ONE STORY. 144 ISSUES. COMPLETE

Invincible — The Complete Comic King Guide

Invincible is the best-case scenario in comics: one title, one continuous story, 144 issues, finished on its creators’ terms. Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker and Ryan Ottley’s superhero epic ran at Image Comics from 2003 to 2018, and unlike almost every franchise on our shelves it has an actual ending — which is exactly why its trades never stop selling. Comic King carries Invincible in Edmonton across its collected editions, hunts back issues with you by want-list, and can special-order any volume that isn’t on the shelf.

Quick Facts

Story: Mark Grayson inherits his father’s powers — then learns what his father really is. The show plays it as a twist; the comic invented it.
Length: 144 issues, 2003–2018 — one volume, no renumbering, complete.
Status: The main story is finished; the universe is publishing again with new spin-off series (Battle Beast, by the original creators).
Publisher: Image Comics / Skybound.
Age guide: 16+ — graphically violent despite the bright animation-style art; not the kids’ pick.
Formats: Compendiums · trade paperbacks · oversized hardcovers · the new omnibus line · back issues · new spin-off issues.
At Comic King: Collected editions carried, back issues hunted by want-list — special orders always welcome.

One Run, Done — the Easiest Franchise in Comics to Collect

Batman runs on two parallel titles and eight decades of renumbering. Spider-Man’s legacy math needs a translator. Invincible has none of that: one series, numbered 1 to 144, start to finish. That makes it the rare franchise you can actually complete — read it all, or own it all. Readers can finish the entire saga in three Compendium bricks. Run collectors get something almost no other franchise offers: a real finish line, where every issue crossed off a want-list is visible progress. The only numbering wrinkles in the whole franchise — a #0 origin recap, the Invincible Returns #1 one-shot, and a single Marvel crossover — are flagged in the keys section below so nothing catches you out.

The Run, Era by Era

Fifteen years, one spine, organized. Every era of Invincible, where it sits in the numbering, and why it matters:

The Keys — Issues Everyone Hunts

#1 is the franchise grail — the first appearance of Invincible and Omni-Man, printed small in 2003 before anyone knew what Kirkman would become, and a four-figure book in top grade today. Right behind it: #2 (first Atom Eve, Allen the Alien, Robot and Rex Splode — four screen regulars in one issue), Battle Beast’s debut in #19 (hot again now that he carries his own series), Angstrom Levy in #16, Anissa in #44, Conquest in #61, and the event books — #100, #110 and the #144 finale. Two traps worth knowing: Thragg debuts in Invincible Returns #1 (2010), a one-shot outside the main numbering that even dealers miss, and Invincible’s only Marvel appearance is Marvel Team-Up #14 (2006), where he meets Spider-Man. Foil and facsimile reprints of the famous issues now exist, so we authenticate printings before we buy or sell — and key prices move with every season of the show, so we quote from live sold comps, on screen, in front of you.

Every Format You Can Buy

Screen & Series Status

Updated July 2026: the animated series has four seasons streaming on Prime Video and is renewed to continue — the adaptation is still mid-story, with major comic arcs ahead of it. Invincible VS, the franchise’s team fighting game, released in 2026 and is bringing brand-new readers to the counter. And after a seven-year quiet spell, the comic universe is publishing again: Invincible Universe: Battle Beast — by original creators Kirkman and Ottley — is ongoing now, its first issue already a sold-out collectible.

Collector’s Corner — Grading, Care & We Buy

Early Invincible is a scarcity story. Image print runs in 2003–2005 were small — this was before The Walking Dead made Kirkman a household name — so issues #1 through #13 get pulled and assessed individually every time a collection crosses our counter. Complete runs are genuinely rare (most readers switched to trades midway through), which makes a full #1–144 set an event, and partial early runs still earn real offers. Selling Invincible? Bring it in: keys checked in front of you, live comps on screen, honest rates on the rest — and we broker CGC grading submissions for slab-worthy copies. One caution that cuts both ways: the famous issues now exist as foils and facsimiles, so we verify the printing before any key changes hands.