Omni-Man

For the version of this character in the alternate universe, see Omni-Man (Alternate Universe)

Nolan is the deuteragonist of Invincible, initially serving as the main antagonist of Season 1, before beginning to redeem himself in Season 2 and onward. Infamously known as the fallen "superhero" Omni-Man, who is also secretly known by his adopted Earth name Nolan Grayson. He is the husband of his first wife Debbie Grayson and widower to his late second wife Andressa, the father of Mark and Oliver Grayson.

He is an ex-high-ranking Viltrumite warrior of the Viltrum Empire, once dedicated to aiding the Viltrumite mission to make it the only empire in the universe, until his time on Earth changed him for the better. He left the Empire to join the Coalition of the Planets in aiding them to end the tyranny of his own people once and for all.

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What is the real name of Omni-Man in the Invincible series?

In the Invincible series, Omni-Man's adopted name is Nolan Grayson, and his birth name is Nowl-Ahn. He is a Viltrumite, originating from the Viltrum Empire. His roles have ranged from soldier to superhero, and he's also an author. He's recognized as the father of Mark Grayson and spouse to Debbie Grayson.

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Who are the children of Omni-Man?

Nolan Grayson, known as Omni-Man, has two sons. His first son, Mark Grayson, also goes by the superhero name Invincible. His second son, Oliver Grayson, is the child of Nolan and Andressa, whom he married after his departure from Earth.

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What is the storyline of Omni-Man's redemption in Invincible?

Omni-Man's redemption in Invincible unfolds as he mentors his son, teaching him to combat and negotiate with villains. He saves Invincible from the Flaxan forces, showcasing his might by annihilating their society. Despite his past misdeeds, Omni-Man's redemption is evident as he defends earth and his son from numerous threats, including a confrontation with Immortal, dispatched by a resistance team.

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Does Omni-Man die in the Invincible series?

Omni-Man, a Viltrumite super-being from the distant planet Viltrum, does not die in the Invincible series. He combats Flaxan forces, decimating their civilization, and in an alternate universe, he collaborates with Invincible to seize control of Earth.

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What is the significance of Omni-Man's adopted Earth name, Nolan Grayson?

Omni-Man, a Viltrumite and former superhero, adopted the Earth name Nolan Grayson in 2002. This identity allowed him to blend into human society as a best-selling author and feigned superhero, gaining the trust of the Global Defense Agency and the original Guardians of the Globe. His Viltrumite name is Nolan, pronounced differently.

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Appearance[]

Physique[]

Nolan is a tall man of fair complexion with blue eyes and trimmed black hair. He also sports a well-groomed mustache. In spite of being thousands of years old, Nolan's physical appearance to be middle-aged, having the hair on his temples and the back of his head turned grey and slight wrinkles about his face. Even more, while looking like a man beyond his prime, he possesses a commanding presence of a well-built and powerful physique, notable for its broad body structure.

Viltrumite Soldier Attire[]

During his early years as a soldier of the Viltrum Empire, Nolan wore the traditional plain white viltrumite uniform. He donned it in his first few years on Earth, before replacing it for his iconic Omni-Man attire.

Omni-Man Attire[]

In his "superhero persona", he is dressed in a complete bodysuit, in which the upper section is adorned in white while the lower section showcases a vibrant red color. It is worth mentioning that he adorns white boots, which are embellished with a solitary red highlight positioned at their center. In contrast, his gloves exhibit an inverse color scheme. To finalize his attire, he adorns himself with a scarlet cape. The attire showcases a prominent elongated crimson highlight embellishing its core, where a scarlet "O", symbolizing the titular individual, is prominently displayed. It actually symbolizes his people, as the Viltrumite insignia has a similar design, except with the three linear shapes.

Earth Civilian Attire[]

On Earth, Nolan would often wear short sleeved shirts, blue, grey button shirts, with grey or dark blue pants.

The Monarch Attire[]

After becoming ruler of Thraxa, he modified his outfit almost resembling his original superhero costume, albeit without gloves, an "O" symbol, and red leggings.

Viltrumite Prison Attire[]

While a prisoner in the Viltrumite prison asteroid, he wore a prison suit consisted of grey and white colors.

Coalition Soldier Attire[]

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Personality[]

As Omni-Man, Nolan initially shows the persona of an ideal superhero: brave, compassionate, charming, loyal, and willing to sacrifice himself for others. To the average viewer, his status as a hero was certain and undoubted. In his human persona, he appeared to be a loving husband and was a good father, even though his high expectations for his son were demanding, these expectations usually kept in check by Debbie. The most his Viltrumite heritage showed would be from his ideology towards the responsibility of being a hero, which Mark claims is more along the lives of saving millions and billions rather than hundreds or thousands, eventually heightening tensions with Debbie and Mark.

However, his true nature follows the general nature of most Viltrumites. He is a ruthless and loyal to the Viltrum Empire, committing countless amoral horrific acts for the Viltrum Empire to conquer planets. Due to his race's near-immortality, immense power, and extremely advanced technology, he sees many other races as being weak and inferior. Arrogantly believing it is his duty to bring order to other societies for the greater good, he will conquer them, and, if they resist, they are subjugated violently. Despite the shameless and indifferent way operates for the Viltrum Empire it's not done out of hatred or sadism, he truly believes that is doing the right thing, viewing dominance as the same as peace and prosperity. His ruthlessness is seen with his genocide and near-destruction against the Flaxans and their planet after they tried to conquer Earth first. He also shows no remorse for the killings of thousands he has done and finds them pitiful instead. Nolan even declared that while he loved his wife, he considered her as a pet and even stated he could kill Mark to have another son that he could raise to be loyal to the Viltrum Empire's Expansion plan.

Despite his god-complex and callous ways, his time on Earth gradually began to change him. During the times he presents himself as a cold and pragmatic warrior, he often potrays uneasiness with his actions. He was willing to kill the original Guardians of the Globe in order to weaken Earth's defenses against the Viltrumites, but soon after seemed distraught about his actions. Likewise, while originally finding Earth actives like sports as pointless, he came truly love his family, enjoying time with them and showed genuine happiness to see them succeed. During his fight with Mark, he constantly berates him for caring about Earth and living like a human, however his arguments and increasingly unhinged tone imply Nolan is trying to convince himself of his own actions. At the end, when he angrily asks his son what Mark will have in 500 years, his son weeps and tells him he would still have his father. This confession of love from his son, despite all he did to Mark was enough to break Nolan out of his cold Viltrumite persona and cause him to breakdown in anguish. Horrified at what he had done to his son, Nolan chooses to abandon his mission and leave Earth rather than kill his own son with tears streaming down his face as he departs for space.

In the end, Nolan's 20 years on Earth was enough to change the thousands of years of Viltrumite dogma he had lived through. Nolan's decision to murder his friends, slaughter innocent people, and attack his son seemed based on nothing more than habit and conditioning as a Viltrumite soldier and when confronted with the realization of his own actions, Nolan feels immense guilt and remorse, even when space voyaging, and nearly depression when he encountered a black hole, preparing to end his life, but was given a second chance when saving a small race of passengers and being given role "Monarch" to the planet's residents. When he reunited with his son after months, he showed no ill will and merely smiles at him.

Despite having changed for the better upon meeting the Thraxans, Nolan was still unable to comprehend why he cared about them when they were massacred by Viltrumite invaders. Although he felt furious at the slaughter, he believed that the Thraxan species were weak and short lived compared to himself, with his Viltrumite conditioning leading him to believe that they shouldn't matter to him, and yet they did. When Mark points out that this is how he was supposed to feel on Earth, Nolan is left in a stunned silence, and for the first time in his life, he is unable to justify the Viltrumite mindset of seeing weaker species as inferior and worthless. This realization developed even further during his time in prison, he no longer saw himself as a Viltrumite due to his newfound empathy and was more than ready to accept his fateful execution, until he reminded himself of the one who changed him forever: his deeply missed first wife, Debbie.

Powers and Abilities[]

Powers[]

• Viltrumite Physiology: As a Viltrumite, Omni-Man is an advanced being with extremely potent and well-developed genetics. To which, he eventually manifested a wide array of abilities common among the race. At the same time, ranking among the elites of his race, his powers are considerably more advanced than most others.
  • Decelerated Aging: Omni-Man possesses an extraordinarily lifespan. This stems from his body gradually aging slower the longer he lives. From this, it allows him to retain his health, vitality, conditioning, performance, and youthful appearance that much longer. Despite being several millennia old, he remains a robust individual who appears only in his mid 40's while still performing at his prime. After spending decades in the Flaxan Dimension, he emerged visibly unchanged.
  • Dominant Genes: His genetics are so potent that he can reproduce with almost any other race and his genetics will almost completely overshadow the inherit genetics of the mate, making said offspring almost purely Viltrumite themselves and little chance of birth-defects. Likewise, the more naturally compatible the genetics are to the mate's race, the more likely the offspring will inherit all the Viltrumite abilities.
  • Flight: Omni-Man demonstrates the remarkable faculty to achieve self-sustained levitation, enabling him to ascend to great altitudes and propel himself in any desired direction. Moreover, he possesses the ability to dynamically adjust his flight path mid-flight, affording him seamless maneuverability across diverse environmental settings. Notably, this exceptional aerial aptitude grants him the capability to navigate through the boundless expanse of space.
  • Nigh-Invulnerability: Omni-Man's body is incredibly resilient, allowing him to withstand a wide range of attacks without sustaining any significant harm or pain. He can endure the hardest of environments, or lack there of, unfazed. He can walk away unscathed from explosions, bullets, and even powerful energy-based assaults.
  • Reactive Adaptation: Omni-Man exhibits remarkable resilience and adaptability, displaying a propensity for continual growth and improvement throughout his lifespan. His physical strength, speed, and durability progressively augment in correlation with the level of adversity he faces or the severity of injuries he recovers from. Moreover, his combat experience fosters an innate ability to assimilate knowledge and insights from past encounters, enabling him to refine his tactics and enhance his efficiency in subsequent engagements.
  • Regenerative Healing Factor: Any injuries that Omni-Man does sustain and survive, he can recover from in a day if not mere minutes. He can restore broken bones, torn muscles, damaged organs, even regrow lost anatomy like teeth with no lingering signs. After having his spine snapped and rendered paralyzed, days later, he made a full recovery. Likewise, he is virtually immune to almost all forms of illness and contamination.
  • Superhuman Lung Capacity: Omni-Man can endure prolonged periods without the need for respiration, extending for several weeks. This enables him to survive in the harsh vacuum of space unprotected, where conventional life forms would typically face severe challenges to their existence if not instantly die, and likewise make interstellar travel.
  • Superhuman Senses: Omni-Man possesses an exceptional auditory perception far surpassing human capabilities, allowing him to discern sounds emanating from considerable distances and selectively drown out specific noises. His vision is equally advanced, able to discern distant objects with the same clarity as though they were in close proximity. Likewise, this grants him an equally powerful equilibrium and balance, able to maintain his stability and poise even in challenging situations.
  • Superhuman Speed: Omni-Man can move at tremendous speed, able to travel anywhere in the world in mere minutes if not seconds. With his speed, Omni-Man was even able to create tailwinds powerful enough to wipe out entire cities. His reflexes and reaction time are equally fast, able to keep up with speedsters like Red Rush. Omni Man is much faster than light, he is capable of crossing interstellar distances literally in weeks and months.
  • Superhuman Stamina: Omni-Man's body produces very little fatigue toxins, able continue physical exertions for prolonged periods of time without showing any signs of exhaustion. He can likewise endure some of the most grievous of injuries that would instantly kill a human, excluding too much harm to his heart or brain, and endure them long enough to heal. Omni-Man also can go for several weeks without sleep or sustenance unhindered.
  • Superhuman Strength: Omni-Man has extreme raw physical might, making him one of the strongest beings in the universe. Even among his fellow Viltrumites, who are renowned for their physical prowess, Omni-Man stands out as a notable exponent of sheer might. With apparent ease, he can contort solid steel, penetrate through substantial walls, and lift colossal objects. By means of clapping his hands or delivering forceful strikes, he can generate potent shockwaves capable of pulverizing solid stone. Furthermore, his leg musculature enables him to effortlessly traverse significant distances through leaps.

Abilities[]

• Master Combatant: While primarily relying on his natural Viltrumite raw might to defeat opponents, Omni-Man is a highly trained warrior, possessing multiple millennia of experience which makes him a highly effective and formidable hand-to-hand combatant. His skills proved able to compete against the entire Guardians of the Globe, killing them each one-by-one. Likewise, against other Viltrumites, he was decisively able to defeat them one after the other.
• Master Manipulator: Omni-Man is a very charismatic speaker who is capable of giving rousing speeches to the public while hiding his true intentions and deceitful actions. For decades, he was also able to convince everyone on Earth, including the experienced and incredibly intelligent Cecil Stedman, the head of a government defense agency, that he was a good person. He deceived his wife, Debbie, and his son, Mark, into believing that the purpose of his time on Earth was nothing but honorable.

Weaknesses[]

• Extreme Force: While Viltrumites are among some of the strongest in the universe, they aren't completely unstoppable. Viltrumites can be harmed by beings of similar or greater strength. As proven when Nolan was highly injured in his battle against the Guardians or against Lucan and Vidor.
• Excessively High Frequency: The effects of high-frequency noise through Viltrumite's ears can be detrimental. It throws off their equilibrium, inhibiting their ability to fly, causing extreme pain, and may even possibly kill them. Depending on how strong the frequency determines that pain of attack.
• Scourge Virus: To be added...

Sightings[]

Trivia[]

• Omni-Man is the first major Antagonist in Invincible, but following season 2, is no longer a villain.
• Nolan is the second Viltrumite to betray the Viltrum Empire while Thaedus is the first Viltrumite to betray the Viltrum Empire.
• Omni-Man is widely considered one of the best characters in Invincible.
• Omni-Man is based off of Superman from DC Comics.
  • Just like original version of Superman by Siegel (Action Comics #1 1938, McClure Newspaper Syndicate and Superman #1 1939) his people were powerful and very durable even back on their own home planet, but also could be easily harmed by each other, their powers also aren't dependent on sun or any other power source.
  • Just like the earliest Superman, Omni-Man doesn't have multiple vision-based abilities.
  • Since the 1990s to 2010s, there have been a number of "Evil Superman incarnations such as: Superman (Justice Lords and Brave New Metropolis, from the Justice League and Superman Animated series), Injustice Superman (From The Injustice Gods Among Us Game), Ultraman (from Crisis on Two Earths).
• Omni-Man shares similarities with Vegeta from the Dragon Ball Franchise.
  • Both were sent to conquer respective Earths in the name of their races, but later reformed themselves as protectors.
  • Both have hybrid sons, Trunks and Mark respectively and later came to have more younger hybrid children, Bulla and Oliver.
  • Both fought their sons in a fight to the death matter, for instance Trunks fought Vegeta to prevent Cell from absorbing Android 18, while Mark fought Nolan to prevent him from taking over earth with both sons not caring about their alien heritage.
  • Both are popular for their quotes that spawned internet memes, for Vegeta "It's Over 9000!" and Omni-Man "Think, Mark! Think!".
  • Both have fully-grown mustaches. However, in Dragon Ball GT, Vegeta shaves following his daughter's hatred for his mustache.
  • Both rank among the elites of their respective races.
  • Both have the genetic capacities to steadily grow more powerful and efficient in battle the more they struggle.
  • Both races' combat attire are full-body and form-fitting.
  • In one of the episodes of season 1, when visiting italy, Nolan wore a blue button shirt, similar to Vegeta's blue shirt in Dragon Ball Super.

• Omni-Man and his characteristics are very similar to Hawkgirl, specifically from the DC Animated Universe series that was based on the DC Comics.
  • Hawkgirl and Omni-Man were apart of their Alien Military Empires: Thangarian and Viltrum, that are very old, they can fly, (however Hawkgirl has wings) are incredible skilled, and fell in love with human mates and had hybrid offspring.
  • Their species home planet are shorten from their species names: Thangar & Viltrum.
  • Both have high ranking titles: Lieutenant Shayera Hol & The Great Nolan.
  • Both were sent to Earth for years, for reconnaissance of earth's culture, miltary and purpose and had to tell no one their mission.
  • When joining their teams: Guardians of Globe and Justice League, both were very discrete of their alien heritage towards their allies whenever such a thing was asked from the two even from closed ones: John Stewart and Debbie Grayson were never given a proper answer.
  • Hawkgirl, like Omni-Man began to grow accustom to Earth's culture.
  • Both managed to defeat their teams, while Hawkgirl provided information on each of her friends weakness when the Thangarians came to earth.
  • In a episode of season 2 of Justice League, Hawkgirl came up with phony story of how she came to earth, similar to when Nolan had mentioned of his past to a young Mark Grayson.
  • In fact, in the three parter series finale of Justice League, (which also came out the same year Omni-Man fought Invincible in the comics) Hawkgirl turned on her people when learning of a weapon that could decimate earth to save Thangar from a war against another race. Half of the Justice League expressed sympathy and hatred upon their former friend and voted to let her stay or resign.
  • Regardless, Shayera left to parts unknown, abandoning her rank as a member of the Justice League, and and even codename, and by the following series, Justice League Unlimited, like Nolan was giving a second chance, and return to join the Justice League but was unable to continue a full fledged relationship with her ex-John Stewart, however in a unknown period was able set things right.
  • The Thangarians, like the Viltrumites were greatly ashamed of Hawkgirl's betrayal, even the survivors began a hunting party to lure Hawkgirl to a alien planet.
  • Hawkgirl's past self was a queen of ancient egypt, and is of royalty descent.

• The scene where Omni-Man tells Mark to think has spawned a series of internet memes.
  • The scene has suffered from the Mandela effect. Many mistake the line as "Think, Mark! Think!" like in the comics (even among those who didn't read comics first), however in the show, the actual line is "Think, Mark!"
    • Omni-Man has even spawned a few other memes such as
      • "That's the neat thing. You don't."
      • "Let me break it down for you, Mark."
      • "Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power."
      • "Please."
    • Also similar memes in season 2 such as:
    • "It's Been a while"
    • "She's tearing you apart!"
    • "Don't think, act!"
    • "Read my books Mark!"
    • "I think I miss my Wife!'
• Omni-Man bears a striking resemblance to J. Jonah Jameson from the Spider-Man comics. Interestingly, J.K. Simmons, who plays Omni-Man, played Jameson in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy and in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
  • Interestingly enough, the voice actors for Thula and Lucan, Viltrumites that Omni-Man fights in the second season, also voice two of J. Jonah Jameson's friends: Robbie Robertson and Betty Brant in Spectacular Spiderman.
• When the invincible comic book was in development in the 2000's, Omni-Man was originally going to go under the name "Supra-Man". However, the name was later changed to Omni-Man because of the similarities to DC Comic's own trademark character.
• In the show, Omni-Man is considerably much more sadistic, distant and visibly annoyed from a get go compared to comics, in which all of his kills of civilians were due to collateral damage during his fight with son, rather than direct murders as can be seen in the show. Also in the comics when he arrives on Earth and meets Debbie his hair is all black, while in the show he sports grey in his hair even when he was being instructed.
• "Nolan Grayson" is Omni Man's Earth name, while "Nolan" is his Viltrumite name, pronounced as "Nowl-Ahn".
• Omni Man appeared in the famous YouTube series, "Death Battle" where he fought Homelander, another Superman influenced character from the superhero television series called The Boys and won.
  • Funnily enough, everyone in the Death Battle community knew Omni-Man would beat Homelander.
  • He appeared again and fought Bardock from Dragon Ball, and won again.
• Omni Man made a guest appearance in Mortal Kombat 1 as a playable character, being one of the characters included in the Kombat Pack.