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Invincible #22

Invincible #22 (I#22): Multiple plot lines appear and advanced in this issue, some of which slowly begin ooze together.  Mark and his college friends exit a movie in the book’s opening.  Amber leaves her friends and finds Mark in her dorm room.  Cecil summons Invincible, and Mark leaves Amber (by jumping through a window).  The college campus settings are abandoned so readers can see Atom Eve revitalize barren land, and Angstrom Levy  learn that the Mauler Twins (the blue clones) have finished their work.  The Pentagon continues surveillance of the Mauler Twins’s work place.

The issue depicts the talk Amber has with her girlfriend about Mark’s erratic behavior and discovery that Mark is Invincible.  Mark’s Mom talks with Art, the superhero costume designer, and both admit they miss Omni-Man, then this plot stream is left for the Guardians of the Globe headquarters where Monster Girl notes that Robot is not acting as its normal self.  The Martian shape-shifter astronaut poser is fired from his job; Mark admits he’s Invincible to Amber, and D.A. Sinclair (a creepy evil scientist) works on turning Mark’s friend into a Reaniman.

Low-Frequency Listener (L-FL): From the events and structure of this issue, what definition of superhero arises?

I#22: A superhero is one around whose life extremely bizarre and activities connect; when dealing with one immediate concern, multiple other situations requiring the intervention of a superhero are underway.

L-FL: Author of Ink-Stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors: Superwomen in Modern Mythology, Jennifer K. Staller wrote the article “What is a Female Superhero.”  In the conclusion to her article, Staller states “a superwoman has the potential to inspire girls and women to stand up, be strong, support others, and most important believe in themselves.”

I#22: This definition still has Atom Eve remaining a superhero with her conscious choice to alter the scope and methods of her superheroics and to abandon her costume.  It certainly is more inspiring and socially beneficial than D.A Sinclar building "the first in an army of killing machines."