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The Best Live-Action Comic Book Shows of All Time
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Superheroes are currently sweeping the box office and, slowly but surely, taking a strong hold on our TV screens as well. It only makes sense being that comic books are a serialized medium. They tell long, complicated, larger-than-life tales. They slowly reveal more information and excitement as they go along, just like a good show.
So what separates the good shows from the bad? Knowing your audience, paying attention the stringent budget, time demands that TV sets, and most importantly, finding the perfect tone for your show. If you want it to be campy, then dive in head first. If you want it serious, find a way to make the powers/costumes believable. If it's going to be on the CW, copy the best parts of "Smallville" as much as possible.
These are the shows that got it right, that managed to walk the fine line between TV hero believability and downright silliness. These are your favorite live action shows based on comics! Vote up the very best!- The Boys embark on a quest to expose the truth about The Seven, superheroes who abuse their powers.
- A blind lawyer, with his other senses superhumanly enhanced, fights crime as a costumed superhero.
- A man fights for peace at any cost, no matter how many people he has to kill to get it.
- Living suburban lives, Wanda and Vision begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.
- Loki, the God of Mischief, steps out of his brother's shadow to embark on an adventure.
- A former Marine becomes embroiled in a military conspiracy while trying to punish criminals.
- Steven Grant and Marc Spector investigate ancient Egyptian mysteries from inside the same body.
- A man with super strength and unbreakable skin must confront his past and fight for his city.
- Falcon and the Winter Soldier are a mismatched duo who team up for a global adventure.
- The original fallen angel retires to Los Angeles, where he meets an intriguing homicide detective.
- Changed by a shipwreck, billionaire Oliver Queen becomes Arrow to right the wrongs of his family.
- After a tragic end to her superhero career, Jessica Jones becomes a detective in New York City.
- When a freak accident grants CSI Barry Allen superspeed, he uses the power to solve crimes.
- Clint Barton and Kate Bishop shoot a few arrows and try to avoid becoming the target themselves.
- A time-traveling group of heroes and villains must confront formidable threats to reality itself.
- Clark Kent explores his dual identities as superhero and reporter.
- A group of highly trained S.H.I.E.L.D. agents investigates the strange and unknown.
- Young heroes from around the DC Universe come of age in this gritty take on "Teen Titans."
- In the years following a zombie apocalypse, survivors seek refuge in a world overrun by the dead.
- Wyatt Earp's great granddaughter battles demons with unique abilities and dysfunctional allies.
- Detective James Gordon and a young Bruce Wayne navigate the dangerous world of Gotham City.
- Peggy Carter works as a secret agent for the Strategic Scientific Reserve.
- 23In an alternate history, superheroes are treated as outlaws.
- The Caped Crusader and Robin battle crime in Gotham City.
- Bit of a cheat but the overall world of comics and direct storylines inspired the fan favorite (1st season) show.Ordinary people begin to find that they possess extraordinary powers.
