The Invisibles is a comic book

Comic book

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 series

Ongoing series

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 that was published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics

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 from 1994

1994 in comics

-Year overall:* Huge changes in the marketplace force many retailers and small publishers out of business...

 to 2000

2000 in comics

-February:*Strange Adventures vol. 2, #4, final issue cover-dated February - January :* January 5: Goseki Kojima, co-creator of Lone Wolf and Cub, dies at age 71.* January 6: Mad magazine fixture Don Martin dies at age 68....

. It was created and scripted by Scottish

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 writer Grant Morrison

Grant Morrison

Grant Morrison is a Scottish comic book writer, playwright and occultist. He is known for his nonlinear narratives and counter-cultural leanings, as well as his successful runs on titles like Animal Man, Doom Patrol, JLA, The Invisibles, New X-Men, Fantastic Four, All-Star Superman, and...

, and drawn by various artists throughout its publication.

The plot follows (more or less) a single cell of The Invisible College, a secret organization battling against physical and psychic oppression using time travel

Time travel

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, magic

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, meditation

Meditation

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, and physical violence

Violence

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For most of the series, the team includes leader King Mob

King Mob (comics)

King Mob is a fictional character, a revolutionary created by Grant Morrison for The Invisibles.-Character development:The character's name is inspired by the Situationist group King Mob, as well as Morrison himself He is also Gideon Stargrave, one of Morrison's early creations...

; Lord Fanny

Lord Fanny (comics)

Lord Fanny is a fictional character in the comic book series The Invisibles, a series published by DC Comics as a part of that company's Vertigo imprint. She is a shaman and a trans woman.-History:...

, a Brazil

Brazil

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ian transsexual

Trans woman

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 shaman; Boy, a former member of the NYPD

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; Ragged Robin

Ragged Robin (comics)

Ragged Robin is a fictional comic book character created by Grant Morrison for The Invisibles.-Character history:Born in 1988, she joined the Invisibles at the age of 20 in 2008, when Mason Lang found her in a mental asylum. In 2012, she returned to 1990 in a "timesuit", making her the first person...

, a telepath

Telepathy

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 with a mysterious past; and Jack Frost, a young hooligan from Liverpool who may be the next Buddha

Buddhahood

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