''The Invisibles'' is a

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published by the

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imprint of

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from 1994 to 2000. It was created and scripted by Scottish writer

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, and drawn by various artists throughout its publication. The series loosely follows the doings of a single cell of The Invisible College, a secret organization battling against physical and psychic oppression using time travel,

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, and physical violence.Thomas, Jared (2011-9-7).
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". ''Frontier Psychiatrist''. Retrieved 2011-9-8. For most of the series, the team includes leader

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; Lord Fanny, a transgender

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ian

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, a former member of the

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;

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, a

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with a mysterious past; and

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, a young hooligan from

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who may be the next

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. Their enemies are the Archons of the Outer Church, interdimensional alien gods who have already enslaved most of the human race without their knowledge.

Publication history

''The Invisibles'' was Morrison's first major creator-owned title for

and it drew from their ''

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'' strip as well as 1990s conspiracy culture. Their intent was to create a '' hypersigil'' to jump-start the culture in a more positive direction. The title initially sold well but sales dipped sharply during the first series, leading to concerns that the series might be cancelled outright. To counteract this, Morrison suggested a " wankathon" in the hope of bringing about a magical increase in sales by a mass of fans simultaneously masturbating at a set time.Barbelith Interviews: Interview with an Umpire
". Retrieved 2006-11-28. Morrison became seriously ill while writing the book, something they attribute to working on the title and the manner in which its magical influence affected them, and has stated that their work on the comic made them into a different person from the one who started it. They have also said that much of the story was told to them by aliens when they were abducted during a trip to

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.
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' . With Grant Morrison. The Disinformation Company, 1999. The third and final series was meant to be a countdown to the new

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but shipping delays meant the final issue did not appear until April 2000. All of the series have been collected in a set of trade paperbacks. Morrison saw the series

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due to the publisher's concern over the possibility of paedophilic and child abuse content. The first such case was in volume one, issue 7 ("Arcadia part 3: 120 Days Of Sod All"); dialogue was altered in one scene where a group rapes and degrades several nameless characters, and the term ''lost souls'' was used to ensure the characters could not be identified as children, as in the

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's original ''

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'', the book the characters find themselves trapped in. Later in the series the names of people and organizations were simply blacked out, much to Morrison's dismay. DC had one line that originally read "

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was a crap" blacked out at the suggestions of their lawyers;Morrison, Grant (2002-06-13).
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. ''Crack Comicks''. Retrieved 2006-11-28. many of these examples of censorship were restored when reprinted in trade paperback. The title was optioned to be made into a television series by

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, but neither this nor an optioned film version have been made. Morrison wrote '' The Filth'' for Vertigo in 2002, which they describe as a companion piece to ''The Invisibles'', though there is no other connection between the two titles.

Plot summary

Volume 1

Say You Want a Revolution

The first volume of ''The Invisibles'' introduces Dane McGowan, an angry teen from

, as he attempts to burn down his school. Abandoned by his father and neglected by his mother, Dane takes out his anger and frustration through destruction. In the first issue of the series, Dane is recruited by the Invisibles, a ragtag band of freedom fighters led by King Mob, a charismatic, cold-blooded assassin. The next arc, "Down and Out in Heaven and Hell", shows Dane as he tries to survive on his own in

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after being abandoned by the Invisibles. Dane is mentored by Tom O'Bedlam, an elderly homeless man who is secretly a member of the Invisibles. Tom shows Dane the magic in the everyday world and helps him realize that his anger prevents him from experiencing real emotions. While wandering with Tom, Dane has a partially remembered alien abduction experience and is transported into a different dimension. Eventually Dane returns to the Invisibles, taking the codename "Jack Frost". The next arc, "Arcadia", follows the Invisibles as they go back in time via astral projection to the

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. Jack is almost killed by a demonic agent of the Outer Church, the Invisibles' chief enemy. As the arc closes, Jack declares that he is leaving the Invisibles.

Apocalipstick

The first volume continues with Jack Frost abandoning the Invisibles. The tragic past of Lord Fanny, a Brazilian transgender woman and a member of King Mob's Invisibles cell, is revealed in a story arc titled "She-Man", which jumps back and forth through time. After an encounter with an agent of the Outer Church, both King Mob and Lord Fanny are captured. The volume closes with a look at Jack as he evades both the Invisibles and the Outer Church in London. Jack remembers his abduction experience from the previous volume, recalling that his

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captors told him that he is the

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. Jack is approached by Sir Miles, a high-ranking member of the Outer Church, who tries to recruit him. Jack refuses and battles Sir Miles telepathically. After winning the psychic duel, Jack escapes again, this time to Liverpool. This volume also introduces Jim Crow, a

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an Invisible and

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practitioner, and the Moonchild, a monstrous being who will one day be crowned the next King of England. The twelfth issue of the series, "Best Man Fall", fleshes out the character of a soldier King Mob killed in the previous volume.

Entropy in the U.K.

Sir Miles' interrogates King Mob in an arc titled "

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in Entropy in the U.K." Ragged Robin and Boy, the other members of King Mob's Invisibles cell, team up with Jim Crow to rescue their teammates. In the 20th issue of the series, Boy reflects on her past while taking a train to Liverpool to bring Jack back into the fold. In the following issue, "Liverpool", Jack returns to his mother's flat where he tells her everything that has happened to him since joining the Invisibles. He admits that he is scared of the responsibilities that he now has as humanity's saviour and no longer knows what to do. Jack recalls that when he travelled to a different dimension with Tom O'Bedlam, a sentient

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called Barbelith forced Jack to feel the collective suffering of humanity. Remembering this agony and realizing that he can put an end to it, Jack finally accepts his role and agrees to help save his friends. The next arc focuses on the regrouped Invisibles as they attempt to rescue King Mob and Lord Fanny. During the Invisibles' battle with the Outer Church, Jack is told that he will be responsible for destroying the world on 22 December 2012. Jack fully realizes the power at his disposal, defeating an extra-dimensional Archon of the Outer Church and healing King Mob of his injuries. Jack also heals Sir Miles, who had been severely hurt during the battle. The volume closes with a look at an Invisible named Mr. Six as he searches for traces of the Moonchild.

Volume 2

Bloody Hell in America

The second volume begins a year after the events in London. The arc "Black Science" follows the Invisibles embarking on a mission after taking a year off in

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estate of wealthy Invisible Mason Lang. While Jack Frost, Boy, and Lord Fanny explore

, King Mob and Ragged Robin begin a sexual relationship. Jolly Roger, an Invisible and an old friend of King Mob's, asks them to help her steal an

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vaccine from

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. There, the Invisibles face off against Mr. Quimper and Colonel Friday, two psychic agents of the Outer Church. The Invisibles are victorious, though Quimper plants a tiny part of his

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in Ragged Robin's

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Counting to None

The Invisibles travel to

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where they meet Takashi, an employee of Mason Lang's who is working on a time machine. Ragged Robin reveals that she has been sent from the future using a working version of Takashi's time machine when King Mob takes her to the dimension that the Invisible College, the Invisibles' headquarters, inhabits. Meanwhile, Jack Frost and Lord Fanny obtain a powerful supernatural device called the " Hand of Glory" from a mysterious trio called the "Harlequinade". In an arc titled "Sensitive Criminal", King Mob travels back in time via astral projection to learn from past Invisibles how to operate the Hand of Glory. In the following arc, "American Death Camp", Boy steals the Hand of Glory and attempts to use it to rescue her brother, whom she believes is being held in a secret detention camp in Washington State, US. In reality, Boy is actually being deprogrammed by a separate cell of Invisibles who discovered that she had been brainwashed by the Outer Church to deliver the Hand to them.

Kissing Mister Quimper

The team vacation in

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. Boy and Jack Frost acknowledge their feelings for each other and begin a brief relationship. The Invisibles then go back to Dulce to steal a powerful substance called "Magic Mirror" from the Outer Church in an arc titled "Black Science 2". Aware of Quimper's presence within her consciousness, Ragged Robin is able to trap and defeat him with Lord Fanny's help. In the Dulce facility, Jack is taken into the Magic Mirror substance where he is shown the horrific dimension that the Outer Church hails from. After leaving Dulce, Ragged Robin prepares to return to the future. Using the Hand of Glory as an engine, Takashi's time machine can be used to return her to her own time. After saying goodbye to King Mob, with whom she has fallen in love, Robin leaves the past behind. In the final issue of the volume, Boy leaves the Invisibles and King Mob destroys Mason Lang's mansion, telling him that it is possible for even the most rigid man to change.

Volume 3

The Invisible Kingdom

Picking up a year after the previous volume, the third and final volume of the series follows the Invisibles as they prepare to stop the Moonchild from being used as a host for Rex Mundi, the extra-dimensional ruler of the Outer Church. Many of the Invisibles have significantly changed in this volume. King Mob no longer uses guns or kills people and Jack Frost has fully accepted his role as humanity's saviour. Also, The Invisibles no longer consider themselves at war with the Outer Church, this time they are on a mission to rescue humanity before the world ends. The arc "The Invisible Kingdom" portrays the final battle between the Invisibles and the Outer Church. Sir Miles is killed, as is Jolly Roger (her body is later seen in a mass grave), while Jack Frost single-handedly defeats Rex Mundi. He then travels once again into the Magic Mirror and learns that the dimensions that the Outer Church and the Invisible College inhabit are one and the same. Afterwards, King Mob retires and devotes the rest of his life to non-violence. Jack Frost and Lord Fanny are left to start their own Invisibles cell. Years later, on 21 December 2012, the world is about to end, just as predicted. Ragged Robin returns and is finally reunited with King Mob. Jack Frost then breaks the

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and addresses the reader, stating that, "OUR SENTENCE IS UP". At that moment, the world ends and humanity transforms into its next stage of existence, guided by Jack Frost. Volume three does not read from issue 1 to 12 but rather counts down from 12 to 1.

Creators

While Grant Morrison wrote the entire series, ''The Invisibles'' never had a regular art team. It was intended that each story arc would be illustrated by a separate artist. The artists to work on each issue are: * Volume 1 ** Issues #1–4, 22–24:

Steve Yeowell Steve Yeowell () is a British comics artist, well known for his work on the long-running science fiction and fantasy weekly comic '' 2000 AD''. Biography Having trained in 3D design (specialising in silversmithing and jewellery), Yeowell bega ...

** Issues #5–9, 13–15:

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** Issue #10:

Chris Weston Chris Weston (born 1969) is a British comics artist who has worked both in the US and UK comics industries. Biography Weston was born in January 1969 in Rinteln, Germany, and lived in various countries as a child. His career began when he was ...

** Issue #11: John Ridgway ** Issue #12:

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** Issue #16, 21: Paul Johnson ** Issues #17–19:

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** Issue #20:

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** Issue #25: Mark Buckingham * Volume 2 ** Issues #1–13:

(Issue #9 has Jimenez on layouts only, with the pencils handled by Chris Weston, credited as "Space Boy") ** Issues #14–17, 19–22:

** Issue #18:

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* Volume 3 (issued in reverse order) ** Issues #12–9:

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Warren Pleece Warren Pleece is a British comics artist. He is best known for his work at the DC Comics imprint Vertigo and the 2012–16 Irish novel series ''Zom-B''. Biography Warren, with his brother Gary Pleece, wrote and drew three issues of a self-publi ...

** Issues #8–5:

Sean Phillips Sean Phillips (born 27 January 1965) is a British comic book artist, best known for his collaborations with Ed Brubaker on comics including '' Sleeper'', ''Incognito'', the '' Criminal'' series of comics, '' Fatale'', '' The Fade Out'', and ' ...

** Issue #4:

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, John Ridgway ** Issue #3: Steve Yeowell,

Rian Hughes Rian Hughes is a British graphic designer, illustrator, type designer, comics artist and novelist. Overviews Hughes has written and drawn comics for '' 2000 AD'', Vertigo CMYK and Batman: Black and White, and designed for DC Comics and Marvel ...

, John Ridgway,

Michael Lark Michael Lark (born 1966) is an American comics artist and colorist. Lark has provided pencils for DC Comics' ''Batman'', '' Terminal City'', ''Gotham Central'' and '' Legend of the Hawkman''. His work for Marvel Comics includes '' The Pulse'' an ...

, Jill Thompson,

** Issue #2: Steve Yeowell, The Pander Brothers, John Ridgway,

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Ashley Wood Ashley Wood (born 1971) is Australian comic book artist and award-winning illustrator"2002 ...

, Mark Buckingham,

Dean Ormston Dean Ormston is a British born comic book artist. His most notable work has been for the British comic '' 2000 AD'' and for DC Comics' Vertigo imprint. Biography Ormston was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England and earned a degree in a ...

, Grant Morrison ** Issue #1:

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Issues #4–2 included artistic collaborators who did not illustrate Morrison's scripts precisely as written. The most notable examples were the three pages Ashley Wood drew in Vol. 3, #2 that were later redrawn by

for ''The Invisible Kingdom''

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Reception

''The Invisibles'' made ''

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'' magazine's list of "The 50 Best Non-Superhero Graphic Novels", citing its influence on later comic books writers

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and

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Collected editions

''The Invisibles'' has been collected into seven

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: * ''Say You Want a Revolution'', published 1999-06-01. Collects Volume 1, issues #1–8 () * ''Apocalipstick'', published 2001-04-01. Collects Volume 1, issues #9–16 () * ''Entropy in the UK'', published 2001-08-01. Collects Volume 1, issues #17–25 () * ''Bloody Hell in America'', published 1998-02-01. Collects Volume 2, issues #1–4 () * ''Counting to None'', published 1999-03-01. Collects Volume 2, issues #5–13 () * ''Kissing Mister Quimper'', published 2000-02-01. Collects Volume 2, issues #14–22 () * ''The Invisible Kingdom'', published 2002-12-01. Collects Volume 3, issues #12–1 () In August 2012, Vertigo published a one-volume, 1500-page

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of ''The Invisibles'': * ''The Invisibles Omnibus'', published 2012-08-28. Collects Volume 1, issues #1–25, Volume 2, issues #1–22, and Volume 3, issues #12–1 Starting in February 2014, Vertigo began publishing a new line of hardcover collections: * ''The Invisibles: Deluxe Edition, Book One'', published 2014-02-18. Collects Volume 1, issues #1–12 plus the story "King Mob in Hexy" from ''Absolute Vertigo'' * ''The Invisibles: Deluxe Edition, Book Two'', published 2014-08-19. Collects Volume 1, issues #13–25 plus the story "And We're All Police Men" from ''Vertigo: Winter's Edge'' #1 * ''The Invisibles: Deluxe Edition, Book Three'', published 2015-02-10. Collects Volume 2, issues #1–13 * ''The Invisibles: Deluxe Edition, Book Four'', published 2015-06-21. Collects Volume 2, issues #14–22 and Volume 3, issues #12–1

Notes

References

* Meaney, Patrick (2009
Our Sentence is Up: Seeing Grant Morrison's The Invisibles
(paperback
Sequart Research & Literacy Organization
) * Neighly, Patrick and Kereth Cowe-Spigai (2003) ''Anarchy for the Masses: The Disinformation Guide to The Invisibles'' (paperback,

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, April 1, 2003, ) * *
The Invisibles
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External links

The Bomb – analysis and explication of the Invisibles

Drafted Into The Invisible Army
Callahan, Timothy, When Worlds Collide, ''

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'', 25 March 2009
Invisible Songs - a concept album about The Invisibles by the band Mayhem Lettuce
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