Invincible is an American adult animatedsuperhero 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, a human-alien hybrid, who becomes a crime-fighting superhero known as "Invincible" under the guidance of his father, Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man, the most powerful superhero on the planet. As he adjusts to his new powers, Mark struggles to balance his personal life with his superhero duties and is forced to prove that he can live up to his father, unaware of a conspiracy that threatens the world and leading him to question the true nature of his role. Steven Yeun stars in the series as Mark Grayson / Invincible alongside J. K. Simmons and Sandra Oh as Mark's father and mother, Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man and Debbie Grayson, respectively, while the remaining cast members have recurring roles.
Invincible premiered its eight-episode first season across March and April 2021, after which Amazon renewed the series for a second and third season. A prequel special, "Invincible: Atom Eve", was released in July 2023. The eight-episode second season was divided into two parts, first released in November 2023, then across March and April 2024. The eight-episode third season was released between February and March 2025. The fourth season premiered on March 18, 2026. A fifth season has also been announced ahead of its release.
The series has received widespread critical acclaim, with praise for its action sequences, story, voice performances (particularly Yeun, Oh, and Simmons), faithfulness to the comics, and emotional weight. It has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Annie Awards and the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Animated Series.
Premise
Mark Grayson is a seemingly typical teenager whose father, Nolan Grayson, also known as "Omni-Man", is the most powerful superhero on Earth.[2] Shortly after his 17th birthday, Mark begins to develop powers of his own and learns how to wield them in order to fight injustice as "Invincible", 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.[3]
Markus "Mark" Grayson / Invincible (voiced by Steven Yeun):[4] The eponymous protagonist. After developing powers, inherited from his father, such as super-strength, speed, nigh-invulnerability, slow-aging, and flight at 17 years old, Mark begins to fight evil as a superhero known as "Invincible", while discovering the harsh realities of being a superhero.[5]
Nowl-Ahn / Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man (voiced by J. K. Simmons):[6] 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.
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): A matter/energy manipulating superheroine, former member of the Teen Team, and an invitee of 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. She eventually becomes Mark's girlfriend and a mentor to his younger brother.
William Francis Clockwell (voiced by Andrew Rannells in seasons 1–3, Brandon Scott Jones in season 4): Mark's best friend and civilian confidant.
Global Defense Agency (GDA): A clandestine organization that organizes global superhero responses and uses advanced technology to expedite 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. After being killed by Omni-Man, his brain was transferred to a robotic endoskeleton made in his image and he later realizes that he has died countless times.
April Howsam (voiced by Calista Flockhart): A GDA agent and nanny experienced with superhero children who was hired by Cecil to help Debbie take care of and tutor Oliver.
Guardians of the Globe (new roster): A group of superheroes consisting of experienced heroes with diverse skill sets.
The Immortal (voiced by Ross Marquand): 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 helps him recover following his second death. In the second season, Immortal is assigned by Cecil Stedman 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.
Amanda / Monster Girl (voiced by Grey Griffin in human form, Kevin Michael Richardson in ogre form): A cursed superheroine whose powers allow her to transform into a powerful masculine ogre, but gradually makes her younger each time she does so. She begins the series at 24 years old chronologically and 12 physically.
Rachel / Shrinking Rae (voiced by Grey Griffin): A size-manipulating superheroine who is selected to join the new Guardians roster. The character is a gender-swapped version of Shrinking Ray from the comics.
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 in the second season.
The Shapesmith (voiced by Ben Schwartz): A Martian with shapeshifting abilities who takes the place of astronaut Rus Livingston and masquerades as a human superhero, joining the Guardians in the second season.
Benjamin Taylor / Nightboy / Darkwing II (voiced by Cleveland Berto): Darkwing's former sidekick who possesses the ability to transport people to the "shadowverse", took up Darkwing's mantle following his death, and is eventually recruited by Cecil to join the Guardians.
Brit (voiced by Jonathan Banks): A veteran hero and old friend of Cecil, who installs him to lead the team in the fourth season.
Teen Team: A teenage group of superheroes who later get promoted to the Guardians of the Globe.
Rudolph "Rudy / Rex" Connors / Robot (voiced by Zachary Quinto as Robot and Rudy's original body, Ross Marquand and Jason Mantzoukas as Rudy's cloned body): The former leader of the Teen Team and a highly intelligent scientist who uses a robotic body to overcome his physical deformities. He later creates a copy of his mind and uploads it into a cloned body.
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, Rex 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 "0". She also has a telepathic link with her doubles, which causes her to feel what they feel.
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 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 abusive adopted father who vocally disapproves of her being a superhero and wants her to be normal.
Elizabeth "Betsy" Wilkins (voiced by Grey Griffin): Eve's soft-spoken adopted mother who acts as a buffer between her husband and daughter.
Thokk / Battle Beast (voiced by Michael Dorn): A space-faring white lion-like alien warrior who seeks to find worthy opponents to fight.
Titan (voiced by Mahershala Ali in season 1, Todd Williams in season 3 onward): A criminal enforcer-turned-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 his criminal empire and work to protect people who are overlooked by superheroes.
Isotope (voiced by Chris Diamantopoulos): A teleporting villain who initially works for Machine Head before joining Titan.
Damien Darkblood (voiced by Clancy Brown): A demondetective who escaped from Hell to seek justice for others and save his soul and 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.
D.A. Sinclair (voiced by Ezra Miller in season 1, Eric Bauza in season 2 onward): A mad scientist who creates Reanimen, human-cyborgs. He later works for the GDA.
Rick Sheridan (voiced by Jonathan Groff in season 1, Luke Macfarlane in season 2 onward): William's love interest who is kidnapped and converted into a Reaniman by D.A. Sinclair before the GDA helps him recover.
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 improving 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.
Rus Livingston (voiced by Ben Schwartz): An astronaut who traveled to Mars only to be possessed by Sequids after Shapesmith took his place.
Paul (voiced by Cliff Curtis): Debbie's fellow real-estate agent.
Oliver Grayson / Kid Omni-Man (voiced by Lincoln Bodin in season 2, Christian Convery in season 3 onward): The Viltrumite-Thraxan son of Omni-Man and Andressa, and Mark's younger half-brother. Due to his mother's DNA, he is a highly gifted learner and currently has pale purple skin while his father's Viltrumite physiology has drastically slowed his Thraxan aging and given him superhuman strength and durability.
The Coalition of Planets: A collection of alien races who gathered together to fight the Viltrumites.
Allen the Alien (voiced by Seth Rogen): An assessor of member world candidates for the Coalition whose homeworld of Unopa was destroyed by the Viltrumites.
Thaedus (voiced by Peter Cullen): A rebel Viltrumite and the founder and leader of the Coalition.
Telia (voiced by Tatiana Maslany): Allen's girlfriend and a decorated general in the Coalition with a zero-tolerance policy for Viltrumite aggression.
Space Racer (voiced by Winston Duke): An Alien known as the man with the invincible gun.
Zoe Thompson / Tech Jacket (voiced by Zoey Deutch while LeVar Burton voices her suit's AI): A superhero with a suit of technologically advanced armor that gives the user flight and laser weaponry. The character is a gender-swapped version of Zack Thompson from the comics.
Viltrum Empire:
Thragg (voiced by Lee Pace): The Grand Regent of the Viltrum Empire.
General (voiced by Cleveland Berto): An instructor of new Viltrumite recruits earlier in the empires history.
The Order: A criminal organization.
Mister Liu (voiced by Tzi Ma): A cyborg crime lord and the leader of the Order who can summon a dragon from his body.
Machine Head (voiced by Jeffrey Donovan): A cyborg crime lord with an auto-tuned voice, extensive illicit funding, and Titan's former boss. He would later become a member of the Order.
Paul Cha / Multi-Paul (voiced by Simu Liu): Dupli-Kate's twin brother with the same powers.
Connie / War Woman II (voiced by Mae Whitman): War Woman's co-worker and business partner in the heroine's civilian identity who later takes up her mantle and joins the Order to avenge her predecessor and take revenge on "man's world".
Magnattack (voiced by Eric Bauza): An assassin working for Liu, who has magnetic powers.
The Walking Dread (voiced by Phil LaMarr): A hulking monstrosity that controls eastern Europe's crimes syndicate from Poland for The Order.
Guardians of the Globe (original roster): A decades-old superhero team who are massacred by Omni-Man. Immortal and Black Sampson were originally members of this faction.
Holly / War Woman (voiced by Lauren Cohan) A powerful ancient warrior and co-benefactor of the Guardians.
Alana / Green Ghost (voiced by Sonequa Martin-Green): A superheroine encased in a green suit with ghost-like powers.
Josef / Red Rush (voiced by Michael Cudlitz):[7] A Russian speedster and the team's first responder.
Darkwing (voiced by Lennie James): 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.
B.N. Winslow (voiced by Reginald VelJohnson): The principal of Reginald VelJohnson High School who later becomes the dean of Upstate University. The Winslow name is a callback to VelJohnson's role on Family Matters.[8]
Doc Seismic (voiced by Chris Diamantopoulos): A mad scientist who holds socially progressive views towards the U.S. government and its past leaders and wields earthquake-generating wristbands, which give him concussions every time he uses them.
Magmanites: An army of lava humanoids that Doc Seismic gains control of.
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.
The Elephant (voiced by John DiMaggio): A namesake-themed villain who seeks to make the world stop eating meat.
Kursk (voiced by Ross Marquand): A Russian electrokinetic supervillain.
Flaxans: A warrior race of aliens who seek to conquer Earth despite three failed attempts and Omni-Man having devastated 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 unnamed ruler of Mars.
Sequids: The parasitic aliens who have infested Mars enough for it to be quarantined from the rest of the galaxy.
Fiona (voiced by Nicole Byer in season 1, Somali Rose in season 3 onward): Titan's daughter.
Furnace: A magma-esque supervillain wearing namesake-themed armor.
Magmaniac: A shapeshifting pyrokinetic supervillain.
Tether Tyrant (voiced by Reginald VelJohnson): A supervillain hired by Machine Head.
Doug Cheston (voiced by Justin Roiland): A student at Upstate University who is kidnapped and converted into a Reaniman by D.A. Sinclair. He 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.
Iguana (voiced by Malese Jow): A namesake-themed member.
Komodo Dragon (voiced by Jay Pharoah): 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.
Louise (voiced by Zehra Fazal): A civilian who lived in an apartment in Chicago with her daughter before it was destroyed.
Louise's Daughter (voiced by Micah Aliling): A girl who lived in an apartment in Chicago with her mother Louise before it was destroyed.
The Giant (voiced by Fred Tatasciore): An orange-skinned giant cyclops with the mind of a child.
Queen Aquaria (voiced by Tatiana Maslany): The 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.[9]
Catlin Stedman (voiced by Kari Wahlgren): A female alternate universe variant of Cecil.
Denise Ferguson (voiced by Kari Wahlgren): A female alternate universe variant of Donald.
Theo (voiced by Daveed Diggs): The widower of Green Ghost and member of a support group for superhero spouses. He 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 a superhero spouse support group.
Thraxans: A race of insectoid aliens with accelerated aging.
Nuolzot (voiced by Rob Delaney): A shapeshifting insectoid alien from the planet Thraxa and one of Nolan's subjects.
Andressa (voiced by Rhea Seehorn): Nolan's second wife, an inhabitant of Thraxa, and the mother of Mark's half-brother Oliver.
Narrator (voiced by Paul F. Tompkins): The narrator for Mark's college trip and Allen's side mission.
Filip Schaff (voiced by Tim Robinson): The creator of Seance Dog. He is visually inspired by comic artist Ryan Ottley, who worked on the Invincible comics.
Agent Spider (voiced by Josh Keaton): A web-shooting superhero from an alternate universe whom Mark encounters while fighting Angstrom. The character replaces Marvel Comics' Spider-Man, whom Invincible met briefly in the comic series.
Angstrom Jr. (voiced by Camden Coley): The son of one of Angstrom's variants who was killed by his universe's Invincible.
Jane (voiced by Ella Purnell): An archaeologist who uncovers the ancient Tomb of Ka-Hor in search of her father.
Riley (voiced by Chloe Bennet): Jane's friend and fellow archaeologist who possesses super-strength.
Ka-Hor (voiced by Clancy Brown): An undead ancient Egyptian mummy trapped within his tomb.
Fightmaster and Dropkick (both voiced by Xolo Maridueña): A duo of time-traveling thieves.
Knuckle Buster (voiced by Kari Wahlgren): A member of a radical terrorist organization that Cecil encountered in the past.
Force Fist (voiced by Chris Diamantopoulos): A member of a radical terrorist organization that Cecil encountered in the past.
Radcliffe (voiced by Bokeem Woodbine): Cecil's predecessor as director of the GDA.
Scott Duvall / Powerplex (voiced by Aaron Paul): An electricity-powered villain who seeks vengeance on Invincible for killing his sister.
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 adoptive parents upset with her for not being normal.
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.
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"A Deal with the Devil"
Haylee Herrick
Helen Leigh
February6,2025(2025-02-06)
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.
Mark receives a new suit from Art 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 Mark 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.
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"You Were My Hero"
Ian Abando
Tania Lotia
February13,2025(2025-02-13)
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.
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"This Was Supposed to Be Easy"
Tanner Johnson
Helen Shang
February20,2025(2025-02-20)
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 attempts to manipulate Mark into helping him before Liu attacks 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.
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.
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. Scott briefly escapes; 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 repay them for all they have done for him. 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.
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"I Thought You'd Never Shut Up"
Sol Choi
Robert Kirkman
March13,2025(2025-03-13)
Conquest and Mark fight, destroying cities and maiming each other in the process. Oliver and Eve attempt to intervene, but are injured. Nonetheless, Eve temporarily overcomes her mental blocks, allowing her to reconstruct her body and burn Conquest's skin off before Mark 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, Rus builds up an army of Sequid-possessed humans, a group of aliens find Battle Beast, and the Technicians fully heal Angstrom before working out a partnership 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. Meanwhile, Darkblood meets with Satan to help reinstate him as Hell's ruler by exploiting a powerful being on Earth.
Mark, Oliver, and Eve continue stopping threats while dealing with the physical and mental aftermath of Angstrom and Conquest. Cecil appoints Brit as leader of the Guardians and brings the Teen Team back. Mark meets Dinosaurus, a powerful being he nearly kills despite learning the creature's human host lacks control in his transformed state. Mark and Eve have a difficult dinner with Eve's parents. Meanwhile, the Sequids prepare another invasion, and an alien named Universa arrives on Earth, draining energy from a power plant to save her people. Mark and Eve intercept her, and Eve struggles as her powers become unstable during the fight, but Universa is eventually defeated. The Guardians confront the Sequid threat, and with Mark's help, they save all infected civilians using new technology, though Mark kills Rus Livingston, the final host, to end the danger. Elsewhere, Conquest escapes captivity and leaves Earth.
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"I'll Give You the Grand Tour"
Jason Zurek
Simon Racioppa
March18,2026(2026-03-18)
On the way to Talescria, Nolan tells Allen about his harsh Viltrumite upbringing, where he trained young cadets and endured a brutal trial against his parents to prove his adulthood. Soon after, the Scourge virus devastated the Viltrumites, killing billions, including his parents. The Grand Regent imposed a quarantine, sealed the planet, and ordered the extermination of all alien slaves who knew of the outbreak. The few survivors began seeking compatible species across the galaxy to preserve their race. On Talescria, Thaedus reveals he is the Betrayer who killed Emperor Argall. Using Nolan's knowledge, the Coalition gathers weapons and allies like Space Racer and the Sinlak beetles. Thaedus later admits he created the Scourge virus and has an improved version. Though angered, Nolan agrees to recruit his son after Thaedus promises it will be a last resort. Meanwhile, Conquest returns to Viltrum and reports his failure to Grant Regent Thragg.
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"I Gotta Get Some Air"
Stephanie Gonzaga
Ross Stracke
March18,2026(2026-03-18)
Machine Head tells Titan that Mister Liu survived and is pursuing them. Titan is attacked by Liu's assassin Magnattack but kills him. Mark struggles with killing Rus, while Eve loses control of her powers. Robot expels a Sequid, which Monster Girl destroys, leading them to wonder whether Mark was right. Titan asks Invincible for help, but Mark and Eve send Oliver instead. Eve seeks guidance from Robot. Meanwhile, the Flaxans return and attack Earth, and Mark joins the Guardians in response. Oliver and Titan confront Liu, while Robot and Monster Girl enter the Flaxan dimension to destroy their anti-aging technology, discovering a highly advanced civilization that threatens humanity. Before others can follow, the portal is closed, trapping them. Mark later helps Oliver fight Liu, forcing him to retreat. Misinterpreting Titan's actions, Mark attacks him until Oliver stops him. With Liu still active, Titan is forced to rejoin Machine Head's Order, as Liu also returns. Eve learns she is pregnant.
Mark confesses his actions to Art, who comforts him and gives him his old suit back. Eve calls Mark to stop Ka-Hor, but Damien Darkblood uses Nolan's blood in an attempt to summon him to Hell and accidentally summons Mark instead, allowing Ka-Hor to escape with a host. Darkblood explains that Volcanikka has seized the throne of Hell from Satan, and plans to release monsters called the Vile to conquer Earth. Mark and Darkblood recover Satan's Molten Crown from Cerberus, restoring Satan's power and reviving Darkblood's wounded family. They confront Volcanikka, who defeats Satan, but Mark overpowers her and forces her to retreat. Satan keeps the Vile imprisoned and sends Mark and Darkblood back to Earth's surface. Eve tells William about her pregnancy, while Debbie plans to move in with Paul. As Eve prepares to tell Mark about the pregnancy, Nolan and Allen arrive. Meanwhile, Satan secretly orders Darkblood to investigate Volcanikka's motives, and considers going to the surface himself.
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"Give Us a Moment"
Sol Choi
Adria Lang
April1,2026(2026-04-01)
Allen and Nolan discuss the situation with Mark and Eve, and Mark reluctantly agrees to join the Coalition's war against the Viltrumites. A remorseful Nolan also apologizes to Debbie, who rejects him. Allen tracks down Zoe Thompson / Tech Jacket, who also agrees to join their cause, while Oliver insists on going as well. After saying goodbye to Eve, Debbie and Paul, Mark and Oliver join Nolan, Allen, and Zoe aboard their ship, and the team departs for Talescria. On their way there, however, their vessel is ambushed by a Viltrumite cruiser commanded by Conquest and two other Viltrumites, Lucan and Kradd. A chaotic battle ensues, culminating in a one-on-one fight between Mark and Conquest. Mark is disemboweled by Conquest, but finally manages to kill him by strangling him to death. Nolan and Oliver find a badly wounded Mark, while Zoe and Allen hide outside the Viltrumite ship as Lucan and Kradd continue searching for them. Thaedus decides that it is time for open war with the Viltrumites.
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"You Look Horrible"
TBA
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April8,2026(2026-04-08)
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"Don't Do Anything Rash"
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TBA
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"Don't Leave Me Hanging Here"
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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.[11] However, when the series was announced, the film remained in hiatus, until on January 26, 2021, when it was revealed that the film was still in development and would exist separately from the series.[12][13] In a 2023 interview, Rogen stated that the animated series has had a strong influence on the live-action film adaptation in development at Universal, which is essentially being developed as a live-action version of the animated series.[14]
On August 11, 2017, Kirkman, with his company Skybound Entertainment, signed a deal with Amazon to develop various series for Amazon Prime Video. However, it was revealed that series that were already in production or development with other studios, would not be developed for Amazon.[15] 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.[16][17]
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.[18] It was also revealed that the series would be animated and its episodes would be hour-long.[19][20][21] Kirkman chose traditional hand-drawn animation, realizing from the CGI adaptation of Super Dinosaur that 3D modeling's lengthy and costly process would limit the number of new characters per episode.[22] Robert Kirkman and Simon Racioppa serve as co-showrunners, with both also serving as executive producers alongside David Alpert, Margaret M. Dean, Catherine Winder, Seth Rogen, and Evan Goldberg. Helen Leigh and Cory Walker serves as co-executive producers. Production companies involved with the series include Skybound Entertainment.[23][3][24][25][26]
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.[27][28] In April 2023, Kirkman stated that the second season would focus on Angstrom Levy, a supervillain with access to multiple dimensions.[29] 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.[30][31] In May 2024, The Immortal voice actor Ross Marquand said that season 3 "is nearly finished" and would be released in early 2025.[32] In July 2024, Amazon officially renewed the series for a fourth season.[33] In July 2025, it was announced that Amazon had renewed the series for a fifth season.[34]
Due to Yeun and Oh both being 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.[37][38] Their Korean identity is not directly mentioned in the show,[37] but a painting featuring Hangul text that reads 안녕 (annyeong; 'hello') is shown in the Grayson home.[39] The decision came from a desire to increase diverse representations in the series. Similarly, Amber Bennett, Mark's ex-girlfriend, was made an African American teenager in the adaptation.[37][38] Originally closeted before coming out midway through the series comic run, the character of William Clockwell, Mark's best friend, is instead made openly gay from the start of the series.[40]
When the show was confirmed to be animated, it was confirmed that Wind Sun Sky Entertainment and its partner company, Skybound North, would be animating and co-producing the series.[1][45][46]
Kirkman praised the work of the show's animation studio, Maven Image Platform. Kirkman noted in particular the Guardians' deaths at the end of episode 1, and the fight between Mark and Omni-Man in episode 8.[47] Two additional animation studios were brought on for season 2 according to an interview with Margaret Dean.[48]
The series title sequence is recognized by appearing right where a character would have said "Invincible", typically the first instance in each episode. Throughout the first season, the title sequence becomes progressively bloodier with each episode. Kirkman revealed that he wanted to represent the dark days that lay ahead by using the increasingly bloody title cards. Racioppa revealed that he wanted each episode to be different from the previous ones to convince the audience to not skip it.[49][50] The animation style borrows from the look of Saturday morning cartoons from the early 2000s, and has also been noted for its anime-like visuals and aesthetics.[29]
The second season's title cards feature a similar progression, cracking and shattering to uncover a black-and-blue design underneath, a reference to Invincible's secondary costume worn between issues #51 to #70.[51]
The third season's title cards feature a glitch effect followed by a new color palette from the previous episode, each representing an alternate multiverse version of Invincible and their respective costume,[52] while the title cards for the series' fourth season comprise a white and grey background ripping apart to unveil the vacuum of space.
Music
On December 2, 2020, it was revealed that John Paesano would be composing the score to the series.[53]
Release
After Amazon ordered the first season of the series, it was confirmed that it would consist of eight episodes.[54] On January 22, 2021, during a livestream celebrating the 18th anniversary of the first issue of Invincible,[55] Kirkman revealed that the series would debut on March 25, 2021 (midnight EST), with the first 3 episodes.[56][57] The remaining episodes would release weekly thereafter.[58] 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.[59] During San Diego Comic-Con on July 21, 2023, a trailer for the second season was shown, and it was announced that part one of the second season would premiere on November 3, 2023,[60] with part two debuting on March 14, 2024.[61] It was also announced that a special episode, called "Invincible: Atom Eve", would release later that day.[62][63][64] The third season premiered on February 6, 2025 with its first three episodes, with the remaining five episodes released weekly.[65][66] The fourth season premiered on March 18, 2026 with its first three episodes, while remaining episodes will be released on a weekly basis up until the season finale on April 22.[67]
Invincible has received critical acclaim, with praise for its animation, performances, and writing.[b] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the first season of Invincible has 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."[68]Metacritic reported a score of 73 out of 100 based on 16 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews" for the first season.[69] 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."[70] On Metacritic, the season has a weighted average score of 82 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[71] 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."[85] On Metacritic, the season has a weighted average score of 74 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[86]
Brad Meyer, Natalia Saavedra Brychcy, Katie Jackson, Noah Kowalski, Jayson Niner, Mia Perfetti, Logan Romjue, Carol Ma (for "I Thought You'd Never Shut Up")
The eighth episode of the series' first season spawned a popular Internet meme known as "Think, Mark".[97][98] A 2022 promotional episode of the web seriesDeath Battle! pit Invincible's Omni-Man against The Boys'Homelander,[99] with Amazon Studios' Head of Marketing Adam Bersin having partnered with Rooster Teeth to promote its series, previously including the second season of The Boys, also produced by Amazon.[100] 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.[101] 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.[102] In February 2024, a mobile game RPG titled Invincible: Guarding the Globe was released.[103] In April 2024, Skybound was revealed to be internally developing an AAA video game based on Invincible. Over 30 employees were reported to be 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.[31] A fighting game, titled Invincible VS, is set to release in April 2026.[104]
Lawsuit
Creator Robert Kirkman was sued by comic book colorist William Crabtree, citing a rights and profits concern, on January 10, 2022.[105][106] The case was settled out of court on January 25, 2024.[107]
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