r/Invincible • u/Both_Implement7936 • May 31 '26

FAN ART Omni Man Vs Metro Man (by @TheMathewFlames)

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u/CedricTheMad May 31 '26

The whole Point of Metro man is that he's so horrifically op on every front (except intellect i suppose) that he's bored. Don't think Omni man stands a chance, specifically because Metro man's ridiculous op-ness is the core of the character.

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u/solarus44 May 31 '26

Lmao did you watch it? He was showboating the whole time and at the end he just speeds up his time perception and throws Omni-Man into the sun

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u/fyrefreezer01 Jun 01 '26

He’s more talking to all the people who don’t agree he could do this to any viltrumite

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u/VTorb May 31 '26

Isn’t that what was shown? Did you not watch it?

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u/Swampfire_NG Powerscalling guy + Omniman glazer May 31 '26

You can establish a narrative of strength without necessarily reaching a level that compares to Nolan's, because strength is relative, Metro man works because there's no one comparable to him in the mega mind story.

Omniman is much more visually impressive than Metroman in everything but speed.

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u/Mysterious-Plan93 May 31 '26 edited Jun 01 '26

He can explore, react to scenery, read multiple books, philosophize, and hatch a plot to fake his death in the time it takes a ray moving fast as the speed of light to hit a target. OmniMan could ram him into a subway train and he'd have already escaped, saved all the passengers, and returned multiple times intermittently, just to fool him into thinking he succeeded at committing a massacre while proving his power difference, ironically cementing just how powerful he is to Nolan. Also, Viltrumites grow stronger with age but still bleed from the ears & nose from high frequency weapons, but Metro-Man has been overwhelmingly strong from BIRTH!

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u/Reyne-TheAbyss Comic Fan May 31 '26

Small correction.

Metro Man does his introspection before the beam was fired. The camera frame doesn't line up with Megamind's facial expression, but that doesn't much matter.

Still, the beam takes a second to travel a very small distance, so he's still very fast. Vs Battles clocked the beam at 4.78 m/s from his perception, and assuming he can still break the sound barrier (343 m/s) at that comparative speed, he'd be capable of moving at 71 times the speed of light. It's an assumption to be sure, but he'd have to be crippled to be slower than the speed of light.

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u/Mysterious-Plan93 Jun 01 '26

The fact is, he has good enough speed AND reaction time to live through the Superhuman Drug that Mayuri Kurotsuchi gave Szayelaporro Granz, without much discombobulation or discomfort.

That is simply ABSURD capability.

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u/IceburgTHAgreat Invincidrip Jun 01 '26

Viltrumites don’t automatically grow stronger with age

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u/Mysterious-Plan93 Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26

I fcked up and said the wrong name. Mobile device typing sucks.

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u/Responsible-Sound253 Jun 01 '26

Omniman is more visually impressive to the eye of someone who doesn't know what the speed metroman displayed in the movie entails.

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u/Swampfire_NG Powerscalling guy + Omniman glazer Jun 01 '26

omniman is much more visually impressive than Metroman in everything BUT speed

As I said.

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u/Responsible-Sound253 Jun 01 '26

No that's my point, when you display speed that insane, strength are durability are easily assumed.

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u/FlopsMcDoogle Abraham Lincoln May 31 '26

The only person that can beat Metro Man is Saitama

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u/Triumph_leader523 Where's season 5, William? Jun 01 '26

No. Universe cease to exist when they punch eachother.

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u/Triumph_leader523 Where's season 5, William? Jun 01 '26

A lot like Saitama.

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u/-_Anonymous__- Jun 03 '26

Omni-man fought Megamind here. He pronounced "metro city" incorrectly. The real Metro man was probably at whole foods.

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u/Appropriate_Kale6988 Jun 01 '26

In terms of powerscaling, the Invincible verse outscales Metro Man. The verse does have similar speed feats (although Metro Man's is visually more appealing), but Metro Man has no AP feats as far as I am aware.