Amazon Prime Video’s hit superhero series Invincible, which premiered to widespread acclaim in 2021, just had its second season premiere. The series, based on the comic of the same name by Robert Kirkman, follows Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun), the son of the world’s most famous superhero, an alien from planet Viltrum, Nolan Grayson a.k.a Omni-Man  (J.K. Simmons).

In the first season, we saw Mark obtain his powers and step into the world of superheroism. Mark chooses the name Invincible as his father shows him the ropes to being a hero and using his powers. Invincible faced many battles and suffered many injuries during his first outings. He met many other heroes and villains that both helped him and challenged him as he discoverered what it means to be a hero. 

At the end of the first season it is revealed that his father had actually been planning to conquer Earth for the Viltrum empire. After a brutal and destructive battle with his father, Mark is left beaten and devastated as his father leaves the planet, forcing Mark to go on being a hero without him. 

In Season 2, we see a man named Angstrom Levy (Sterling K. Brown), showcasing his powers to access multiple dimensions. He springs the Mauler Twins (Kevin Michael Richardson), villains from the previous season, from prison in order to get their technical knowledge. He wants them to assist him by building a machine to combine the knowledge of all of the other universe versions of Angstrom into himself, then to use that knowledge to help every world. 

We then cut to Mark, still mentally recovering from his father’s recent betrayal and the battle with him. Mark sees the destruction caused by the clash with his father, that left many lives lost and a city torn apart. He feels depressed but still tries to do work as a hero. Mark meets with his girlfriend Amber (Zazie Beetz) and his fellow superhero friend Atom Eve (Gillian Jacobs) and they offer him some advice and support which helps him cope a bit. Mark returns home and sees his mom Debbie Grayson (Sandra Oh) feeling the loss of her husband as she tries to stay strong. Mark and Debbie both agree to soldier on while supporting each other in the absence of Nolan. 

Mark feels the need to do more as a hero so he seeks out Cecil Stedman (Walton Goggins), the leader of the government agency that works alongside the heroes, asking to work with him. Cecil has been managing the Guardians of the Globe, the world’s best superhero team composed of Robot a.k.a Rudy (Zachary Quinto and Ross Marquand), Monster Girl (Grey DeLise), Black Samson (Khary Payton), Dupli-Kate (Melise), and Rexplode (Jason Mantzoukas). The team has been struggling due to Rudy’s sub-optimal leadership, so Cecil calls upon a veteran hero, The Immortal (also Ross Marquand), to take over as leader. 

Mark and the Guardians investigate a strange energy signature coming from a lab and discover Angstrom and the Mauler Twins’ plan. After a brawl they destroy the machine and destroy the lab. Mark and the Guardians leave and we see that Angstrom has been mutated as a result of the machine being destroyed and swears revenge on Invincible. 

The second season of Invincible already seems to have an improved animation style, which was one of the issues with the first season. The voice cast and music are both great just like in season one. The premiere manages to start off this season well by blending new plot elements and continuing ones from the previous season together nicely.

Invincible season 2 will have 8 episodes with a break after episode 4 and the rest will be out when the series resumes next year.