Invincible Universe: Battle Beast Vol. 2: The Emissary

Superstars ROBERT KIRKMAN and RYAN OTTLEY don't hold back as Battle Beast continues his rampage through faces new and old in the INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE.

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The galaxy's deadliest warrior has an unquenchable thirst for battle that only death can cure, but no one's been able to kill Battle Beast yet. And it's certainly not for a lack of trying.

Will Battle Beast rip the titans from Fantania to shreds? Or will visitors from a faraway empire be the ones to end Battle Beast once and for all?

Superstars ROBERT KIRKMAN (The Walking Dead, Skinbreaker) and RYAN OTTLEY (Amazing Spider-Man) continue Battle Beast's bloody escapades in the next chapter of INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE: BATTLE BEAST.

Collects Invincible Universe: Battle Beast #7-12.

Author: Robert Kirkman
Publisher: Image Comics
Published: 10/13/2026
Pages: 136
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.33lbs
ISBN13: 9781534329935
ISBN10: 1534329935
BISAC Categories:
- Comics & Graphic Novels | Media Tie-In
- Comics & Graphic Novels | Superheroes (see also Fiction | Superheroes)
- Comics & Graphic Novels | Action & Adventure

About the Author
First and foremost a comic creator, Kirkman has seen groundbreaking success in the adaptation of his comic book titles into major franchises in all forms of content. In 2010, his Eisner award winning series, The Walking Dead, was developed into an AMC television series. It has become a worldwide phenomenon as the highest-rated basic cable drama of all time. The property has also been extended into a blockbuster game franchise, licensing business and ongoing publishing success.

Additional Kirkman comics include Oblivion Song, Die!Die!Die!, Invincible, Outcast, Super Dinosaur, Battle Pope, Astounding Wolf-Man, and Thief of Thieves.

Kirkman also serves as consulting producer of The Talking Dead, the popular talk show hosted by Chris Hardwick that deep dives into each week's episode of both The Walking Dead and its companion series Fear the Walking Dead. Kirkman is co-creator, writer and producer of The Walking Dead's companion series, Fear the Walking Dead.

He is also executive producer of the AMC series Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics, and the Korean pre-apocalyptic drama, Five Year. Kirkman's popular demonic-exorcism comic, Outcast, was adapted and produced for Cinemax. His second longest running coming book series Invincible is currently being adapted for a live action movie for Universal and an animated series for Amazon. Kirkman will serve as Executive Producer on both adaptations.

Robert is also the Chairman of Skybound Entertainment. Robert, an advocate for creator rights, co-founded Skybound alongside his longtime business and producing partner David Alpert in an effort to ensure creators are able to maintain their intellectual property rights and creative control.

Ryan Ottley is a Utah based artist currently working on Invincible for Image Comics. He was the Artist and co-creator of the webcomic strip Ted Noodleman: Bicycle Delivery Boy, and it was through this webstrip that Robert Kirkman first encountered Ottley's work and then offered him the job of penciling Invincible. He has done work for Digital Webbing, Alias Entertainment, Devil's Due, DC, Image And Ape Entertainment.

Annalisa Leoni is a freelance illustrator and comic book colorist known for her work on Oblivion Song, Star Wars: The High Republic, and Invincible Universe: Battle Beast.