Mostly official comic-book heroes
| 1975-1979 | Wonder Woman | Disguised as an army secretary, she fights Nazis |
| 1977-1982 | Incredible Hulk | Bruce Banner hides, going from town-to-town, helping people |
| 1977 | Man From Atlantis | Like Aquaman but with amnesia, aliens, fantasy |
| 197713eps | Amazing Spiderman | In LA? Skewed young? No supervillians? |
| 1982 | The Powers of Matthew Star | Handsome teen-aged magic alien fights crime w/loius gossett jr. |
| 1985 | Misfits of Science | A funny superhero team with odd powers |
| 1990-1991 | The Flash | Played straight? |
| 1990-1993 | Swamp Thing | Mad scientist Arcane evil plans always thwarted |
| 1993-1997 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Terry Hatcher! |
| 1993-1996 | SeaQuest | A hi-tech sub does cool stuff? |
| 1994 | MANTIS | A paralysed black genius invents a hi-tech power suit/wheelchair |
| 1997 | The Visitor | An alien abductee returns w/powers&spaceship to help people |
| 2001 | The Tick | Comedy based on the comic book. Patrick Warburton |
| 2013-2020 | Agents of SHIELD | A mid-level shield group in the marvel universe |
| 2014 | Constantine | A rumpled demon-hunter anti-hero |
| 2012-2020 | Arrow | The green arrow & young team save Star City and fall in love |
| 2014- | The Flash | Flash & young team save Central City and fall in love |
| 2015-2021 | Supergirl | Shy woman interns with mean boss, fights crime with team, falls in love |
| 2017-2019 | The Gifted | Marvel mutant underground ground hunted by government + evil mutants |
| 2018-2021 | Black Lightning | Black man & mutant family and his team fights an albino KingPin |