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The Boys (2019)

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The Boys
TV Show
8.5/10on IMDb
First aired
A-Train’s collision with Hughie’s girlfriend sets this live-action satire in motion. If you wanted someone to make the heroes in Invincible answer for the mess they leave, watch how hard Hughie has to fight the company that sells their image. The violence gets graphic immediately.
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Young Justice (2010)

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Young Justice
TV Show
8.6/10on IMDb
First aired
Start with Young Justice if you wanted more time with the young team around Mark. Superboy and his peers are still proving themselves under the shadow of the Justice League. The animated series makes room for young heroes to grow into the sort of teammates someone else might trust to give the orders.
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X-Men '97 (2024)

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X-Men '97
TV Show
8.7/10on IMDb
First aired
These mutants keep defending people who fear what they can do. The choices that follow give the animated fights weight even when the action moves fast. Try it if Invincible made you wonder how long a team can stay united when the people it protects have such different ideas of who deserves protection.
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Gen V (2023)

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Gen V
TV Show
7.6/10on IMDb
First aired
At Godolkin University, a top ranking can lead to a spot in Vought’s flagship superhero team. The Boys spin-off gives you a younger and less established group to follow, with enough graphic violence to make a class on controlling your powers sound essential. Choose it if you like seeing a would-be hero think twice about who sets the rules.
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Superman & Lois (2021)

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Superman & Lois
TV Show
7.8/10on IMDb
First aired
Choose this live-action take on the Superman family if you wanted to spend more time at Mark’s dinner table. Clark and Lois are working parents, and the show makes the time and attention their children need matter when superhero demands pile up. The domestic story is often the reason to keep watching.
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Teen Titans (2003)

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Teen Titans
TV Show
7.9/10on IMDb
First aired
Robin, Starfire, Raven, Cyborg, and Beast Boy give you an animated team where the younger heroes set the direction themselves. The five different powers make the fights easy to follow, and their arguments about how to stick together give the team a life between battles.
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Watchmen (2019)

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Watchmen
TV Show
8.2/10on IMDb
First aired
Detective Angela Abar has a family and a badge in an alternate America that has outlawed masked vigilantes. Try this live-action drama for the way it questions who gets trusted with a mask. It spends time on the history behind the people fighting, which makes the idea of accountability much bigger than any one hero.
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Jupiter's Legacy (2021)

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Jupiter's Legacy
TV Show
6.7/10on IMDb
First aired
Brandon wants to meet his father’s standards in a family that helped write the rules for superheroes. The live-action series gives you the most direct echo of Invincible’s argument over what the next generation is supposed to inherit. Its eight episodes leave some of those arguments open.
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Doom Patrol (2019)

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Doom Patrol
TV Show
7.7/10on IMDb
First aired
The accidents that made these misfits powerful also leave lasting marks on their bodies. Try this live-action series if you want to stay with the heroes long enough to see how they live with what has happened to them. It can swing from a strange joke to a painful conversation in the time it takes another team to get to the fight.
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TO BE HERO X (2025)

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TO BE HERO X
TV Show
8.5/10on IMDb
First aired
Here, a superhero can lose the ability to fly if enough people lose faith. The mix of 2D and 3D animation gives you another reason to watch each time the point of view changes. Start here if the machinery that makes a celebrity hero interests you as much as the fights themselves.
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Peacemaker (2022)

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Peacemaker
TV Show
8.2/10on IMDb
First aired
After The Suicide Squad, Peacemaker has to live with the sort of person his idea of peace has made him. Pick this live-action series for missions where the team's loudest member has the most growing up to do. It gets bloody, and the embattled team can be as much fun when they are forced to talk as when they are fighting.
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The Umbrella Academy (2019)

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The Umbrella Academy
TV Show
7.8/10on IMDb
First aired
Their father raised them to fight crime, and the siblings reunite after his death with plenty of unfinished arguments. Watch this live-action series when you want the family history to be the hardest part of being on a team. The possibility of an apocalypse makes even choosing whether to call a sibling back seem consequential.
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My Hero Academia (2016)

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My Hero Academia
TV Show
8.2/10on IMDb
First aired
Izuku grew up without powers, and his favorite hero, All Might, gives him the chance to inherit his. Start here for an anime about working toward a legacy you actually want. Hero school gives the story a hopeful rhythm, and watching Izuku learn how to use what he inherited is its own payoff.
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Harley Quinn (2019)

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Harley Quinn
TV Show
8.3/10on IMDb
First aired
With the Joker out of her life, Harley tries to build a name for herself in Gotham with Poison Ivy and a decidedly odd crew. Choose this adult animated comedy for a messy breakup and new friendships that have consequences even in a city full of costumed disasters. The violence is usually played for laughs.
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TIGER & BUNNY (2011)

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TIGER & BUNNY
TV Show
7.3/10on IMDb
First aired
Wild Tiger is worried about his sponsor when he gets paired with rookie Barnaby Brooks Jr. Their rescue work is also reality television, so saving a life can change somebody's ratings. Try this anime if you want an earnest partnership inside a system that cares how a rescue looks on camera.
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Creature Commandos (2024)

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Creature Commandos
TV Show
7.8/10on IMDb
First aired
A team of imprisoned monsters gets sent on the missions considered too dangerous for humans. This animated series gives you dangerous assignments and a reason to wonder whether the people handing them out care who comes back. It is a good fit if you were as suspicious of Invincible’s bosses as you were of its villains.
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Justice League Unlimited (2004)

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Justice League Unlimited
TV Show
8.7/10on IMDb
First aired
The Justice League expands after an alien invasion exposes how thin its ranks have become. Watch this animated series for a team that starts relying on more people and more powerful technology than it used to. The bigger operation opens up an absorbing question about who should be able to tell the League no.
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Spawn (1997)

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Spawn
TV Show
8.0/10on IMDb
First aired
Al Simmons takes a deal to return to his wife Wanda and comes back with powers that make it harder to return to his former life. Choose the HBO animated series if you want an older and more openly horror-driven take on the price of power. The marriage gives those powers a personal cost.
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The Boys Presents: Diabolical (2022)

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The Boys Presents: Diabolical
TV Show
6.8/10on IMDb
First aired
This adult animated offshoot of The Boys makes its point in eight shorts, including a story about the pressure of a perfect image online. Put it on when you want a quick dose of powerful people being ridiculous and dangerous. The changing stories are a better fit for sampling than settling in with one team.
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Devilman Crybaby (2018)

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Devilman Crybaby
TV Show
7.6/10on IMDb
First aired
Akira turns to his friend Ryo after an encounter leaves him frighteningly strong. Choose this violent anime if you wanted Invincible to go further into horror and spend more time on what superhuman strength can do to a gentle person. The speed at which other people start to fear him gives the fights their sting.
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Heroes (2006)

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Heroes
TV Show
7.5/10on IMDb
First aired
Choose the 2006 live-action drama if you like meeting people before they have any idea where they fit in a superhero story. Their abilities surface in separate lives, then the connections start to matter. Watching those threads move toward one disaster gives the first season much of its pull.
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