SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the Season 2 finale of Invincible
Invincible Season 2 wrapped up its finale as Mark Grayson, our beloved hero, found himself in a showdown against the formidable Angstrom Levy, leading to an intense journey across the multiverse.
Batman first crossed paths with Mark in the Invincible comic book back in 2006 in the #33 issue. The Invincible co-showrunner, Simon Racioppa held out hope to have a Batman cameo in the series, despite WB’s recent entanglement with controversies.
In an interview, show creator Robert Kirkman spoke about Batman’s inclusion in the finale of season 2 of Invincible amidst fans’ saying that it’s really Batman in Invincible.
Invincible co-showrunner Simon Racioppa Held Out Hope to Have a Batman Cameo in the Series
The co-showrunner of Invincible, Simon Racioppa, expressed in an interview that he would love to have a crossover with DC or Marvel.
“I’d love to have crossovers with all, with DC, with Marvel, with all these other characters. I mean… in our show you gotta have to wait and see if that’s a thing that can happen or not. I’d love that to happen, you know, is very tricky nowadays, for Marvel they sometimes license their characters to other studios. So crossing over in television is way harder than it is in comic books.” (Via CBR.Com)
The Invincible-DC cameo actually took place in the comics. Back in Invincible #33, the comic featured a cameo of Batman when Mark, the hero was sent racing against different dimensions by the antagonist Angstrom Levy. During an encounter, he even ended up meeting Batman, although the character was not visible, it was apparent that it was the Caped Crusader. (via Comic Escape).
While such a crossover taking place seems like a distant dream, fans remain hopeful nonetheless. And Kirkman addressed this in his recent interview with Variety.
Robert Kirkman Says There’s No Batman in the Invincible Season 2 Finale
Fans took to X to share their joy of seeing Batman in the season 2 finale of Invincible. Emphasizing that though the user had seen Batman in the comic, the excitement of seeing it in an animated series is bliss.
they really got batman in invincible. 😭
I already saw this in the comics but to see it animated with the music is so raw pic.twitter.com/ktR3dN2YOg
— JOLLY J✨ (@DynamoSuperX) April 4, 2024
Meanwhile, Robert Kirkman in an interview with Variety denied admitting that it was actually Batman in the finale. He said that there’s no Gotham City.
“I think that sequence might seem to imply a certain thing that isn’t there. That’s not Gotham City. That’s not Batman. That’s a completely different bat character that Mark is referring to.”
He also stated that, if audiences are referring to the character in the finale, there’s nothing he can do about it.
“If the audience is inferring a certain thing from it, I don’t have control over that. The audience gets to take from it what they will, but it was never our intention to imply anything remotely close to the Batman character.”
Season 2 stars Steven Yeun as Mark Grayson, Sterling K. Brown as Angstrom Levy, Sandra Oh as Debbie Grayson, and J.K. Simmons as Nolan Grayson, otherwise known as Nowl-Ahn or Omni-Man.
The show is based on the comic book by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker, and Ryan Ottley. It tells the story of 18-year-old Mark Grayson, whose father is the most powerful superhero on the planet.
Invincible Season 2 is now streaming on Prime Video.
