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Created by | Robert Kirkman |
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Composer | John Paesano |
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Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 12 + 1 special |
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Animator | Skybound Animation |
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Running time | 45–55 minutes[2] |
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Network | Amazon Prime Video |
Release | March 25, 2021 – present |
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Invincible Presents: Atom Eve |
Invincible is an adult animated superhero television series created by Robert Kirkman for Amazon Prime Video and premiered on March 25, 2021. Based on the Image Comics series of the same name by Kirkman, Cory Walker, and Ryan Ottley,[4] the show follows 17-year-old Mark Grayson and his transformation into a superhero under the guidance of his father Omni-Man, also known as Nolan Grayson, the most powerful superhero on the planet. During his transformation, Mark finds himself struggling between his personal life and superhero duties, where he will be forced to prove that he can be the hero that his father is. The series stars Steven Yeun, Sandra Oh, and J. K. Simmons[5] as the Grayson family, while the rest of the cast serve as recurring characters.
Following its release, the series received acclaim from critics, with praise for its animation, action sequences, and story.[6] In April 2021, ahead of the first-season's finale, Amazon renewed the series for a second and third season.[7] On July 21, 2023, Amazon released a prequel special titled Invincible: Atom Eve.[8] The second season premiered on November 3, 2023.[9]
Premise
Mark Grayson is a seemingly normal teenager, except for the fact that his father Nolan is the most powerful superhero on the planet,[10] and that shortly after his seventeenth birthday, Mark begins to develop powers of his own and learns how to wield them with help from his father.[11]
Cast and characters
Main
- Markus Sebastian "Mark" Grayson / Invincible (voiced by Steven Yeun):[12] The eponymous main character. After developing his powers at 17 years old, Mark discovers the harsh realities of being a superhero while struggling to define himself along with a berserker-esque rage that manifests as a result of his Viltrumite heritage. Additionally, he has worked with the Teen Team before they become the new Guardians of the Globe.[13]
- Deborah "Debbie" Grayson (voiced by Sandra Oh): Mark's mother and Nolan's wife and an experienced real estate agent who was once long adjusted to being a superhero's spouse.
- Nowl-Ahn / Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man (voiced by J. K. Simmons):[14] Mark's father and Debbie's husband. Born on the planet Viltrum to a super-powered alien race known as the Viltrumites, Omni-Man's parents died in his youth before he joined the Viltrum Empire's intergalactic expansion several thousand years ago. After arriving on Earth 20 years prior to the series, Omni-Man is considered the most powerful superhero on the planet with a civilian identity of a rich travel writer.
Recurring
- Samantha Eve "Sam" Wilkins / Atom Eve / Phase One (voiced by Gillian Jacobs as a teen/young adult, Jazlyn Ione as a preteen, and Aria Kane as a child): A matter/energy manipulating superheroine, former member of the Teen Team, and an invitee to join the new Guardians of the Globe roster who refuses to join the latter group after learning her teammate and ex-boyfriend Rex Splode cheated on her with teammate Dupli-Kate. Struggling to find self-meaning, she chooses to help people directly with humanitarian actions.
- William Francis Clockwell (voiced by Andrew Rannells): Mark's best friend and civilian confidant.
- Global Defense Agency (GDA): A clandestine organization that organizes global superhero responses and utilizes advanced technology in expediting their recovery or resuscitation after death.
- Cecil Stedman (voiced by Walton Goggins): The director of the GDA who possesses a long-range personal teleporter and inducts Invincible at the start of his hero career.
- Donald Ferguson (voiced by Chris Diamantopoulos): A high-ranking GDA agent who serves directly under Cecil Stedman. Despite his apparent death during a failed attempt to stop Omni-Man, he has returned to continue working with Stedman.
- Guardians of the Globe (new roster): Heroes who were formerly of the Teen Team merged with other experienced heroes with diverse skill sets.
- The Immortal (voiced by Ross Marquand):[15] A millennia-old superhero and former leader of the original Guardians who was once an unnamed Celtic warrior before he was exposed to a cosmic anomaly that rendered him functionally immortal unless he is decapitated. Over the years, he went on to fight in the Crusades and become Abraham Lincoln before forming the Guardians. In the first season, the Immortal is killed twice by Omni-Man, but the Mauler Twins revive him after his first death while the GDA help him recover following his second death. In the second season, Cecil Stedman assigns the Immortal to replace Robot as the new Guardians' leader, enters a relationship with fellow Guardian Dupli-Kate, and becomes distrustful of Invincible due to his experience with Omni-Man.
- Rudolph "Rudy" Connors / Robot (voiced by Ross Marquand and Zachary Quinto, respectively):[16] A deformed individual with a condition that causes outside air to burn his lungs who is forced to live in a pod, operates a series of drones, and has a sizable personal fortune. Using "Robot", Connors formerly led the Teen Team before creating a new Guardians of the Globe roster. Amidst this, he uses Rex Splode's DNA and the Mauler Twins' expertise in cloning to make a new teenage body (also voiced by Marquand) for himself before euthanizing his original body. In the second season, Connors is replaced by the Immortal as the Guardians' leader.
- Rex Sloan / Rex Splode (voiced by Jason Mantzoukas): An incorrigible superhero who can charge potential energy into anything he touches to create explosives and a former member of the Teen Team who is selected to join the new Guardians roster. Following Omni-Man's betrayal, Sloan matures and grows closer to the team.
- Katherine "Kate" Cha / Dupli-Kate (voiced by Malese Jow): A self-replicating superheroine and former member of the Teen Team who is selected to join the new Guardians roster. All Kates are numbered, with the prime Kate being numbered "1". She also has a telepathic link with her doubles, which causes her to feel what they feel.
- Rachel / Shrinking Rae (voiced by Grey Griffin): A size-manipulating superheroine who is selected to join the new Guardians roster.
- Amanda / Monster Girl (voiced by Grey Griffin): A cursed superheroine whose powers allow her to transform into a powerful masculine ogre (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson), but gradually makes her younger each time she does so. She begins the series at 24 years old chronologically and 12 physically.
- Markus Grimshaw / Black Samson (voiced by Khary Payton): An original Guardian from the team's early days who left after losing his powers. Donning an armored super-suit to continue as a hero, he joins the new roster as the veteran voice. After being hospitalized by Battle Beast, his powers return to accelerate his recovery and he shelves his armor.
- Zandale Randolph / Bulletproof (voiced by Jay Pharoah): A superhero who is impervious to harm and can fly. He is invited by Cecil Stedman to join the Guardians of the Globe.[17]
- Shapesmith (voiced by Ben Schwartz): A Martian with shapeshifting abilities who took the place of astronaut Rus Livingston and masquerades as a human superhero.[18]
- Amber Justine Bennett (voiced by Zazie Beetz): Mark's insightful classmate and girlfriend.
- The Mauler Twins (both voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson): Two blue-skinned, hyper-powerful, super-genius superhumans and long-time adversaries of the original Guardians. Despite their name, they are not actual twins but clones of each other, with each claiming to be the original while the other is a clone.
- Killcannon (voiced by Fred Tatasciore): A supervillain with an arm-mounted laser cannon, and an enemy of Invincible and Atom Eve.
- Arthur "Art" Rosenbaum (voiced by Mark Hamill): A superhero suit tailor and long-time friend to many superheroes, such as Omni-Man. After helping Debbie uncover the truth about Omni-Man, Art joins her in falling into a drunken depression.
- Adam Wilkins (voiced by Fred Tatasciore): Eve's adopted father who vocally disapproves of her being a superhero.
- Elizabeth "Betsy" Wilkins (voiced by Grey Griffin): Eve's soft-spoken adopted mother who acts as a buffer between her husband and daughter.
- Damien Darkblood (voiced by Clancy Brown): A demon detective (based on Damian Darklord from The Savage Dragon) who escaped from Hell to seek justice for others and save his soul, whose presence triggers a sudden cold in the ambient temperature. Cecil hires him to investigate Omni-Man before exiling him back to Hell to prevent him from exposing Omni-Man too early.
- Angstrom Levy (voiced by Sterling K. Brown): A man who can create portals to other dimensions. He gathers several alternate universe variants of himself in the hopes of adding their knowledge to his own and improve his world, only to be forced to end the process early, which leaves him with a mutated brain. Driven mad due to his variants' memories, he vows revenge on Invincible.[19]
Guest
- Steve (voiced by Jon Hamm): A Secret Service agent who guards the White House's front gate.
- Matt (voiced by Max Burkholder): Steve's stepson.
- Guardians of the Globe (original roster): A decades-old superhero team who are massacred by Omni-Man.
- Holly / War Woman (voiced by Lauren Cohan):[15] A powerful ancient warrior and co-benefactor of the Guardians.
- Alana / Green Ghost (voiced by Sonequa Martin-Green):[15] A superheroine encased in a green suit with ghost-like powers and successor to an unnamed male incarnation (voiced by Chris Diamantopoulos).
- Martian Man (voiced by Chad L. Coleman):[15] An exiled, shapeshifting Martian superhero.
- Josef / Red Rush (voiced by Michael Cudlitz)[15] A Russian speedster and the team's first responder.
- Darkwing (voiced by Lennie James):[15] A gadget-wielding caped crusader and co-benefactor of the Guardians.
- Aquarus (voiced by Ross Marquand): A hydrokinetic, piscine humanoid and king of an underwater Atlantean kingdom.
- Connie (voiced by Mae Whitman): War Woman's co-worker and business partner in the heroine's civilian identity.
- Principal B.N. Winslow (voiced by Reginald VelJohnson):[20] The principal of Reginald VelJohnson High School.
- Doc Seismic (voiced by Chris Diamantopoulos): A mad scientist who holds socially progressive views towards the U.S. government and its past leaders, wields earthquake-generating wristbands, which give him concussions every time he uses them, and later gains command of an army of lava monsters known as the Magmanites.
- Bi-Plane (voiced by Ross Marquand): A flight suit-empowered supervillain who attempted to destroy Denver only to be thrown into outer space by the Immortal.
- Kursk (voiced by Ross Marquand): A Russian electrokinetic supervillain.
- Titan (voiced by Mahershala Ali):[15] A criminal enforcer, later a crime lord, who can manifest regenerative stone armor at will and feels that superheroes look down on him due to him and his family living in poverty. He initially works under Machine Head until the latter is arrested, allowing Titan to take over and work to protect people that are overlooked by superheroes.
- The Flaxans: A warrior race of aliens who seek to conquer Earth despite three failed attempts and Omni-Man attacking their planet.
- Slash (voiced by Djimon Hounsou): The leader of the first three invasion forces who aims to kill Invincible for scarring him and conquer Earth before he is killed by Omni-Man.
- Olga (voiced by Grey Griffin): Red Rush's widow and friend of Debbie Grayson.
- Martian Emperor (voiced by Djimon Hounsou): The ruler of Mars.
- Vanessa (voiced by Nicole Byer): Titan's wife.
- Fiona (voiced by Nicole Byer): Titan's daughter.
- Machine Head (voiced by Jeffrey Donovan): A cyborg crime lord with an auto-tuned voice, extensive illicit funding, and Titan's former boss.
- Tether Tyrant (voiced by Reginald VelJohnson): A supervillain hired by Machine Head.
- Thokk / Battle Beast (voiced by Michael Dorn):[21] A space-faring leonine alien warrior who seeks to find worthy opponents to fight.
- D.A. Sinclair (voiced by Ezra Miller):[15] A mad scientist with an obsession for "improving" humanity who, to this end, created zombie cyborg super-soldiers known as "Reanimen". After his Reanimen overwhelm Invincible, Cecil Stedman hires Sinclair to mass-produce more to fight Omni-Man and counter the Viltrumite's impending invasion.
- Rick Sheridan (voiced by Jonathan Groff): William's love interest who is kidnapped and converted into a Reaniman by D.A. Sinclair.
- Doug Cheston (voiced by Justin Roiland):[22] A student at Upstate University who is kidnapped and converted into a Reaniman by D.A. Sinclair and later commits suicide while fighting Invincible upon seeing himself.
- Lizard League: A gang of lizard-themed supervillains.
- Queen Lizard (voiced by Tatiana Maslany): The Lizard League's original leader.
- King Lizard (voiced by Scoot McNairy as an adult, Jacob Tremblay as a child): The son of Queen Lizard who was formerly known as Prince Lizard and succeeded his mother as leader of the Lizard League.
- Salamander (voiced by Phil LaMarr): A namesake-themed member.
- Iguana: A namesake-themed member.
- Komodo Dragon: A namesake-themed member.
- Supreme Lizard (voiced by Fred Tatasciore): A Lizard League member who tried to take over while King Lizard was incarcerated until he is killed by him.
- Kyle (voiced by Khary Payton): A nerdy frat-boy who befriends Amber at Upstate University.
- Dr. Elias Brandyworth (voiced by Stephen Root): A government scientist who created Atom Eve 18 years prior and secretly swapped her with the Wilkins' miscarried fetus to prevent the government from using her as a weapon. In the present, he and Eve's birth mother Polly are eventually killed by his superior Steven Erickson.
- Polly (voiced by Grey Griffin): Eve's biological mother who was initially presumed dead after giving birth to Eve, but was secretly taken captive and experimented on by Steven Erickson, who later kills her.
- Steven Erickson (voiced by Lance Reddick): A government agent who ordered Dr. Brandyworth to develop a weapon capable of transmuting anything. After Brandyworth left and kept Eve hidden from him, he made his new scientist, Dr. Rodgers, attempt to recreate Brandyworth's experiment, but ended up with deformed, degrading children. After he kills Brandyworth and Eve's biological mother Polly, Eve uses her powers to erase Erickson's memories.
- Dr. Rodgers (voiced by Chris Diamantopoulos): A government scientist and Steven Erickson's right-hand man.
- Benjamin Taylor / Nightboy / Darkwing II (voiced by Cleveland Berto): Darkwing's former sidekick who possesses the ability to transport people to the "shadowverse" and took up his mantle following his death.
- Paul (voiced by Cliff Curtis): Debbie's fellow real-estate agent.
- The Giant (voiced by Fred Tatasciore): A orange-skinned giant cyclops with the mind of a child.
- Queen Aquaria (voiced by Tatiana Maslany): Sole monarch of the Atlanteans and their undersea kingdom after her husband Aquarus was murdered by Omni-Man. A beloved leader who rules with an iron fin, she seeks retribution for her husband's death through unconventional means.[23]
- The Coalition of Planets: A collection of alien races gathered together to fight against the Viltrumites.
- Allen the Alien (voiced by Seth Rogen): An assessor of member world candidates for the Coalition, whose homeworld was destroyed by the Viltrumites. He is later brutally attacked and put into a comatose state by the Viltrumites after he refuses to give them information on Nolan's departure from Earth.
- Thaedus (voiced by Peter Cullen): The founder and leader of the Coalition.[24]
- Telia (voiced by Tatiana Maslany): Allen's girlfriend and a decorated general in the Coalition with a zero-tolerance policy for Viltrumite aggression.[23]
- Lucan (voiced by Phil LaMarr): A Viltrumite warrior.
- Vidor (voiced by Chris Diamantopoulos): A Viltrumite warrior.
- Thula (voiced by Grey Griffin): A long-lived Viltrumite warrior.
- Theo (voiced by Daveed Diggs): The widower of Green Ghost and member of a support group for superhero spouses who briefly becomes acquainted with Debbie until he learns that she used to be married to Omni-Man and grows hostile towards her.
- Carol (voiced by Lea Thompson): The therapist of the superhero spouse support group.
- Nuolzot (voiced by Rob Delaney): A shapeshifting insectoid alien from the planet Thraxa and one of Nolan's subjects.
- Narrator (voiced by Paul F. Tompkins): The narrator for Mark's college trip and Allen's side mission.
- Andressa (voiced by Rhea Seehorn): Nolan's second wife, an inhabitant of Thraxa, and the mother of Mark's half-brother.
- General Kregg (voiced by Clancy Brown): A high-ranking Viltrumite general.
Furthermore, Micah Aliling, Eric Bauza, Chloe Bennet, Lincoln Bodin, Camden Coley, Zehra Fazal, Calista Flockhart, Josh Keaton, Luke Macfarlane, Ella Purnell, Tim Robinson, Shantel VanSanten, Kari Wahlgren, and Gary Anthony Williams have been cast in undisclosed roles for the show's second season.
Episodes
Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
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1 | 8 | March 25, 2021 | April 29, 2021 | |
Special | July 21, 2023 | |||
2 | 8 | 4 | November 3, 2023 | November 24, 2023 |
4 | 2024 | TBA |
Season 1 (2021)
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1 | 1 | "It's About Time" | Robert Valley | Robert Kirkman | March 25, 2021 | |
When hulking villainous scientists, the Mauler Twins, attack the White House, they are repelled by the Guardians of the Globe and Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man. Nolan's son Mark, who is waiting for his powers to emerge, goes to school and defends classmate Amber Bennett from bully Todd. After Todd beats Mark, Amber saves the latter and develops an interest in him. Later, Mark's powers emerge, and he tells his parents over dinner. While Nolan is initially uncertain, he nonetheless begins to train Mark on how to use them. However, wishing to emphasize the severity of being a superhero, Mark is caught off-guard by his father punching him too hard. Feeling hurt emotionally and physically, Mark blows off steam by stopping a robbery in a homemade suit. After a heart-to-heart with his son, Nolan takes Mark to meet superhero suit tailor Art Rosenbaum, who creates a proper superhero suit for Mark after he chooses to call himself "Invincible". Later, Nolan secretly ambushes the Guardians at their headquarters and kills them all before falling unconscious from damage sustained from their resistance. | ||||||
2 | 2 | "Here Goes Nothing" | Paul Furminger | Simon Racioppa | March 25, 2021 | |
The clandestine Global Defense Agency (GDA) nurses a comatose Nolan back to health, but fails to revive the Guardians. Director Cecil Stedman informs Mark and his mother Debbie. As extra-dimensional aliens called the Flaxans attack, Mark helps the Teen Team hold them off. When the Flaxans rapidly age and retreat, Teen Team leader Robot deduces this was due to a time dilation difference between the Flaxans' dimension and Earth. As Mark recognizes Atom Eve as classmate Samantha Eve Wilkins, they share their secret identities and become friends. The Flaxans return with anti-aging technology, but Mark and the Teen Team destroy them, forcing another retreat. The Flaxans return once again and nearly succeed until a recuperated Nolan forces them back to their dimension, where he devastates their planet in retaliation before returning as news breaks of the Guardians' deaths. Meanwhile, Mark skirmishes with Allen the Alien, who wants to test Earth's defenses for the Coalition of Planets. Using a time-out to talk and learning of Allen's mission, Mark helps Allen realize he confused "Earth" for another planet called "Urath" and leaves on good terms. Concurrently, demon detective Damien Darkblood investigates the Guardians' deaths for Cecil, theorizing the killer was among the heroes. | ||||||
3 | 3 | "Who You Calling Ugly?" | Jeff Allen | Chris Black | March 25, 2021 | |
Following a televised funeral, the Graysons attend the Guardians' private burial with their loved ones, where Darkblood questions Nolan privately and hints at his suspicions. Cecil commissions Robot to form a new Guardians roster of his choosing, given his handling of the Flaxan invasions, so Robot merges the Teen Team with experienced heroes Monster Girl, Black Samson, and Shrinking Rae. However, Eve immediately quits, still resentful of her teammate and ex-boyfriend Rex Splode after catching him cheating on her with teammate Dupli-Kate. Mark gets Amber's number and sets up a "study date", which is interrupted when he helps Eve stop Doc Seismic from attacking Mount Rushmore. Nonetheless, an intrigued Amber waits for him. When Rex tries apologizing to Eve, she refuses to accept and seeks out Mark, only to discover him with Amber. Despite being saddened, she acknowledges his happiness and quietly leaves. With Robot's unseen help, the Maulers escape from their GDA prison, though one sacrifices the other. When Darkblood questions Debbie, he finds Nolan shared little with her. This encounter leaves her suspicious of Nolan, who senses Darkblood's lingering presence. | ||||||
4 | 4 | "Neil Armstrong, Eat Your Heart Out" | Cory Evans | Ryan Ridley | April 1, 2021 | |
Angry that the GDA has not caught the original Guardians' killer yet, Red Rush's widow, Olga, commissions Debbie to sell her house so she can return to Moscow. Cecil asks Nolan to protect the first mission to Mars, but the latter refuses, citing his duty to protect Earth, so Mark volunteers. Despite successfully landing, Mark's inattentiveness allows Martians to abduct the astronauts. The Martian Emperor orders their execution to prevent the parasitic Sequids from reaching Earth and destroying the universe. Mark hastily evacuates the astronauts, unaware that a Martian had secretly replaced one of them while the real astronaut is possessed by the Sequids and launches an invasion of Mars. As Nolan and Debbie vacation in Rome to rekindle their relationship, he manipulatively regains her trust with half-truths. Cecil realizes Nolan is the killer, but cannot act until he determines the latter's motive and a way to stop him. Knowing he will not drop the case, Cecil exiles Darkblood to Hell, unaware that the detective hid his notepad in Debbie's closet. As the surviving Mauler begins cloning himself, Robot monitors his progress and methods before stealing a DNA sample from Rex on his real self, the deformed Rudy Connors', behalf. | ||||||
5 | 5 | "That Actually Hurt" | Jay Baker | Christine Lavaf | April 8, 2021 | |
After Debbie finds Darkblood's notepad, her lingering suspicions return, leading to her locating Nolan's bloodied super-suit while he is away. After Samson lectures his teammates on failing to protect civilians due to their infighting, Robot secretly approaches the restored Mauler Twins with a job offer. Meanwhile, Mark promises to help Amber at a soup kitchen she volunteers at as recompense since he neglected her while working as Invincible. However, he must also help the superpowered enforcer Titan defeat his boss Machine Head, who predicted their attack and hired multiple villains for security. The Guardians arrive to help, but Mark, Monster Girl, and Samson are beaten and severely wounded by Battle Beast, which prompts the rest of the Guardians to act as a team. Seeing the other villains swiftly defeated, a disgusted Battle Beast leaves. The GDA arrest Machine Head and medevac Mark and the others, allowing Titan to take over Machine Head's organization. Eve also volunteers alongside Amber, needing direction after quitting being a superhero, but leaves when Cecil calls her about Mark's hospitalization. Elsewhere, GDA scientists test samples of Mark's blood, discovering that his cells are invulnerable to every lethal test they run. | ||||||
6 | 6 | "You Look Kinda Dead" | Paul Furminger / Jae Harm | Curtis Gwinn | April 15, 2021 | |
Humbled by his week-long recovery, Mark reconciles with Amber before they accompany his best friend William on a weekend visit to Upstate University to see his crush Rick Sheridan. However, a cyborg experiment of mad scientist, D.A. Sinclair, escapes confinement and fights Mark before killing himself. As William deduces Mark's identity, Amber breaks up with Mark due to his "absence" during the cyborg's rampage and he sacrifices reconciliation to rescue William and Rick from Sinclair. Seeing Rick converted into a cyborg, William's pleas for help enable Rick to overcome his alteration and help Mark defeat Sinclair. Following Sinclair's arrest, Cecil takes an interest in his technology, which overwhelmed Mark's physiology. Meanwhile, Rosenbaum examines Nolan's bloodied suit for Debbie, confirming Nolan killed the Guardians. Both fearfully agree to stay silent, but the revelation sends Debbie into a drunken depression. Having studied her biology beforehand, Robot gathers magical ingredients to heal Monster Girl. While the Maulers continue to grow a body for Robot, they also exhume the Immortal's corpse, intending to resurrect him as their enthralled weapon against Robot. Concurrently, Eve is inspired by Amber to skip college and use her powers in direct humanitarian endeavors. | ||||||
7 | 7 | "We Need to Talk" | Vinton Heuck | Simon Racioppa | April 22, 2021 | |
After Debbie relocates to the GDA, Cecil explains the truth before both witness Nolan kill Cecil's second-in-command, Donald Ferguson, and several GDA agents. After adding a neural link upgrade, the "Rudy" clone reluctantly euthanizes his progenitor. Paying and betraying the Maulers, the new Rudy leaves for a Guardians summons. He explains himself to the team, who are taken aback by his revelations before learning the truth about Omni-Man and their predecessors' fates. Cecil talks to Nolan before deploying Sinclair's "Reanimen" and a modified kaiju to kill him. Unfazed by Mark revealing his superhero identity, having deduced the truth weeks earlier, Amber dumps him as he never trusted her before. Mark seeks Eve's wisdom, but she criticizes his selfish behavior. When the two intercept Nolan's fight with the kaiju, Cecil orders Eve to leave Mark and rendezvous with the Guardians. When the Maulers revive the Immortal, he flies off to battle Nolan in an attempt to avenge the death of his team while Mark narrowly subdues the kaiju. News helicopters capture Nolan killing the Immortal in a live global broadcast before Nolan asks to talk to a bewildered Mark. | ||||||
8 | 8 | "Where I Really Come From" | William Ruzicka | Robert Kirkman | April 29, 2021 | |
After revealing himself as an infiltrator for the Viltrum Empire sent to conquer Earth, Nolan fails to convince Mark to join him and overpowers his son, devastating Chicago and killing thousands. Despite being beaten into a near-death state, Mark causes Nolan to remember his love for his family. Unable to reconcile this with his duties, Nolan tearfully abandons Earth. The Guardians and Eve mobilize to aid Chicago relief efforts as the world learns of Nolan's betrayal while Cecil helps Debbie and Mark by falsifying Nolan's civilian death. A heartbroken Debbie shares a drink with a similarly heartbroken Rosenbaum as Mark and Amber rekindle their relationship after his two-week recovery. As Amber and William learn Eve is also a superhero, Cecil sends Mark to intercept an approaching Allen and updates him on recent events. Allen warns Mark that the Viltrumites will come for Earth given Nolan's uncharacteristic abandoning of his post, but he thinks that Mark can help the Coalition stop the Viltrumites' expansion. As Mark plans to finish high school, the Maulers are arrested while the Immortal recuperates under GDA protection. Villainous forces conspire to return as Cecil commissions Sinclair to mass-produce Reanimen contingency troops. |
Special (2023)
No. overall | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
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Special | "Invincible: Atom Eve" | Haylee Herrick | Helen Leigh and Robert Kirkman | July 21, 2023 | |
Eighteen years ago, government scientist Dr. Elias Brandyworth disobeys his superior, Steven Erickson, and leaves with a dying pregnant woman named Polly, who gives birth to a powerful superhuman. Brandyworth swaps her child with the Wilkins' deceased newborn so that she can grow up with a normal family as Samantha Eve Wilkins. Growing up, Eve proves highly knowledgeable about molecules and was admitted to a school for scholars, but longed for a normal life. After discovering her transmutation powers, she scares off her only friend and is transferred back to public school for failing class. As she attempts to become a hero, she encounters a homeless Brandyworth, who reveals her origins as a government project and warns her not to use her powers. She later battles a group of deformed children that the government created amidst failed attempts at recreating her. After the children die, Erickson captures Eve, Brandyworth, and Polly, intending to use them to create better weapons. In the ensuing fight, Erickson kills Brandyworth and Polly. Enraged, Eve overcomes the mental barrier that prevented her from transmuting living material and erases Erickson's memories. She returns home to find her parents are upset with her for not being normal. |
Season 2 (2023–24)
The first half of the season, consisting of four episodes, premiered on November 3, 2023, with the last four set to debut in early 2024.[9]
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9 | 1 | "A Lesson for Your Next Life" | Sol Choi | Simon Racioppa | November 3, 2023 | |||||||
On a devastated alternate Earth where Mark sided with Nolan, scientist Angstrom Levy escapes through a mysterious portal. One month after Nolan's departure, Mark continues to struggle with his father's betrayal while performing his duties as Invincible. Cecil appoints the revived Immortal to succeed Rudy as the Guardians' leader and adds a new hero called Bulletproof to their ranks. The Maulers escape prison with help from their version of Angstrom, who tasks them with building a device capable of transferring the memories of various alternate universe variants of himself to him so he can use their collective knowledge to advance Earth's technology and save other planets. Cecil sends Mark to stop the Maulers as they begin the process, forcing Angstrom to use his multiversal powers to summon variants of the Maulers, who nearly kill Mark against his wishes. Angstrom stops the transfer prematurely, killing all of the variants present and horrifically scarring his body. Driven mad by his variants' memories of their versions of Invincible and Omni-Man, Angstrom vows revenge on Mark and escapes. | ||||||||||||
10 | 2 | "In About Six Hours, I Lose My Virginity to a Fish" | Ian Abando | Matt Lambert | November 10, 2023 | |||||||
While graduating, Mark defeats Doc Seismic and his Magmanites. Over the summer, tension grows between him and Debbie after she realizes he is only continuing his work as Invincible and working for Cecil to avoid Nolan's legacy. She confronts Cecil, during which she learns Donald is alive and later has a breakdown over continuous reminders of Nolan. After converting a vacant lot into a park, Eve argues with her father, believing he cannot accept that she can help with her powers. However, the park collapses due to being built on unstable ground, though no casualties were sustained. The stowaway Martian, who had taken the place of astronaut Rus Livingston, becomes inspired by original Guardian member Martian Man to become the superhero Shapesmith and join the current Guardians. After encountering and defeating Darkwing II, Cecil assigns Mark to appease the Atlanteans for original Guardian member Aquarus' death. Amidst a trial by combat, Mark battles a kaiju, but is injured by its roar. Nonetheless, he saves the Atlanteans from it against Cecil's orders. Angstrom travels to an alternate Earth where Mark was captured by the GDA to gain information on how to defeat his own. | ||||||||||||
11 | 3 | "This Missive, This Machination!" | Tanner Johnson | Adria Lang | November 17, 2023 | |||||||
In flashbacks, Allen's homeworld of Unopa was attacked by the Viltrumites, leading to his people joining the Coalition to stop them and breeding him to become the strongest Unopan. In the present, Allen discusses his findings from Earth with the Coalition, explaining that Mark is unaffiliated with Viltrum and Nolan left Earth. Over several members' skepticism, Coalition leader Thaedus supports Allen, believing they possess an advantage, before secretly tasking him with rooting out a Viltrumite mole within their ranks. After Allen is attacked by three Viltrumites demanding information on Mark, Earth, and Nolan however, Thaedus secretly sabotages his recovery. Concurrently, Mark attends college and meets a shapeshifting insectoid alien from the planet Thraxa, who claims his people are in danger. Upon arriving, Mark is unexpectedly reunited with Nolan, who has become Thraxa's ruler. Meanwhile, Debbie joins a support group for superhero spouses, only to be accosted by original Guardian member Green Ghost's widower, Theo, for being previously married to Omni-Man and leaves in shame. | ||||||||||||
12 | 4 | "It's Been a While" | Jason Zurek | Helen Leigh | November 24, 2023 | |||||||
In flashbacks, Nolan flew aimlessly through space after abandoning Earth. While contemplating suicide at a black hole, he instead saved a Thraxan ship being pulled into it and was made their ruler. In the present, Mark's lingering anger towards Nolan is worsened when he learns of Nolan's new wife, Andressa, and their child. Understanding his son's feelings, Nolan nonetheless asks for his help in protecting Thraxa, but three Viltrumite soldiers arrive. As he takes Andressa and her son to safety, Mark learns from her that Nolan truly regretted his actions and loves him. The Graysons defeat the soldiers, but are grievously wounded. Nolan is subsequently captured and taken back to Viltrum to be executed while Kregg, a high-ranking Viltrumite general, tasks Mark with Nolan's original mission of preparing Earth for their invasion or else they will destroy it. Meanwhile, Debbie accepts that her relationship with Nolan was a lie. As such, she stops accepting his income through Cecil and throws out his books. Elsewhere, Donald discovers evidence of his death. Suspicious that might he might not be human, he stabs himself in the forearm as a test. Initially relieved to draw red blood, he then notices that he has bent the tip of the knife stabbing himself. |
Production
Development
On April 4, 2017, it was announced that a live-action film about Invincible was being developed by Universal Pictures. It was also revealed that Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen would be the directors of the film after their collaboration on the AMC TV series Preacher. It was also revealed that the film would be rated R, to keep its faithfulness to the comic series. Skybound Entertainment and Point Grey Pictures would be producing the film.[25][26] However, when the series was announced, the film remained in hiatus, until on January 26, 2021, it was revealed that the film was still in development and would exist separately from the series.[27][28] In a 2023 interview, Rogen stated that the animated series has had a strong influence on the live-action film version in development with Universal, which is essentially being developed as a live-action version of the animated series.[29]
On August 11, 2017, Robert Kirkman signed a deal with Amazon to develop various series for Amazon Prime Video, with his company Skybound Entertainment. However, it was revealed that series that are already in production or development with other studios, will not be developed for Amazon.[30] Kirkman revealed that he was interested on developing a series of the Invincible comic series, but that would not be possible at the moment because Universal was developing a film based on the comic series.[31]
However, on June 19, 2018, it was announced that Amazon had given a series order to the project for a first season consisting of eight episodes.[32] It was also revealed that the series would be animated and its episodes would be hourlong.[33][34][35] Simon Racioppa serves as showrunner for the series and also serves as executive producer alongside Kirkman, David Alpert, and Catherine Winder. Production companies involved with the series include Skybound.[11][36][37][38] Coincidentally, executive producers Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen (who also provides a voice on the show) are working on a live-action film adaptation of the comic, which is separate from the animated series, as co-directors, writers, and producers.[39][40] On April 29, 2021, after the release of the final episode of the first season, Amazon renewed the series for a second and third season.[7][41][42] In April 2023, series creator Robert Kirkman stated that the second season would focus on Angstrom Levy, a supervillain with access to multiple dimensions.[43]
Casting
On January 31, 2019, the cast of the series was revealed, with Steven Yeun to portray Mark Grayson / Invincible and J. K. Simmons portraying Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man.[44][45] Sandra Oh, Mark Hamill, Seth Rogen, Gillian Jacobs, Andrew Rannells, Zazie Beetz, Walton Goggins, Jason Mantzoukas, Mae Whitman, Chris Diamantopoulos, Malese Jow, Kevin Michael Richardson, Grey Griffin and Max Burkholder also joined the cast of the series.[46][47] On July 18, 2020, Robert Kirkman confirmed the casting in a live video on Twitter.[48]
Yeun and Oh are both of Korean descent. Oh's character Debbie Grayson was made to be Korean American in the animated adaptation, with her son Mark Grayson being half-Korean.[49][50] Their Korean identity is not directly mentioned in the show,[49] but a painting featuring Hangul (안녕, annyeong, 'hello') is depicted in the Grayson home.[51] The decision came from a desire to increase diverse representations in the show. Similarly, Amber Bennett, Mark's girlfriend, was made an African American teenager in the adaptation.[49][50]
Animation and title sequence
When the show was confirmed to be animated, it was confirmed that Wind Sun Sky Entertainment and its partner company, Skybound North, would be co-producing and animating the series.[3][1][52]
The series title sequence is recognized by appearing right where a character would have said "Invincible" for the first time at each episode. However, the title sequence also becomes bloodier with each episode. Invincible's creator Robert Kirkman revealed that he wanted to represent the dark days that lie ahead by using the increasingly bloody title cards. Simon Racioppa revealed that he wanted each episode to be different from the previous ones to convince the audience to not skip it.[53][54] The animation style borrows from the look of Saturday morning cartoons from the early 2000s.[43]
Music
On December 2, 2020, it was revealed that John Paesano would be composing the score to the series.[55]
Release
After Amazon ordered the first season of the series, it was confirmed that the series would be consisting of eight episodes.[56] On January 22, 2021, during a live-stream celebrating the 18th anniversary of Invincible #1,[57] Kirkman revealed that the series would debut on March 25, 2021 (midnight EST), with the first 3 episodes.[58] The remaining episodes would release weekly thereafter.[59] On January 20, 2023, a teaser trailer was released, in which Steven Yeun and Seth Rogen as Invincible and Allen the Alien respectively discuss the upcoming season.[60] During San Diego Comic-Con on July 21, 2023, a second trailer was shown, and it was announced that part one of the second season will premiere on November 3, 2023, with part two set to debut in early 2024. It was also announced that a special episode, called Invincible: Atom Eve, would release later that day.[61][62]
Reception
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the first season of Invincible holds a 98% approval rating, based on 88 critic reviews with an average rating of 8.6/10. The site's consensus reads: "With bold animation, bloody action, and an all-star cast led by the charming Steven Yeun, Invincible smartly adapts its source material without sacrificing its nuanced perspective on the price of superpowers."[63] Metacritic reported a score of 73 out of 100 based on 16 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews" for the first season.[64] The second season has an approval rating of 100% based on 37 reviews, with an average score of 8.5/10, the site's consensus reads: "Still as bracing as a punch to the face and invigorating with its vivid worldbuilding, Invincible is practically impervious to disappointing audiences in this sterling sophomore season."[65]
Ben Travers of IndieWire gave the show a B grade, stating that "Kirkman's adaptation is provocative, surprising, and sometimes challenging, as it constantly tries to disrupt the accepted ideas of its genre, whether that's the superhero genre, the teen drama genre, or the misguided notion that animation is a genre unto itself."[66] Kathryn VanArendonk of Vulture states "the series has a palpable 'more of an eight-hour movie' thing going on, and the potential of that model is that it will all coalesce in the end into this glorious, big, transfixing story" but also adds that "the pitfall is that it makes these opening episodes a little weaker; there are so many characters happening here, so many story threads to put in place, that it's hard to know what to invest in as a viewer."[67] Caroline Framke from Variety commented: "Now, of course, Kirkman is the wildly successful co-creator and executive producer of 'The Walking Dead,' so even those who might not have picked up an 'Invincible' comic might be interested in this spry, hourlong animated series that somehow manages to be both snarky and earnest within the same breath."[68] William Hughes from The A.V. Club praised the series for its animation and stated: "Funny, exciting, and emotionally smart—seriously, Sandra Oh is killing it here—Invincible isn't bulletproof. But, like its increasingly burdened hero, it's trying. And sometimes, in the superhero game, that's all you can really do."[69] Bob Strauss from Datebook praised the show, commenting: "While you can't describe 'Invincible' as gritty, it does feel like the right kind of animated super-show for an era marked by Zack Snyder's dark-hued 'Justice League' reconstruction and Amazon's own, ultra-pathological take on the genre, 'The Boys.' It's as clean-looking as any program we grew up with, but it has the dirtier stuff we secretly wanted."[70]
Siddhant Adlakha of IGN gave the first season an 8 out of 10, stating the season "is great, thanks to its unique action and strong character-centric gravitas" and that the show "combines familiar superhero tropes with unexpected gore and moving character dynamics, resulting in the year's most surprising superhero series."[71] Alan Sepinwall from Rolling Stone stated: "As the series moves along, Kirkman and company begin introducing twists to what we think is the formula — perhaps too many. Even within three episodes, the number of reversals and secrets pile so high that it can be hard to invest in certain characters and scenes, rather than trying to guess what will come next."[72] Roxana Hadadi from RogerEbert.com praised the series for its story and animation, commenting: "'Invincible' sets up those questions quickly and engagingly in these first three installments, wraps them in a mystery, and then splatters them with blood. It's not an entirely new approach for this genre, but the familiarity of 'Invincible' is forgivable in light of the confidence that both Kirkman and Yeun bring to the material. They're the reason to watch."[73] Niv M. Sultan from Slant Magazine gave the first season 3.5 stars of 4, and commented "Invincible recaptures what our current glut of superhero fiction largely loses sight of: the pleasure that superheroes must feel when wielding their powers. Not the sacred satisfaction of helping the downtrodden, but the id-centered thrills of soaring through the sky and inflicting hurt on those deemed deserving."[74] Louis Chilton from The Independent gave the series 3 stars of 5 and stated "Invincible often seems derivative; perhaps its ideas were more groundbreaking in the original early-2000s comics. Some of its characters are unapologetic parodies (the Batman facsimile "Darkwing", for example), and you could easily go through picking out elements or story ideas that have cropped up in Watchmen, or The Incredibles, or Sky High, or Misfits. But there are still some good bones to its premise, and just enough subversiveness to let you ignore the fact this is a story you've seen a hundred times before."[75]
Accolades
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards | August 22, 2021 | Best Animated Series or Animated Television Movie | Invincible | Nominated | [76] |
Dorian TV Awards | August 29, 2021 | Best Animated Show | Invincible | Nominated | [77] |
Saturn Awards | October 25, 2022 | Best Animated Television Series | Invincible | Nominated | [78] |
In other media
The eighth episode of the series' first season spawned a popular Internet meme called "Think, Mark".[79][80] A 2022 promotional episode of the web series Death Battle! pit Invincible's Omni-Man against The Boys' Homelander,[81] with Amazon Studios' Head of Marketing Adam Bersin having partnered with Rooster Teeth to promote their series, previously including the second season of The Boys, also produced by Amazon.[82] Consequently, both Omni-Man and Homelander were made available as playable characters in the 2023 video game Mortal Kombat 1, with J. K. Simmons reprising his role as the former.[83] In November 2023, the RPG Invincible Presents: Atom Eve was released.[84] In February 2024, another RPG called Invincible: Guarding the Globe was released.[85]
Controversy
Invincible creator Robert Kirkman was sued by comic book colorist William Crabtree, citing a rights and profits concern, on January 10, 2022.[86][87]
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External links
- Media related to Invincible (TV series) at Wikimedia Commons
- Invincible at IMDb