Mark Grayson is fully recovered from the sourge virus, Bulletproof has killed his father, Rex & Amanda are back together and Dinosaurus has blown up the polar ice caps. That is a pretty busy last few issues.

Issue #98 left us with the image of tidal waves swamping cities like New York, Paris and Sydney. As you can imagine Mark is none too pleased with Dinosaurus about this. Dinosaurus works to plead his case about the need for this, and while they fight the Guardians of the Globe attempt to save lives, meanwhile, do the Viltrumites have another agenda?

Invincible has had some really interesting issues recently. I found it fascinating reading the whole side bar of Rex and Amanda's relationship over the course of 700 years on the Flaxan homeworld. It really helped round out their characters a great deal, and set us up for a three episode arc where we are expected to believe everyone will die. Is this to be the case? We shall see. Dinosaurus already destroyed Las Vegas killing thousands there. Who knows how many will get it over the course of this and the next issue.

I've been a little concerned with the direction of Mark's character. He has become a bit of a whiny brat, not the strong character he was originally. This may not necessarily be all bad, it does help him retain a somewhat humble nature. It will be interesting to see the Mark that comes out of this. As a man he trusted Dinosaurus to do the right thing, and was keeping an eye on him. The scourge virus took away Mark's opportunity for oversight, which is what allowed Dinosaurus to blow up the ice caps. Now Mark is going to be left either dead at the hands of the self styled eco-terrorist or have to face the consequences of knowing that he is a part of the reason this happened.

I give issue 99 of Invincible 4 out of 5 stars. It is a must read before what will be a huge issue #100.