Invincible Universe: Battle Beast Vol. 1: Heart of Glory

by Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley (Illustrator), Annalisa Leoni (Illustrator)

Overview

Superstars ROBERT KIRKMAN and RYAN OTTLEY return to the INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE with the first-ever BATTLE BEAST series!

FROM THE PAGES OF INVINCIBLE & THE HIT ANIMATED SERIES ON PRIME VIDEO!

Cursed with an unquenchable thirst for violence that threatens his family and those he loves, BATTLE BEAST searches the universe for the one warrior mightier than him...so that he may die before harming anyone else.

But even in a universe of mighty Viltrumites like Invincible and Omni-Man, can anyone stop the galaxy’s deadliest warrior?

Superstars ROBERT KIRKMAN and RYAN OTTLEY present the most demanded Invincible story of all time, revealing the secret story of Battle Beast that’s perfect for long-time fans (no spoilers!) and new readers alike.

Collects Battle Beast #1-6 and content from Skybound X #25

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534333277
Publisher:	Image Comics
Publication date:	11/25/2025
Series:	Invincible
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.62(w) x 10.19(h) x 0.40(d)

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.