100 Best Superhero Series of All Time – A Streaming Guide

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Ghezal Amiri

Ghezal Amiri

JustWatch Editor

From animated classics like Disney+.

There have been several Ms. Marvel.

DC Comics also has a rich television history, with many adaptations of the company's most popular heroes in live action TV shows and animated cartoons. In addition to the many Batman and Superman produced over the years, the CW's Arrowverse kickstarted in 2012 with Constantine, fans have a flurry of choice from either universe to binge-watch.

From 2015-2019, Netflix was home to more adult-oriented superhero series such as The Punisher rounded out Netflix's collection of Marvel superhero series.

When looking for the best superhero series of all time, fans can also consider non-Marvel/DC shows such as Prime Video’s Young Justice.

Where can I watch the best superhero series?

Check out our complete list of the best 100 superhero series of all time below. Discover where to watch them on streaming services available in the United States.

  1. Marvel's Daredevil

    Marvel's Daredevil

    2015

    # 1

    Lawyer-by-day Matt Murdock uses his heightened senses from being blinded as a young boy to fight crime at night on the streets of Hell’s Kitchen as Daredevil.

  2. The Boys

    The Boys

    2019

    # 2

    A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.

  3. Gen V

    Gen V

    2023

    # 3

    At America's only college for superheroes, gifted students put their moral boundaries to the test, competing for the university's top ranking, and a chance to The Seven, Vought International's elite superhero team. When the school's dark secrets come to light, they must decide what kind of heroes they want to become.

  4. WandaVision

    WandaVision

    2021

    # 4

    Wanda Maximoff and Vision—two super-powered beings living idealized suburban lives—begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.

  5. Harley Quinn

    Harley Quinn

    2019

    # 5

    Harley Quinn has finally broken things off once and for all with the Joker and attempts to make it on her own as the criminal Queenpin of Gotham City.

  6. Gotham

    Gotham

    2014

    # 6

    Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world's greatest foes, a man whose reputation is synonymous with law and order. But what is known of Gordon's story and his rise from rookie detective to Police Commissioner? What did it take to navigate the multiple layers of corruption that secretly ruled Gotham City, the spawning ground of the world's most iconic villains? And what circumstances created them – the larger-than-life personas who would become Catwoman, The Penguin, The Riddler, Two-Face and The Joker?

  7. The Flash

    The Flash

    2014

    # 7

    After a particle accelerator causes a freak storm, CSI Investigator Barry Allen is struck by lightning and falls into a coma. Months later he awakens with the power of super speed, granting him the ability to move through Central City like an unseen guardian angel. Though initially excited by his newfound powers, Barry is shocked to discover he is not the only "meta-human" who was created in the wake of the accelerator explosion -- and not everyone is using their new powers for good. Barry partners with S.T.A.R. Labs and dedicates his life to protect the innocent. For now, only a few close friends and associates know that Barry is literally the fastest man alive, but it won't be long before the world learns what Barry Allen has become...The Flash.

  8. Marvel's The Punisher

    Marvel's The Punisher

    2017

    # 8

    A former Marine out to punish the criminals responsible for his family's murder finds himself ensnared in a military conspiracy.

  9. Arrow

    Arrow

    2012

    # 9

    Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.

  10. Loki

    Loki

    2021

    # 10

    The mercurial villain Loki resumes his role as the God of Mischief in a new series that takes place after the events of “Avengers: Endgame.”

  11. Marvel's Jessica Jones

    Marvel's Jessica Jones

    2015

    # 11

    After a tragic ending to her short-lived super hero stint, Jessica Jones is rebuilding her personal life and career as a detective who gets pulled into cases involving people with extraordinary abilities in New York City.

  12. Watchmen

    Watchmen

    2019

    # 12

    Set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, “Watchmen” embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel while attempting to break new ground of its own.

  13. DC's Legends of Tomorrow

    # 13

    When heroes alone are not enough ... the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat — one in which not only is the planet at stake, but all of time itself. Can this ragtag team defeat an immortal threat unlike anything they have ever known?

  14. The Umbrella Academy

    The Umbrella Academy

    2019

    # 14

    A family of former child heroes, now grown apart, must reunite to continue to protect the world.

  15. Doom Patrol

    Doom Patrol

    2019

    # 15

    The Doom Patrol’s each suffered horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities — but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found purpose through The Chief, who brought them together to investigate the weirdest phenomena in existence — and to protect Earth from what they find.

  16. X-Men

    X-Men

    1992

    # 16

    The X-Men are an elite team of mutants, genetically gifted human beings with superpowers, sworn to fight for mutant rights against hostile Government agencies, whilst at the same time protecting mankind from mutant supremacist Magneto who seeks to destroy the human race in return for the atrocities committed against mutant kind.

  17. Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

    # 17

    Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary.

  18. Justice League

    Justice League

    2001

    # 18

    The long-awaited rebirth of the greatest superhero team of all time: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Hawkgirl, Green Lantern, and Martian Manhunter.

  19. The Falcon and The Winter Soldier

    # 19

    TV series centering on Marvel Cinematic Universe characters Falcon and The Winter Soldier.

  20. Smallville

    Smallville

    2001

    # 20

    The origins of the world’s greatest hero–from Krypton refugee Kal-el’s arrival on Earth through his tumultuous teen years to Clark Kent’s final steps toward embracing his destiny as the Man of Steel.