocked an alternate universe version of himself hard enough to bend a large piece of metal.
* Casually stopped a punch from one of the Mauler twins.
* Destroyed one of Robot's drones.
* Accidentally nearly killed someone with enhanced durability.
* Threw a baseball around the world.
* Easily lifted a large piece of debris.
* Easily dispatched a giant.
* Lifted a massive piece of debris while still injured.
* With Oliver's aid, destroyed a large spaceship and tossed half of it into space.
* With the help of Thaddeus and his father, destroyed a planet with a destabilized core.
* Hit Dinosaurus so hard he sent vehicles flying into the air.
* Broke a car easily.
* Very violently killed an alien monster.
* Decapitated one of Thragg's kids by crushing his neck.
* Punched through Robot's drone.
* Stopped and tossed away an asteroid.

### Speed

* Flew someone into space within seconds.
* Flew from North American to Antartica in 26 seconds in his first few weeks.
* Flew back to his house and grabbed his comics in the time it took someone to say a word.
* Temporarily outsped someone teleporting.
* Moved his stuff into a room a couple hours away during a phone call.
* Too fast for satellites to track him.
* Changed into costume in between two words.
* Flew from one planet to another in an unknown timeframe.
* Temporarily outsped a ship travelling at FTL speeds.
* Switched costume and gave himself a haircut before someone opened the door.
* His speed sends vehicles flying into the air.
* From high altitude, saved someone from a villain before he could complete his swing.
* Flew fast enough to get Robot out of the range of his drones.
* Traveled 8000 miles in less than 25 seconds.

### Durability

* Casually tanked a large explosion
* Unaffected by intense heat.
* Tanks attacks from an earthquake generator.
* Relatively fine after getting punched by Omni-Man and flung through several buildings.
* Unharmed after getting hit into a car.
* No-sold every single attack from Darkwing.
* Not hurt by a bite from Dinosaurus.
* Not hurt by a crater-generating slam.
* Contained an explosion in his hands.
* Unscathed by a nuke.
* Tanked Powerplex's electricity which is strong enough to easily kill normal people.
* Not hurt by another large explosion.
* Withstood an explosion that destroyed Las Vegas and glassed sand with no injury.
* Easily took a building-collapsing blow.
* Unharmed when he got thrown into the ground by an alternate version of himself.
* Unaffected by lava.
* Unscathed by a slam from Anissa.
* No-sold a blast that blows up a house.
* Took several city-busting blasts.
* Thragg's kids killed themselves just by trying to hurt Mark.
* Withstood the temperature of the sun for an entire fight.
* Is bulletproof.
* A sword broke on his skin.
* Can endure the recoil of his attacks.
* Survived a brutal beating from Omni-Man.

### Skills

* Joined the Teen Team.
* Has helped stop multiple invasions from different dimensions.
* Stalemated Allen the Alien in their first encounter.
* Held his own against his own father, Omni-Man.
* Successfully rescued a group of astronauts from martians on Mars.
* Helped defend the planet Thraxa alongside his father from three adult Viltrumites.
* Casually defeated Mastermind, a villain that enslaved every other hero within earshot.
* Succeeded in repelling the Sequids invasion with help from the new Guardians of the Globe.
* Defeated Angstrom Levy.
* Went to the future and killed the Immortal.
* Knocked out an Invincible from an alternate reality.
* Defeated Conquest.
* Killed Conquest during their rematch.
* Along with Dinosaurus, defeated Omnipotus the World Shaper.
* Killed Dinosaurus.
* Pulverized legions of Thragg's children just by flying through them.
* Overpowered and killed Thragg while fighting him in the sun.
* Defeated Robot.
* Became leader of the Viltrumite Empire and spread peace throughout the galaxy over the course of 500 years.

## Weaknesses

* **Vulnerable Ears:** In order to achieve flight, a Viltrumite's equilibrium must be balanced. This system is located in their ears and thus anything that disrupts their inner ear function can disrupt their flight. This does not include loud sounds, but much rather certain pitch pulses. It can cause Mark's ears to bleed and possibly kill him if down for too long. This weakness has only been demonstrated on Mark, but it is implied that other Viltrumites share it.
* **Short-Tempered:** Mark has lost his temper quite a few times, notably resulting in the apparent death of Angstrom Levy.