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Top 16 Superhero Animated Series of All Time

by YPB Team

Saturday-morning staples sit next to streaming hits that are nothing like kids' TV. Plenty were cancelled early and are still missed.

  1. Batman: The Animated Series — ranked #11
    Batman: The Animated Series
    The 1992 Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski series whose art-deco Gotham defined Batman for a generation.
    1000pts
  2. Super Friends — ranked #22
    Super Friends
    Hanna-Barbera's 1973 Justice League series, the template for Saturday-morning heroes.
    775pts
  3. Batman: Caped Crusader — ranked #33
    Batman: Caped Crusader
    Bruce Timm's 2024 return to a noir, 1940s-style Batman.
    689pts
  4. Invincible — ranked #44
    Invincible
    Amazon's violent 2021 adaptation of Robert Kirkman's comic.
    596pts
  5. Justice League Unlimited — ranked #55
    Justice League Unlimited
    The DC Animated Universe's 2004 finale, with dozens of heroes in rotation.
    517pts
  6. Young Justice — ranked #66
    Young Justice
    The 2010 series about DC's teen sidekicks, revived twice after cancellation.
    517pts
  7. Harley Quinn — ranked #77
    Harley Quinn
    The profane 2019 series centered on the Joker's former partner.
    517pts
  8. Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes — ranked #88
    Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
    The 2010 Marvel series built from classic Avengers comics.
    517pts
  9. My Hero Academia — ranked #99
    My Hero Academia
    The Japanese anime about a boy born without powers in a world of heroes.
    423pts
  10. Teen Titans — ranked #1010
    Teen Titans
    Cartoon Network's anime-styled 2003 series about Robin's team.
    423pts
  11. X-Men '97 — ranked #1111
    X-Men '97
    Disney+'s 2024 revival picking up where the 1990s series stopped.
    423pts
  12. Superman: The Animated Series — ranked #1212
    Superman: The Animated Series
    The 1996 follow-up from the same team, which set up the shared DC Animated Universe.
    310pts
  13. Spider-Man: The Animated Series — ranked #1313
    Spider-Man: The Animated Series
    The 1994 Fox Kids series that ran five seasons.
    310pts
  14. Batman Beyond — ranked #1414
    Batman Beyond
    The 1999 series with an elderly Bruce Wayne mentoring a new Batman in future Gotham.
    310pts
  15. The Spectacular Spider-Man — ranked #1515
    The Spectacular Spider-Man
    The 2008 series cancelled after two seasons and still mourned by fans.
    310pts
  16. X-Men: The Animated Series — ranked #1616
    X-Men: The Animated Series
    Fox Kids' 1992 series, revived in 2024 as X-Men '97.
    0pts
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