Top 10 Superhero Shows On Netflix: ‘Supergirl,’ ‘Luke Cage’, LEGO & More!

Netflix kicked off a bold new age for superhero shows when they launched the original Marvel series Daredevil in 2015. Since its debut, the series has not only spawned a successful sequel season (and an upcoming third season), but it helped set the tone for future “Defenders” series. [Watch Daredevil on Netflix]

Marvel’s Jessica Jones was Netflix’s first follow up to Daredevil and it doubled as a groundbreaking take on the superhero genre. The series shone a light on an anti-heroine forced to become a hero to battle her own demons. The show brought a frank approach to sex and offered an unflinching portrayal of psychological recovery. [Watch Marvel’s Jessica Jones on Netflix]

Netflix’s latest collaboration with Marvel is also arguably its most ambitious. Marvel’s Luke Cage tackles race relations with more power than Luke Cage himself takes down the thugs at Crisps Attucks. The series also features a cavalcade of strong female characters and a banging soundtrack. [Watch Marvel’s Luke Cage on Netflix]

Marvel Entertainment’s first big attempt at the small screen is still one of its most charming titles. Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. focuses on the men and women often pushed to the background in the larger-than-life Avengers films. As it turns out, the lives of these humble foot soldiers have more impact on the larger Marvel Universe than you’d assume at first glance. [Watch Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on Netflix]

DC Comics offered audiences a chipper, yet ferocious, new heroine last fall with CBS’s Supergirl. Melissa Benoist stars as Kara Jor-El, Superman’s older cousin, who, through an accident, winds up on Earth way after her baby cousin. She arrives to discover that he’s already grown into the hero of the age – so where does she fit in? This bright and bubbly series starts a new chapter on the CW this Monday. [Watch Supergirl on Netflix]

Arrow kicked off a revolution in superhero storytelling on television. The series was grounded, yet pulpy. Fun, yet brimming with intense action scenes. Most of all, Arrow is addictive. The success of the series helped plant the seeds for wide and wild new universe of comic book storytelling. [Watch Arrow on Netflix]

If Arrow heralded the dawn of the “Berlantiverse,” The Flash solidified The CW and DC’s hold on superhero storytelling on TV. The Flash not only continued to expand the DC comic book universe, but dabbled in science fiction in glorious new ways. Hello, alternate universes! [Watch The Flash on Netflix]

Who would have thought that Legos would be able to give our favorite comic book characters a healthy dose of fun and an extra layer of pathos? There are tons of great Lego cartoon series — no, we can’t believe we just said that either — but we’re particular fans of the Lego Batman stuff. [Watch Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered on Netflix]

Batman is perhaps the most popular superhero today and Gotham offers a bold revisionist take on his origin story. In fact, Gotham is less about Bruce Wayne and more about the rogue’s gallery of villains he would one day battle as the Dark Knight. Watch the Penguin rise as a kingpin, Catwoman struggle to survive, and the Riddler spiral out of control. [Watch Gotham on Netflix]

For decades before Marvel conquered the big screen, the comic book company’s most successful onscreen ventures were in animation. Marvel’s Avengers Assemble is a modern ode to that golden era of Saturday Morning cartoons that picks up where the movies left off (or dared not go…) [Watch Marvel’s Avengers Assemble on Netflix]