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Invincible and The Boys launched around the same time, both taking a “deconstruction of heroes” approach, and stood out with graphic violent scenes. But unlike The Boys, it eventually stumbled back into the traditional teenage superhero formula.
Although the scene where Nolan wiped out the Justice League at the start of Season 1 can be considered one of the best moments in this genre, the subsequent plot of Invincible still fell back into the old trope of teenage hero angst—though Mark does get beaten up much worse than others. Strip away the now largely abandoned unwritten rules (“superheroes can’t die,” “superheroes can’t kill”), and it’s actually a rather interesting traditional superhero work.
By the end of Season 4, the direction of the whole story starts to become blurry—Nolan and Mark join forces, the Viltrumite Empire collapses and integrates into Earth, and the core conflict seems to end in a half-baked manner, leaving one wondering what comes next. Once the TV series is concluded, I’ll catch up with the comics.