Invincible
Spoilers ahead forInvincible !
The satirical superhero seriesInvinciblewas nigh than it mean to be when it came to itsSupermanparody . An unsettling secret from Krypton ’s past was revealed inSuperman Annual # 14 , making Invincible ’s sour Superman twirl apparent DC canon .
Invincibleis Robert Kirkman , Ryan Ottley and Cory Walker ’s superhero series that focus on Mark Grayson , the titular character and Logos of Nolan Grayson , aka the world ’s majuscule superhero , Omni - Man . When Mark finally begin acquire powers similar to his father , the zep reveals his rightful intent to his son . Omni - Man is n’t actually the benevolentSuperman - like grinder thatInvinciblebelieves him to be . Nolan actually belong to a wash of conquering aliens known as the Viltrumites , and he make out to Earth as part of his empire ’s plot for galactic domination .
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WhileInvinciblecrafted this patch full stop as a moody subversion of the Superman lore , it may actually be closer to canon than earlier retrieve . Superman Annual # 14by James Robinson and Javier Piña has Superman ’s ally , Mon - El recite the shared story of his base planet , Daxam , and Superman ’s birthplace , Krypton . Mon - El notes that like any other world , the planet that would one day be knownas Krypton , had togrow out of its lesser - develop days . But Krypton advanced at a prominent pace and , before long , it had formed a " perfect " society . But it was n’t enough for the Kryptonians just to collect knowledge on their satellite alone . Growing " bored with perfection , " the Kryptonians created a mission known as the Great Inquiry , in which they sought the " Age of Reason of other human race . " But as Mon - El annotation , this was n’t a scientific jaunt for Krypton . This was a chance for them to grow their imperium at the cost of other civilizations . '
This is certainly a drab interpretation on thehistory of Superman and Krypton . Traditionally , Krypton is shown to be cautious of other Earth but seldom outright hostile to them . The idea that Superman ’s people have a account of colonization and potentially other crimes against native alien race seems impossible to believe . ButInvincibletoyed with this idea just five yr beforeSuperman Annual # 14’srelease and became an improbable portend of thing to come for the Man of Steel ’s past times .
The reveal of Omni - Man being a fascist conqueror was a careful subversion of what reader would gestate from a quality simulate after one of comics ’ most noble superheroes . And while the estimation ofan ‘ evil Superman ’ hasbecome a scarily rough-cut good deal , it ’s nothingInvincible’screative team would have skip or intend would finally be DC canon . Of course , unlikeInvincible , this chapter of Krypton ’s history is in the distant past and certainly is n’t reflected in the values of the Big Blue Boy Scout . But it ’s still eery to see one ofInvincible’smost dread tailspin on a hero actually be a canonical , though small , part ofSuperman’shistory .
