An Emperor, not a Queen
One thing I didn’t discuss in my review of Invincible: Ultimate Collection, v. 6 is Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley’s interesting decision to make Freddie Mercury the king of the evil Viltrumites. I mean, look at this guy:
![Viltrumite Emperor](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WG-Wa7DNqb00SoAUGy-ijqhUM3HJHfq0mxYhdQh0UqqGFwtd6Y7gctDs62wGnIjYyKfeXaT3FK95aZ2Tc-QW8Z-xneq3wSPwpLMRfQg8j46o1azFCxMWjxUUGtA7ZYXbPmnR/s640/ViltrumFreddie1.jpg)
I suppose it was inevitable that with that mustache being a racial characteristic, eventually one of those aliens would look like Mercury. But, man, I didn’t expect it to be the leader of the race:
![Freddy Mercury and his alien twin](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxEar9tAh_CHiadxiRIHSAc5SUHpd7hRWDRI2irdxgJCZUHLQolsUDyP7oDwqoAd1WMkU-teTKzyRnGfggxAvmt6fQrrvcyOWDUFCV2H48Am_lqD8ZA0T9d9uGBrsHimQQxtTz/s454/Freddie%2520Mercury.jpg)
![Viltrumite Emperor](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WG-Wa7DNqb00SoAUGy-ijqhUM3HJHfq0mxYhdQh0UqqGFwtd6Y7gctDs62wGnIjYyKfeXaT3FK95aZ2Tc-QW8Z-xneq3wSPwpLMRfQg8j46o1azFCxMWjxUUGtA7ZYXbPmnR/s640/ViltrumFreddie1.jpg)
I suppose it was inevitable that with that mustache being a racial characteristic, eventually one of those aliens would look like Mercury. But, man, I didn’t expect it to be the leader of the race:
![Freddy Mercury and his alien twin](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxEar9tAh_CHiadxiRIHSAc5SUHpd7hRWDRI2irdxgJCZUHLQolsUDyP7oDwqoAd1WMkU-teTKzyRnGfggxAvmt6fQrrvcyOWDUFCV2H48Am_lqD8ZA0T9d9uGBrsHimQQxtTz/s454/Freddie%2520Mercury.jpg)
Labels: Freddie Mercury, Invincible, not a review, Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley, Viltrumites
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