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Shows that feel likeSpider-Man (1994–1998)

Bitten by a neogenetic spider, Peter Parker develops spider-like superpowers. He uses these to fight crime while trying to balance it with the struggles of his personal life.

If you loved Spider-Man, the closest series we have are Young Justice (2010), Teen Titans (2003) and Justice League Unlimited (2004). All three share Spider-Man's kinetic and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2010).

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If Spider-Man hit the spot, these will too

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Young Justice
2010–2022 · 4 seasons · Cartoon Network
★ 8.6animation · sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventureMax

Young heroes carrying real continuity — choices echo across seasons

The difference: A team ensemble — no single hero's life to soap over

Teenage superheroes strive to prove themselves as members of the Justice League.

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Teen Titans
2003–2006 · 5 seasons · The WB
★ 7.9animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyPrime Video

Teen heroes balancing bombast with genuine growing pains

The difference: Anime-flavored gag energy the 90s serial never allowed itself

Fighting for truth, justice and the last slice of pizza, these five superheroes are living proof you're never too young to save the planet. Protecting Earth and beyond, the Teen Titans use martial arts and gadgetry to battle villains.

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Justice League Unlimited
2004–2006 · 3 seasons · Cartoon Network
★ 8.7animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyMax

Sprawling hero-universe storytelling with a long game in mind

The difference: Olympian gods of heroes — the street-level struggle is gone

The galaxy's most powerful superheroes return to battle the allied villains and criminal plots that endanger the universe.

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The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
2010–2012 · 2 seasons · Disney XD
★ 8.3action & adventure · animation · sci-fi & fantasyDisney+

Villains treated as threats worth planning for, arcs building all season

The difference: Team spectacle — nobody's rent or love life is at stake

The most powerful villains on the planet escape from prison. However, none of the superheroes can stop them without help, not even S.H.I.E.L.D. The Avengers then join forces to fight evil, and discover that as a group they are stronger.

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DC's Stargirl
2020–2022 · 3 seasons · The CW
★ 7.1sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure · dramaMax

An earnest teen hero learning the weight of a borrowed legacy

The difference: Live-action CW pacing — sweet, but the villains feel small

Courtney Whitmore, a smart, athletic and above all else kind girl, discovers her step-father has a secret: he used to be the sidekick to a superhero. "Borrowing" the long-lost hero’s cosmic staff, she becomes the unlikely inspiration for an entirely new generation of superheroes.

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Marvel's Runaways
2017–2019 · 3 seasons · Hulu
★ 6.8action & adventure · drama · sci-fi & fantasy

The same preoccupation in both: superhero

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Spider-Man does

Every teenager thinks their parents are evil. What if you found out they actually were? Six diverse teenagers who can barely stand each other must unite against a common foe – their parents.

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Marvel's Inhumans
2017 · 1 season · ABC
★ 4.9drama · sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventureDisney+

Superpowered family drama played earnestly at comic-book scale

The difference: Notoriously clumsy — cheap-looking and widely panned

After the Royal Family of Inhumans is splintered by a military coup, they barely escape to Hawaii where their surprising interactions with the lush world and humanity around them may prove to not only save them, but Earth itself.

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Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013–2020 · 7 seasons · ABC
★ 7.5drama · sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventureDisney+

A weekly superhero serial that rewards sticking around for the arcs

The difference: The heroes are agents in suits — capes stay off screen

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.

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X-Men
1992–1997 · 5 seasons · FOX
★ 8.4kids · sci-fi & fantasy · animationDisney+

Its 90s FOX sibling — melodramatic, serialized and dead serious

The difference: An ensemble of causes and politics, not one kid's double life

The X-Men are an elite team of mutants, genetically gifted human beings with superpowers, sworn to fight for mutant rights against hostile Government agencies, whilst at the same time protecting mankind from mutant supremacist Magneto who seeks to destroy the human race in return for the atrocities committed against mutant kind.

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X-Men '97
2024– · 2 seasons · Disney+
★ 8.7animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyDisney+

The 90s animated style revived with its melodrama fully intact

The difference: Sharper and more brutal — made for the grown fans, not kids

The X-Men, a band of mutants who use their uncanny gifts to protect a world that hates and fears them, are challenged like never before, forced to face a dangerous and unexpected new future.

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The Gifted
2017–2019 · 2 seasons · FOX
★ 7.2sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure · dramaHulu

One thread runs through both: superhero

The difference: Leans harder into sci-fi & fantasy than Spider-Man does

A suburban couple's ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive.

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Marvel's Luke Cage
2016–2018 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.2drama · action & adventure · crimeDisney+

The same mix in both: momentum, then scale

The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

Given superstrength and durability by a sabotaged experiment, a wrongly accused man escapes prison to become a superhero for hire.

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