I mean it's not as egregious as The Boys since Invincible at least gives some plausible deniability for how some characters aren't fully dead.
I want whatever Kirkman smoked to turn Amber from a ditzy clueless blonde to some kind of girlboss shoving Mark into lockers. Comic did a much better job of making fun of realities of being a superhero. Mark and Amber separate as them as an inderstructible superman and a normal human woman are so incompatible they'd be living two different lives anyway, and Eve admits her sabbatical to "feed starving children in Africa" was all a bullshit excuse to try to forget about Mark so she doesn't steal him from Amber. She also complains about how everything she grew for them withered instantly and how pointless her LiveAid larp was. Show treats it 100% seriously which is unintentionally funny.
One thing they did change from the comics was Amber getting beat by her new fiancée. They removed that from the show, God forbid a black woman gets beaten by a white guy.
theres still time. we might not have gotten to that part just yet
It's a surprisingly welcome addition.
I assume you have read the comics, brother.
people can guess from that alone
Reason why I love how they treated Eve's powers in the show, during Angstrom Levy's introduction in season 2. They had Mark snap her vertebrae instead of straight up kill her, so her powers wouldn't awake and resurrect herself.
They don't have the manpower to research tech. There's barely 50 of them in the universe, and their empire is barely holding on because of their poor numbers, so no reinforcements nor checking up on what your slaves are researching.
It's part of the 'charm' of the series embracing its comic roots. In that Viltrumites are Superman parodies. So instead of inventing new technology, medicines, diplomacy, art. They just brute force their way through existence and are passively nearly immortal. Including literally just flying through space by themselves. It's the laziest style of writing and world building but also part of the parody aspect of the comics. How Superman, Captain America, Batman, and those old school heroes just punched their way through everything. Same with Dragon Ball (which is obviously a major influence on Invincible) or even satirical pieces like One Punch Man.
This isn't that kind of comic. The writing is meant to be superficial and ridiculous. You either accept the campy sillier elements of the series or hate them. If you are looking for a serious take on superheroes then Invincible is the wrong choice. This is the show where everyone comes back from the dead over and over. Villains constantly pause before finishing the hero only to be finished themselves. And power levels make zero sense.
"You think you look strong.......you're wearing a cape".
Yes and no. Invincible is both an homage and a parody of a lot of comic tropes, but in his defense Invincible knows when to end its story and ties the bow really well.
What are you trying to do here? What do you even think a "serious" take on superheroes is?