"Invincible" is currently one of the biggest superhero shows, with the season 3 finale becoming one of the highest-rated episodes of television ever on IMDb. This is especially surprising considering that — as much as the narrative and the characters were praised from the beginning — the animation for the first season was heavily criticized as being stiff, wonky, and overall a huge letdown.

Still, the praise is deserved. The Wind Sun Sky Entertainment and Skybound Animation show is an adaptation of the Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker, and Ryan Ottley comic of the same name, and is unlike any superhero story in either TV or film. It follows teenager Mark Grayson as he grows into a proper superhero named Invincible and learns the consequences of being superstrong and powerful while he discovers the threat of an alien empire hellbent on conquering Earth. In many ways, the show is a "Spider-Man" cartoon — down to...