The thing is, that was the same case in the comic, but he still did significantly worse. Furthermore, Mark doing well here just makes the viltrumites seem weaker overall, as what he faced up to this point with the exception of battle beast shouldn’t compare. While it could be interpreted that way, the scene pretty much emphasized that he had her dead to rights if he was to go for the kill, which is totally opposite of this:

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I’m not trying to be that guy, as I enjoyed this season so far and still do now, but Ngl Mark being able to contend with a viltrumite here feels cheap, like he didn’t really earn it. Plus, the overall appeal of the fight in the comics was the sense of Mark being hopelessly outclassed and Nolan not being enough. I get that Mark needed his time to shine, but this really should’ve been the one instance kept out of them all where he shouldn’t have been able to put up a decent fight outside of the encounter with the battle beast.    

I’m not trying to be that guy, but ngl Mark being able to contend with a viltrumite here feels cheap, like he didn’t really earn it. Plus, the overall appeal of the fight in the comics was the sense of Mark being hopelessly outclassed and Nolan not being enough. I get that Mark needed his time to shine, but this really should’ve been the one instance kept out of them all where he shouldn’t have been able to put up a decent fight outside of the encounter with battle beast.