The Best Superhero TV Shows on Netflix

What it's about: 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.

Where to Watch: 5 episodes (4%) are available to watch free online (The CW). 114 episodes (95%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix). 120 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 8 services (iTunes, Google Play & 6 others).

What it's about: 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.

Where to Watch: 39 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix). 26 episodes (67%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 8 services (iTunes, Google Play & 6 others).

What it's about: Saitama is a hero who only became a hero for fun. After three years of “special” training, though, he’s become so strong that he’s practically invincible. In fact, he’s too strong—even his mightiest opponents are taken out with a single punch, and it turns out that being devastatingly powerful is actually kind of a bore. With his passion for being a hero lost along with his hair, yet still faced with new enemies every day, how much longer can he keep it going?

Where to Watch: 20 episodes (80%) are available to watch free online (Adult Swim, Crunchyroll & Tubi TV). 24 episodes (96%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix & Hulu). 7 episodes (28%) are available to stream on a TV everywhere service (Adult Swim). 12 episodes (48%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 3 services (iTunes, Google Play & YouTube).

What it's about: 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.

Where to Watch: 5 episodes (3%) are available to watch free online (The CW). 160 episodes (98%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix). 164 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 6 services (iTunes, Google Play & 4 others).

What it's about: Bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, Lucifer Morningstar abandoned his throne and retired to Los Angeles, where he has teamed up with LAPD detective Chloe Decker to take down criminals. But the longer he's away from the underworld, the greater the threat that the worst of humanity could escape.

Where to Watch: 67 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix). 57 episodes (85%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 8 services (iTunes, Google Play & 6 others).

What it's about: 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.

Where to Watch: 2 episodes (2%) are available to watch free online (ABC). 123 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix & Hulu). 123 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 6 services (iTunes, Google Play & 4 others).

What it's about: 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.

Where to Watch: 39 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix). 26 episodes (67%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 6 services (iTunes, Google Play & 4 others).

What it's about: A dysfunctional family of superheroes comes together to solve the mystery of their father's death, the threat of the apocalypse and more.

Where to Watch: 10 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix).

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

Where to Watch: 26 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix). 13 episodes (50%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 3 services (Prime Video, Vudu & Verizon).

What it's about: Before there was Batman, there was GOTHAM.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?

Where to Watch: 99 episodes (99%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix). 1 episodes (1%) are available to stream on a TV everywhere service (FOX). 99 episodes (99%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 6 services (iTunes, Google Play & 4 others).

What it's about: A medical student who becomes a zombie joins a Coroner's Office in order to gain access to the brains she must reluctantly eat so that she can maintain her humanity. But every brain she eats, she also inherits their memories and must now solve their deaths with help from the Medical examiner and a police detective.

Where to Watch: 71 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix). 71 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 6 services (iTunes, Google Play & 4 others).

What it's about: Given superstrength and durability by a sabotaged experiment, a wrongly accused man escapes prison to become a superhero for hire.

Where to Watch: 26 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix). 26 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 7 services (iTunes, Google Play & 5 others).

What it's about: Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them. The Danvers teach her to be careful with her powers, until she has to reveal them during an unexpected disaster, setting her on her journey of heroism.

Where to Watch: 6 episodes (6%) are available to watch free online (The CW). 87 episodes (94%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix). 93 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 8 services (iTunes, Google Play & 6 others).

What it's about: 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?

Where to Watch: 5 episodes (7%) are available to watch free online (The CW). 67 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix). 67 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 8 services (iTunes, Google Play & 6 others).

What it's about: Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist join forces to take on common enemies as a sinister conspiracy threatens New York City.

Where to Watch: 8 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix). 8 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Vudu & 2 others).

What it's about: A widowed mom sets out to solve the mystery surrounding her young son's emerging superpowers while keeping his extraordinary gifts under wraps.

Where to Watch: 9 episodes (90%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix).

What it's about: Danny Rand resurfaces 15 years after being presumed dead. Now, with the power of the Iron Fist, he seeks to reclaim his past and fulfill his destiny.

Where to Watch: 23 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix). 13 episodes (57%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 6 services (iTunes, Google Play & 4 others).

What it's about: Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a New Orleans neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is a hero to his community.

Where to Watch: 5 episodes (14%) are available to watch free online (The CW). 27 episodes (77%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix). 33 episodes (94%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 8 services (iTunes, Google Play & 6 others).

What it's about: Normal high school kids by day, protectors of Paris by night! Miraculous follows the heroic adventures of Marinette and Adrien as they transform into Ladybug and Cat Noir and set out to capture akumas, creatures responsible for turning the people of Paris into villains. But neither hero knows the other’s true identity – or that they’re classmates!

Where to Watch: 1 episodes (1%) are available to watch free online (DisneyNOW). 62 episodes (85%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix). 13 episodes (18%) are available to stream on a TV everywhere service (DisneyNOW). 18 episodes (25%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 2 services (Google Play & YouTube).

What it's about: A team of teenagers with attitude are recruited to save Angel Grove from the evil witch, Rita Repulsa, and later, Lord Zedd, Emperor of all he sees, and their horde of monsters.

Where to Watch: 853 episodes (95%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix & Prime Video). 866 episodes (96%) are available to rent or buy from $0.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).

What it's about: Mighty Med is a live-action comedy series starring popular Disney Channel stars Bradley Steven Perry and Jake Short, premieres as a special one-hour event, October 7 on Disney XD. The series is created by Jim Bernstein and Andy Schwartz, and is executive produced by Bernstein and Stephen Engel.

Where to Watch: 7 episodes (13%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix). 46 episodes (85%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).

What it's about: El Chapulín Colorado (Spanish: The Red Grasshopper) is a television series, created and played by Roberto Gómez Bolaños, also known as Chespirito, a successful Mexican comedian and TV show producer, which parodied superhero shows. It was first aired in Mexico by the Televisa network in 1970, but then was aired across Latin America and Spain until 1981, alongside sister production El Chavo del Ocho, which shared the same cast of actors. Both shows are incredibly enduring as they still are constantly re-run, and have won back some of their popularity in several countries such as Colombia, where it has aired in competition with The Simpsons (which has a character based on him). The name translates literally in English as "The Red Grasshopper" (the word chapulín is of Nahuatl or Aztec origin, and a current part of Mexican Spanish).

Where to Watch: 12 episodes (5%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix).

What it's about: Connor, Greg and Amaya are normal kids by day, but at night they activate their bracelets, which link into their pajamas and give them fantastic super powers, turning them into their alternate identities: The PJ Masks. The team consists of Catboy (Connor), Gekko (Greg) and Owelette (Amaya). Together, they go on adventures, solve mysteries, and learn valuable lessons.

Where to Watch: 1 episodes (1%) are available to watch free online (DisneyNOW). 60 episodes (42%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix & Disney+). 14 episodes (10%) are available to stream on a TV everywhere service (DisneyNOW). 44 episodes (31%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 6 services (iTunes, Google Play & 4 others).

What it's about: Four tech-savvy teens hone their skills as cyber-superheroes in a series of secret missions to save the world.

Where to Watch: 20 episodes (67%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix).

What it's about: In this adult animated series, three gay co-workers lead double lives as drag queen superheroes, saving the LGBTQ community from evil nemeses.

Where to Watch: 5 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix).

What it's about: Everyone's favorite teenage mutants are back in live action to fight crime with help from a new ninja turtle -- a female named Venus De Milo.

Where to Watch: 26 episodes (93%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix). 26 episodes (93%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 3 services (iTunes, Prime Video & Vudu).

What it's about: Superhero Captain Atomic suffers a setback as he is shaking hands with Joey, a 12-year-old fan, when his disgruntled sidekick transforms him into a powerless puppet. The suddenly not-so-super superhero quickly realizes that the only way he can regain his former powers is to team up with the boy -- which is a dream come true for Joey but not so much for Captain Atomic. Together, the two form an unlikely and awkward partnership that allows them to become the city's newest superhero duo--known as Atomic Puppet.

Where to Watch: 19 episodes (37%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix). 5 episodes (10%) are available to stream on a TV everywhere service (DisneyXD).