Invincible creator Robert Kirkman explained the decision of race-bending some of the show’s main characters.

In the series, Mark Grayson is Korean American while his race is ambiguous in the comics.

We have to recognize that a couple of dumb white guys made this comic book in the early 2000s.

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And there was a real lack of diversity in that series."

And I was like, this is a lot of fun.

So to be able to, in any small part, work against that is a tremendous honor."

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Theres not a lot of these characters, to this day, that are different races."

But its also very important because theres an audience hungry for this stuff; it actually benefits projects.

Theres nothing about his race that is essential to that character, his race could literally be anything.

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In the Season 1 finale, a clash between father (Nolan) and son (Mark) ensued.

InvincibleSeason 2 is set to debut onAmazon Prime Videoon November 4.

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