In The Late Great, Primetimer staffers and contributors revisit shows that were cut short, but still cast a long shadow over the TV landscape.

As the comics-to-streaming pipeline continues to feed the insatiable television market with big-budget adaptations like The Sandman, Loki, and The Boys, overall fan and critical reception have crowned Prime Video’s Invincible king. That almost certainly has something to do with the series’ animated format, which enables its unrestrained exploration of sci-fi concepts and superhero action in a way that live-action television can’t replicate. It also helps that its unabashedly violent and big-hearted take embraces the teenage turmoil and sanguine attitude of Robert Kirkman’s Skybound/Image Comics series instead of softening its edge to court broader appeal. That commitment echoes an older Image animated series whose cult status keeps it in conversation among its modern adult animation contemporaries: Todd McFarlane’s Spawn.