Just like the mid-season break hinted at the looming plans of the Viltrum Empire, Anissa’s arrival confirms the feared beat in Robert Kirkman’s original story is just around the corner. Anissa’s arrival, as teased in the “Invincible” Season 2 Part 2 trailer, foreshadows the comics’ most disturbing storyline: The newest Viltrumite on the scene eventually sexually assaults Mark out of wanting to bear a child with as pure Viltrumite blood as possible. It’s a genuinely harrowing thread in Kirkman’s massive story that fans felt was placed more for shock value than anything. Now, due to her arrival late in the game of Season 2, there’s every possibility the appalling event might be occur during Season 3.
With Shantel VanSanten’s villainous alter ego making an appearance, it also foreshadows other monstrous members of the Viltrum Empire dropping in to cause trouble. Uninitiated “Invincible” fans who have avoided picking up the comic book series still have yet to cross paths with the seasoned soldier of doom, Conquest, as well as one of its most prominent antagonists, General Thragg, who is easily in the running for being the strongest Viltrumite on “Invincible.” We’ll see if Mark encounters anyone on this guest list from hell when the final episode of “Invincible” Season 2 arrives next week.
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