Robert Kirkman (who also made The Walking Dead) wrote the comic book of Invincible and this was before The Boys (i mean the comics)

The thing about "Invincible" is that it's not so much a deconstruction of the superhero genre like "The Boys" or "Watchmen" as it is simply an actual superhero show, only R rated. The fact that many characters are obvious "copies" of existing DC characters is deliberate, often to make you subconsciously expect them to be the roughly the same and then give you a plot twist, like with Omni-Man, the Superman analogue. Seeing him slaughter the Guardians of the Globe and get his ass kicked in the process is so shocking beyond all the graphic violence because you'd simply never expect that from Superman and the Justice League.

I get that the Boys came out first as a show, but the use of violence and gore between the shows are used for very different reasons. In The Boys it's wanton destruction, they don't answer to anyone and they're not held accountable for it, hence the "villains" trying to kill the heroes. Invincible uses gore and violence to reflect weight and impact, that when a super-powered being does go all out there are consequences to throwing a punch. When they fought the Maulers, they all pulled their punches, compared to Omni-man where hit and blow they were drawing blood.

YO FINALLY. THEY’RE ABOUT TO HAVE THEIR MINDS BLOWN

this show came out of nowhere and now I'm INVESTED...wth

TIL: Hipster Pirate is a look that makes me feel things.

the difference between Viltrum and Krypton is that people on Krypton don't have powers cuz of the Red Sun 😎

Y’all did not disappoint. 😂 I also had no idea what to expect and fell in love with that ending. I was also wondering what the big deal was. We are podcasting episodes 4 and 5 tonight.

J.K. Simmons also did Tenzin's voice in "The Legend of Korra" show from the Avatar universe, for example.

you guys might be late to the party but THIS is one of the best reactions I've seen. Your reactions are the very definition of morbid fascination.

Underrated aspects of red rush's death was his limp broken wrists and how he experiences time more slowly

24:32 I love how they accidentally called the final plot twist and had no clue

I love the JL theme in the background of the intro. That and JLU had a couple of the greatest theme songs of all time.

You guys are going to have to edit half the episodes out if y’all are trying to avoid gore 😂

GUYS. This show is one of the best going right now. Every episode is a banger and leaves you wanting more.

Excited to have found y'all with this reaction series. Happy to continue the journey

Since the show came out, I’ve literally been waiting for you guys to react! You guys are the first reaction channel that came to mind when wanting to see reactions haha.

Bout time you realized this was a good show based on one of the best comic runs ever. Yall not ready for how epic this story is and how youll be pressed to name a better comic book story once its all over.

This show was SO MASTERFULLY done! Literally every reaction I’ve seen so far was the exact same genuine horrified surprise even when they were suspicious!

There are a lot of post-credits scenes, please watch them too. I really love your reactions !! Greetings from Russia!)))

Guys Invisibility and Phasing (Intangibility) are too different things. Love ur reactions keep up the great work.

I love the silly behind the scenes take haha is great! You guys are going to be blown away by this show.

One of there best reactions I must say. Love this channel

I'm going back and rewatching these, and I have to say this show does some things so well. Can't wait for S2.

Glad y’all are reacting to this. It’s so dope. I love that flying is hard - it SHOULD be

I started watching this show yesterday and the end of this ep what got me to loooove it 😂❤️ great reaction btw

Video started up, first time I'm seeing you guys... just you saying your names and I'm laughing... A bunch of nerds.... subscribed instantly. You guys are awesome. [Solo]

Y'all just now reacting to this!! I'm glad u r. When I first heard about this I had no.idea about it and it has blown.my mind and I say its the best super hero animated comic book show ever!

Comic Book companies create pastiche characters all the time. Marvel has around 6-9 pastiche characters based on Superman alone. Characters which are still being written in comics today. What separates them is how their characters develop and change over time, alongside obvious personality differences. The same goes for Omni-Man, as there's obvious references/influences from Superman, but it really ends at having three similar powers (Kryptonians on Krypton don't have powers because they require energy from a yellow sun), having a cape and being born on an alien planet & coming to Earth. Other than that, Omni-Man is nothing like Superman, as you'll find out. But of course, the Guardians of the Globe are intentionally based on the Justice League, for humorous purposes. Oh to comment on the Superman storyline, in the comics, Superman was sent away from Krypton because his parents wanted to save him from the planet explosion. As of Dragon Ball Super: Broly, Goku's parents also sent him away because his father Bardock believed Frieza was planning to kill off the Saiyans. Superman and Flash also have shown under certain writers to be able to travel faster than light and reach what's called "Immeasurable Speed", a term to describe fictional characters moving so fast they can appear any time and any place, greater than "Infinite Speed". So, they're pretty fast depending on the writer. Anyways, great reaction, looking forward to the rest of the uploads! Especially for Episode 2 and 5 specifically👀

I got very interested in this show after watching the Corridor Digital video on it. They talked about the animation techniques used and what not. After I saw that final masacre, I knew I had to watch it for myself

hell yeah love this series, I know y’all will too! Can’t wait see ur reactions lol

I think the animation style is very deliberate. It's supposed to evoke older 90s Saturday morning superhero cartoons. It's a little janky in the same way the original Spider-Man or X-Men shows were.

I remember sort of zoning out towards the end. And then immediately became hooked

I love seeing these reactions so much

You guys are phenomenal reactors. Keep them original. Keep them real. Awesome Channel.

“Super crazy advanced New York.” The timing of that accidentally became incredibly awkward almost immediately after you said it... In lighter news though, glad you guys are reacting to and enjoying this show! Always a blast watching your reactions🙂

still one of the funniest reactions to me

Every other reaction channel showed the violence and gore, its weird that you guys didn't

this has to be my 12th watch of people reacting to this show. (its so fucking good, like not a single episode is bad, worst episode is only good, best episodes are great)

aha waiting for this reaction, was priceless XD ahaha

The Guardians really should have gotten Nolan pictures of Spider-man.

So stoked y’all are watching this!!!

The dude on the right look like a damn pirate ! I frcking love it !

"This is the twist I was waiting for." Well, about that....

He killed them because they allied themselves with Spider-Man.

This was a wild one for sure.

Yes, more please!!

You guys are in for a wild wide!

U guys are the first channel I found that made the dragon ball z connection...great reaction!

FINALLLLYY

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In the comics, they didn't even see or touch Omni-Man.

I'm going to have to watch The Boys sooner or later because everyone keeps bringing it up in relation to Invincible for being about superheroes and being on the same streaming platform. I only ever talked to my brother about Invincible when I read a bunch of it a decade ago, so all my reference points are different, lol. Edit: "How did they get away with this?" Well, as you now know the fate of the Guardians, I guess it's fine to tell you that DC, Marvel, and other publishers that put out cape comics do this all the time. When Grant Morrison wrote Multiversity for DC Comics two of the universes featured were basically Marvel and Ultimate Marvel. When the multiverse was dying in Jonathan Hickman's run on the Avengers for Marvel one of those universes had a Justice League pastiche in it. Even with no death involved there are countless characters that are basically "Batman and Superman, but not DC" like Apollo and Midnighter (The Authority (I guess Wildstorm got absorbed by DC, huh)), Hyperion and Nighthawk (Squadron Supreme/Supreme Power), etc. I mean Shazam (formerly Captain Marvel by Fawcett) was basically a magic-based Superman that got bought up by DC. Similarly to Shazam, Viltrumites in Invincible have flight, strength, speed, and nigh-invulnerability, but no eye beams, x-ray vision, or ice breath as far as I can remember. Thanks for picking this series up, btw!

hype!

Best reaction ever !!!!!

Petrópolis actually is a real city here in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil hahahah 14:49

“Oh my shit!”

This is so realistic to real gore it just need and ultra graphic card rtx on

Nice microphone placement.

I feel like the title to this episode should have been "Wait For It..."

Those really aren't copy/paste characters. It's not like every single comic character with super speed is just a Flash ripoff. There are dozens of characters like that. They all just had very basic super powers that a lot of other characters have.

_Cuts out all the best parts of the action._

...Well... That's ONE WAY to start off a series... 😨 Hope you guys enjoy the next few Episodes: 🦸‍♀️😈🤖🦁👨‍🎓🦸‍♂️

Episode ends: Them: o o O

I still can't get it out of my head knowing the mic was sitting right in the middle of....

Hahahaha...

This is nothing like the JL at all sure the characters are inspired by many heroes but it’s really different than anything I’ve personally ever seen

LOL Petropolis it's a Brazilian city hahah

Petrópolis is a city in Rio de Janeiro

yo dude w the red flannel ur so cute

wait...that mustache is real?

I love your channel, but c’mon guys. “That horrible Superman movie where he flew around the world to turn back time & bring back Lois Lane?” That was THE Superman movie- “Superman: The Movie.” The first one. Admittedly, the “turning back time” stuff was extremely hand-wavy, but outside of that, it is an EXCELLENT film. Anyway, keep up the great work. I look forward to seeing more of your reactions to Invincible. 🙂

Dude that wasn't the end of the episode

Before I start watching I would just like to put on record that the only reason I clicked this video was because of the guy on the left’s mustache.

Come on man, why cut out the kills?!?!

MAUHAHA, Come on in...

this is one of the first American "anime" iirc

you guys realize you can show gore/deaths on youtube right? lol

Mama I’m a criminal

Dude was thinking of the vreedle brothers from ben 10, they were grey not blue, also one was skinny

It’s easy to get away with it cause those characters are basically superheroe tropes. Don’t think you can get sued for having an algory to Superman.

Why does Lexcorp keep putting out these shows with evil Superman?

nice

I think the anatomy is superior to anime, like the way the bodies are drawn, but facial animation is a little weaker yeah

At the 20:00 minute mark the guy on the left gets an accidental BONER.. he then proceeds for the next 3 1/2 minutes to try to hide it... And very self conscious about it. .. The editor notice it and tries to hide it a little in different ways.

Why did you not show the gore stuff?

Why are you editing out the best scenes?

Dont stop men, this is incrible haha

Hey Dread Pirate Roberts, uh… just one chain too many. Just take off that one, you know the one…

also he's "the immortal", think highlander, cut the head off to kill an immortal

The Superman Time Travel was literally from the 1st Movie , you Filthy Casuals

The mic between will's thighs is disturbing me

26:45 The Flash ran from death and Superman reversed time

for me i find that omni man is a mix between superman and jonah jameson

DC and Marvel actually ripped off a lot of heroes and villains. Image comics was created by a bunch of artists and creators who were tired of it. There may be similarities between some characters. But they are rip offs. Just because marvel and dc have made bigger name brands doesn't mean they did necessarily in a legit way. Don't write off these characters or their stories based on biases for heroes you know well. The truth is much more grey

will thicc af

Even if they kept the guardians the show isn’t about them. It’s about invincible so who cares if they are copy and paste of the justice league

Did that just.......? yeah. it did. look at those pale thighs. ham for days.

You're so clueless. It makes for an entertaining reaction. It's on purpose that the Guardians of the Globe resemble Justice League, it's a "parody" so there's no rights claim. It's a little disturbing that the guy on the left only got invested in the show when Omni man killed everyone.

and John paesano ( daredevil) did the score