TAGGED AS: Animation, comic books, streaming, TV
The acclaimed animated superhero series Invincible returns this week, and the first reviews of the latest season continue its praises. Most critics are even saying Invincible: Season 3 is an improvement, at least over the last season, yet it’s still as compelling and violent as fans like it. While some changes to the plotting and villain structure could be negatively met by viewers, this season continues Invincible’s status as one of the best superhero properties out right now.
Here’s what critics are saying about Invincible: Season 3:
All who have been waiting for Mark Grayson and the other characters to return will not be disappointed with what’s offered here.
— Cooper Hood, Screen Rant
Season 3 has arrived, a little less than a year after the sophomore season’s bloody yet satisfying finale. It’s nice, especially as the shorter gap helps keep the show’s emotional stakes steady and ready to go.
— Nate Richard, Collider
Invincible returns with all the emotional and action spectacle you’d expect.
— Alan French, FandomWire
Any concerns that I may have had about Invincible Season 3 have now been quelled.
— Logan Moore, ComicBook.com
It remains one of the greatest superhero sagas ever to hit the small screen.
— Nate Richard, Collider
This is still the best superhero show on TV for my money.
— Cooper Hood, Screen Rant
Another excellent season, and one that reminds us that Invincible truly is one of the most emotionally mature shows on television.
— Alan French, FandomWire
Unlike the other Amazon superhero series, The Boys, it’s immediately noticeable that Invincible doesn’t pull any punches this year with shaking up the status quo… [It could be] an early contender for one of the year’s best shows.
— Bradley Russell, Total Film
Invincible Season 3 is bigger, better, faster, stronger.
— Bradley Russell, Total Film
It’s bloodier, scarier, and more complex than ever before.
— Alan French, FandomWire
The best cast on television continues to get even better with the addition of Simu Liu, Aaron Paul, Kate Mara, Xolo Maridueña, and a few other surprises.
— Bobby Anhalt, MovieWeb
It’s not better than Season 1, but it’s almost as good as before.
— Cooper Hood, Screen Rant
Season 2 of Invincible left fans somewhat exasperated… Instead of overcorrecting by rousing fans with its signature super-powered gore and violence, Invincible marks its grand return to Prime Video with an enthralling character-driven three-episode premiere that deliciously deconstructs heroism.
— Isaiah Colbert, io9.com
The biggest departure with Season 3 is that it chooses to shelve some of the more dooming, universe-threatening conflicts in favor of ones that are a bit more personal.
— Logan Moore, ComicBook.com
If the first season was about Mark’s first tentative steps as a hero and the second season was about flying as far away from his father’s long shadow as possible, Season 3 finally digs into the person Mark wants to become – and it’s all the better for it.
— Bradley Russell, Total Film
The aspect that works so well is the central theme that Invincible is confronted with… Season 3 forces Mark to grapple with questions about what it means to be a hero, how far a hero is willing to go to save people, and what separates a hero from a villain.
— Cooper Hood, Screen Rant
The first six episodes of Invincible Season 3 provided for review give the series even more of a dramatic feel than ever before.
— Nate Richard, Collider
Despite the thematic use of violence, when super-powered clashes occur, Invincible‘s action remains as pulpy and ultraviolent as in previous seasons.
— Isaiah Colbert, io9.com
Questions about the amount of violence on display cannot be ignored. Invincible has already forced audiences to watch some of the most horrendous acts in television history. That does not stop here. Instead, Invincible finds new, amazing, gross ways to dig into the horror.
— Alan French, FandomWire
The show’s latest episodes are just as compelling as the source material.
— Logan Moore, ComicBook.com
Invincible Season 3 remains an incredibly faithful adaptation… The brilliance of what was already done on the page is still being copied and sometimes improved to an impressive degree.
— Cooper Hood, Screen Rant
Echoing the previous seasons’ mature adaptation of Robert Kirkman‘s comic book series, Invincible‘s premiere sharply puts Earth’s heroes’ “ignore the slaughterhouse to enjoy the burger” brand of justice into question.
— Isaiah Colbert, io9.com
There is a marked improvement this year, with a handful of big set-pieces being evidence enough of a real step up in quality.
— Bradley Russell, Total Film
The animation work… [is] still of a very high quality.
— Logan Moore, ComicBook.com
This season, every single episode either comes bundled with a great villain-of-the-week that meaningfully progresses Mark’s arc or involves a killer high concept hook.
— Bradley Russell, Total Film
I couldn’t shake the feeling that the show lacks an overall bad guy. There’s nothing close to Omni-Man in Season 1, and even Angstrom Levy’s limited use in Season 2 was better than what’s offered here.
— Cooper Hood, Screen Rant
He’s a fascinating antagonist in his own right, but Powerplex’s presence could have been felt even more if he had been introduced earlier in the season.
— Nate Richard, Collider
If there is anything that holds back Season 3, the structure of the season’s story is the main issue.
— Cooper Hood, Screen Rant
If there is one complaint that I do have with Invincible Season 3, it’s that this group of episodes doesn’t always seem to be building toward a larger climax.
— Logan Moore, ComicBook.com
The main thing that sticks in the craw is the show’s continued lack of urgency in some areas.
— Bradley Russell, Total Film
Some storylines can feel like filler padding the journey until the ultimate showdown. Nonetheless, it’s some of the best filler I’ve ever watched.
— Bobby Anhalt, MovieWeb
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Invincible: Season 3
(2025)
premieres on Prime Video on February 6, 2025.
