Originally Posted by
Nik Hasta
Okay, so in that video, that's an alternate future version of Immortal who is literally trying to goad Mark into killing him, that doesn't really support him hitting as hard he did when he was actively trying to kill Omniman.
The only other time they had a fight that of sorts that I can recall was when Immortal was on a power trip against the sequids and Mark body checked him and held him down. No real blows are exchanged though.
I think you're conflating that with his brief tussle with Allen who did comment that he barely felt Immortal's attacks. Allen at that time was way above Invincible and potentially above Nolan as well.
I think the page you've posted is more an example of Kirkman not having fully figured out his hierarchy at that point. All the other instances are from like six books into the storyline when things are more concrete.
My feeling is it's less that Immortal is, as you put it, an inconsistent mess, I think it's more that one feat is kinda SMvsFL. Beyond that he's pretty consistent for my money.