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ROBERT KIRKMAN
CO-CREATOR, WRITER, LETTERER

CORY WALKER
CO-CREATOR, ARTIST

BILL CRABTREE
COLORIST

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FOR IMAGE COMICS

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INVINCIBLE VOL. | #2. FEBRUARY 2003. FIRST PRINTING. An Image Comics Group title published by Image Comics 1071 N. Batavia St. Ste A, Orange, CA 92867.
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
 OKAY, SON. YOU
MAY HAVE NOTICED
BY NOW THAT I’M NOT
LIKE NORMAL DADS. I’ve...
AVOIDED THE SUBJECT
FOR FAR TOO MANY YEARS,
AND YOUR MOTHER AND I
HAVE DECIDED THAT IT’S
TIME YOU KNEW
THE TRUTH.
We
THINK YOU’RE
OLD ENOUGH
FOR Me TO TELL
YOU WHERE I
REALLY COME
FROM.
MILLIONS OF MILES FROM HERE,
OUT IN DEEP SPACE, IS THE
PLANET VILTRUM, A COOL BLUE
OASIS ALONE IN A SOLAR
SYSTEM MUCH LIKE OUR OWN.

ITS PEOPLE ARE NOT COMPLETELY

UNLIKE HUMANS, ALTHOUGH, THEY,
AND IT, HAVE ABILITIES IN ADDITION
TO WHAT HUMANS HAVE. WE CAN
FLY, MOVE AT SUPER-SPEED, AND
POSSESS GREAT STRENGTH...
BY HUMAN STANDARDS.

WITH NO CONFLICT AT HAND, OUR

VILTRUM WAS A PLANET THAT HAD
HIGH COUNCIL REFUSED TO LET OUR
ACHIEVED A PERFECT GLOBAL
SOCIETY BECOME COMPLACENT.
SOCIETY. THERE WAS NO ILLNESS,
NO MURDER, NO WAR, IT WAS A
RELATIVE UTOPIA.

COUNCIL MEMBERS ARGUED THAT

RATHER THAN REVEL IN OUR NEWFOUND
PERFECTION, WE SHOULD TAKE IT UPON
OURSELVES TO ENSURE THAT OTHER
RACES, LESSER DEVELOPED THAN OUR
OWN, SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DEVELOP
TO OUR LEVEL OF ADVANCEMENT.

IT WAS AGREED UPON UNANIMOUSLY.

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COUNCIL HAD APPROVED THE
IDEA, THE WORLD BETTERMENT
COMMITTEE WAS FORMED.

THE FIRST STEP OF THE INITIATIVE WAS ..-PLANETS THAT WERE FAR ENOUGH ALONG
TO LOCATE OTHER PLANETS THAT WERE THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF GREATNESS WAS
IN A CRUCIAL STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT... THERE, BUT WERE NOT SO FAR ALONG THAT
THEIR OUTCOME WAS ALREADY DECIDED.

THE SECOND STEP WAS TO INSTALL GLOBAL DEFENSE

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SCIENTISTS DOWN TO THE PLANET’S BEHIND ON THE PLANET,
SURFACE TO ASSIST IN THE ADVANCEMENT ¢ MONITORING ITS PROGRESS.
OF THE CIVILIZATION’S TECHNOLOGIES. 3
 OF COURSE, WHEN I CAME OF AGE, I SIGNED UP
FOR DUTY. I WAS ON THE SEARCH COMMITTEE; MY
JOB WAS TO LOCATE AND SUGGEST PLANETS THAT
MIGHT BE ELIGIBLE FOR OUR INTERFERENCE.

BY THEN, THE OPERATION HAD BEEN

EXPANDED AND PERFECTED. I
WAS STATIONED ON A MOBILE BASE
THAT TRAVELED FROM PLANET TO
PLANET AS WE DISCOVERED THEM.

WORD TRAVELED AROUND OUR PLANET

ABOUT HOW MUCH GOOD THE WORLD

SOON, IT WAS THE MOST POPULAR

PROFESSION ON VILTRUM.

I WAS IN MY THIRD YEAR OF SERVICE WHEN I DURING THE LONG JOURNEY TO EARTH, I USED
DISCOVERED EARTH. I CONVINCED THE COMMITTEE OUR LONG RANGE SENSORS TO STUDY THE PLANET
TO DO A PHYSICAL INSPECTION OF THE PLANET. AND THE CIVILIZATION THAT LIVED THERE.
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GROWN FOND OF EARTH ANP THE OFFERED AN ALTERNATIVE
PEOPLE ON IT. I WAS FASCINATED SOLUTION. I VOLUNTEERED
BY THE ACHIEVEMENTS THEY TO RELOCATE TO EARTH, AND
HAD ACCOMPLISHED IN SUCH BE ITS SOLE PROTECTOR,
A SHORT TIME. DEDICATED TO THE SURVIVAL I WENT ANYWAY.
OF ITS CIVILIZATION.

I PLEADED FOR AUTHORIZATION TO DUE TO EARTH’S LOCATION IN

ADP EARTH TO OUR BETTERMENT SUCH A REMOTE AREA OF THE
SCHEDULE, BUT IT WAS DEEMED UNIVERSE, I WAS WARNED
TOO CRUDE AND NOT DEVELOPED THAT THERE MIGHT NOT BE ANY
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ENOUGH TO KNOW THE TRUTH.
AND UNFORTUNATELY... I’M
NOT DONE YET. ON TOP OF
ALL THIS... THERE’S

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START TO CHANGE FOR
YOU IN A FEW YEARS
AS YOU HIT
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GOING TO
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VOICE WILL
START TO
CRACK AND
EVENTUALLY
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BEGIN TO
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IN STRANGE
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GOING TO START TO
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BECOME THE NEXT BIG

ONLY HAPPENS
IN COMIC BOOKS.

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ALL THAT... I’M 1 YOU’LL GET THE
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FOLLOWING UP ON THE HERE? DO YOU TAKE THE ARE YOU KIDDING
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NIGHT, AND LEFT HIM CLOSE TO THE TOY STORE We’LL BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT
HE ROBBED. HE’LL BE DISORIENTED AND WILL WHAT HIS PLANS FOR THE
2 MORE THAN LIKELY SEEK OUT VIDEO GAME SYSTEMS
FAMILIAR GROUND.

I’VE BEEN TRACKING HIM FROM HERE,

BUT WE NEED TO BE ON SITE WHEN
HE ARRIVES.

I WAS
AFRAID I WAS
GOING TO HAVE TO
LEAVE WITHOUT
YOU.

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IT... I’M NOT EVEN
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NEW SHIPMENT. NOTHING THAT SHIPMENT IS ALREADY
IN STOCK BY NOW, AND
THEY WON’T BE RECEIVING
ANOTHER FOR NEARLY
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PLANS CAN
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from Chris Piers, so enjoy!
INVINCIBLE
C/O FUNK-O-TRON See you next Month!
P.O. BOX 54386 -Robert Kirkman
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