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Adventures of Superman (TV series)
Adventures of Superman (1952–1958) was the first live-action Superman TV series, syndicated, 104 episodes, starring George Reeves with Phyllis Coates then Noel Neill as Lois Lane, shot in color from 1954.
Arrow (TV series)
Arrow (2012–2020) is The CW superhero series created by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Andrew Kreisberg, starring Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow; eight seasons, 170 episodes, and the launchpad of the Arrowverse.
Batman (TV series)
Batman (ABC, January 12, 1966 to March 14, 1968) was the first live-action Batman TV series, a campy Adam West and Burt Ward show in 120 twice-weekly cliffhanger episodes, which sparked 1966 Batmania, $75 million in merchandise, and revived the comic's sales.
Batman: The Audio Adventures
Batman: The Audio Adventures is a scripted Batman audio drama podcast on HBO Max, debuting September 18, 2021. Written and directed by Dennis McNicholas, it stars Jeffrey Wright, Rosario Dawson, and John Leguizamo, ran two seasons, and spawned a DC comic miniseries.
Batwoman (TV series)
Batwoman (2019-2022) is a CW Arrowverse superhero series, also called Kate Kane's show, starring Ruby Rose then Javicia Leslie as the first gay lead superhero on TV, 3 seasons, 51 episodes.
Birds of Prey (TV series)
Birds of Prey (2002-2003) was a short-lived American WB live-action superhero series developed by Laeta Kalogridis, loosely based on the DC Comics team, starring Ashley Scott, Dina Meyer, and Rachel Skarsten; one season of 13 episodes, canceled after ratings fell from a 7.6-million-viewer premiere.
Black Lightning (TV series)
Black Lightning is a CW superhero drama (2018–2021) created by Salim Akil, starring Cress Williams as retired hero Jefferson Pierce, father to Thunder and Lightning.
Bruce Wayne (Gotham)
Bruce Wayne (Gotham) is the TV portrayal of young Batman-to-be in Fox's Gotham (2014-2019), played by David Mazouz in all 100 episodes, orphaned in the pilot and suited as the Dark Knight only in the finale.
Constantine (TV series)
Constantine (NBC, 2014–2015) is a supernatural horror series adapted from DC's Hellblazer, starring Matt Ryan as John Constantine; developed by Daniel Cerone and David S. Goyer, cut to 13 episodes, cancelled in 2015, continued via Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow.
Constantine: City of Demons
Constantine: City of Demons is a 2018 Warner Bros. Animation adult animated web series (CW Seed, 10 episodes) and R-rated 90-minute movie starring Matt Ryan as John Constantine, based on Hellblazer: All His Engines, part of the DC Animated Movie Universe.
Creature Commandos (TV series)
Creature Commandos is a 2024 Max adult animated DC series written by James Gunn, the first DCU project, following Amanda Waller's team of monstrous prisoners including Rick Flag Sr., the Bride, and Frankenstein; renewed for season 2.
Darna (2022 TV series)
Mars Ravelo's Darna (ABS-CBN, 2022), the Philippine superhero TV series starring Jane De Leon as Narda/Darna with Janella Salvador's Valentina; premiered August 15, 2022 and ended February 10, 2023 after two seasons.
DC Animated Universe
DC Animated Universe (DCAU), also called Timmverse or Diniverse: shared continuity of DC animated series from Batman: The Animated Series (1992) to Justice League Unlimited (2006), created under Bruce Timm and Paul Dini, distinct from the later DCAMU and Tomorrowverse.
DC Super Hero Girls
DC Super Hero Girls is a DC Comics franchise presenting female DC heroes and villains as teens: a 2015-2018 YouTube web series set at Super Hero High with Mattel toys, and a 2019 Lauren Faust Cartoon Network reboot set at a regular Metropolis high school.
DC Super Hero Girls (TV series)
DC Super Hero Girls (2019 TV series), the Lauren Faust reboot of the 2015 web series, is a Cartoon Network animated action-comedy following teen Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Batgirl, Zatanna, Green Lantern, and Bumblebee in Metropolis.
Dead Boy Detectives (TV series)
Dead Boy Detectives is a 2024 Netflix supernatural comedy-drama, 8 episodes, developed by Steve Yockey from DC's Sandman comics characters by Gaiman, Wagner, and Jones III; starring George Rexstrew and Jayden Revri, premiered April 25, 2024, cancelled August 30, 2024 after one season.
DMZ (miniseries)
DMZ (miniseries) is a 2022 four-episode HBO Max dystopian drama created by Roberto Patino with Ava DuVernay, based on Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli's DC Vertigo comic; Rosario Dawson stars as medic Alma Ortega in civil-war-torn Manhattan.
Doom Patrol (TV series)
Doom Patrol (2019–2023) is a DC Comics superhero comedy-drama series developed by Jeremy Carver, starring Brendan Fraser, Matt Bomer, April Bowlby, Diane Guerrero, Joivan Wade, and Timothy Dalton; 46 episodes across four seasons on DC Universe and HBO Max.
Felicity Smoak (Arrowverse)
Felicity Smoak (Arrowverse) is the hacker and Overwatch of Team Arrow on The CW's Arrow (2012-2020), played by Emily Bett Rickards. Adapted from a 1984 Firestorm comic character, she was meant as a one-off but became Oliver Queen's wife and a series central figure.
Freedom Fighters: The Ray
Freedom Fighters: The Ray is a 2017–2018 CW Seed animated DC series, also a 2018 compilation film, following gay superhero Ray Terrill (Russell Tovey) fighting Nazi Overgirl (Melissa Benoist) on Earth-X.
Get Jiro
Get Jiro! is a 2012 DC/Vertigo graphic novel by Anthony Bourdain and Joel Rose with art by Langdon Foss, set in a future Los Angeles where chefs rule like crime lords; adapted as a 2026 Adult Swim animated series.
Gotham (TV series)
Gotham is an American superhero crime drama TV series developed by Bruno Heller for Fox, airing 2014-2019 over five seasons and 100 episodes. It follows Detective James Gordon (Ben McKenzie) and young Bruce Wayne in pre-Batman Gotham City, with villains including Penguin, Riddler, and Catwoman.
Gotham Knights (TV series)
Gotham Knights (TV series), a 2023 CW superhero drama by Fiveash, Stoteraux, and Abrams: Batman's adopted son Turner Hayes and enemies' children, framed for his murder, become Gotham's protectors; canceled after 13 episodes.
Green Lantern: The Animated Series
Green Lantern: The Animated Series is a 2011–2013 CGI Cartoon Network series produced by Bruce Timm following Hal Jordan and Kilowog against the Red Lantern Corps; canceled after 26 episodes due to toy sales tied to the 2011 film flop.
Harrison Wells
Harrison Wells is an original Arrowverse character from The Flash (2014-2023), played by Tom Cavanagh; the season 1 Wells was secretly the Reverse-Flash Eobard Thawne, and later seasons introduced multiverse doppelgängers such as Harry, H.R., Sherloque, and Nash Wells.
Human Target (2010 TV series)
Human Target (2010 TV series): Fox action drama starring Mark Valley as bodyguard Christopher Chance, with Chi McBride and Jackie Earle Haley; two seasons, 25 episodes, canceled 2011; second TV adaptation after 1992 ABC series.
IZombie (TV series)
iZombie is a CW supernatural crime dramedy (2015–2019, five seasons, 71 episodes) created by Rob Thomas and Diane Ruggiero-Wright from the Vertigo comic by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred, starring Rose McIver as zombie morgue worker Liv Moore.
Krypton (TV series)
Krypton (2018–2019) is a Syfy DC superhero science-fiction drama developed by David S. Goyer, following Superman's grandfather Seg-El (Cameron Cuffe) two generations before Krypton's destruction; canceled after two seasons amid a 50% ratings decline.
Lanterns (TV series)
Lanterns is an HBO drama series (2026) created by Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, and Tom King, based on DC's Green Lantern, starring Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan and Aaron Pierre as John Stewart, investigating a murder in Nebraska. Third DCU TV series; eight episodes; season 2 not greenlit.
Legends of Tomorrow
DC's Legends of Tomorrow (The CW, 2016-2022) is an Arrowverse time-travel superhero series about misfit heroes aboard the Waverider fixing timeline aberrations; known for its shift from serious drama to absurdist comedy, seven seasons, and a cliffhanger cancellation.