Invincible: Ultimate Collection, Vol. 2
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- Author：Robert Kirkman
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Summary
Continuing the definitive collection of what is probably the best superhero comic book in the universe
What now？
After the cataclysmic events of the last volume， Mark is left to pick up the pieces of his life。 Everything is different now-his family， his friends， his colleagues。 The world is a very strange and unfamiliar place for our young superhero。 He is faced with insurmountable odds， countless super-villains， otherworldly threats。。。 and graduating high school。 Nobody told him being a superhero would be easy， but nobody told him it'd be this hard， either。
This volume contains issues 14-24， the zero issue and the story from the Image Comics Summer Special from Free Comic Book Day 2004。
Reviews
Michael Holland
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I love the art in this book and I love that Kirkman took his time telling this story and the stories of the characters surrounding Invincible。 So much of this is rushed through in other titles。 Well done， Mr。 Kirkman。 Well done。
Justin Monisit
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Definitely should not have ended on such an open cliffhanger and unfortunately doesn't feel as complete as the first collection - but this is much needed improvement upon the first ultimate collection， where Kirkman trims down the filler and allows these moments to actually breathe life into the characters。My major complaint with the first few issues is that so many moments just felt pointless for the sake of a joke， most of the time the humor not landing with me。 It took too long to get to plot Definitely should not have ended on such an open cliffhanger and unfortunately doesn't feel as complete as the first collection - but this is much needed improvement upon the first ultimate collection， where Kirkman trims down the filler and allows these moments to actually breathe life into the characters。My major complaint with the first few issues is that so many moments just felt pointless for the sake of a joke， most of the time the humor not landing with me。 It took too long to get to plot crucial moments and it came at the expense of much needed characterization。 But ever since volume one where the status quo has officially been shaken up， the elements of grief and coming of age actually do come into full fruition。 Not much happens in this collection and as stated before， it feels more like build up （since the major stuff was supposed to happen in the next issue not included）。 But it uses this down time in-between big battles to just explore the aftermath， making it feel like a denouement that logically follows。 Sure it's not action packed， but it instead is more somber without getting too serious - maintaining a light hearted tone throughout。 It's as if Kirkman actually listened to the feedback and took this as an opportunity to develop the characters that really needed more depth added to them like Amber， who evolved from a flat character into someone that actually has some vulnerability and depth。My only complaint is that the major subplot involving a dimension-traveling man feels a bit disjointed and separated from the main narrative we're used to following， which doesn't really build up to anything relating to the characters until the end - and only briefly。 It is neither alluded to in dialogue or seen in the background， it becomes suddenly involved without much payoff。Even though this felt like an interquel between major moments in the story - it was also much appreciated for the story to slow down and make room for these moments of solace。 。。。more
Jacquinne
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3。5 stars
Jeff Lorentz
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This is where Invincible takes its concept and cranks it up to 11。 This volume sets up years of subplots， and is basically where the "true" invincible series starts。 Good stuff！ This is where Invincible takes its concept and cranks it up to 11。 This volume sets up years of subplots， and is basically where the "true" invincible series starts。 Good stuff！ 。。。more
Aitor
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4。5
Sud666
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The second volume of Invincible was as fun as the first。 Collecting issues 14-24， it shows the development of Mark as he graduates high school and goes to college。Following the events of the first volume， Mark now works closely with the Pentagon。 There is even a super-hero team that exists to fight major threats。 No threat is more pressing that the Viltrumite Empire's expansionist policies。 As Mark makes an impression throughout the galaxy， news of his actions have reached the Viltrumites。While The second volume of Invincible was as fun as the first。 Collecting issues 14-24， it shows the development of Mark as he graduates high school and goes to college。Following the events of the first volume， Mark now works closely with the Pentagon。 There is even a super-hero team that exists to fight major threats。 No threat is more pressing that the Viltrumite Empire's expansionist policies。 As Mark makes an impression throughout the galaxy， news of his actions have reached the Viltrumites。While there is nothing deep or amazing about this series， I can not deny that it is quite entertaining。 There is a strange balance of humor and development of the character's maturity all mixed with a sometimes very serious story。 This volume focused on Mark's development as a young adult starting school， as well as personal relationships with close friends and girlfriends。 Throughout the entire plot， in the background， other alien species work together to face the Viltrumite threat。 On Earth， Dr。 Angstorm's experiment misfires and it seems that Invincinble has a new enemy。Good art， fun story and an interesting cast of characters make Kirkman's Invincible a great comic。 While never assaying into deep philosophical ravings as an Alan Moore work， Kirkman's series is pop-corn munching fun。 There are complicated issues in the background though。 While there is dry humor， the story is serious and the consequences could be fatal。 A great， fun series。。that's all I expect from a comic。 。。。more
James DeSantis
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This is a solid collection to help grow Mark up in a mature way。 With him finally dating Amber， Mark is trying to balance school， superheroism， and dating。 He's not very good at it as he is called on A LOT to save the world because。。。well he's a superhero。 In doing so he has a lot of his relationships straining from his drunk mother， to his girlfriend not trusting him， to his best friend being a dick （Though he always is） to just trying to be a better man。 What I did enjoy is the slow burn of hi This is a solid collection to help grow Mark up in a mature way。 With him finally dating Amber， Mark is trying to balance school， superheroism， and dating。 He's not very good at it as he is called on A LOT to save the world because。。。well he's a superhero。 In doing so he has a lot of his relationships straining from his drunk mother， to his girlfriend not trusting him， to his best friend being a dick （Though he always is） to just trying to be a better man。 What I did enjoy is the slow burn of his growth here。 I think in the trades I gave both volume 4-5 （These volumes covered here） a 3。5 but I'ma bump both to a 4 because I can really enjoy seeing Mark's steady growth as a teenager to more adulthood。 I also really enjoyed the humor， it was far better in this volume than previous ones。 Also， Allen makes a comeback and he's always great。 While it feels mundane somewhat I promise all the storylines building up here are going to have a huge pay off， make this a great setup volume。 A 4 out of 5。 。。。more
Sirmikon
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Less good than Volume 1， but still interested。 I like Allen the Alien and the Viltrumite storyline; more of that and less Amber。 Eve>Amber。
Greg Fanoe
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This did a much better job than the first volume of justifying its own existence （i。e。 standing out by having something different to say or do than a normal superhero book）。 The issue really is， as with all monthly titles （indeed， as with serialized 19th century novels too） when you compile into one volume something that was meant to be consumed slowly over time， the lost narrative threads and repetitive story beats really stick out。I'm giving this 3 stars， like Volume 1， but for the record that This did a much better job than the first volume of justifying its own existence （i。e。 standing out by having something different to say or do than a normal superhero book）。 The issue really is， as with all monthly titles （indeed， as with serialized 19th century novels too） when you compile into one volume something that was meant to be consumed slowly over time， the lost narrative threads and repetitive story beats really stick out。I'm giving this 3 stars， like Volume 1， but for the record that was 2。5 stars rounded up to 3 and this is 3。5 stars rounded down to 3。 。。。more
XOX
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This is dark comic。 A teenager who found out that not only he has super power， but his father is an alien。 The father son training part is fun。 The mother is cool Earth woman who kind of good dealing with all this。 Now the son Mark is trying to find a balance between superhero work and school work。 School work is failing， of course。 When he missed so much school。 Struggling with the unknown force behind the government agency is there is conspiracy behind the all this。 This makes it quite interes This is dark comic。 A teenager who found out that not only he has super power， but his father is an alien。 The father son training part is fun。 The mother is cool Earth woman who kind of good dealing with all this。 Now the son Mark is trying to find a balance between superhero work and school work。 School work is failing， of course。 When he missed so much school。 Struggling with the unknown force behind the government agency is there is conspiracy behind the all this。 This makes it quite interesting story。 The fight is graphic and violence。 。。。more
Bryan Stoffel
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Invincible Ultimate Collection vol 2 is a non-stop fun ride through this super hero universe。Robert Kirkman masterfully continues to develop our main characters as they process and move forward from the events that ended volume 1， while continuing to expand this world and introduces even more characters in this volume。 It is comforting to know Kirkman got to finish this series on his own terms because he leaves so many dangling plot threads it makes one wonder how he’ll wrap them all up！ Along w Invincible Ultimate Collection vol 2 is a non-stop fun ride through this super hero universe。Robert Kirkman masterfully continues to develop our main characters as they process and move forward from the events that ended volume 1， while continuing to expand this world and introduces even more characters in this volume。 It is comforting to know Kirkman got to finish this series on his own terms because he leaves so many dangling plot threads it makes one wonder how he’ll wrap them all up！ Along with these plot threads we see the Grayson family grieve and move on in a world without Omni Man， Mark’s relationship with Amber grow， and the making of a new big baddie。 Continuing art here is Ryan Ottley， and he continues to amaze as he masters his craft。 It’s been a real treat to see his art style start similarly to the first artist on the series Corey Walker， to then progress to his own style that continues to get cleaner and more detailed in each issue。 Ottley’s art is as integral as Kirkman’s writing to make this series as good as it is。 Invincible Ultimate Collection volume 2 is a world-building success。 Kirkman corrects his problems here from volume one， wonderfully continues to build this universe， and drops so many clues and hints as to what’s coming in this story that it leaves you hungry for more。 Add Ottley’s amazing art that continues to improve even more， and you’ve got a formula for a series that confirms how great this storytelling medium really is。 。。。more
Przemysław Skoczyński
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Wszystko co dobre w części pierwszej， jest też w drugiej。 Podoba mi się dodatkowo poczucie humoru autora delikatnie sygnalizowane co jakiś czas （tutaj superheroes na etacie w korporacji， od 9:00 do 17:00）
Johnathon
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Another superb issue that finds Invincible dealing with the ramifications of his father， Omni-Man， being revealed to be a villain， all while trying to graduate from high school and dealing with his love life。 Kirkman continues to balance real-life problems with that of being a superhero， as Invincible makes some important life choices， including who to reveal his identity to。 His world is also expanded as well， as Atom Eve also makes a career change concerning her powers while his mother deals w Another superb issue that finds Invincible dealing with the ramifications of his father， Omni-Man， being revealed to be a villain， all while trying to graduate from high school and dealing with his love life。 Kirkman continues to balance real-life problems with that of being a superhero， as Invincible makes some important life choices， including who to reveal his identity to。 His world is also expanded as well， as Atom Eve also makes a career change concerning her powers while his mother deals with Omni-Man's reveal in her own way。 It's matched beautifully by Ryan Ottley's action packed yet cartoony art， depicting every hero and villain in classic fashion。 A true love letter to the superhero genre。 。。。more
Destiny Henderson
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I like this series， and I dig the ink pen art style。 I love superheroes/people with powers in general， and this does it in a fun， clever way though a lot of the female characters are pretty bland。 This comic is older， so there are a few things that make me roll my eyes。 The humor’s usually lighthearted， but the action can get vicious and gritty when it wants too。 Either way， I’m excited to see how the story progresses。
Niklas K
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Hat mich ziemlich kalt gelassen。 Die Kunst war in Ordnung， aber nichts besonderes。 Die Geschichte war leider immer wieder irgendwelche Bösen， die die Stadt kaputt gemacht haben， die wieder in einem großen Kampf von den op Helden besiegt werden。 Vielleicht versuche ich es irgendwann nochmal， aber momentan habe ich keine Motivation weiter zu lesen。
Jason
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Invincible started as a small homage， slice of life superhero comic。 It played with tropes and had delightful art。In this volume， Kirkman goes for broke， opening up his world by planting seeds for future threats; he aims for more serialized storytelling and shifts focus away from just Mark and his friends and families to other side characters and villains。 I'm not sure if I like it yet or not but I love Ottley's art enough to keep reading。I know I previously read some of this back in the day and Invincible started as a small homage， slice of life superhero comic。 It played with tropes and had delightful art。In this volume， Kirkman goes for broke， opening up his world by planting seeds for future threats; he aims for more serialized storytelling and shifts focus away from just Mark and his friends and families to other side characters and villains。 I'm not sure if I like it yet or not but I love Ottley's art enough to keep reading。I know I previously read some of this back in the day and stopped long before the conclusion and may repeat that again。 But for now this is fun and intriguing enough 。。。more
Anja von "books and phobia"
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Nachdem phänomenalen Cliffhanger am Ende des Vorgängers， konnte ich es kaum erwarten „Invincible 2“ in den Händen zu bekommen und zu lesen。 Immerhin ging es hier um eine Heldenwelt， welche für mich schon dadurch anziehend wurde， da sie noch recht neu war und kein umfangreiches Vorwissen benötigte。Der Start in den Comic setzte genau da an， wo der Vorgänger aufgehört hatte und das bedeutete neben Kampf auch viel Trauer。 Mark und seine Mutter mussten so einiges verarbeiten und zeigten sich dabei äu Nachdem phänomenalen Cliffhanger am Ende des Vorgängers， konnte ich es kaum erwarten „Invincible 2“ in den Händen zu bekommen und zu lesen。 Immerhin ging es hier um eine Heldenwelt， welche für mich schon dadurch anziehend wurde， da sie noch recht neu war und kein umfangreiches Vorwissen benötigte。Der Start in den Comic setzte genau da an， wo der Vorgänger aufgehört hatte und das bedeutete neben Kampf auch viel Trauer。 Mark und seine Mutter mussten so einiges verarbeiten und zeigten sich dabei äußerst menschlich。 Gerade seine Mutter fiel dadurch in ein tiefes Loch， bei welchem ihr allein der Zufall half。 Doch was wäre das für ein Comic wenn es allein um die Verarbeitung von Trauer ginge， wenn auf dem Cover alles voller Helden und Schurken war。 Wie bereits erwähnt kam es natürlich zu Kämpfen。 Klar könnte ich jetzt sagen， es kämpfte halt gut gegen böse， doch dem war nicht so。 Der Clou war， das für den Sieg über die Feinde so mancher Trick angewandt werden musste， was wieder rum bei mir für ein paar Überraschungsmomente sorgte。 Besonders der letzte Gegner hatte es in sich， was schon allein an seinem Äußeren lag und schließlich bei seinem eigenwilligen Plänen endete。Das Tollste am Band waren aber die Abschnitte wo es um die Geheimhaltung der eigenen Superhelden-Identität ging。 Denn natürlich fällt es stets auf， wenn eine Person， in einer gefährlichen Situation， plötzlich verschwindet und ein Superheld die Bühne betritt。 So um so genialer fand ich es hier， wie mit dem Thema umgegangen wurde。 Neben der spannenden Handlung und den tollen Ereignissen， gab es natürlich eines welches das Ganze erst so toll machte， die Zeichnungen。 Ich persönlich liebe den Zeichenstil und genoss es regelrecht das man nicht jedes kleinste Detail genau zeigte。 Das Hauptaugenmerk wurde ganz klar auf die Dinge gerichtet， welche für mich als Leser auch von Bedeutung waren。 Ein trauriges Gesicht wirkte auch so und war z。B。auch ohne den dazugepackten Text erkennbar。 Zudem mochte ich das Farbspiel， da man hier auf eine recht kleine Auswahl aus Farben stieß。 Es muss ja nicht immer alles in den unterschiedlichste Nauncen dargestellt werden。 🙂Somit wurde auch dieser Band für mich ein echtes Highlight。 Invincible 2 schaffte es sogar seinen Vorgänger zu übertrumpfen， in dem er neben Spannung und Emotionen， auch für Unterhaltung sorgte。 Aufgrund der Dicke des Bandes gab es so einiges zu entecken， wobei bei mir， nie Langeweile auf kam。 Schurken， Enthüllungen und der ganz normale Alltag verschmolzen zu einer Geschichte， die ich Comi-Fans wirklich nur ans Herz legen kann。 。。。more
stonecoldcomics
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Another great volume a lot of setting things up like a cosmic side for the universe a kingpin sorta character and marks arch nemesis maybe ？ All this why still establishing the characters relationships and I can’t wait to see were it all leads next
Peter
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Absolutely amazing story of a dysfunctional superhero family。 The second volume of Invincible deals with Mark’s loss， his father’s identity and his mother’s issues。 A unique work of a mature， intelligent take on superheroes。
Dennis
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Still all in on this series。 Impressed beyond words。 Fun yet serious。 Action-packed yet reflective。 Kirkman reminds me a lot of Paul Verhoeven （of Robocop & Total Recall fame）。 He has the same draconian sense of humor。 It's funny， gory， dramatic， and allegorical all at the same time。 Next chapter， please and thanks。 Still all in on this series。 Impressed beyond words。 Fun yet serious。 Action-packed yet reflective。 Kirkman reminds me a lot of Paul Verhoeven （of Robocop & Total Recall fame）。 He has the same draconian sense of humor。 It's funny， gory， dramatic， and allegorical all at the same time。 Next chapter， please and thanks。 。。。more
James
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This second volume continues the fun-to-read adventures of Invincible。 Unfortunately， it also continues the trend of having exhaustingly huge monologues by characters about the most mundane things that do not further the plot in any way。 Check out the conversation between Mark and his mother about her wanting to get a job。 Or， the two issues where Amber recaps her relationship with Mark or where he tells his story to her are completely craptastic filler。 And don't get me started on the Allen the This second volume continues the fun-to-read adventures of Invincible。 Unfortunately， it also continues the trend of having exhaustingly huge monologues by characters about the most mundane things that do not further the plot in any way。 Check out the conversation between Mark and his mother about her wanting to get a job。 Or， the two issues where Amber recaps her relationship with Mark or where he tells his story to her are completely craptastic filler。 And don't get me started on the Allen the Alien issue where it only gets interesting in the last 5 pages， but you have to wade through walls of text about absolutely nothing。Despite all that， I'm moving forward with the next volume - after a break。 。。。more
comics and stuff
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Just as good as the first volume if not better！
Mouse
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Once again。。。 stellar writing！ One of the best written comics I’ve read in years！ It seems rather generic at first， but that’s all part of the setup！ This volume is almost equally as good as the first volume！ The art is good as well as the humor， mystery and elements being setup for later， but it’s the emotional attachment to these characters is what’s surprising me！ I literally didn’t want to put the book down and kept trying to eek out a bit more。 The characters are growing and evolving and it Once again。。。 stellar writing！ One of the best written comics I’ve read in years！ It seems rather generic at first， but that’s all part of the setup！ This volume is almost equally as good as the first volume！ The art is good as well as the humor， mystery and elements being setup for later， but it’s the emotional attachment to these characters is what’s surprising me！ I literally didn’t want to put the book down and kept trying to eek out a bit more。 The characters are growing and evolving and it feels sort of like real life！ The first volume is a must！！！ Apparently they’re turning it into a tv show？？！ They better not f**k it up！！！ 🧐 。。。more
Daniel
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This got soooo much better。 This is a top tier super hero book。 A must read for anyone who loves costumed super heroes。 This book covers issues 14-24
Ondřej Halíř
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Hromada zvratů， nových dějových linek a osobních strastí， to vše s kvalitní dávkou humoru a nadhledu。 Tohle je jedna z nejlepších sérií co jsem tenhle rok začal číst a pořád mě to neskutečně baví。
Patrick
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My library doesn't have the others。。。（grumble grumble） soooooo it looks like I'm going to have to buy the rest。 This series is totally worth it anyway :D My library doesn't have the others。。。（grumble grumble） soooooo it looks like I'm going to have to buy the rest。 This series is totally worth it anyway :D 。。。more
Centauri
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A couple years back I had read a few （scattered） single issue paperbacks， so it was nice returning to this world and reading some of the tales I had previously missed。This series is so enthralling。 Even when the creators use superhero archetypes， they find a way to flip them on the end and twist your expectations。。。。 I still say that the Viltrumites are Kryptonians with a Saiyan complex！！！
Thymie
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Can never get sick of this series :^）
Scott Lee
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This is a freaking awesome comic。 That is my educated erudite opinion。 -Ahem-allow me to elaborate just titch。 In Kirkman's afterword at the end of the book he describes how he loves subplots galore。 LOTS and LOTS of subplots。 Subplots for the subplots！ （okay he didn't actually go that far） All with the intent that basically nothing happens in the book that hasn't been building in the background for a good while beforehand。 And so that simultaneously these threads are growing， and growing， and e This is a freaking awesome comic。 That is my educated erudite opinion。 -Ahem-allow me to elaborate just titch。 In Kirkman's afterword at the end of the book he describes how he loves subplots galore。 LOTS and LOTS of subplots。 Subplots for the subplots！ （okay he didn't actually go that far） All with the intent that basically nothing happens in the book that hasn't been building in the background for a good while beforehand。 And so that simultaneously these threads are growing， and growing， and even when one is resolved， even when a MAJOR thread is resolved， there's still stuff in the background growing。 To me this sounds like heaven。 And this volume delivers all of these things in spades。 If superheroes live in an exaggerated， hyper-reality， then this spread of subplots is the same thing。 No human being， no matter how boring their life， has only one thing going on。 There are always multiple small things happening in the back ground of our big psycho-babble life story that we consciously or unconsciously constructing for ourselves。 Books handled the way this one is being handled give us the exaggerated， hyper-reality， superhero equivalent。 Under whatever crap you're dealing with there is just always more crap。 Speaking more specifically， this is an exceptional expansion volume。 We got just enough of everybody in the first Ultimate Collection volume to establish all the players and the biggest conflicts。 At the core of it all was the build up to revealing the truth about Norman and the Mark vs。 Norman battle and its fall out。 This volume keeps Marks life at its center， but expands the scope of the world around him， adding an expanding rogues gallery of both serious and slightly goofy villains， taking Mark to new places we haven't seen yet and introducing multiple potential cosmic and earthbound threats。 In addition there are multiple seeds planted on a strictly character， relationship， "realist drama" side as well。 All of which are handled realistically， but without any exaggerated moaning and groaning。 The art is consistently gorgeous throughout， and it seems obvious that the whole team had a massive blast with all the new characters introduced。 Honestly， it's kind of like the team said， "Mark you just lost your evil-alien conqueror father， where are you going to go next？" and Mark's answer was "Everywhere！"， so the team did that。 With flair！ 。。。more
Mario Mikon
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