
The Invincible – Presenting Atom Eve special was a surprise early episode drop in 2023. It delved further into Eve’s backstory, revealing that Dr. Brandyworth was the scientist responsible for Eve’s ability to manipulate matter. He tampered with amniotic fluid inside the womb of Eve’s mother, Polly, to induce a mutation. Unfortunately, her story spirals into tragedy from that point onward. Polly supposedly dies in childbirth after her body surges with atomic energy and Eve is gifted to grieving foster parents; one of whom eventually comes to scorn her powers. The young superhero spends the rest of the episode discovering the horrid truth that Polly is still alive, but essentially comatose due to irreversible brain damage. Polly’s catatonic body was used to create Eve’s siblings, all of whom have heartless numbered code names: 2, 3, 4, and 5. They all despise Samantha because their powers never managed to match the success of Brandyworth’s first experiment. Her siblings, Polly and Dr. Brandyworth all die by the end of the special and Eve is left cripplingly alone.