Omni-Man Reviews

It's all about the 'stache. Omni-Man, the former premier superhero-turned-villain in Image Comics' Invincibleuniverse, is notable not only for his superhuman abilities (strength, speed, and invulnerability), but also for his sweet moustache. Moustaches, as it turns out, are customary among males of the Viltrumite race, an alien civilization from when Omni-Man (AKA Nolan Grayson) comes.

Arriving on Earth under the guise of helping our planet, Omni-Man took on the secret identity of a best-selling author named Nolan Grayson. He married a woman whose life he had saved, and had a son, Mark Grayson -- Mark would become Invincible, the series' protagonist.

Father and son came to cataclysmic blows when Omni-Man revealed his true intentions to his son -- he was sent as a conqueror by the Viltrumite Empire. Omni-Man flees when he realizes he is unable to kill his son, and takes refuge on another planet.

As a result of his failure on Earth, Omni-Man is captured by his own people and sentenced to death. But he is rescued just before execution by former foe Allen the Alien, to whom he reveals that the Viltrumite race is actually near extinction. The pair then set out on a crusade to destroy the Viltrumite Empire, moustaches and all.