The best superhero TV series
The top 3 according to 1,818 votes from people: Batman: The Animated Series (1992-1995) · Invincible (2021-) · The Boys (2019-). (Updated Jun 23, 2025.)
From Batman: The Animated Series to Invincible and The Boys: the best superhero shows, ordered from Ranker's fan vote, TechRadar and Geekspin.
Top 15
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1
Batman: The Animated Series (1992-1995)
Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill set the standard.
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2
Invincible (2021-)
Robert Kirkman's son of an alien superhero.
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3
The Boys (2019-)
What if superheroes were celebrities and corporate assets?
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4
X-Men: The Animated Series (1992-1997)
The Saturday-morning classic.
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5
Justice League Unlimited (2004-2006)
The DC animated universe at its peak, after Justice League (2001-2004).
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6
Daredevil (2015-2018)
Charlie Cox and the hallway fight.
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7
Peacemaker (2022-)
John Cena and James Gunn's humour.
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8
X-Men '97 (2024-)
Picks up right where the 90s series ended.
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9
Watchmen (2019)
Damon Lindelof's sequel to the comic, set in Tulsa.
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10
Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1994-1998)
The 90s Fox Kids Spider-Man.
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11
WandaVision (2021)
Marvel inside a decade-hopping sitcom.
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12
Jessica Jones (2015-2019)
Krysten Ritter as a hard-drinking private eye.
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13
Smallville (2001-2011)
Ten seasons of Clark Kent before Superman.
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14
Superman & Lois (2021-2024)
Clark Kent as a father in Smallville.
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15
Doom Patrol (2019-2023)
DC's strangest team of misfits.
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Comments (15)
No Arrow or The Flash? They were huge for a while.
Spider-Man TAS deserves more love, that theme song.
Peacemaker made me cry and laugh in the same episode.
Jessica Jones season 1 villain is one of the best ever on TV.
Justice League Unlimited deserves the top spot honestly.
Batman: The Animated Series at number one is correct, Kevin Conroy is the definitive Batman.
Agreed, and Mark Hamill's Joker too.
Watchmen is underrated, it's barely a superhero show and that's the point.
Smallville this low? It basically started the modern superhero TV era.
The Boys above Daredevil? No way. Daredevil season 1 is a masterpiece.
The Boys says more about superheroes than anything else on this list.
Both are great, can we just agree on that?
Invincible second is fair, that first season finale is brutal.
Doom Patrol is the weirdest show I've ever loved.
X-Men '97 was such a nice surprise, it felt like being a kid again.