Alien Superian crashed on Earth a hundred years ago and launched the age of superheroes. Arthur Everest is haunted from witnessing his father death caused by supervillain The Terror (Jackie Earle Haley). Everyone assumes that The Terror is dead except for Arthur. He tries to uncover The Terror and his sister Dot Everest is left to pick up the pieces. He is joined by dim-witted superhero The Tick and violent vigilante Overkill with Dangerboat. The Terror's former right-hand electrical henchwoman Miss Lint is depressed and struggling working under Ramses IV.

I love the first season. After watching the 2001 series, this one tries to deal with this ridiculous world more seriously. It takes a couple of episodes to get used to the difference. Serafinowicz is no Warburton but he's a close enough facsimile. He's good fun. Arthur has a compelling journey with a good mystery. It's a great ridiculous season. The second season is a small step down. My best guest is that it misses The Terror. Jackie Earle Haley is so great as the unhinged villain and the character serves to be a great everything to Arthur. He is the Alpha and the Omega. When he's gone in the second season, there is noticeable hole to the series. The first season is an 8 and the second season is a 7. It lasted two seasons and I round it.