Invincible: 10 Things Only Comic Book Fans Know About Atom Eve

On Invincible, Mark Grayson’s relationship with Atom Eve is an important one. Here’s what comic book fans already know about Samantha Eve Wilkins.

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The show Invincible tells the story of Mark Grayson, a teenage boy who develops superpowers like his famous – and actually evil – father, Omni-Man. But as much as the story focuses on Mark’s relationship with his dad, it’s also about his relationship with Atom Eve. Fans of the original comic book know this is a major part of the series.

Future seasons of the hit show may build on the budding romance between Mark and Samantha Eve Wilkins. Samantha has an organic and complex story in the comics just like Mark, one that is likely to factor into the animated series in some fashion as it continues into the future.

10 Amazing Powers

Atom Eve has one of the most unique power sets in the Invincible universe. She’s also one of the most powerful characters in the franchise. Samantha can literally manipulate atoms, allowing her a broad range of matter manipulation over virtually any substance.

She can transform and transmute air into concrete, for example. Mostly she uses this power to create energetic shields and blasts in battle. She can also make herself fly. Her power generally manifests in pink energy, which informs the color of her costume.

9 Part Of The Teen Team

Comic book readers first meet Atom Eve when Mark does, when he encounters the Teen Team. This analog for the Teen Titans from DC Comics is made up of teenage superheroes and includes members Robot, Rex-Splode, Dupli-Kate, and eventually, Invincible as well.

The teen heroes come together to defeat the Mauler Twins, a pair of villains who are clones of a brilliant scientist. The next day, Samantha discovers that Mark is a student at her high school, beginning a friendship that will someday grow to be much more.

8 Conflicted Feelings

The relationship between Mark and Samantha in the comics is very platonic at first, though they do share a connection from the start. Their friendship is complicated by Mark’s feelings for her and her relationship with another member of the Teen Team, Rex-Splode.

But not long after Mark joins the team, Atom Eve discovers that Rex-Splode is cheating on her with her friend and teammate Dupli-Kate. She goes to Mark for solace, but their relationship isn’t quite ready to move ahead yet.

7 Going Independent

Atom Eve’s pain and shock over Rex-Splode’s behavior leads her to leave the Teen Team. She fights supervillains on her own, while sometimes teaming up with Invincible as well. The two grow closer but Mark is interested in another girl at his school, complicating things.

Atom Eve’s dissatisfaction with superheroes ultimately extends to herself. She begins to feel she can do better things than simply fight crime and she decides to put her powers to use in combating hunger and poverty.

6 A Tragic Start

Outside of her powers, Atom Eve seems like an ordinary girl. Eventually, it’s revealed that her origin is one of heartbreak and tragedy. Her powers were active from even before her birth, and in giving birth to Samantha, her mother passed away.

Samantha’s death was faked by her father, to prevent her from being taken and raised to become a superpowered government weapon. The government eventually catches up to her, when Samantha fights her first supervillain with her powers.

5 The Flaxan Invasion

In the show, the Flaxan Invasion is the moment the Teen Team meets Invincible for the first time. In the comics, it happens a bit later but is still a significant part of Atom Eve’s story. After leaving the Teen Team, she returns to the fold briefly to help them repel the Flaxans, who hail from another dimension.

Atom Eve helps Invincible and the other heroes defeat the Flaxans, who are undone because they failed to realize they age differently on Earth than in their dimension. Afterward, she goes on a double date with Mark and his girlfriend, but it ends mostly in frustration for her.

4 Romance With Invincible

The romance between Invincible and Atom Eve in the comics takes a very long time to develop. The two don’t even kiss until issue #50. In the show, things seem to be moving faster, a major change from the comics. Once the two do come together in the comics, it’s a whirlwind affair.

The two go on dates to different cities all over the world, including Paris, Cairo, and even outer space. As the two become closer in their personal life, they also grow together professionally. Samantha creates Invincible Inc., a security service the both of them run to help others.

3 The Viltrumite War

A major cornerstone of the comic books, and likely the future of the animated series, is the Viltrumite War. It’s revealed that Omni-Man is actually a warrior for the Viltrumites, sent to Earth to conqueror it for his people. Atom Eve joins forces with Invincible and the other heroes to stop them.

Atom Eve is forced to fight clone versions of Mark, sent to destroy Earth’s cities. She succeeds in defeating one but is severely injured in the process. She and Mark are separated for much of the cataclysmic battle and she isn’t sure if he survived or not for some time.

2 Motherhood

Her romance with Mark progresses through the war, and she eventually becomes pregnant with their child. Samantha has to avoid using her powers, which could be lethal to the child.

That makes it hard when she becomes the focus of the ire of many villains. She gives birth to a daughter, Terra, who they name for the earth they have to leave behind. They relocate to the alien world of Talescria, while the Earth is under the dominion of Robot, their former friend and ally who later in the comics turns to evil.

1 Rebooted Timeline

Movies and television shows are always about reboots, and so are comics. This trope also eventually appears in the Invincible comic book series when Mark Grayson finds himself back in time in what appears to be a rebooted timeline.

He retains all his knowledge of the previous timeline, including how he met Atom Eve and how their lives would progress. This leaves the rebooted Atom Eve confused and defensive, especially since she was dating Rex-Splode in the rebooted reality. Mark eventually goes back to the original timeline and his Atom Eve.

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