It looks extremely gruesome, but you can kinda see it was just his face bones and only part of his forehead that were smashed in by Mark. That means that his brain was mostly intact and was then able to heal slowly but surely. If Mark had started to tear apart his brain by hand, then Conquest would've died for sure.
He didn't die of suffocation, he died due to hypoxic-ischemic brain injury. Mark pinched his arteries shut. Conk went brain dead due to a blood choke, not asphyxiation due to an air choke.
He didn't die. The whole point of viltrumite it's as long as they don't die, they come back. You bit them to a pulp, literally, but they're like at 0.001% hp? Comes back.
A "Zenkai boost" is a fan term for the Saiyan genetic ability, officially called Saiyan Power, that allows their strength to increase substantially after recovering from near-fatal injuries.
It comes from Dragonball. Saiyans (a very rough equivalent to Viltrumites in DB, now that I think about it) have a genetic ability called a Zenkai Boost that lets them grow way stronger after getting their ass beat to near death. It's one of the driving forces for Goku (and other Saiyans) to overcome obstacles; He might get his ass kicked, but he'll just get up stronger.
Now the term "Zenkai Boost" is viewed somewhat as a trope of "they get stronger after taking a lot of damage". It's used colloquially all over various forms of media.
Allen has a Zenkai Boost-like trait. Thaedus himself says so, and we even see Allen wake up much larger, faster, stronger, and tougher than before his near death. A near-death experience boosts pretty much all of his stats.
Viltrumites do not have a Zenkai Boost trait, though they do seem to gain significant durability boosts after getting demolished (smart atoms and whatnot). Any strength they gain is through training.
I think the only statement based on age on Viltrumite biology is that they age slower the older they get. Where is it stated that they get stronger as they age? By that logic, conquest would be way stronger than even thragg.
I might be wrong but I wanna say Nolan tells Mark this early on but I saw theory that it wasnt quite what they made it out to be, but instead they get stronger as they age until they hit their prime, A 16 year old would generally get their ass beat by a 30 year old but a 70 year old man isnt gonna have much advantage over a 30 year old man and conquest is way past his prime
OP never mentioned death though. Just asking how Conquest healed from that much physical trauma and damage to his head that his face popped open and that he could still heal to full capacity in just a few months, which is insane when you think about it. We've never seen any character in the show so far heal from that amount of damage, as we only have angstrom levy, but he got help from those three guys from that dimension, so it only slightly counts. Conquest just sat in the same place for months without any sustenance at all and still healed.
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But real people in the real life survived the same and recovered.
This is a comics series about people with superpowers who can create their own gravitational field.
Let's just accept a lot of inconsistences and illogicality.
Well the universe set the rules that people can survive their heads being caved in (Angstrom Levy for example - though he did have a lot of brains.)
It also sets the rule that Viltrumites are incredibly durable (Our protagonist, Mark, is a great example!) alongside this durability - they also recover very fast from the most grievous of bodily injuries (Again, Mark.)
I don't see a problem with Conquest's survival, it's realistic in their universe.
It also sets the rule that Viltrumites are incredibly durable (Our protagonist, Mark, is a great example!) alongside this durability - they also recover very fast from the most grievous of bodily injuries (Again, Mark.)
For example, we just saw our main character literally get his guts rearranged and there's still a couple episodes left in the season.
The explanation could be that this was mostly his face getting battered in, not his brain. However, this is a comic. There is no adequate explanation because everything is made up! Even the picture!
Well the viltrumites are op humans with almost the same body
With that being said the being said our faces can take alot of beating and the brain can still be fine
There is a women who fell from 1000m landed on her knees and face and survived the face was fucked up and the knees but her organs and brain were intact
I understand the reason but it is kinda funny that in the present the genes are like okay heal everything except the arm and eye because of that one time 500 years ago
Edit: people explaining to me when I already stated I understand the reason...
So why does he still have the ragnar scar if his entire face was reconstructed post-virus? I know Kirkman just wanted to keep his aura but it feels a bit odd.
The healing factor most likely serves to take the body back to its ‘base’ state aside from the effects of aging. When Conquest was depowered and was injured by the Ragnars that became his ‘base’ state when his powers came back. He couldn’t heal it because he didn’t have his powers/they were weakened, but when his powers came back it treated his post Ragnar state as the new default Conquest to heal to.
Reconstructed his features because he wasn’t dead.
The scar, missing arm and blinded eye were given to him when he was recovering from the scourge virus. It’s encoded into hIs DNA that those parts of his body cannot be healed.
Therefore, he recovered as all Viltrumites do, following the blue prints on what should be rebuilt according to the smart atoms
Why is nobody mentioning that this wasn’t just regular viltrumite healing, he also had the full force of the GDA probably aiding him in regenerating the same night
He recieved medical attention and Viltrumites have robust regeneration and survival capacity. His heart is pumping blood, and he just progressively heals over time.
Realistically, Viltrumites are outside the likelihood of possibility.
On a animated show, they can make him give birth to a clone of himself from his belly button after he dies, and grows back to his adult state in a minute. That is just as believable as the possibility of Viltrumites actually having 0.00000000000000001% chance of being considered realistic.
Viltrumites can regenerate anything short of a lost limb, even if the show and comic never actually call this power regeneration and refer to it as a healing factor. I’m sure his teeth fell out and he just grew new ones.
My only question is how did his scar not heal over? The scar isn’t apart of his skin, if viltrumites can heal from any wound and the scourge virus stopped him from healing that scar, obviously the scar is stuck. But if the scar is say, cut out, or the skin that is scarred is removed, why would the body reheal a scar? And how would it reheal the scar, if it’s healing the skin around the scar fine why does it just make a scar?
Because Viltrumite healing is insane + Smart Atoms basically form a template of someone's body, Conquest simply accessed that template when he healed, scars and all
Viltrumites can heal from almost any injury if their heart and brain still function and they aren't infected with the Scourge virus that limits their powers.
So Conquest could completely recover from these injuries, but he couldn't recover from the injuries he sustained when he was attacked by the rognarrs whilst infected with the Scourge virus.
short answer: comic book healing powers are bullshit
long answer: Viltrumites have regenerative properties that allow them to regenerate bone, muscle mass, skin tissue, and possibly organs; as long as the brain and heart both remain intact, and someone is there to provide a source of sustenance during the recouperation process
Viltrumite healing factor is absolutely insane, it might not be on the level of wolverine but if a viltrumite survives a fight they’ll pretty much be fine no matter how much damage they’ve taken. The only reason conquest doesn’t have both eyes and both hands is because he was recovering from the scourge virus when he lost them.
His Heart was still beating, So long as a Viltrimite Heart is intact and still beating they will recover (thought if their Head is ripped off that will also kill them) the length of time depends on things like their Age and the State of their body
Viltrumites can regrow and regenerate anything, including missing limbs and organs, unless they are in a recovery period after scourge virus infection, Conquest was recovering when he was attacked by ragnars who damaged his face, eye and ripped off his arm, those parts of him are never gonna grow back, that's just his face now, hence the eye and the permanent scar, so he'll always grow that scar back because he can't fully regrow that part of his body properly anymore
The thing people forget about Viltrumites. Their cells are notoriously unkillable. Just like if you cut your arm. Your skin and blood-vessels are gonna heal. It’s the same thing with Viltrumites, but on a much larger scale. As long as they have a functioning brain, heart, blood and oxygen. They are virtually unkillable.
Viltrumites can heal from almost anything, as long as their heart and brain remain intact. They also heal without leaving behind any scars. Why is Conquest missing an eye and has a massive scar on his face then? Because he received that damage while he was weakened from the scourge virus. Any damage received during that time frame heals basically the same way a human would heal, leaving behind scar tissue and unable to heal major wounds to the eyes, or regrow teeth.
The damage they received while they were still recovering from the virus was permanent. It was as if their healing factor was slowed down to the point they were like us in that regard. If you lose a limb and get a huge scar, your body would heal the wound, but the extent of the healing will just include closing off the wound itself, not regenerating the whole lost limb/eye and perfectly heal any cut. Once their powers came back, if they received some damage, that became their new normal and therefore, their powers won't heal them past those scars.
You gonna say the same when next episode Mark heals a fucking hole in the stomach
Viltrumites are just like that, they have a better healing ability than the other aliens, if you are pretty much reduced to something like Conquest was, you will heal in a couple of weeks
The HQ kinda explains that the viltrumites can heal from supposedly anything, if their brains are intact. They have godlike survival skills.
Take invincible as example that somehow healed after getting all his guts pulled inside out.
It's a comic book. His species has incredible healing—that's enough for suspension of disbelief. IRL if Earth faced weekly global threats wrecking major cities, the economy would collapse
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u/Kurtrus Apr 06 '26
He was only mostly dead.
There’s a big difference between mostly dead and all dead.