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PENYINUILEWRITE US AT INVINCIBLEfASKYBOUND.COMMan, that Ryan Ottley sure is SOMETHING, huh?! He regularlyknocks it out of the park, but seeing him draw some good ol’fashioned Ottley-style ass whuppin’ never gets old. As for Mark.he did it, huh? Changed his dad’s mind? But what's that mean forthis book?What indeed? Stay tuned, kids! think the story is going in someinteresting directions!Spaceboundis a terrible name for a company. That’s back ofPreviews quality naming. love that always get about a paragraph in and I'm thinking “whatthe hell is up with--wait a minute! Is this an Andrew J. Shawletter?!” and I’m always right!Robert,RK/ SM,So Invincible #123--as easy (to read] as A-B-C?At one time (I think) REBOOT? was supposed to start at #123so Robert could use the tagline “Picking up INVINCIBLE is aseasy at 1-2-3”. but that didn’t happen. You would've seen rightthrough us.Yeah. it just didn’t work out story-wise. Would have been cool,though. My next book to reach 123. I'll definitely use that taglinesomehow!Well, yes: At this point that’s a given. This issue remindedme at times of Saga; as I’m sure you're aware, Saga is one ofthe Other best selling titles that uses aliens as a backdrop.At other times was reminded of the scripting/ dialog of oneof our own: Skybound’s Joe Keatinge! You know, from TechJacket? So ina word.this issue was.derivative. Yeah, let’sgo with that word. mean what all happened in this one? Whatwould the plot to this issue look like?A bunch of people talkabout useless stuff, the alien whowhatsits prepare for war,and Mark Grayson has a daddy day witha‘little fart”? That'syour words, Robert. Who calls their babies little farts?Who doesn’t? If the elderly can be “old farts”, then why can'tbabies be “little farts’? And that would make all us in-betweenjust “farts”.Does Eve know about this.? Next issue “Reboot?” issupposed to be a Big issue. It’s a three-parterthat retellsthe story we've already seen!!! for one have been readingsince about issue #5: don't particularly need a Reboot,Recap, nada. But in all seriousness.Invincible is still one ofthe best superhero books on the market!--at Image. Wait,or is it the Only superhero book sold be Image? Spawn stillhas me asking that question.Savage Dragon, too. More liesWe're writing this after having just finished #123 & we could notbemore excited forwhathappensnext!We've really been lookingforward to seeing Mark backinyellow& blue &kickingass exSplodeagain,we really miss that loveable jerk. We wanted to ask if you mightusethis “Reboot?” tomaybefleshouttheoriginalGuardiansoftheGlobe a little considering they're on the coverto #125?What do you know, they showed up this issue! And think anyonewho's read since the very beginning will find it awesome toFINALLY see them work as a team.Really? guess the original Guardians are cool. but we intendedfor them to die immediately so they were never meant to be thatawesome. Aside from The Immortal. He's the coolest.We also wanted to know if the divide between Immortal &Robot in the Guardians will be explored through the eyesof some other heroes like Outrun & Kaboomerang (who weremembered were ina relationship before the divide], &is it possible that the Invincible Universe might be headingtowards a Civil War like situation between Robot & Immortal’sGuardian factions?All in all, thanks as always for continuingto surprise & satisfy us immensely w/ every issue, Everyoneat Team Invincible & Skybound rocks!Liam & Stu, the Invincible Universe's 2 biggest fansWe don't have anything remotely similartoMarvel's Civil Warplanned. There will definitely be some hero vs. hero stuffin thebook coming up. but it’s more like hero vs. former hero/nowvillain than anything. Stay tuned! Big stuff coming up!Next month REBOOT? concludes in the most unexpected fashion.It will be a good opportunity to reintroduce your jaw to the floor.-Sean Mackiewiczon the cover to #123, but at least you were honest about itbeing misleading this time. That’s something. This may seemstrange coming from someone who's been reading sinceHeh. yeah. it’s going to be a big one. big stuff coming!issue #5, but: Does Eve havea last name? Is it Grayson.? Arethey married, Mark and Eve? If not what is her last name!-Robert KirkmanSamantha Eve Wilkins. You act like Google doesn’t exist, bro. Andthey're not married. Not yet?Admittedly, you Still never Use names as a rule, so. #123 wasa calm before the storm issue, would you not say? It wasn'texactly an all-out action comic. Any--Any!--thought being putto calling Skybound.wait for it."Spacebound”, from now on?Space is bigger than the Earth’s atmosphere, aka Sky, andInvincible is out in space again, sooooo--!Cheers,Andrew J. ShawInvincible’s world comes crashingdown around him leaving him withthe same question we all have.where do we go from here?
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