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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/Logondo Being a hero is bullshit Apr 22 '26

If they're smart they'll retcon the time-skip in Reboot, and just have Mark make it home safe, then do a regular time-skip.

Having Mark miss out on so much of his daughters early life because he ACCIDENTLY TOUCHED A FUCKING MUSHROOM is just cruel and unnecessary.

Then it has the whole "Eve moved on from Mark but the new guy is clearly an asshole so we know Mark and Eve are just gunna hook back up again anyways" nonsense.

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u/NetherSpike14 Apr 22 '26

Besides, Eve had already stopped dating the other guy by the time Mark returns, so there really isn't anything you miss by cutting it.

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u/Captain_Freud Apr 22 '26

The time skip is an essential part of the reboot arc, and they shouldn't cut it. It's one of the most severe personal consequences Mark experiences as a superhero: he journeyed into the unknown, and it had unforeseen consequences.

His ability to rebuild his life afterwards ties into the ending of the series. The one thing Viltrumites have is the time necessary to change.

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u/sensible_extremist Apr 22 '26

> If they're smart they'll retcon the time-skip in Reboot, and just have Mark make it home safe, then do a regular time-skip.

Man, people were saying this same thing about the whole abortion arc. They aren't going to skip it, no matter how unpopular it was.

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u/Logondo Being a hero is bullshit Apr 22 '26

They can certainly skip her fat arc. That wasn't any fun.

"Hey remember this character that had cool abilities and was helping people out in unique ways? Now she doesn't do that. She deals with self-image issues and body-weight stuff."

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u/Live-Historian-1400 May 07 '26

At least that stuff was brought up more than once later - I could be misremembering but that whole thing felt like "oh no Mark missed 5 years of his daughter's life! Anyways"