![]() Kirkman, after years of working on AMC’s adaptations of his Walking Dead comics, is executive producer here, and smartly plays with our collective geekdom from the start. When Invincible begins, Mark is just beginning to display the super-strength, invulnerability, and gift of flight he inherited from the old man. Simmons), who came to Earth from the planet Viltrum, married Debbie (Sandra Oh), and became father to Mark (Steven Yeun). In this case, the revered hero is called Omni-Man (voiced by J.K. Over at Amazon Prime Video, we get a livelier animated pastiche: Invincible, an adaptation of Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker’s long-running comic book about the teenage son of a Superman type, now adjusting to fantastic abilities of his own. That’s the official Super-Family narrative, albeit a fairly dour one. The CW’s Superman & Lois recasts the First Couple of the DC Universe as overextended parents of twin teenage boys, battling work/home balance, economic hardships, and the challenges of having one child whose special needs include superpowers. ![]() There have periodically been comic-book stories about Super-Sons - some referred to as “imaginary” (as opposed to the real kind?), some part of the canon - and now they’ve made their way to television. ![]()
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