Invincible
Our Review
The best superhero show on TV, animated or otherwise. Mark Grayson is a normal teen whose dad is Omni-Man, the world’s greatest hero — until episode 1’s finale delivers the most devastating twist in animated TV history and recontextualizes everything you just watched. What follows is a coming-of-age story where the stakes are planetary and the trauma is real: this is a show that takes superhero physics seriously (fights have consequences; punches liquefy people) and treats growing up as the actual superpower arc.
J.K. Simmons as Omni-Man and Steven Yeun as Mark give career-best voice performances — their season 1 confrontation is the hardest-hitting superhero story of the decade in any medium. The supporting cast (Sandra Oh, Walton Goggins, Jason Mantzoukas) is deep, and the show’s willingness to let supporting characters stay broken (Debbie’s grief arc is a masterclass) puts it above the MCU’s reset-button storytelling. Season 3 confirms the escalation never stops.
Verdict: Watch it. Think it’s a kids’ cartoon? Give it 44 minutes. You’ll never be the same.