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SirDot/Invincible
Season 1
Starring	Steven Yeun Sandra Oh J.K. Simmons
No. of episodes	8
Release
Original network	Amazon Prime Video
Original release	March 25 (2021-03-25) – April 29, 2021 (2021-04-29)

The first season of the American animated streaming television series Invincible, based on the Image Comics character of the same name, was released on Amazon Prime Video from March 25 to April 29, 2021. The season follows Mark Grayson / Invincible discovering his new powers as the son of Omni-Man, the most powerful superhero on the planet. It was produced by Skybound Entertainment, who previously co-published the comic book series of the same name with Image.

The series was ordered in June 2018 by Amazon, with Steven Yeun, Sandra Oh and J.K. Simmons all joining the cast in January 2019. In July 2020, Robert Kirkman, co-creator of the comic book and executive producer of the series, confirmed these castings.

Cast and characters

See also: List of Invincible characters

Main

• Steven Yeun as Mark Grayson / Invincible: Gaining his powers at 17 years old, Mark discovers the harsh realities of being a superhero whilst struggling to define himself.
• Sandra Oh as Debbie Grayson: Debbie is an experienced realtor, and has been properly adjusted to being a superhero's spouse.
• J.K. Simmons as Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man: Born on Viltrum to a superpowered alien race, He infiltrated Earth 20 years prior to the series as a fresh and rich author.

Recurring

• Gillian Jacobs as Samantha Eve Wilkins / Atom Eve: A matter-energy manipulating superheroine who becames Invincible's first superhero friend.
• Andrew Rannells as William Clockwell: Mark's best friend and civilian confidant.
• Walton Goggins as Cecil Stedman: Director of the Global Defense Agency who possesses a long-range personal teleporter, inducting Invincible at the start of his hero career.
• Chris Diamantopoulos as Donald Ferguson: A high-ranking GDA agent who serves directly under Stedman.
• Guardians of the Globe: Team of experienced superheroes with diverse skill sets.
  • Ross Marquand and Zachary Quinto as Rudy Connors / Robot: A deformed individual who operates a series of robotic drones and has a sizeble personal fortune. Marquand voices Robot's civilian identity, Rudy Connors while Quinto voices the Robot hero identity.
  • Jason Mantzoukas as Rex Sloan / Rex Splode: An incorrigible superhero who can charge potential energy into anything he touches to create explosives.
  • Malese Jow as Kate Cha / Dupli-Kate: A self-replicating superheroine.
  • Grey Griffin as Shrinking Rae: A size-manipulating superheroine. The character was gender-swapped from the comic book.
  • Grey Griffin and Kevin Michael Richardson as Amanda / Monster Girl: A cursed heroine whose powers allow her to transform into a powerful toll man. She begins the series chronologically as 24 but is physically 12, leading her to be voiced by two actors.
  • Khary Payton as Markus Grimshaw / Black Samson: An original Gaurdian who dons an armor super-suit to continue as a hero well after losing his powers.
• Zazie Beetz as Amber Bennett: Mark's classmate and girlfriend. Bennett was redesigned from the comic book to resemble her voice actress.
• Kevin Michael Richardson as The Mauler Twins: Blue-skinned, hyper-powerful, super-genius superhumans and long-time adversaries of the Gaurdians.
• Mark Hamill as Art Rosenbaum: A superhero suit tailor and long-time friend to many superheroes.
• Clancy Brown as Damien Darkblood: A demon detective who escaped Hell to seek justices for others and save his soul, whose presence triggers a sudden cold in the ambient temperature.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"It's About Time"	Robert Valley	Robert Kirkman	March 25, 2021 (2021-03-25)
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 punches Mark to the ground, Amber saves the latter and develops an interest in him. Later, Mark's superpowers emerge, and he finishes work to tell his parents at dinner. While Nolan is initially uncertain, he still begins to train Mark on how to use them. However, wishing to emphasize the severity of being a superhero, Mark is caught off-guard by his father punching 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 father, Nolan takes Mark to meet superhero suit tailor, Art Rosenbaum, who creates a proper superhero suit for Mark after he chooses to call himself "Invincible". Later, Nolan entraps the Guardians and kills them all before falling unconscious from damage sustained from their resistance.
2	"Here Goes Nothing"	Paul Furminger	Simon Racioppa	March 25, 2021 (2021-03-25)
The clandestine Global Defense Agency nurses a comatose Nolan in their secret hospital, but failed to revive the Guardians, so Director Cecil Stedman informs Mark and his mother, Debbie. As extradimensional aliens called the Flaxans attack, Mark helps the Teen Team hold off their forces. When the Flaxans rapidly age and retreat, Teen Team leader Robot deduces this was due to a time dilation difference between the Flaxans' homeworld and Earth. As Mark recognizes Atom Eve as classmate Samantha Eve Wilkins, they share their 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 homeworld, 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. Calling a time-out to talk and learning of Allen's mission, Mark corrects his mistaking "Earth" for another planet, "Urath". Allen leaves, bidding a friendly farewell. Concurrently, demon detective Damien Darkblood investigates the Guardians' deaths for Cecil, theorizing the killer was among the heroes.
3	"Who You Calling Ugly?"	Jeff Allen	Chris Black	March 25, 2021 (2021-03-25)
After 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, so Robot merges the Teen Team with other heroes Monster Girl, Black Samson, and Shrinking Rae. However, Eve immediately quits, still resentful of her teammate and boyfriend Rex Splode after catching him cheating with teammate Dupli-Kate. When Mark gets Amber's number, he sets up a "study date", which gets interrupted when he helps Eve stop Doc Seismic from attacking Mt. Rushmore. Despite waiting, Amber still stays for their date out of intrigue. When Rex tries apologizing to Eve, she refuses to accept and seeks out Mark, only to discover him with Amber and leaves unnoticed. 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	"Neil Armstrong, Eat Your Heart Out"	Jeff Allen	Ryan Ridley	April 1, 2021 (2021-04-01)
Angry that the GDA has not caught the 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 responsibilities protecting Earth, so Mark volunteers. Despite a successful 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 to their shuttle, failing to realize a Martian had replaced one of them. Meanwhile, as Nolan and Debbie vacation in Rome to rekindle their relationship, he manipulatively 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 banishes Darkblood to Hell, unaware that the detective hid his notepad in Debbie's closet. As the surviving Mauler begins cloning himself, Robot monitors his progress and methods before stealing a DNA sample from Rex to present to his real self, the deformed Rudy Connors.
5	"That Actually Hurt"	Jeff Allen	Christine Lavaf	April 8, 2021 (2021-04-08)
After Debbie finds Darkblood's notepad, her lingering suspicions return, and she locates Nolan's bloodied super-suit while he is away. After Black Samson lectures his teammates on failing to protect civilians due to their infighting, Robot secretly approaches the restored Mauler Twins with a job offer. Meanwhile, Mark promises to help Amber at a soup kitchen she volunteers at as recompense since he neglected her while working as Invincible. However, he must also help superpowered thug 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 Black Samson are beaten by Thokk, the Battle Beast, which prompts the rest of the Guardians to act as a team. Seeing the other villains swiftly defeated, Thokk abandons the battle due to its ignominy. The GDA arrest Machine Head and medevac Mark and the others, allowing Titan to take over Machine Head's operation. Eve also 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 the cells are invulnerable to every lethal test they run.
6	"You Look Kinda Dead"	Paul Furminger	Curtis Gwinn	April 15, 2021 (2021-04-15)
Humbled by his week-long recovery, Mark reconciles with Amber before both 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's, 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. Seeing Rick converted into a cyborg, William's pleas for help enable Rick to overcome his alteration and help Mark win. 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 her biology beforehand, Robot gathers magical ingredients to heal Monster Girl. While the Maulers continue to grow a body for Robot, they also exhume the Immortal's corpse in order 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	"We Need to Talk"	Jeff Allen	Simon Racioppa	April 22, 2021 (2021-04-22)
After Debbie relocates to the GDA, Cecil explains the truth before both witness Nolan kill Cecil's associate, Donald Ferguson, and several GDA agents. Adding a neural link upgrade, the "Rudy" clone reluctantly euthanizes his progenitor. Paying and betraying the Maulers, the new Rudy leaves for a Guardians summons. He explains himself to the team, who are taken aback by Rudy's revelations before learning the truth about Omni-Man and their predecessors' fates. Cecil buys time by talking to Nolan before retreating to deploy Sinclair's "Reanimen" and a modified Kaiju to kill him. Unfazed by Mark revealing his superhero identity, having deduced the truth weeks earlier, Amber dumps him as he never trusted her before. Mark seeks Eve's wisdom, but she criticizes his selfish behavior. When the two intercept Nolan's fight with the Kaiju, Cecil orders Eve to abandon Mark and rendezvous with the Guardians. Just as the Maulers revive Immortal, he flies off to battle Omni-Man and avenge his team's massacre while Mark narrowly subdues the Kaiju. News choppers capture Omni-Man killing Immortal in a live global broadcast before Nolan finally asks to talk with a bewildered Mark.
8	"Where I Really Come From"	Jeff Allen	Robert Kirkman	April 29, 2021 (2021-04-29)
After revealing himself as an infiltrator for the Viltrumite Empire sent to conquer Earth, Nolan fails to convince Mark to join him and overpowers his son, devastating Chicago and slaughtering thousands. While reminiscing on Mark's childhood however, Nolan realizes his own humanity and love for him, and tearfully flies off from Earth. The Guardians and Eve mobilize to aid Chicago relief efforts as the world learns of Omni-Man's betrayal while Cecil helps Debbie and Mark by falsifying Nolan's civilian death. A devastated Debbie shares a drink with Rosenbaum, also hurt by Nolan's betrayal, as Mark and Amber rekindle their relationship after his two-week recovery. As she and William learn Eve is also a superhero, Cecil sends Mark to intercept an approaching Allen and updates him on recent events. Allen warns Mark that a Viltrumite fleet 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 Immortal recuperates under GDA protection. Villainous forces conspire to return as Cecil commissions D.A. Sinclair to mass-produce Reanimen contingency troops.

Production

Development

In June 2018, it was announced that Amazon had given a series order to Invincible, consisting of eight episodes. Simon Racioppa serves as showrunner and an executive producer alongside Kirkman, David Alpert, and Catherine Winder. The series was produced by Skybound Entertainment, who previously co-published the comic series with Image Comics.

Casting

In January 2019, Yeun, Simmons, 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 all joined the cast of the series.

Release

In January 2021, Kirkman revealed the series would debut on March 25, 2021 with the first 3 episodes then the remaining 5 episodes would release weekly during a celebration live-stream of Invincible #1.

External links

• Invincible at IMDb

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