Thanks to the major success of Invincible‘s first season, Amazon renewed the series for a second and third season in April 2021. A special prequel titled Invincible: Atom Eve was released in July 2023 that focused on Samantha ‘Atom Eve’ Wilkins. Another detail about this character was revealed in the second season of Invincible, which premiered in two parts across November 2023 and March 2024.
The first episode of the second part was released recently and it featured a segment that makes Atom Eve’s origin much more heartbreaking. In the episode, Atom Eve joins Mark Grayson and the other Guardians of the Globe for a mission. At one point, fans get a glimpse of Atom Eve’s original family as Rex grabs a picture of them to convince her to join the Guardians to fight the Sequid invasion.
The latest episode of Invincible Season 2 once against sheds light on Atom Eve’s past
In the first episode of the second part of Invincible Season 2, Rex Splode encourages Atom Eve to join the Guardians to stop the Sequid invasion. In the scene, Rex pulls out a picture of Atom Eve’s original family to convince her. Atom Eve’s family was also mentioned in the special prequel titled Invincible: Atom Eve. The special was indeed essential to explain how Atom Eve came into existence and discovered her powers.
This latest episode once again sheds light on Atom Eve’s tragic past. The second season of the show explores Mark Grayson’s journey as he makes new allies and must rebuild his life after a tragic betrayal.
Invincible: Atom Eve revealed Atom Eve was a lab experiment
The special Invincible: Atom Eve dived deep into Atom Eve’s origin and how she ended up with Adam and Betsy Wilkins. Atom Eve’s mother, Polly, was a test subject in a secret lab experiment being conducted by the Pentagon as they planned to create a secret weapon by mutating an unborn child and government agent Steven Erickson was monitoring the tests.
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Later, Polly presumably dies while giving birth to Atom Eve in the presence of Dr. Elias Brandyworth, the doctor who looked after Polly. Brandyworth was ashamed of what he had done so he traded the child with the dead child of another family, who were Adam and Betsy Wilkins. Eventually, Atom Eve comes across her siblings and fans learn more about the character, making it one of the best episodes of the show so far.
Invincible: Atom Eve was released on Amazon Prime Video on 21 July 2023.
