The Boys' replacement has legs.
With Amazon Prime Video's The Boys coming to an end, the opportunity is here for another superhero show to take center stage, and one on Prime could take the crown for many seasons to come.
The Boys comes to an end on May 20, 2026, bringing an end to one of the most exciting entries in the superhero genre since Infinity War. The series was always on a ticking clock. You can't have Homelander flying around murdering people and taking over the world ad infinitum; eventually, the curtain has to be called on either superheroes or on the world.
More pressing, the comic it's based on is only 13 volumes long, with two of them being an epilogue. So, when The Boys ends, it ends. That's why the next entry in the series, Vought Rising, is a prequel, The Boys: Mexico notwithstanding. Prime Video already has an ongoing superhero series that can immediately step into the huge red boots of The Boys, with Invincible, a show with some of the same sensibilities as The Boys, but with more longevity.
Invincible is an animated action series based on Cory Walker and Ryan Ottley's comic book series of the same name. It recently ended its fourth season, and season 5 is on its way. The show centers on Mark Grayson , a typical teenager who discovers his father is secretly the most powerful superhero on Earth, and he has inherited that power. The Invincible comic series is composed of 144 issues, contained within 25 volumes.
The TV show is not following the exact timeline of the comics, pulling in some characters and storylines out of order, but you can reasonably say each season covers about 15–20 issues, meaning there could very well be five more seasons of Invincible. Invincible Does What The Boys Does, But Better For those unfamiliar with Invincible, you couldn't be totally blamed for assuming it was more or less an animated version of The Boys because both shows premiered on Prime Video within two years of one another, are based on comic books, feature original superheroes, and are horrifically, and hilariously, violent.
Furthermore, both are cutting satires on the superhero genre. Initially, it felt like The Boys had a clearer eye about what it wanted to say about the superhero genre and industry, and what that says about us, but as the seasons have gone on, The Boys has lost the plot a bit. Invincible seems to know what it is more and more as the show goes on.
The Boys and Invincible both attempt to show how bad it would be if the superheroes were alive in the real world, how much chaos and death they could cause just by flying. The Boys married this to a political satire that works wonderfully, but in recent seasons has been undercut by the show's need to resolve the plot, and have superheroes do actually heroic things. Subscribe for deep newsletter coverage of Invincible Want more context on superhero TV?
Subscribe to the newsletter for focused coverage, strong analysis, and thoughtful takes on Invincible, The Boys, and the series shaping the genre—expert perspective to keep you informed. Get Updates By subscribing, you agree to receive newsletter and marketing emails, and accept our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You can unsubscribe anytime. Invincible, on the other hand, balanced its satire a little more evenly and has reaped the benefits from that balance.
While Invincible doesn't claim that superheroes are great protectors of humanity, it hasn't been afraid to indulge in some comic book tropes along the way, which makes the satire resonate more. Robert Kirkman Is Planning For At Least Three More Seasons Of Invincible Invincible showrunner Robert Kirkman has said he would be interested in doing upwards of nine seasons of the show, and didn't even set that as a hard stop .
He's also said how he and his creative team, which includes Ottley, are confident in pursuing storylines and ideas not even present in the comic .
Invincible could go five more seasons based on the comics and what Kirkman has said, and maybe it could go even longer if the showrunners keep coming up with new ideas. 208 9.0/10 8/10 Invincible 10 stars 9 stars 8 stars 7 stars 6 stars 5 stars 4 stars 3 stars 2 stars 1 star Like Follow Followed TV-MA Animation Adventure Action Superhero Release Date March 26, 2021 Network Amazon Prime Video Showrunner Robert Kirkman, Simon Racioppa Writers Robert Kirkman Franchise Invincible Cast See All Creator Robert Kirkman, Simon Racioppa Powered by Expand Collapse
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