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IMAGE comcs PRESENTS KR ROBERT KIRKMAN CO-CREATOR, WRITER, LETTERER CORY WALKER CO-CREATOR, ARTIST BILL GRABTREE COLORIST FOR IMAGE COMICS JIM VALENTINO BRENT BRAUN ERIC STEPHENSON TRACI HALE PUBLISHER DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION DIRECTOR OF MARKETING CONTROLLER/FOREIGN LICENSING © BRETT EVANS ALLEN HUI CINDIE ESPINOZA TIM HEGARTY ART DIRECTOR WEB DEVELOPER ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT BOOK TRADE COORDINATOR WWW.IMAGECOMICS.COM WWW.FUNKOTRON.COM 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 and its logos are ® and © 2003 Image Comics, Inc. All rights reserved. INVINCIBLE is ™ and © Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker, 2003. All rights reserved. Any similarities to persons living or dead is purely coincidental. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of this publication may be reprinted without the permission of Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker. Publisher and creators assume no responsibility for unsolicited materials. PRINTED IN USA
DEBBIE, I NEED TO SPEAK WITH MARK, QUICK! OKAY, HON... ги. jp ĠET PAY ATTENTION, SON... I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE TIME TO REPEAT ANY OF THIS. ALERTEP TO A MAJOR BAPPIE COMING INTO OF YOUR LEAGUE, BUT OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, HE'S GOING TO BE HEADED STRAIGHT THE TOUGHEST GUY FOR EARTH. | YOU'VE FACED 50 FAR. | i | | ANYWAY, I JUST GOT || I'VE FOUGHT THIS GUY BEFORE, HE'S NOT OUT 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, T'M GOING TO WANT TO CELEBRATE, AND IF IT DOESN'T... WELL, LET'S JUST SAY IT WON'T MATTER WHAT YOUR MOM COOKS. DAP, WAIT! How AM I SUPPOSED TO FIGHT THIS GUY IN ORBITZ HOW WILL I BREATHE? SON, I CAN HOLD MY BREATH FOR TWO WEEKS. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO HOLD 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!
OH, WAIT. YOU'RE NEW Too!
«BUT IF 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 ENGLISH? С)
THINK THIS IS 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.
YOU MEAN THE PREVIOUS CHAMPION? CHAMPION, THE ONE YOU REPLACED. THE ONE CHOSEN TO GUARD YOUR WORLD. BEGINNING TO THINK YOU'RE NOT A SUITABLE REPLACEMENT. WHAT WERE YOU SAYING EARLIER... ABOUT MY PREDECESSOR? YEAH... WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? 4
JUST STOP FIGHTING ME! CAN'T WE... TALK THIS OVER OR SOMETHING? ENTITLEP TO ANYTHING?, WHAT ARE YOU TALKINĠ ABOUT? DIDN'T THEY EXPLAIN IT ALL то YOU? PON'T YOU KNOW? ASSUME I DON’T. JEEZ, THEY PIPN'T PREPARE YOU AT ALL. THEY HAD THE SCHEDULE WELL IN APVANĊE. I PONT EVEN KNOW WHERE TO BEĠIN...
OKAY, NOW I'M JUST MORE CONFUSED. CHAMPION EVALUATION OFFICER? MY JOB IS TO GO FROM PLANET TO PLANET ON SCHEPULEP ENCOUNTERS WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE CHAMPIONS. I END UP HITTING EACH PLANET ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS. WE РОД LITTLE FIGHTING, AND I REPORT BACK ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE UP TO THE COALITION’S STANDARDS. TRAINING EXERCISE FOR THE CHAMPIONS, I'VE GOT A BACKLOG REQUESTING MY SERVICES. YOU'RE REALLY QUITE LUCKY. APJUSTMENT IN MY 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. IT'S ALSO A 7 OF PLANETS I DON’T GET AN SCHEDULE FOR ANOTHER FIFTY YEARS. 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.
WHY WOULD WE SIGN UP FOR THAT?! IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. OST 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! i ARE YOU У TALKING ABOUT? I'VE GOT THE MANDATE FOR THIS PLANET RIGHT HERE! 4 SEE? URATH! IT SAYS IT RIGHT HERE.
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! YOU AROUND, INVINCIBLE. 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.
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 SITTING AT THIS TABLE SHOULD START USING HIS BRAINS A LITTLE MORE OFTEN THAN HIS BRAWN. OH, COME ON... HOW WAS I SUPPOSED то--% OUR SON PIP. BEGINNER’S LUCK.
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