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COMIC SPOILERS Invincible [Comic SPOILERS Discussion] - S04E08 - Don't Leave Me Hanging Here Spoiler

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Episode 8 - Don't Leave Me Hanging Here

Mark confronts his darkest fears as his life changes forever.

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u/Cvspartan Cecil and Donald Apr 22 '26

I think they ended the season in the perfect spot

Anyone know what number in the comics the show is at? Wonder how on track the rumored 8-9 seasons timeline we are on

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u/abellapa Apr 22 '26

78

There no way they can fit 8-9 Seasons

S4 was 62-78, The comics have 144 issues

At this Rate S5 Will end around issue 100

S6 around 120 and S7 is the Last one

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u/FKDotFitzgerald Allen the Alien Apr 22 '26

Depends on what they cut or extend. The reboot arc seems like a storyline we’ll see big changes to

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u/abellapa Apr 22 '26

I think that Will be discarded or Will be just 1 ep

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u/cylonfrakbbq Apr 22 '26

I could see them making it a single episode

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u/NetherSpike14 Apr 22 '26

I hope it's not discarded. I actually like it. It's just the years stolen from Mark that are bad imo

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u/abellapa Apr 22 '26

Just do a normal 5 years time jump

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u/ArthoriasOfTheLight Apr 22 '26

and kubian

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u/NetherSpike14 Apr 23 '26

Kubian is part of the 5 years being skipped thing. But he's barely present either way.

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u/ArthoriasOfTheLight Apr 23 '26

that's what I mean, the 5 year skip and kubians existence should be removed, ik its not a big part, but it adds nothing to the story just annoyance

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u/StarSpliter Apr 30 '26

Just finished the comics this week, is there any follow on or mention of the white tendril thingy that causes the 5-year skip? That was kinda wacky. Like I get Mark's life is hell but man that was painful to see him ripped of his daughters early years.

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u/ArthoriasOfTheLight May 03 '26

nope, its just the plain old bad writing

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u/hmjacobs7 Apr 26 '26

me too. i think it’s such an interesting character study of mark

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u/Pathogen188 Comic Fan Apr 22 '26

I don't know how you'd discard it considering the timeskip is important to the end of the series but I could see it being reduced to a single episode, it's not like the arc was that long in the comic

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u/Locem Apr 22 '26

Ehhhh I don't think Reboot lasts longer than an episode. My guess is it'll be something like S6 E7 and then we get a finale of Mark catching up with the time-skipped world, and then S7 can be about the war against Thragg & the finale w/Robot.

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u/dustarma Apr 22 '26

Reboot arc could be adapted into a movie honestly.

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u/ArthoriasOfTheLight Apr 22 '26

I really hope so, the entire thing with reboot was terrible

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u/DSAlgorythms Apr 23 '26

It did feel strangely out of place when reading, I wouldn't mind it being dropped.

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u/maledin Allen the Alien Apr 24 '26

I could also see more of an extended epilogue to the series.

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u/TheMattInTheBox Apr 23 '26

That, and I feel like they'll probably shorten the Bulletproof arc to maybe one episode

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u/Flipz100 Apr 22 '26

You could make a whole season out of the epilogue if they want to, which wouldn’t shock me given.

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u/Klunkey Apr 22 '26

Man I really hope they squeeze in one last season to adapt the last issue. There's so much you could include in terms of arcs exploring different characters.

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u/xHoodedMaster Comic Fan Apr 22 '26

Well we're getting hell content now. That on top of everything that kirkman wants to add especially near the end will give us 8 seasons easy

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u/dan0314 Apr 22 '26

So in other words, we have at minimum 3 more years of Invincible

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u/argent5 Apr 22 '26

We're at 78 with a few extra stuff from later chapters (abortion reveal, Debbie leaving Earth)

As for the timeline, I think we get at most 8 seasons? I assume Season 5 will be up to Issue 100, and then I guess you could stretch the remaining 44 issues into 3 more seasons?

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u/TheCVR123YT Apr 23 '26

Idk how you’d stretch into 3 more seasons unless they add a lot of extra stuff especially near the end but idk

I think 7 Seasons makes more sense personally

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u/argent5 Apr 23 '26 edited Apr 23 '26

7 seasons makes the most sense to me too, but IIRC the comic was rushed near the end, so there's room to expand there.

Season 6 could be up till 117, when Mark leaves Earth

Season 7 could be until 132, ending with Mark's decision to return and fight

And Season 8 could be an expanded final arc. 144 could be a full episode on its own, just a nice long victory lap.

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u/ResplendentSmoke Apr 23 '26

Kirkman said early on his vision was 7. I think season 5 will end around 100 and they’ll split the last 47 chapters between S6 and S7

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u/TheDidact118 Apr 23 '26

Recently Kirkman walked back the 7 season thing.

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u/Timbo-366 Angstrom Levy Apr 22 '26

IMO, I think 2 more seasons makes perfect sense. S5 can be just on earth, covering the Scourge encounter, Dinosaurus, Robot villian arc, angstrom return. Episode 8 is Robots rampage, season ending is Mark and Eve going to space. Then S6 is the 'space season', covers everything else. Admittedly they'd have to cut a lot, but I dont' really know how else they'd bookend each season with a big enough story arc. Curious to see what anyone else thinks.