01 A hard-drinking private investigator with super-strength, haunted by a mind-controlling villain from her past.
12 Best Superhero TV Series
By Vlad Zakh · May 20, 2026
Daredevil and Watchmen pushed the genre into genuinely mature territory once it stopped copying the movies at a smaller scale. WandaVision used format itself as the twist, and The Boys remains its sharpest satire.
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02 A grittier, more violent take on the young heroes who form the Teen Titans.
03 A younger, more earnest animated take on Superman, Lois Lane, and Jimmy Olsen finding their footing.
04 An animated series about a teenager discovering his father's heroic legacy is far darker than it seems.
05 A forensic scientist struck by lightning and granted super-speed, in one of the CW's biggest hits.
06 A billionaire returning from island exile to become his city's hooded vigilante.
07 A morally dubious antihero trying, badly, to actually become a better person.
08 The God of Mischief recruited by a bureaucratic agency that polices the timeline itself.
09 A bold sequel to the graphic novel, reframing the story around race and American history.
10 A savage satire imagining superheroes as corrupt, image-obsessed celebrities.
11 A grief-driven sitcom pastiche that reframed the Scarlet Witch as one of the MCU's most powerful figures.
12 A blind lawyer moonlighting as a brutal vigilante, widely considered one of the best superhero shows made.