Warner Bros.’s sneak peek pilot screenings at San Diego Comic-Con were a treat for hardcore comic fans who were blessed (or, in the case of Lucifer, damned?) with a continuing bounty of comic and genre-related shows lined up for next season. The network screened — along with the aforementioned Lucifer (loosely based on the DC comic) — Supergirl, Blindspot, and Containment.

Supergirl (CBS) played to a mostly full Ballroom 20 — Comic-Con’s second largest venue — and met with the biggest response. The audience broke into applause at the first commercial break, and there were scattered laughs and claps whenever a character from the comic was referenced.

Female fans are the fastest-growing demographic of comic fandom, and Comic-Con is an occasionally volatile mix of the classic grousing Comic Book Guy stereotype from The Simpsons on one end of the spectrum and giggling fangirls on the other. When Jimmy (now James) Olsen first appeared on screen, squeals of delight were heard alongside grumbles of, “Ugh. That can’t be Jimmy Olsen because he’s not black.”

Blindspot (NBC) elicited quieter responses, probably owing to its lack of comic-book pedigree, but was still much appreciated by the crowd. Jaimie Alexander (Thor’s Sif) plays a former special ops Navy SEAL who has been drugged into amnesia and covered in tattoos that appear to be clues to imminent terrorist attacks.

Despite the presumed awkwardness of scouring a body for enough tattoos to drive 22 episodes a season, Alexander grounds the silliness with a presence that commands even as her amnesia renders her seemingly helpless. Think The Bourne Identity with a strong female lead.

Containment (The CW) is, perhaps, an overly familiar outbreak-type premise with a hint of rom-com. Atlanta is the center of a bioterrorism attack, and several couples — one with commitment issues, one about to elope, and one meet-cute between a police officer and a teacher — are caught in the middle.

A section of the city is cordoned off, and the Atlanta PD must deal with the chaos that results from the harsh government response. It may be that we’ve seen one too many gruesome zombie plague movies because, by two-thirds of the way through, the audience members were laughing despite the copious amounts of blood. Indeed, the oft-repeated directive, “four to six feet!” — the distance everyone is constantly admonished to remain from each other to prevent infection — occurred so often, viewers were giggling every time it was said.

Lucifer (Fox) won the audience over largely on the strength of its lead, Tom Ellis (Rush). He oozes charm and has a ball playing the ultimate bad cop to Lauren German’s good cop. Despite his evil past, he is driven by a sense of justice — or at least infernal retribution.

In the pilot, Lucifer bribes cops, threatens rappers, and seduces nearly everything in a skirt — but still finds time to bond with the young daughter of his cop “partner.” He’s probably also the only person on network television that could get away with calling someone a homunculus (translation: “short, sweaty, and altogether fugly,” according to the former Lord of Hell). It’s like a much funnier version of another DC-based supernatural show: NBC’s Constantine. Hopefully, it has stronger legs; Constantine was canceled after 13 episodes.

Warner Bros. also screened the Legends of Tomorrow trailer that’s already available, as well as an all-new Teen Titans episode that finds the team renamed the League of Legs. But unless you were here, you’ll have to wait to see it.

Supergirl premieres October 26 on CBS; Blindspot premieres September 21 on NBC; Containment (The CW) and Lucifer (Fox) will premiere midseason.