When season two, and three, of Amazon’s hit TV series Invincible was announced fans all over the globe were extremely excited. Shortly thereafter season one came to a close, and viewers were eager to see more of this glorious world brought to life. The first season provided quite the stellar storyline and it could be said that it will be hard to see them followup after season one’s greatness. Well, Big Nate is here to tell you that season two could very well outdo the first season. And that all lies with the characters.
A big part of the inaugural season’s dominance, was because of the obscure and just fun characters that Amazon introduced us to. From Mark Grayson, to Omni-Man, Atom Eve, and the Mauler Twins, there were a plethora of powerful and intriguing characters who fans of the comics got to see brought to life, and newcomers who were able to witness their greatness. There are a bunch of villains who will most likely be introduced at some point in season two. One being Anissa.
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While I don’t expect Anissa being a main part of season two, I fully expect to get a tease or two about her, with her having a more prominent role in season three and beyond. FULL SPOILERS FROM HERE ON OUT. After Mark and friends are able to handle Omni-Man, and he becomes more human after realizing what he had done, and had planed, was wrong, Anissa and other members of Viltrum’s reign come to earth to fulfill Omni-Man original goal. Anissa and Mark have a rather strange relationship. She’s infatuated by Mark and uses him as, well to be completely P.C. as possible, her boy-toy. She’s done some rather vile things to him in the comics, if you know you know. There is one moment in particular that I don’t see them adapting at all. It’s very controversial, and I don’t see mainstream media being able to grasp with it in today’s world.
Anissa regretted her actions, and what she did to Mark, and after being choked out by Omni-Man due to her actions, she fully regretted what she did and sacrificed herself to save Eve. After revealing to Eve that her son was actually Mark’s. She’s a sick and very twisted character, that fans will love with a burning passion to hate.
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Allow me to introduce you to Angstrom Levy, one of the best villains within the Invincible lore, and one that Invincible creator Robert Kirkman has teased multiple times on Twitter since season’s end. Angstrom has the ability to open up portals to different dimensions, and worlds, and uses this power to create a following of alien soldiers to do his bidding. Angstrom had a horrific accident with the technology that allowed him to do travel through dimensions. He blames Invincible for this and has since become a very serious recurring threat to him. Angstrom, after freeing the Mauler Twins, asks the two build him a machine that will allow him to get the knowledge of every alternate version of himself in the multiverse.
They accept, but say they need more equipment. After the Mauler Twins complete the project, Angstrom places the mind transfer device on his head until Invincible arrives. Angstrom would use his powers to summon several Maulers from other dimensions to keep Invincible from halting the process. He noticed that the Maulers are attempting to kill Invincible, and he removes the device from his head. The result causes some Maulers to die and gave Angstrom a creased head and back. Angstrom would also lose some memory of the event. He leaves to a dimension to get his injury fixed by a race called the Technicians, where he then sets out to get revenge upon Invincible.
Angstrom goes on to terrorize Mark’s mother, Deborah Grayson, and even has a few near attempts at killing Eve. He’s a very interesting villain, and one that could serve as season two’s main villain, after the Omni-Man/Viltrum debacle is handled.
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Battle Beast aka Thokk, but better known as the human-lion who nearly kills Invincible, is one of the most powerful villains to face Invincible. Battle Beast nearly killed Invincible multiple times in the comics, and had almost defeated the Guardians of the Globe… All in search of finding worthy adversaries. His race is part of the Coalition of Planets, and are one of the most vile species in the universe. Battle Beast was once the planetary Guardian of his home planet. However due to his constant fighting, he would grow addicted to it and eventually leave to seek worthy opponents of his self-renowned greatness.
While he isn’y power hungry, and couldn’t care less about the balance of power in the universe between worlds, he’ll join almost anyone’s “side” as long as it means he can shed a lot of blood. He’s later killed by Thragg, who I’ll get to later, who wears Battle Beast’s mane as a memento.
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Thragg is a relative of Omni-Man, and the Grand Regent of the Viltrum Empire, that is until it’s later revealed that Omni-Man and Invincible have a better claim to the “throne.” Thragg is the most prominent villain in the comics, besides Robot, and serves as the series’ prime villain for a majority of the 144 comic book issues.
Thragg’s power rivals that of Omni-Man’s and his lust of power and control of the universe has warped him into being the most vile villain in the Invincible-Verse, if you will. Thragg, after Omni-Man had a change of heart and joined Invincible and his allies to help stop the Viltrum Empire, set out to make Earth apart of VIltrum’s rule. Thragg will eventually join the show, but I don’t think it will be until season three that we see him become a focal part of the show, That doesn’t mean that we won’t be introduced to him in the second season though.
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Perhaps one of the most important villains to the overall message of the Invincible story, is Powerplex. Scott Duvall’s origins were less as a villain and more as a victim. After his sister died in the battle between Invincible and Omni-Man, Duvall harbored a grudge against Invincible that would steadily grow over time. And with his power to absorb and redirect energy, he could finally do something about it. Duvall steadily became more maniacal in his aims, stealing experimental technology to boost his powers and staging crimes for the hopes of a showdown with Invincible.
Eventually, his wife and child were roped into one of his schemes, and when Invincible arrived, Powerplex accidentally killed them. Blaming the incident on Invincible himself, the villain struggled with a psychotic fixation perfectly paralleled by his powers. In fighting him, Invincible had to learn to reason with Powerplex and let him vent his anger. Absorbing the kinetic energy from Invincible's punches only fueled Powerplex, and their clashes offered a valuable lesson in talking problems out. It seems inevitable that Powerplex will come to play in season two, maybe as a side villain and not the main villain, but having Mark learn what it means to be a hero with him dealing with Powerplex, would be great to see.
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Conquest was teased in the season one finale where we saw various Viltrumites lashing out on their fellow people. Not every villain can be reasoned with, however, and Conquest is the perfect example of that. As a Viltrumite warrior scarred in battles past, Conquest came to be known as one of the empire's greatest champions who never failed to bring a planet to heel. Where previous efforts to "discipline" Invincible failed, the empire sent Conquest to finish the hero and his planet off at last. What resulted were some of the bloodiest battles in the entire comics series.
Conquest nearly killed Invincible and Atom Eve both, devastating the heroes in combat before seeing a narrow defeat at Atom Eve's last-minute power up. She vaporized half the villain and still Conquest fought on, narrowly surviving thereafter. In his rematch with Invincible, the two pushed each other to their limits once more, with Conquest literally tearing Invincible's guts out as the hero strangled the conqueror in turn. In the end Invincible was victorious, but with how close Conquest came he proved himself as one of the hero's deadliest foes. The ensuing battle between the two is inevitable, and is one that will surely outlast the fight between Invincible and Omni-Man as the best in the TV series.
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Nolan Grayson's second son, Oliver, was born on a distant planet to another mother. Inheriting his father's abilities he is the half-brother of Invincible and known as the superhero Kid-Omni Man. He’s an ally to Mark Grayson and Mark’s animosity towards him when he first meets him, quickly morphs into a friendship. Mark mentors Oliver and trains him to be just like him. When Mark takes Oliver to train him, he asks him mother to watch him while he deals with some superhero business. Angstrom Levy captures the two to try to get revenge on Mark. That is before Mark ends up saving them from Levy’s clutches.
On their first mission together, Oliver, not knowing his own strength, breaks one of the Mauler Twins’ jaws. He then rushes to the next one and kills him. The other Mauler offers his surrender, but Oliver's punch kills him as well… Oliver, shocked at his own strength, attempted to justify his actions. Cecil Stedman arrives to comfort him until Mark arrives, realizing what Oliver had done. Mark lectures Oliver on how human life is precious with Oliver disagreeing. Oliver goes on say that to stop villains from hurting again is to kill them. Oliver asks if he ever thinks that their father is right. Mark replies, “sometimes.” The next day, Mark and Oliver would argue again. Afterwards, they make up and hug one another. Days later, Oliver would go on his first solo run and battles Rampage. He is saved by Invincible.
As for the plot, I feel like a large part of season two will be Omni-Man’s path to redemption while also dealing with the rise of Powerplex. Having that particular character appear would be paramount in making Mark Grayson the best version of Invincible that he can be. Showing him that civilian casualty can be prevented, if he’s more careful. The ramifications of civilian casualties have been dealt with in Marvel Studios’s MCU a few times before, but we haven’t seen a villain, with powers at least, rise out of those ashes to wreck havoc. Baron Helmut Zemo has surely been a keen example of this in the MCU, but he has no powers other than a vast amount of wealth and essentially being an evil Batman. This would be a very fascinating avenue for the show to go down, and one that could play out in a really interesting way.
Invincible season two is bound to be something special. With the entire, elite, voice cast coming back, and surely some other A-list names as well, season two might be able to outdo season one’s greatness.