Following the debut of Marvel's Daredevil on Netflix in April 2015, we ranked the best superhero/superhero-adjacent series on TV from worst (Gotham) to best (Daredevil). Since then a few more series with roots in the genre have debuted so it's time to reassess the list and figure out what's gotten better, what's gotten worse, and what's currently in the top spot.





10. Supergirl (CBS)





Previous rank: N/A

Here's the thing: Melissa Benoist absolutely kills it as Supergirl in the new CBS drama, but the writing of the series has been ham-fisted and clunky, with an agenda that nearly beat us into the ground like one of those cartoon anvils falling from the sky. To add to that the villains have mostly been unmemorable and the romantic storylines are about as interesting or believable as, well, an alien from Krypton who arrived on Earth and could fly, had X-ray vision, etc. What was a very good idea has failed in execution and it's not likely that the upcoming crossover featuring Grant Gustin as the Flash will be able to save it, but keep working those corporate relationships, guys!





9. Gotham (Fox)



Previous rank: 6 (out of 6)



To its credit, Gotham's second season started off pretty darn great (for Gotham) thanks to the arc of Cameron Monaghan's Jerome, but Gotham may be the most uneven series on this list. You never know what to expect from the next episode—it could be the worst thing ever or the best—and that makes it incredibly frustrating to watch week after week. Great character moments are interspersed within the batshit crazy storytelling, and even if we've begun to derive some weird, sick glee from the ridiculous bullshit it throws our way every few episodes, that's not a good thing and doesn't make Gotham anything resembling a good show. Sorry, Baby Batman.





8. Arrow (The CW)

Previous rank: 5 (out of 6)



Oliver may have sent his no-longer-secret son away to keep him safe this week, but the baby mama drama and the ensuing Oliver/Felicity breakup were not the only problems Arrow faced this season. Early on the show was waylaid by needing to set up its latest spin-off, but after saving Ray and bringing Sara back to life, the show still suffered from characters making confusing decisions, a political campaign that went nowhere and which only served to remind us that Parker Young deserved better, and some stupid stuff about the League of Assassins. The threat of Damien Darhk doesn't even feel real given how little time the show has spent on his storyline. But perhaps Arrow's biggest sin isn't that it's a bad show, but rather that it's a hella boring show these days. We're no longer just tuning out during the flashbacks, but for the rest of the hour, too.





7. DC's Legends of Tomorrow (The CW)

Previous rank: N/A



The repetitive nature of the Arrow and Flash spin-off's early episodes haven't really allowed the series to stretch its wings and show us what it's capable of just yet, but there have been some incredibly fun and worthwhile character moments in between a few brief glimpses of what this show could really be if it took a few more risks. Because as much fun as it is to see Sara on side missions or Captain Cold be, well, Captain Cold, this show could be a lot better. Give us the cool action sequences that show off what everyone brings to the team, stop separating characters for the sole purpose of allowing others to swoop in later because "they're a team," and this show could be going places.





6. Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC)

Previous rank: 4 (out of 6)



For the record, there is a giant canyon between where DC's Legends of Tomorrow sits at No. 7 and where Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. currently sits at No. 6. However, we're a few months removed from Ward's death and the reveal that the parasitic creature has taken up residence inside his handsome outer shell and followed Coulson and Fitz back to Earth, and perhaps that's part of the reason the show is so far down on this list—out of sight, out of mind and all that—because by all counts, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is not a bad show. In fact, it's a pretty fun show that's taken some big swings this season—some have connected ("4,722 Hours"), some haven't (lookin' at you Lash!)—but what S.H.I.E.L.D.'s placement at No. 6 really tells us is that in the current TV landscape, we're really just swimming in a giant pool of superhero and comic book-related properties at the moment, and many of them are very, very good.





5. The Flash (The CW)

Previous rank: 2 (out of 6)



There is still no comic book-based series that has as much fun or gives us more pleasure on a weekly basis than The CW's speedster and the team from S.T.A.R. Labs, and even if the recent reveal of Zoom's true identity had us scratching our heads a bit as we try to figure out the logistics of it all (and struggle to care given how little the show tried to make us care about the character prior to the reveal), based on the level of pure joy we glean from watching The Flash every week, there are very few things we'd rather be watching instead. Cisco continues to be the best week after week, the trip to Earth Two was like looking into a weird funhouse mirror that didn't add 25 pounds, and listen, if a show can make us feel for a giant telepathic gorilla, it's clearly doing something right.





4. iZombie (The CW)

Previous rank: N/A



Liv suited up as a more traditional superhero last fall on iZombie, but just because she's not in costume most of the time doesn't mean she's any less of a comic book superhero, does it? She has supernatural abilities thanks to her zombie existence, and she puts them to good use to help her partner solve murders and stop crime. And now that we've expanded this list to include a wider field of comics adaptations, iZombie makes its debut high on the list. Everything we loved about the show in Season 1 became stronger in Season 2: the mysteries, the characters, the overarching story, the humor, Ravi, etc. We could go on, but instead, let's just take a look at those awesome comic book-inspired opening credits again and thank Rob Thomas, Diane Ruggiero-Wright, and The CW for gifting us this series.





3. Marvel's Daredevil (Netflix)



Previous rank: 1 (out of 6)



Our former champion has fallen two spots to No. 3 since our last ranking, but there's really a simple answer for that: Season 2 of Marvel's Daredevil won't debut on Netflix for another few weeks (we've seen the first two episodes and—spoiler alert—they're great), and so we're forced to vote only by what's been released publicly so far. But from top to bottom, left to right, this series was everything we wanted from a gritty superhero drama. Not even the fact that the character of Wilson Fisk felt bloated by the end of the first season could bring down the origin story of Daredevil. The freedom of Netflix, the sharp action and fight sequences, and the fantastic vision of the show's writers created a dark, oppressive environment that in turn allowed the story of Matt Murdock to really take off. We look forward to seeing if the show can reclaim its top spot after the premiere of Season 2, which features Punisher and Elektra, and based on what we know, there's certainly no reason to believe it couldn't.





2. Marvel's Agent Carter (ABC)



Previous rank: 3 (out of 6)



If you're here to argue that Peggy Carter isn't a superhero you can just turn around and leave because Hayley Atwell's titular character is every bit the superhero the other characters highlighted here are. She doesn't have superstrength or superspeed, but she's saved the world, she's fiercely intelligent and brave, and she's probably done more heroic things before breakfast than Hawkgirl's ever done in every single one of her lives. Agent Carter's second season somehow surpassed the also great first to become one of the best shows on TV, and it's disheartening to think that almost no one is watching it. Between the characters, the humor, the plotting, the old Hollywood style, and the show's ability to effortlessly capture the air of the '40s, it'll be a damn shame if ABC doesn't renew it for Season 3.





1. Marvel's Jessica Jones (Netflix)

Previous rank: N/A



We've written before that this series is superior to everything else that Marvel has put out, but it's also superior to the rest of the competition as well. The first season of Marvel's Jessica Jones didn't follow a traditional superhero path, but Jessica Jones is a better overall show than any of the others on this list. The series was anchored by phenomenal performances from both Krysten Ritter and David Tennant, who each delivered the writers' deft handling of the show's subject matter in a way that simply blew us away. It was easily one of the best shows of 2015, and now we're just waiting to see if other superhero and comic-based series even bother trying to keep up.

Okay, now it's your turn. What's the best superhero show on TV right now? And let's see your rankings in the comments.

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