'Invincible' takes yet another leap into the dark side of superheroes

Amazon already has a searing satire about out-of-control superheroes, "The Boys," which has quickly become its signature series. "Invincible," an animated show with basically the same broad outline, thus feels a tad redundant, though the opening episodes, produced very much for adults, yield some of the same visceral thrills.

The series comes from "The Walking Dead's" Robert Kirkman, based on his comic with Cory Walker and Ryan Ottley. In the good timing department, "Dead" alum Steven Yeun -- a newly minted Oscar nominee for "Minari" -- provides the voice of 17-year-old Mark Grayson, whose father is the strange visitor from another planet Omni-Man (J.K. Simmons), and whose powers have just begun to manifest themselves. Like "The Boys," "Invincible" owes an overt debt to DC's Justice League, with a team of superheroes known as the Guardians of the Globe, and later a more youthful group of teen, um, titans, who -- thanks to a rather shocking development -- are forced to grow up fast.