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| “ | You know... We talked a lot, the other versions of us, when we were stranded in that dimension alone... Before we started eating each other. We talked a lot about what turned us. A few of us... our fathers raised us to take over. The rest... there was something else that turned us... opened our eyes to who we really were. I'm guessing that hasn't happened to you yet. You haven't yet realized how different you are from the people of this planet. How stupid it is for you to waste any time protecting them, fighting for them... without getting anything in return. When they could be worshipping you. What was it Angstrom said? That he was surprise how few of us were ... "good." | „ |
| ~ Mohawk Mark's philosophy, as he explains it to the Mainstream Mark. |
Markus "Mark" Sebastian Grayson, also known as Invincible or "Mohawk Mark", is a major antagonist in the Image Comics comic series Invincible and its animated adaptation of the same name, as well as a minor antagonist in The Astounding Wolf-Man and Tech Jacket.
In his universe, Mark was a little more "detached" from human life in comparison to his mainstream counterpart, which made it easier for his father to convince him to "help" the world by allowing the Viltrum Empire to occupy it. After an unknown series of events, though presumably related to his bloodline's secrets, Mark became the Emperor of Viltrum and gathered enough support from the Viltrumites to cause Thragg to be unable to keep his power base, forcing him to establish his own rebel force that was unsuccessful in overthrowing Mark for many years.
In his ambition for more power, he was approached by Angstrom Levy to spread his empire into countless other worlds in exchange to ruin one of his counterpart's reputation. He, alongside the other seven Alternate Mark Graysons remaining, were betrayed by Angstrom and left stranded in a wasteland dimension, where only two of them would survive: him, and the worst of them. After finally escaping, Mohawk Mark attempted to use Levy's powers for himself, only to be murdered by the mainstream Robot.
He is voiced by Steven Yeun, who also played all the other Alternate Mark Graysons, A. Traveler in The Twilight Zone, Ricky "Jupe" Park in Nope and Danny Cho in Beef.
Appearance[]
Mohawk Mark wears a similar outfit to the main version of Invincible; instead of the blue and yellow color scheme, it is black and blue. His costume has black sleeves and leggings, as well as a black zipper and blue palms. It also lacks any kind of mask or facial covering. Unlike many of his variants' costumes, the "i" extends further to just above his knees. His head is mostly shaved, albeit the front portion, and carries eye bags underneath his eyes.
Personality[]
| “ | The two of you had grown close, but you just weren't human. You didn't see things the same way... something was off. There were little things, but we mostly ignored them... | „ |
| ~ Robot describing Mohawk Mark's sociopathic tendencies. |
Mohawk Mark has an ego matched only by his lack of humanity and ambition. He lacks any of the morality or altruistic motives of the Mainstream Mark, instead being driven by the vain desire to be worshipped like a god and expand the reach of his Empire. As such, he has a confident (although hot-tempered) demeanor and openly takes glee in causing mayhem and inflicting suffering upon others. When impersonating him, Mainstream Mark figures that just "acting like a stern jerk" towards his subordinates would help him keep his cover, which actually proves effective.
Robot, one of Mark's closest allies during his time enacting as a superhero, describes that there was always something "off" about him; as if he was detached from his own humanity and bonds. While he was willing to enlist Teen Team into the Viltrum Empire, it is unknown the treatment they would've been given, and he ultimately slaughters them all when they refuse to join him, showing that he wasn't that close to them anyway. The only confirmed bond that he had was with the Atom Eve of his universe, to the point that killing her left a hole in his heart which he fills by having several human slaves cosplay as her.
Robot also mentions that Mark fully expected Teen Team to join the Viltrum Empire, which shows his inability to put himself in other people's shoes, something that is once again showcased when he tries to "help" the Mainstream Mark find his true calling in tyranny, claiming that it is their true nature and only a matter of time until he realized it.
It is highly likely that this cynical view towards humanity was caused by Nolan's raising of him, possibly stemming from the implantation of Viltrum's xenophobic traditions and ideology early in his development, causing him to develop an antisocial personality disorder. This is later showcased when he was openly disgusted at the idea of an alternate version of him fighting to protect humanity.
Mohawk Mark has a track record of cowardly fleeing from any potential danger. He ran away from his confrontation with Capes Inc. during the Invincible War, ensuring his own survival until the end of the event. He later runs away from the other Alternate Marks as they begin to cannibalize each other.
Despite his cowardice, he still holds some honorable traits. He came to respect the Mainstream Mark after he helped him out of the Wasteland Dimension, even calming down his concerns about Angstrom Levy's whereabouts. It wasn't until Mainstream Mark began to antagonize him that he began to see him as a threat to his plans again.
Biography[]
Background[]
It's implied that Mohawk Mark's backstory is extremely similar to the Mainstream Mark's, with the exception that he had a more cynical and detached outlook at human life and his personal social bonds, implying that he was somewhere in the antisocial personality disorder spectrum.
When Omni-Man approached him about joining the Viltrum Empire, Mark didn't refuse it and joined his father. He went to the Teen Team base (which implies that the original Guardians of the Globe line-up was still active by then) and offered them a position to join the Empire, which he genuinely expected them to accept. Out of all of them, only Eve partially considered it, but everyone ultimately refused after finding out Mark had killed Rex Splode. Mark slaughtered each and every one of the Teen Team members, for the exception of Robot, who faked his death as his identity as Rudolph Conners was not yet known.
Following an unrevealed series of events, the Viltrumites arrived to Earth and started occupying it. Mark assumed the position of Emperor of the Viltrum Empire, presumably due to his royal blood. He managed to gather large enough numbers of Viltrumite to support his rule and successfully depleted Thragg of his support to maintain his powerbase. Eventually, Thragg formed a rebel force of Viltrumite to oppose him but was unsuccessful for many years. It is revealed that he had spared several human women and kept them to fill in the void that Eve's death left in his life by dressing them to look like her.
Invincible War[]
Mohawk Mark was recruited by the mainstream Angstrom Levy to ruin the reputation of the Mark Grayson of his dimension and, in exchange, Levy would help Mohawk Mark expand his Empire across all dimensions. Naturally, he accepted the offer and was among the wave of 20 Alternate Mark Graysons that stormed the mainstream Invincible universe. On the first day of the invasion, he would go to Chicago, where he attacked and decimated Stronghold Penitentiary, freeing several supervillains and Gary Hampton, the Wolf-Man, in the process. Thankfully, the Mainstream Invincible arrived at the scene and fought with Mohawk Mark. Invincible questioned his counterpart as to who brought them here, but Mohawk Mark did not yield and instead pointed out how ashamed he is to see a "lesser version of him." Invincible knocks him out, but his new costume makes the Capes Inc. confuse him for another alternate Mark, which allows Mohawk Mark to escape.
On the second day of the invasion, Mohawk Mark is seen destroying the Empire State Building, and is later seen finishing the job by decimating New York City by the third day of the invasion. After the 8 remaining Alternate Invincibles left the world in ruins, Levy calls for a regroup over the Grayson's home. Once there, Mohawk Mark notices that he was nowhere around and impatiently asks what was taking so long, only for Levy to show up through a portal seconds later saying that he prefers to make dramatic entrances. Levy asks the Marks for one last favor: to bring the Mark Grayson of this world and let him disfigure him as retribution.
One of the Marks refuses, saying that the plan was already stupid as it is and that going forward with it was going to leave them wiped out before he can keep his end of the deal. Angstrom, disappointed at how they could see through his plan, pushes the remaining Marks into portals to a wasteland dimension, leaving them to die.
Wasteland[]
During their time in the wasteland dimension, the Marks would talk about what turned them evil. Mohawk Mark came to the realization that it must be in their nature to be evil, and that it only must take one bad event to "open their eyes" to that nature.
As the days became months, the Marks began to starve. Until one day, a more sinister version of Mark suggested to resort to cannibalism to keep themselves alive. Mohawk Mark and the others helped Sinister Mark kill the first victim, possibly Prisoner Mark, as he claimed he hated him so much that it was impossible not to want to kill him. Not even eating him because of how far his hatred was. This cycle of eating the weakest kept going until they were reduced to just two Marks: Sinister Mark and him. Mohawk hiding from him as he would be overpowered.
Over a year later, in Angstrom's third battle with Invincible, he sends him to that very same wasteland dimension he used to trap the Alternate Marks. In there, he found Sinister Mark feasting on the Viltrumite Mark's remains. After a confrontation between the two, Mohawk Mark comes to his mainstream counterpart's aid by beating Sinister Mark to death, showing clear resentment towards him because of the things he made him do. Just as Sinister Mark died, a now regretful Angstrom Levy opened up a portal, allowing both of them to escape. Levy apologizes to both Marks and opens up a portal to Mohawk Mark's world, only to be pulled in by him.
Returning Home[]
Back on his Empire, Mohawk Mark defeated Levy and tried to torture him into cooperation as he wanted to expand his Empire to other dimensions, though Levy wouldn't side with him. Mark kept Levy alive enough for his scientists to "pull out" his powers away from him.
Just weeks later, the Mainstream Invincible and Robot appeared on his world and were escorted to him by Conquest as he assumes them to be emissaries from Thragg's rebel force to negotiate peace talk. Mohawk Mark welcomed them with open arms, having come to see Invincible as an ally after he helped him back home. Invincible asks him for Levy's whereabouts, to which Mohawk Mark finds understandable. As he takes them both to the laboratory, he goes on a rant about what he believes is their true nature, and how it would only take one event to make him snap and be an Emperor just as insidious as he is. Mohawk Mark then shows them the mangled state of Angstrom and reveals his plans for him. Robot, coming to believe Invincible was a liability to his future plans, uses a frequency attack to throw off both Mark's equilibrium, then kills Mohawk Mark and his scientists through a bomb that burrowed itself through his esophagus, blowing him up from the inside. Robot then decapitated Levy to put him out of his misery and leave Invincible stranded in Mohawk's dimension.
Legacy[]
Invincible used Mohawk Mark's costume to pretend to be him and sought the Robot of this dimension for help. Mohawk Robot demands Mainstream Invincible to use his position as Emperor to destroy the Viltrum Empire from the inside but Mark had a better idea. He then pitched the idea with Mohawk Robot and the Mauler a way to get out of this dimension, which involved cloning Mark's body and transferring Mohawk Robot mind into it.
Later on, he was completely replaced by Mohawk Robot, who exchanged his mind to a clone of Invincible. With Mohawk Robot taking a body of Mohawk Mark, he sets out to make the Mohawk Mark dimension a much better place and becomes a more benevolent ruler of the Viltrum Empire.
Mohawk Mark's death was somewhat avenged by his heroic counterpart, where he defeated and ultimately destroyed Robot Rex's body, and forced him into brain in a containment jar, forever.
Quotes[]
Comics[]
| “ | You'll get no answers from me! I will never yield to you. It sickens me to even look at you. A lesser version of me — a pale reflection. I'll see your brains smeared across my knuckles before I bow before you. | „ |
| ~ Mohawk Mark during his fight with Main Mark on day one of the Invincible War. |
| “ | I'm not going to lie. I helped him eat the first one. We all did ... Guy was a jerk, we were starving to death. It was him or us. I hated that guy so much I almost didn't want to eat him because I hated him so much. You get it? | „ |
| ~ Mohawk venting to Main. |
| “ | We could have worked together — found a way out here! You turned us against each other! What you made us do—! What you made me do—! You were the worst of us! | „ |
| ~ Mohawk while beating Sinister Mark to death. |
| “ | You know what ... We know how to deal with his kind where I'm from. | „ |
| ~ Mohawk kidnapping Angstrom Levy. |
| “ | Relax. I'm still grateful to you for providing my escape from that hell Angstrom trapped me in. You're in no danger from me. | „ |
| ~ Mohawk to Main when the latter visited his universe. |
| “ | I can understand that. I sympathize, of course. Although I told you I had it taken care of. You could have just trusted me. Recalling my interaction with alternative versions of myself ... I get why you wouldn't. We really are quite a terrible bunch, aren't we? | „ |
| ~ Mohawk understanding why Main wanted closure on Angstrom. |
| “ | Mohawk: There he is. I told you I knew how to deal with his kind here. He promised me assistance in expanding my empire to other dimensions. I tried torturing him for cooperation ... but that didn't pan out. Some nonsense about newfound responsibility. So now my scientists here are going to cut it out of him ... somehow ... I'm only keeping him alive until they succeed. Main: Oh, God... Mohawk: See, that reaction just baffles me. I can't quite get a read on you, man. I mean ... you did come here to make sure he was dead, right? Or kill him yourself? Main: I wasn't going to torture him... |
„ |
| ~ Mohawk showing Main and Robot the imprisoned Angstrom Levy. |
TV Series[]
| “ | This is what you call a prison on your word? Ha-ha! | „ |
| ~ Mohawk Mark destroys Payton Penitentiary. |
| “ | Invincible: What the hell? Mohawk: GET OUT OF HERE!!! We're supposed to cover the whole planet. Oh shit, you're the me from this world. Invincible: How did you get here? Mohawk: That would be telling. Do you like what I've done to the place so far? Invincible: I said, how did you get here? Mohawk: I heard you the first time, dipshit. |
„ |
| ~ Mohawk Mark encounters the main Invincible. |
| “ | Invincible: Why are you here? Mohawk: To make your life miserable! |
„ |
| ~ Mohawk Mark telling Invincible why he is in his universe. |
| “ | Powerplex: There are two of you? Mohawk: Not for long. Powerplex: You got that right. Mohawk: ARE YOU KIDDING ME WITH THAT?!?! |
„ |
| ~ Mohawk Mark fights Powerplex. |
| “ | Mom! I'm hurt! I need you! Mom? Aw, shit. I was really looking forward to killing her again. | „ |
| ~ Mohawk Mark tries to lure Debbie into killing her unsuccessfully. |
| “ | Sinister: Uh, how about we don't. Your stupid plan got most of us killed. Mohawk: Pfff. WHO CARES?! They were weak. I would have murder them myself eventually. |
„ |
| ~ Sinister Mark and Mohawk Mark refusing to go along with Angstrom's plan. |
| “ | Mask: We didn't all make the same deal, man. I came here to find mom and bring her back with me. Mohawk: Aw, someone misses their mommy! WAAAAAAHHHHH!!! |
„ |
| ~ Mohawk Mark mocks Dark Invincible's deal with Angstrom. |
| “ | Sinister: We're done. Give our dimensions, now. Or we will kill you. Mohawk: DON'T... BE... STUPID!!! If we kill him, we will be stuck in this shithole forever. We'll just torture you instead, duh. |
„ |
| ~ Sinister Mark and Mohawk Mark betray Angstrom. |
| “ | Sinister: ANGSTROOOM!!! YOU'RE DEAAAAAD!!! Mohawk: Ugh. He can't hear you, idiot. |
„ |
| ~ Sinister Mark and Mohawk Mark's exchange after Angstrom strands them. |
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- This is the Alternate Mark Grayson with the most appearances, having appeared in four issues in the Invincible comics.
- Issue #58, when Mohawk Mark and the other Marks are teased near the very end.
- Issue #60, the Invincible War.
- Issue #104, he helps the Main Mark deal with Sinister Mark.
- Issue #108, it's revealed he's torturing Angstrom in his home world and ultimately gets murdered by Rudy.
- Additionally, he makes cameo appearances in both The Astounding Wolf-Man #15 and Tech Jacket Digital #1, both taking place during the Invincible War.
- In the show, he mistook the good Invincible for another Evil Invincible, this could be a reference to the black knee pad Invincible from the comics who has the same black and blue suit Mark had for the time being, but has dark knee pads.
- Mohawk Mark was the essential point of Robot beginning his world wide domination on his earth, upon revealing why he turned evil to him and the Heroic Mark.
- In his universe, Conquest mainly acts as his servant, it is unknown if Mohawk Mark's relation to Argall made him sway Conquest or if he was more stronger than the latter.
- Unlike the rest of Invincible variants, Mohawk Mark is the only variant who his official name (Movincihawk) does not have word ended with "-ble".
