# Invincible (TV series)

Invincible is an adult animated superhero television series created by Robert Kirkman for the streaming service Amazon Prime Video, based on the Image Comics comic book series of the same name he co-created with Cory Walker and Ryan Ottley. It is produced by Skybound Entertainment, Wind Sun Sky Entertainment, Point Grey Pictures, and Amazon MGM Studios. The series follows teenager Mark Grayson and his transformation into a superhero under the guidance of his father, Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man, the most powerful superhero on the planet. During his transformation, Mark finds himself struggling between his personal life and superhero duties, and is forced to prove that he can be the hero that his father is, unaware that there is a sinister conspiracy going on that threatens the world, and will leave him questioning the true nature of his role. Steven Yeun stars in the series as Mark Grayson / Invincible alongside Sandra Oh and J. K. Simmons as Mark's mother and father, respectively, while the remaining cast members have recurring roles.
Invincible premiered in March 2021, concluding its first season of eight episodes in April. Following the season finale, Amazon renewed the series for a second and third season. A prequel special, Invincible: Atom Eve, was released in July 2023, ahead of the eight-episode second season, which was divided into two parts, the first released in November 2023, and the second from March to April 2024. The third eight episode season premiered on February 6, 2025. Three months after the second season finale, Invincible was renewed for a fourth season.
The series has received widespread critical acclaim, with praise for its animation, action sequences, story, voice performances (particularly Yeun, Oh and Simmons), and emotional weight.

## Premise

Mark Grayson is a seemingly normal teenager whose father Nolan is the most powerful superhero on the planet. Shortly after his 17th birthday, Mark begins to develop powers of his own and learns how to wield them with help from his father, who turns out to not be as heroic as he thought, as he hides a dark secret, which starts to slip when he brutally murders the members of the world's greatest superhero team, the Guardians of the Globe.

## Cast and characters
### Main

* Markus Sebastian "Mark" Grayson / Invincible (voiced by Steven Yeun): The eponymous main character. After developing his powers at 17 years old, Mark discovers the harsh realities of being a superhero.
* Deborah "Debbie" Grayson (voiced by Sandra Oh): Mark's mother, Nolan's wife, Oliver's adoptive mother, 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): Mark and Oliver's father and Debbie's husband. Born on the planet, Viltrum, 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 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)
* Amber Justine Bennett (voiced by Zazie Beetz)
* William Francis Clockwell (voiced by Andrew Rannells)
* Global Defense Agency (GDA):
** Cecil Stedman (voiced by Walton Goggins)
** Donald Ferguson (voiced by Chris Diamantopoulos)
** April Howsam (voiced by Calista Flockhart)
** D.A. Sinclair (voiced by Ezra Miller in season 1, Eric Bauza in season 2 onward)
* Guardians of the Globe (new roster):
** Rudolph "Rudy / Rex" Connors / Robot (voiced by Zachary Quinto as Robot and Rudy's original body, Ross Marquand as Rudy's cloned body, Jason Mantzoukas as a future version)
** The Immortal (voiced by Ross Marquand)
** Rex Sloan / Rex Splode (voiced by Jason Mantzoukas)
** Katherine "Kate" Cha / Dupli-Kate (voiced by Malese Jow)
** Rachel / Shrinking Rae (voiced by Grey Griffin)
** Amanda / Monster Girl (voiced by Grey Griffin in human form and Kevin Michael Richardson in monster form)
** Markus Grimshaw / Black Samson (voiced by Khary Payton)
** Zandale Randolph / Bulletproof (voiced by Jay Pharoah)
** The Shapesmith (voiced by Ben Schwartz)
** Benjamin Taylor / Nightboy / Darkwing II (voiced by Cleveland Berto)
* The Mauler Twins (both voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson)
* Killcannon (voiced by Fred Tatasciore)
* Arthur "Art" Rosenbaum (voiced by Mark Hamill)
* Adam Wilkins (voiced by Fred Tatasciore)
* Elizabeth "Betsy" Wilkins (voiced by Grey Griffin)
* Thokk / Battle Beast (voiced by Michael Dorn)
* Titan (voiced by Mahershala Ali in season 1, Todd Williams in season 3)
* Isotope (voiced by Chris Diamantopoulos)
* Damien Darkblood (voiced by Clancy Brown)
* Newscaster (voiced by Gary Anthony Williams)
* Rick Sheridan (voiced by Jonathan Groff in season 1; Luke Macfarlane in season 2 onward)
* Angstrom Levy (voiced by Sterling K. Brown)
* Rus Livingston (voiced by Ben Schwartz)
* Paul (voiced by Cliff Curtis)
* The Coalition of Planets:
** Allen the Alien (voiced by Seth Rogen)
** Thaedus (voiced by Peter Cullen)
** Telia (voiced by Tatiana Maslany)
* Viltrum Empire:
** General Kregg (voiced by Clancy Brown)
** Anissa (voiced by Shantel VanSanten)
** Lucan (voiced by Phil LaMarr)
** Vidor (voiced by Chris Diamantopoulos)
** Thula (voiced by Grey Griffin)
** Conquest (voiced by Jeffrey Dean Morgan)
* Oliver Grayson / Kid Omni-Man (voiced by Lincoln Bodin in season 2, Christian Convery in season 3)
* The Order:
** Mister Liu (voiced by Tzi Ma)
** Machine Head (voiced by Jeffrey Donovan)
** Paul Cha / Multi-Paul (voiced by Simu Liu)
** Connie / War Woman II (voiced by Mae Whitman)

### Guest

* Steve (voiced by Jon Hamm)
* Matt (voiced by Max Burkholder)
* Guardians of the Globe (original roster):
** Holly / War Woman (voiced by Lauren Cohan)
** Green Ghost (voiced by Chris Diamantopoulos)
** Alana / Green Ghost (voiced by Sonequa Martin-Green)
** Martian Man (voiced by Chad L. Coleman)
** Josef / Red Rush (voiced by Michael Cudlitz)
** Darkwing (voiced by Lennie James)
** Aquarus (voiced by Ross Marquand)
* B.N. Winslow (voiced by Reginald VelJohnson)
* Doc Seismic (voiced by Chris Diamantopoulos)
* Bi-Plane (voiced by Ross Marquand)
* Kursk (voiced by Ross Marquand)
* Slash (voiced by Djimon Hounsou)
* Olga (voiced by Grey Griffin)
* Martian Emperor (voiced by Djimon Hounsou)
* Fiona (voiced by Nicole Byer in season 1, Somali Rose in season 3)
* Doug Cheston (voiced by Justin Roiland)
* Lizard League:
** Queen Lizard (voiced by Tatiana Maslany)
** King Lizard (voiced by Scoot McNairy as an adult, Jacob Tremblay as a child)
** Salamander (voiced by Phil LaMarr)
** Iguana (voiced by Malese Jow)
** Komodo Dragon (voiced by Jay Pharoah)
** Supreme Lizard (voiced by Fred Tatasciore)
* Kyle (voiced by Khary Payton)
* Dr. Elias Brandyworth (voiced by Stephen Root)
* Polly (voiced by Grey Griffin)
* Steven Erickson (voiced by Lance Reddick)
* Dr. Rodgers (voiced by Chris Diamantopoulos)
* Louise (voiced by Zehra Fazal)
* The Giant (voiced by Fred Tatasciore)
* Queen Aquaria (voiced by Tatiana Maslany)
* Catlin Stedman (voiced by Kari Wahlgren)
* Denise Ferguson (voiced by Kari Wahlgren)
* Theo (voiced by Daveed Diggs)
* Carol (voiced by Lea Thompson)
* Thraxans:
** Nuolzot (voiced by Rob Delaney)
** Andressa (voiced by Rhea Seehorn)
* Narrator (voiced by Paul F. Tompkins)
* Filip Schaff (voiced by Tim Robinson)
* Agent Spider (voiced by Josh Keaton)
* Angstrom Jr. (voiced by Camden Coley)
* Jane (voiced by Ella Purnell)
* Riley (voiced by Chloe Bennet)
* Ka-Hor (voiced by Clancy Brown)
* Fightmaster and Dropkick (both voiced by Xolo Maridueña)
* Knuckle Buster (voiced by Kari Wahlgren)
* Force Fist (voiced by Chris Diamantopoulos)
* Radcliffe (voiced by Bokeem Woodbine)
* Scott Duvall / Powerplex (voiced by Aaron Paul)
* Becky Duvall (voiced by Kate Mara)
* The Elephant (voiced by John DiMaggio)
* Brit (voiced by Jonathan Banks)
* Bolt (voiced by Cleveland Berto)
* The Technicians (voiced by Doug Bradley)
* Demon (voiced by Bruce Campbell)

## Episodes

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 8 | 8 | March 25, 2021 (2021-3-25) | April 29, 2021 (2021-4-29) |
| Special | Special | Special | July 21, 2023 (2023-7-21) | July 21, 2023 (2023-7-21) |
| 2 | 8 | 4 | November 3, 2023 (2023-11-3) | November 24, 2023 (2023-11-24) |
| 2 | 8 | 4 | March 14, 2024 (2024-3-14) | April 4, 2024 (2024-4-4) |
| 3 | 8 | 8 | February 6, 2025 (2025-2-6) | March 13, 2025 (2025-3-13) |

### Season 1 (2021)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | "It's About Time" | Robert Valley | Robert Kirkman | March 25, 2021 (2021-3-25) |
| 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, Mark is caught off-guard when Nolan, emphasizing the severity of being a superhero, punches 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 takes the name "Invincible". Later, Nolan secretly ambushes and kills the Guardians at their headquarters before falling unconscious from injuries sustained from their resistance. ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Here Goes Nothing" | Paul Furminger | Simon Racioppa | March 25, 2021 (2021-3-25) |
| The clandestine Global Defense Agency (GDA) nurses a comatose Nolan back to health, but fails to revive the Guardians. GDA Director Cecil Stedman meets Mark and his mother Debbie. As extra-dimensional aliens called the Flaxans attack, Mark helps the Teen Team fight them. 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 learn 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 (2021-3-25) |
| 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. Robot merges the Teen Team with experienced heroes Monster Girl, Black Samson, and Shrinking Rae. However, Eve 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 (2021-4-1) |
| 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 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 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 clones himself, Robot monitors his progress and methods before stealing a DNA sample from Rex on the behalf of his real self, the deformed Rudy Connors. ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "That Actually Hurt" | Jay Baker | Christine Lavaf | April 8, 2021 (2021-4-8) |
| 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 Maulers with a job offer. Meanwhile, Mark promises to help Amber at a soup kitchen she volunteers at as recompense for neglecting 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 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 test they run. ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "You Look Kinda Dead" | Paul Furminger / Jae Harm | Curtis Gwinn | April 15, 2021 (2021-4-15) |
| 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. William's pleas for help upon seeing Rick converted into a cyborg 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 Monster Girl's biology beforehand, Robot gathers magical ingredients to heal her. 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 (2021-4-22) |
| After Debbie relocates to the GDA, she and Cecil witness Nolan kill his second-in-command Donald Ferguson and several GDA agents. After adding a neural link upgrade, the Rudy clone reluctantly euthanizes his progenitor before betraying the Maulers. He explains himself to the Guardians, who are taken aback by his revelations, before learning the truth about Omni-Man and their predecessors' fates. Cecil deploys Sinclair's "Reanimen" and a modified kaiju to attack Nolan. Unfazed by Mark revealing his superhero identity, Amber dumps him as he never trusted her before. Mark seeks Eve's wisdom, but she criticizes his selfishness. When the two intercept Nolan's fight with the kaiju, Cecil orders Eve to rendezvous with the Guardians. When the Maulers revive the Immortal, he awakens enraged over Nolan's betrayal and flies off to battle him in an attempt to avenge his team's murder. As Mark narrowly subdues the kaiju, news helicopters capture Nolan killing the Immortal again in a live broadcast before Nolan asks to talk to a bewildered Mark. ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Where I Really Come From" | William Ruzicka | Robert Kirkman | April 29, 2021 (2021-4-29) |
| 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 and Rosenbaum share a drink 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 update 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 |
| 9 | "Invincible: Atom Eve" | Haylee Herrick | Helen Leigh and Robert Kirkman | July 21, 2023 (2023-7-21) |
| 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. Fulfilling Polly's wishes, 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 is admitted to a school for scholars, but longs for a normal life. After discovering her transmutation powers, she 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 adopted parents upset with her for not being normal. |||||

### Season 2 (2023–24)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| Part 1 ||||||
| 10 | 1 | "A Lesson for Your Next Life" | Sol Choi | Simon Racioppa | November 3, 2023 (2023-11-3) |
| 11 | 2 | "In About Six Hours, I Lose My Virginity to a Fish" | Ian Abando | Matt Lambert | November 10, 2023 (2023-11-10) |
| 12 | 3 | "This Missive, This Machination!" | Tanner Johnson | Adria Lang | November 17, 2023 (2023-11-17) |
| 13 | 4 | "It's Been a While" | Jason Zurek | Helen Leigh | November 24, 2023 (2023-11-24) |
| Part 2 ||||||
| 14 | 5 | "This Must Come as a Shock" | Haylee Herrick | Helen Leigh | March 14, 2024 (2024-3-14) |
| 15 | 6 | "It's Not That Simple" | Sol Choi | Vivian Lee | March 21, 2024 (2024-3-21) |
| 16 | 7 | "I'm Not Going Anywhere" | Ian Abando | Simon Racioppa | March 28, 2024 (2024-3-28) |
| 17 | 8 | "I Thought You Were Stronger" | Tanner Johnson | Robert Kirkman | April 4, 2024 (2024-4-4) |

### Season 3 (2025)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 18 | 1 | "You're Not Laughing Now" | Jason Zurek | Simon Racioppa | February 6, 2025 (2025-2-6) |
| Three months after his battle with Angstrom, Mark continues training under Cecil's supervision to gain enough strength to compete with Viltrumites while avoiding Eve. Mark and Rex try to stop two thieves, Dropkick and Fightmaster, from stealing the Declaration of Independence, but are attacked by Kate's brother, Multi-Paul, who tries to avenge his sister's death. Kate and the Immortal come out of retirement while Rae returns to the Guardians. William and Rick encourage Mark to confess his feelings and ask Eve out, but warn him against telling her about her future self. However, Mark lets it slip, leading Eve to reject him. Doc Seismic breaks out of confinement and kidnaps Earth's superheroes using giant underground creatures. When Mark and Eve fail to save the heroes, Cecil sends in Darkwing II and Reanimen to help, with Darkwing II recapturing Doc Seismic. Mark confronts Cecil for lying to him and working with Darkwing II and Sinclair, leading Cecil to trap him in the White Room, which was constructed to keep him safe from Mark. Allen and Nolan bond in prison while the Viltrumites begin testing Allen to determine the source of his newfound strength. ||||||
| 19 | 2 | "A Deal with the Devil" | Haylee Herrick | Helen Leigh | February 6, 2025 (2025-2-6) |
| In a flashback, Cecil objects to his predecessor rehabilitating criminals. In the present, Mark destroys Reanimen deployed to stop him. Cecil activates a device installed in Mark's head matching the Atlantean kaiju's roars, causing him intense pain and preventing him from flying. Mark flees to the Guardians for help but Cecil arrives and attacks Mark with more Reanimen, prompting the Guardians to aid him. Rudy jams the signal that is harming Mark while Cecil, realizing his mistake, deactivates the Reanimen. A furious Mark threatens to kill Cecil should he approach him or his family, ending their working relationship. The Guardians break up, with Monster Girl, Rex, Rae, Bulletproof, and Rudy losing trust in Cecil, while the Immortal, Kate, Samson, and Shapesmith remain and are joined by Darkwing II. Cecil later reflects on his first meeting with Nolan and developing his personal code of doing anything to protect Earth while Mark and Eve reconcile and start a relationship. ||||||
| 20 | 3 | "You Want a Real Costume, Right?" | Sol Choi | Jay Faerber | February 6, 2025 (2025-2-6) |
| Mark receives a new suit from Rosenbaum. After getting his own suit, Oliver names himself "Kid Omni-Man", but Mark advises against it, explaining the destruction Nolan caused, before they join forces to stop Titan from breaking out Multi-Paul. Eve moves back in with her parents, promising not to use her powers at home if they become more accepting of her duties as a hero. Debbie forms a relationship with her colleague Paul and reveals to him Nolan, Mark, and Oliver's secret identities, angering Mark. The Maulers break into a missile silo, planning to launch an EMP device to destroy the world's communication systems, and incapacitate the attacking Guardians. Mark destroys the missile while Oliver, against his and Debbie's wishes, kills the Maulers. He reveals to Mark his indifference to killing, believing Nolan may be right, worrying Mark. While talking with Oliver, Mark notices a floating orb-like drone spying on the Grayson household, which detonates in his hand as he catches it. Unbeknownst to him, the drone belongs to Angstrom, who survived his previous encounter with Mark. ||||||
| 21 | 4 | "You Were My Hero" | Ian Abando | Tania Lotia | February 13, 2025 (2025-2-13) |
| Mark asks Rudy to analyze the drone, which he determines originated from Earth and was created by someone with vast resources. Mark confronts Cecil, believing he built it, but Cecil denies it. Later, while on a date with Eve, Fightmaster and Dropkick forcibly recruit Mark and bring him to their future, believing he can save their Earth from its tyrannical king, the Immortal. Driven mad by his immense power and immortality, he blames Mark for his eventual abandonment of Earth and demands he fight him to the death to bring him peace. Reluctantly, Mark fights and is eventually forced to kill the Immortal. Returning to the present, a shaken Mark finds solace with Eve. Meanwhile, Nolan faces execution until Allen breaks free, liberates their fellow inmates, gains Battle Beast's help in fending off the Viltrumites, and feigns defeat to spur Nolan into action. After breaking out, Allen suggests they flee before reinforcements arrive, but Nolan reveals the Viltrum Empire now consists of fewer than fifty pure-blooded members. ||||||
| 22 | 5 | "This Was Supposed to Be Easy" | Tanner Johnson | Helen Shang | February 20, 2025 (2025-2-20) |
| After Mark suggests that he and Eve get their own apartment, she offers Invincible's services to a supervillain prison. Debbie later sends the couple out in search of Oliver, whom they discover has befriended two children while defending them from bullies. Meanwhile, Titan is pressured by Mr. Liu, a fellow crime boss and the leader of a criminal organization called the Order, into breaking out Multi-Paul or Liu will kill his family. Titan manipulates Liu into helping him before they attack the prison holding Multi-Paul. While fighting Mark and Eve, Multi-Paul escapes while Titan's henchman, Isotope, frees Machine Head, who shoots Liu. Afterwards, Mark and Eve decide to take their relationship at a slow pace. Machine Head assumes control of the Order and grants Titan his autonomy, unaware that Liu survived. ||||||
| 23 | 6 | "All I Can Say Is I'm Sorry" | Jason Zurek | Ross Stracke and Simon Racioppa | February 27, 2025 (2025-2-27) |
| Having witnessed his sister and niece's deaths during Mark and Nolan's fight in Chicago, GDA scientist Scott Duvall steals advanced bio-capacitors to augment his ability to convert kinetic energy into electrical power and publicly challenges Mark. Wishing to take the night off to celebrate William's birthday, Mark ignores Scott while Shapesmith answers his challenge. Scott defeats Shapesmith and flees to his wife Becky and son Jack, fearing GDA retaliation. As Rudy works with Monster Girl to stop her powers from de-aging her body when she uses them, Rae confesses to Rex that she plans to retire from superhero work, which he accepts before they kiss. Amidst a memorial for the Chicago massacre, Scott takes the name "Powerplex" and tries to lure out Mark again, but is defeated and captured by Eve. Nonetheless, Scott escapes and returns to Becky, who suggests he stages her and Jack's kidnapping and use them as bait. Mark attempts to talk Scott down, but Scott accidentally kills his family while fighting Mark. After being taken into GDA custody, Scott vows revenge on Mark. Elsewhere, Angstrom gathers several of Mark's multiversal variants. ||||||
| 24 | 7 | "What Have I Done?" | Haylee Herrick | Robert Kirkman | March 6, 2025 (2025-3-6) |
| Angstrom sends his Invincible variants to destroy Earth and tarnish Mark's image. The GDA, the Guardians, and Earth's heroes are overwhelmed and suffer heavy losses. Eve is incapacitated; Rex sacrifices himself to save Rudy, Monster Girl, and Bulletproof; Darkwing II is presumed dead; and the Immortal, Kate, Samson, and Shapesmith are wounded. When the surviving Invincibles turn on Angstrom, he traps them on a desolate Earth before battling Mark. Mark overpowers and nearly kills Angstrom, but he escapes to the Technicians, advanced cybernetic surgeons who previously healed him. Angstrom orders them to fix his wounds, but they refuse, demanding he submit to their will. In the aftermath of Angstrom's attack, an aged Viltrumite envoy named Conquest arrives to survey Mark's subjugation of Earth for the Viltrum Empire and is disappointed by his lack of progress. Devastated by the destruction and deaths directed at him, Mark charges at Conquest to vent his rage. ||||||
| 25 | 8 | "I Thought You'd Never Shut Up" | Sol Choi | Robert Kirkman | March 13, 2025 (2025-3-13) |
| As Mark and Conquest engage in combat, Oliver and Eve attempt to intervene, but are incapacitated. Nonetheless, Eve temporarily releases her mental blocks, allowing her to reconstruct her body and burn Conquest's skin off before Mark defeats and seemingly kills him. Mark awakens in the hospital, where Debbie apologizes for bringing him into this world, though Mark says he does not blame her. At Rex's funeral, Rudy changes his name to Rex to honor him. As the world rebuilds, Livingston builds up an army of Sequid-possessed humans, a group of aliens find Battle Beast, and the Technicians begin to use Angstrom to claim a new world. Cecil reveals to Donald he has captured a comatose Conquest and placed him in an underground prison, intending to interrogate him about the Viltrum Empire. Mark tells Oliver he was right to kill people, promising to do so to anyone who threatens their family. Darkblood meets with a demon overlord to help reinstate him as Hell's ruler by exploiting a powerful being on Earth. ||||||

## Production
### Development

A live-action film based on the Image Comics comic book series Invincible was revealed in April 2017 to be in development at Universal Pictures, with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, who were fans of the comics, hired as the writers and directors. The duo were set to produce the film alongside James Weaver through their company Point Grey Pictures, while Invincible co-creator Robert Kirkman also joined to produce alongside David Alpert, Bryan Furst, and Sean Furst through his company Skybound Entertainment, which had a first-look deal with Universal for the film. 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. 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.
On August 11, 2017, 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. 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.
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. It was also revealed that the series would be animated and its episodes would be hourlong. 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. 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.
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. In April 2023, series creator Robert Kirkman stated that the second season would focus on Angstrom Levy, a supervillain with access to multiple dimensions. In April 2024, Amazon was reported to have renewed the series for a fourth and fifth season, although IGN subsequently reported this was not accurate. In May 2024, Ross Marquand said that season 3 "is nearly finished" and is to be released in early 2025. In July 2024, Amazon officially renewed the series for a fourth season.

### 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. 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. On July 18, 2020, Robert Kirkman confirmed the casting in a live video on Twitter.
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. Their Korean identity is not directly mentioned in the show, but a painting featuring Hangul (안녕, annyeong, 'hello') is depicted in the Grayson home. The decision came from a desire to increase diverse representations in the show. Similarly, Amber Bennett, Mark's ex-girlfriend, was made an African American teenager in the adaptation. The character of William, Mark's best friend, is openly gay from the outset of the series in contrast to the comics, where he spends a significant amount of time closeted.
In January 2025, it was announced that Aaron Paul, Simu Liu, Jonathan Banks, Kate Mara, Xolo Maridueña, John DiMaggio, Tzi Ma, Doug Bradley, and Christian Convery would join the voice cast for season 3.
In February 2025, Kirkman stated that Bryan Cranston was offered a role multiple times for three seasons, but turned it down.

### 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.
Robert Kirkman praised the work of the show's animation studio, Maven Image Platform. Kirkman noted in particular the Guardians' death at the end of episode 1, and the fight between Mark and Nolan in episode 8. Two additional animation studios were brought on for season 2 according to an interview with Margaret Dean.
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. The animation style borrows from the look of Saturday morning cartoons from the early 2000s.
The second season's title cards feature a similar progression, with a bloodied variant of the first season's title card cracking to uncover a black-and-blue design underneath.
The third season's title cards feature a glitch effect, followed by a completely new color palette and design of the title card from the previous episode, each representing an alternate version of Invincible's suits and respective variants.

### Music

On December 2, 2020, it was revealed that John Paesano would be composing the score to the series.

## Release

After Amazon ordered the first season of the series, it was confirmed that the series would consist of eight episodes. On January 22, 2021, during a live-stream celebrating the 18th anniversary of Invincible #1, Kirkman revealed that the series would debut on March 25, 2021 (midnight EST), with the first 3 episodes. The remaining episodes would release weekly thereafter. 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. 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 would premiere on November 3, 2023, with part two debuting on March 14, 2024. It was also announced that a special episode, called Invincible: Atom Eve, would release later that day. The third season premiered on February 6, 2025, with its first three episodes, before the remaining episodes are released weekly.

## Reception
### Critical response

Critical response of Invincible :
| Season | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic |
| 1 | 98% (88 reviews) | 73 (16 reviews) |
| 2 | 100% (41 reviews) | 82 (13 reviews) |
| 3 | 100% (21 reviews) | 74 (6 reviews) |
The series received critical acclaim, with praise for its animation, performances, and writing. 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." Metacritic reported a score of 73 out of 100 based on 16 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews" for the first season. The second season has an approval rating of 100% based on 41 reviews, with an average rating of 8.4/10. 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." On Metacritic, the season has a weighted average score of 82 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". The third season has an approval rating of 100% based on 21 reviews, with an average rating of 8.3/10. The site's consensus reads: "Muddying the waters of justice and adding droplets of blood for good measure, Invincible and its titular hero reach their prime with this epic third season." On Metacritic, the season has a weighted average score of 74 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "Generally Favorable".
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." 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." 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." 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." 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."
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." 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." 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." 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." 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."

### Accolades

| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient | Result |
| Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards | August 22, 2021 (2021-8-22) | Best Animated Series or Animated Television Movie | Invincible | Nominated |
| Dorian TV Awards | August 29, 2021 (2021-8-29) | Best Animated Show | Invincible | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | October 25, 2022 | Best Animated Television Series | Invincible | Nominated |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | September 15, 2024 | Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance | Sterling K. Brown as Angstrom Levy (for "I Thought You Were Stronger") | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | January 12, 2025 | Best Animated Series | Invincible | Nominated |
| Golden Reel Awards | February 23, 2025 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Animation | Brad Meyer, Katie Jackson, Mia Perfetti, Natalia Saavedra Brychcy, Logan Romjue, Carol Ma (for "I Thought You Were Stronger") | Nominated |

### In other media

The eighth episode of the series' first season spawned a popular Internet meme called "Think, Mark". A 2022 promotional episode of the web series Death Battle! pit Invincible's Omni-Man against The Boys' Homelander, 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. 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. In November 2023, a role-playing video game titled Invincible Presents: Atom Eve was released; the game is loosely based on the animated series' continuity with some alterations and a new original story. In February 2024, a mobile game RPG called Invincible: Guarding the Globe was released. In April 2024, Skybound was revealed to be internally developing an AAA video game based on Invincible. Over 30 employees were working on the game, which included industry veterans who had worked for Electronic Arts, Activision Blizzard, and AMZ Games, while a fundraiser campaign was also being established.

### Lawsuit

Invincible creator Robert Kirkman was sued by comic book colorist William Crabtree, citing a rights and profits concern, on January 10, 2022. The case was settled on January 25, 2024.