{"id":24828,"date":"2026-08-02T04:32:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T23:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=24828"},"modified":"2026-08-02T04:32:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T23:32:32","slug":"13-greatest-marvel-dc-shows-ever-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=24828","title":{"rendered":"13 Greatest Marvel &#038; DC Shows Ever Made"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Over the past couple of decades, movies based on Marvel and DC comic books have taken over the box office and promptly lost their dominance. The MCU doesn\u2019t have the draw it once did (<a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/spiderman-brand-new-day-box-office-thursday-previews-avengers-endgame-record\/\" target=\"_blank\">Spider-Man notwithstanding<\/a>), and even a well-received DC movie like <em>Superman<\/em> still can\u2019t set the world on fire.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<p>But, while Marvel and DC movies have been flailing lately, those properties have been thriving on the small screen for decades. From <em>Legion<\/em> to <em>Watchmen<\/em> to <em>Batman: The Animated Series<\/em>, these are the greatest Marvel and\/or DC shows.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-spectacular-spider-man\">\n            <span class=\"item-num\">13 <\/span><br \/>\n        <span><br \/>\n                            The Spectacular Spider-Man<br \/>\n                    <\/span><br \/>\n       <\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape \">\n<div class=\"responsive-img  image-expandable  img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:50%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/the-spectacular-spider-man.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;&quot;\">\n<figure><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/the-spectacular-spider-man.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/the-spectacular-spider-man.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/the-spectacular-spider-man.jpg?q=70&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/the-spectacular-spider-man.jpg?q=70&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=1\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/the-spectacular-spider-man.jpg?q=70&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/the-spectacular-spider-man.jpg?q=70&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=1\"\/><img width=\"825\" height=\"413\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Spectacular Spider-Man holds a hand to his chest\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/the-spectacular-spider-man.jpg?q=70&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=1\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/the-spectacular-spider-man.jpg?q=70&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=1\"\/>\n        <\/picture><figcaption style=\"display: none;\">The Spectacular Spider-Man holds a hand to his chest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Although it only lasted for two seasons, <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/spider-noir-brings-back-spectacular-spider-man-magic\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Spectacular Spider-Man<\/em> is arguably the best Spider-Man cartoon<\/a> of the 21st century so far. It captures the spirit of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko\u2019s original comics, but also brings in elements of more modern Spider-Man stories, and teams Spidey up with all kinds of fellow heroes.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Keaton gives one of the definitive voice performances as Peter Parker, and the series\u2019 writing achieved an emotional maturity that you don\u2019t see in many superhero shows. It\u2019s a shame the show was cancelled so soon.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"loki\">\n            <span class=\"item-num\">12 <\/span><br \/>\n        <span><br \/>\n                            Loki<br \/>\n                    <\/span><br \/>\n       <\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape \">\n<div class=\"responsive-img  image-expandable  img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:50%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/adobe-express-file-55.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;&quot;\">\n<figure><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/adobe-express-file-55.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/adobe-express-file-55.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/adobe-express-file-55.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/adobe-express-file-55.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/adobe-express-file-55.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/adobe-express-file-55.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/><img width=\"1650\" height=\"826\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Loki using his powers\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/adobe-express-file-55.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/adobe-express-file-55.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/>\n        <\/picture><figcaption style=\"display: none;\">Loki using his powers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Although it got off to a rocky start with a so-so pilot and a lot of wheel-spinning and a last-minute pivot to becoming <em>The Kang Show<\/em>, <em>Loki<\/em> culminated in one of the greatest endings to a TV show I\u2019ve ever seen. That series finale was powerful enough to make up for two seasons\u2019 worth of unresolved storylines and pacing issues.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/marvel-loki-comics-god-of-stories-future-theory\/\" target=\"_blank\">Loki become the God of Stories<\/a>, realizing his own worst fear to make sure the friends he never thought he\u2019d have would be okay, was heartbreaking. It was a rare glimmer at the unrealized dramatic potential of the MCU\u2019s multiverse.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"spider-noir\">\n            <span class=\"item-num\">11 <\/span><br \/>\n        <span><br \/>\n                            Spider-Noir<br \/>\n                    <\/span><br \/>\n       <\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape \">\n<div class=\"responsive-img  image-expandable  img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:50%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ben-reilly-in-spider-noir.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;&quot;\">\n<figure><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ben-reilly-in-spider-noir.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ben-reilly-in-spider-noir.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ben-reilly-in-spider-noir.jpg?q=70&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ben-reilly-in-spider-noir.jpg?q=70&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=1\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ben-reilly-in-spider-noir.jpg?q=70&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ben-reilly-in-spider-noir.jpg?q=70&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=1\"\/><img width=\"825\" height=\"413\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ben Reilly crouching in front of a stained glasse window in Spider-Noir\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ben-reilly-in-spider-noir.jpg?q=70&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=1\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ben-reilly-in-spider-noir.jpg?q=70&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=1\"\/>\n        <\/picture><figcaption style=\"display: none;\">Ben Reilly in Spider-Noir<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When it was announced that Nicolas Cage\u2019s P.I. Spidey from the <em>Spider-Verse<\/em> animated movies was getting his own live-action TV series, it seemed like a terrible idea. It was a gimmick that might\u2019ve felt stretched thin at eight episodes.<\/p>\n<p>But then, <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/spider-noir-so-good-deserves-at-least-one-more-season\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Spider-Noir<\/em> came out and blew us all away<\/a>. The gimmick is the hook that gets you in, but after that, it\u2019s just a solid story. Cage gives one of the best performances of his career as a jaded alcoholic who reluctantly gets his groove back, and both the black-and-white and color versions of the show yielded some gorgeous visuals.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"batman\">\n            <span class=\"item-num\">10 <\/span><br \/>\n        <span><br \/>\n                            Batman<br \/>\n                    <\/span><br \/>\n       <\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape \">\n<div class=\"responsive-img  image-expandable  img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:50%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/adam-west-as-batman-dancing.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;&quot;\">\n<figure><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/adam-west-as-batman-dancing.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/adam-west-as-batman-dancing.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/adam-west-as-batman-dancing.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/adam-west-as-batman-dancing.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/adam-west-as-batman-dancing.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/adam-west-as-batman-dancing.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/><img width=\"1650\" height=\"826\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Adam West as Batman dancing\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/adam-west-as-batman-dancing.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/adam-west-as-batman-dancing.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/>\n        <\/picture><figcaption style=\"display: none;\">Adam West as Batman dancing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After Tim Burton injected some darkness into the property, Adam West\u2019s Batman became a laughingstock. But, more than half a century later, West\u2019s <em>Batman<\/em> show still holds up.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a lot of campy fun. We\u2019ve gotten used to darker, grittier Batmen, thanks to Christopher Nolan and Zack Snyder and Matt Reeves. But, arguably, the more realistic you make a billionaire dressing as a bat to fight crime, the more ridiculous it seems. West went the other way, and leaned into the ridiculousness.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"x-men-the-animated-series\">\n            <span class=\"item-num\">9 <\/span><br \/>\n        <span><br \/>\n                            X-Men: The Animated Series<br \/>\n                    <\/span><br \/>\n       <\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape \">\n<div class=\"responsive-img  image-expandable  img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:50%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/rogue-jubilee-xavier-wolverine-and-beast-from-x-men-the-animated-series.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;&quot;\">\n<figure><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/rogue-jubilee-xavier-wolverine-and-beast-from-x-men-the-animated-series.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/rogue-jubilee-xavier-wolverine-and-beast-from-x-men-the-animated-series.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/rogue-jubilee-xavier-wolverine-and-beast-from-x-men-the-animated-series.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/rogue-jubilee-xavier-wolverine-and-beast-from-x-men-the-animated-series.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/rogue-jubilee-xavier-wolverine-and-beast-from-x-men-the-animated-series.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/rogue-jubilee-xavier-wolverine-and-beast-from-x-men-the-animated-series.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/><img width=\"1650\" height=\"826\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rogue, Jubilee, Xavier, Wolverine, and Beast from X-Men The Animated Series\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/rogue-jubilee-xavier-wolverine-and-beast-from-x-men-the-animated-series.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/rogue-jubilee-xavier-wolverine-and-beast-from-x-men-the-animated-series.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/>\n        <\/picture><figcaption style=\"display: none;\">Rogue, Jubilee, Xavier, Wolverine, and Beast from X-Men The Animated Series<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The best way to describe <em>X-Men: The Animated Series<\/em> is a superhero soap opera, and I mean that as a compliment. The show has plenty of comic book action, but it has just as much intimate interpersonal drama between the human beings behind the masks.<\/p>\n<p>At their best, X-Men comics use typical superhero stories to explore universal human emotions and timely social commentary. <em>X-Men: The Animated Series<\/em> may have struck that balance even better than the comics it was based on.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"wandavision\">\n            <span class=\"item-num\">8 <\/span><br \/>\n        <span><br \/>\n                            WandaVision<br \/>\n                    <\/span><br \/>\n       <\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape \">\n<div class=\"responsive-img  image-expandable  img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:50%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/wanda-and-vision-embrace-in-wandavision.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;&quot;\">\n<figure><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/wanda-and-vision-embrace-in-wandavision.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/wanda-and-vision-embrace-in-wandavision.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/wanda-and-vision-embrace-in-wandavision.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/wanda-and-vision-embrace-in-wandavision.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/wanda-and-vision-embrace-in-wandavision.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/wanda-and-vision-embrace-in-wandavision.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/><img width=\"1650\" height=\"826\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Wanda and Vision embrace in WandaVision\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/wanda-and-vision-embrace-in-wandavision.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/wanda-and-vision-embrace-in-wandavision.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/>\n        <\/picture><figcaption style=\"display: none;\">Wanda and Vision embrace in WandaVision<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Marvel Studios\u2019 foray into making its own TV shows for the MCU has been a mixed bag, with a lot more misses than hits, but it started off on a great foot with <em>WandaVision<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/wandavision-disney-best-quote-grief-love\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>WandaVision<\/em> arrived as a breath of fresh air<\/a>, throwing the Marvel formula out the window for a refreshingly small-scale, low-stakes story.<\/p>\n<p>Stylistically, <em>WandaVision<\/em> is a throwback to sitcom history, covering every era of the genre with its own affectionate homage. But underneath that tongue-in-cheek genre trickery, <em>WandaVision<\/em> is also a deeply involving emotional journey charting Wanda\u2019s harrowing experiences with grief.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"batman-beyond\">\n            <span class=\"item-num\">7 <\/span><br \/>\n        <span><br \/>\n                            Batman Beyond<br \/>\n                    <\/span><br \/>\n       <\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape \">\n<div class=\"responsive-img  image-expandable  img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:50%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/terry-gliding-over-neo-gotham-in-batman-beyond.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;&quot;\">\n<figure><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/terry-gliding-over-neo-gotham-in-batman-beyond.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/terry-gliding-over-neo-gotham-in-batman-beyond.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/terry-gliding-over-neo-gotham-in-batman-beyond.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/terry-gliding-over-neo-gotham-in-batman-beyond.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/terry-gliding-over-neo-gotham-in-batman-beyond.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/terry-gliding-over-neo-gotham-in-batman-beyond.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/><img width=\"1650\" height=\"826\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Terry gliding over Neo-Gotham in Batman Beyond\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/terry-gliding-over-neo-gotham-in-batman-beyond.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/terry-gliding-over-neo-gotham-in-batman-beyond.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/>\n        <\/picture><figcaption style=\"display: none;\">Terry gliding over Neo-Gotham in Batman Beyond<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By launching us into a dystopian future version of Gotham, <em>Batman Beyond<\/em> put two really cool twists on the Bat-formula. It introduced us to an older, grizzled, retired Bruce Wayne, living out his twilight years in a city that\u2019s just as crime-ridden as when he first donned the cowl, and it put a cyberpunk spin on the familiar Batman mythos, too.<\/p>\n<p><em>Batman Beyond<\/em> sees Bruce taking a young ward under his wing and training him as his replacement. It\u2019s a gritty, neon-drenched detective noir, just like any Batman show worth its salt, but this one is a futuristic <em>Blade Runner<\/em>-style neo-noir.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"legion\">\n            <span class=\"item-num\">6 <\/span><br \/>\n        <span><br \/>\n                            Legion<br \/>\n                    <\/span><br \/>\n       <\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape \">\n<div class=\"responsive-img  image-expandable  img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:50%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/david-during-a-psychadelic-sequence-in-the-tv-show-legion.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;&quot;\">\n<figure><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/david-during-a-psychadelic-sequence-in-the-tv-show-legion.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/david-during-a-psychadelic-sequence-in-the-tv-show-legion.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/david-during-a-psychadelic-sequence-in-the-tv-show-legion.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/david-during-a-psychadelic-sequence-in-the-tv-show-legion.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/david-during-a-psychadelic-sequence-in-the-tv-show-legion.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/david-during-a-psychadelic-sequence-in-the-tv-show-legion.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/><img width=\"1650\" height=\"826\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"David during a psychadelic sequence in the TV show Legion\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/david-during-a-psychadelic-sequence-in-the-tv-show-legion.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/david-during-a-psychadelic-sequence-in-the-tv-show-legion.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/>\n        <\/picture><figcaption style=\"display: none;\">David during a psychadelic sequence in the TV show Legion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After he turned <em>Fargo<\/em> into a TV show but before he turned <em>Alien<\/em> into a TV show, Noah Hawley turned the <em>X-Men<\/em> comics into a TV show. Rather than focusing on Charles Xavier and his school for gifted youngsters, Hawley built his series around a more obscure mutant: Xavier\u2019s schizophrenic son, David Haller, played brilliantly by Dan Stevens.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/alien-earth-noah-hawley-legion-show-scarier\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Legion<\/em> is less a traditional action-adventure series<\/a> and more of a mind-bending psychological thriller. With its unreliable narrator and surreal reality, <em>Legion<\/em> feels more like <em>Fight Club<\/em> or <em>Jacob\u2019s Ladder<\/em> than a standard superhero show.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-penguin\">\n            <span class=\"item-num\">5 <\/span><br \/>\n        <span><br \/>\n                            The Penguin<br \/>\n                    <\/span><br \/>\n       <\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape \">\n<div class=\"responsive-img  image-expandable  img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:50%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/adobe-express-file-2025-08-22t131032-601.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;&quot;\">\n<figure><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/adobe-express-file-2025-08-22t131032-601.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/adobe-express-file-2025-08-22t131032-601.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/adobe-express-file-2025-08-22t131032-601.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/adobe-express-file-2025-08-22t131032-601.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/adobe-express-file-2025-08-22t131032-601.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/adobe-express-file-2025-08-22t131032-601.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/><img width=\"1650\" height=\"826\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Oz and Sofia looking off-screen in The Penguin\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/adobe-express-file-2025-08-22t131032-601.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/adobe-express-file-2025-08-22t131032-601.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/>\n        <\/picture><figcaption style=\"display: none;\">Oz and Sofia looking off-screen in The Penguin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When it was announced that Colin Farrell\u2019s side villain from <em>The Batman<\/em> was getting his own TV series, it seemed completely unnecessary. But in the hands of showrunner Lauren LeFranc, <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/the-penguin-hbo-best-casts\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Penguin<\/em> turned out to be a sobering criminal character study<\/a> along the lines of <em>The Sopranos<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Farrell was able to dig much deeper into this Gotham gangster than he could in his handful of scenes in the original movie, and he\u2019s backed up by Cristin Milioti giving one of <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/best-tv-performances-2020s\/\" target=\"_blank\">the best TV performances of the decade<\/a>. <em>The Penguin<\/em> seemed like a pointless franchise offshoot, but it turned out to be one of the best crime dramas in recent memory.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"x-men-39-97\">\n            <span class=\"item-num\">4 <\/span><br \/>\n        <span><br \/>\n                            X-Men &#8217;97<br \/>\n                    <\/span><br \/>\n       <\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape \">\n<div class=\"responsive-img  image-expandable  img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:50%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/x-men-97-team.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;&quot;\">\n<figure><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/x-men-97-team.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/x-men-97-team.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/x-men-97-team.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/x-men-97-team.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/x-men-97-team.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/x-men-97-team.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/><img width=\"1650\" height=\"826\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"x-men 97 team\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/x-men-97-team.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/x-men-97-team.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/>\n        <\/picture><figcaption style=\"display: none;\">x-men 97 team against an orange sky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Plenty of classic TV shows from the 1990s have been rebooted in the streaming age, but those reboots have rarely turned out as well as <em>X-Men \u201997<\/em>. <em>X-Men \u201997<\/em> picked up where <em>X-Men: The Animated Series<\/em> left off and perfectly recaptured its signature blend of eye-popping comic book spectacle and soapy interpersonal melodrama.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>X-Men \u201997<\/em>, just like in <em>X-Men: The Animated Series<\/em>, we see plenty of fights between superheroes and supervillains, but we also get a sense of the vulnerable, three-dimensional human beings underneath the colorful costumes. <em>X-Men \u201997<\/em> might pull this off even more effectively than its predecessor.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past couple of decades, movies based on Marvel and DC comic books have taken over the box office and promptly lost their dominance. 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