Superhero Blues

Invincible's executive producers promise a dark season of growth and angst

- TARA BENNETT

IF YOU THOUGHT BURGEONING superhero Mark Grayson (voiced by Steven Yeun) might have earned even a tiny bit of a break after laying waste to the villainous Angstrom Levy (Sterling K Brown) in the season two finale of Invincible, you should think again.

When Invincible returns to Prime Video with eight new episodes in February, creator Robert Kirkman and showrunner Simon Racioppa confirm to Red Alert that Mark's got a lot going on this season, and a lot of it is not going to be great.

The season picks up with Mark, now 19 years old, still burdened with trying to earn the mantle of protector of Earth in the wake of his father Omni-Man's (JK Simmons) betrayal.

He's being relentlessly trained by GDA director Cecil Stedman (Walton Goggins) to prepare for an impending Viltrumite invasion. On the homefront meanwhile, Mark's still protecting his mum, Debbie (Sandra Oh), and his Viltrumite-Thraxan half-brother, Oliver (Lincoln Bodin).