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Advetures of Superman
Starring: George Reeves The Adventures of Superman was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. It premiered in 1952 and originally was aired in black and white for the first two seasons but switched to color for the later seasons. The show follows Superman as he battles crime in Metropolis and keeps his identity a secret by working as mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent at the Daily Planet. -
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Batman
Starring: Adam West and Burt Ward The show premiered on ABC an ran for three seasons with it airing new episodes twice a week for the first two seasons and an episode weekly for the third. It featured Batman and Robin fighting crime in the city of Gotham but often with important moral lessons in each episode as well. -
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Wonder Woman
Starring: Lynda Carter Wonder Woman premiered on ABC for its first season but switched to CBS for its last two seasons. The story of the show followed Wonder Woman as she escorts a WWII pilot back to the United States and then continues to protect the United States against crime but also Nazi spies. One of the most notable aspects of the show was the transformation of Diana Prince into her Wonder Woman costume. -
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Wonder Woman
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The Incredible Hulk
Starring: Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno The show premiered on CBS after the success of a two hour pilot movie explaining the origins of The Hulk. The show follows Dr. Bruce Banner is tramautized by the death of his wife Laura and begins to study how people have period sof super strength in order to save loved ones in times of terror. Working late one night he conducts an unsupervised experiment that exposes him to high levels of gamma radiation that mutates his body. -
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The Incredible Hulk
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The Amazing Spider-Man
Starring: Nicholas Hammond The show premiered on CBS and was the result of a successful backdoor pilot two hour movie. The series, was popular for the CBS network but expensive to produce and so CBS was reluctant to givve it a steady time slot. -
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The Amazing Spider-Man
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The Flash (1990)
Starring: John Wesley-Shipp The Flash premiered on CBS and was created by Danny Bilson and Paul Deo Meo. It only lasted one season. Barry Allen is Central City Police's forensic scientist that is struck by lightning and flung into a cabinent of chemicals which changes his body's metabolism and gives him the ability to move at super human speed. -
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The Flash (1990 TV Series)
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Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Starring: Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher The show was created by Deborah Joy LeVine and aired on ABC. The show follows Clark Kent's trials as he tries to keep his secret identity and falls in love with Lois Lane, his partner at the Daily Planet, who in return is in love with Superman but has no idea that is actually Clark. -
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Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
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Smallville
Starring: Tom Welling, Allison Mack Smallville is a television series created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar that premiered on the WB in 2001 and continued on the CW in 2006 when the WB and UPN merged. The show follows a teenage Clark Kent as he grows up in Smallville discovering his powers and how to cope with them, all while dealing with popular comic book characters such as Lana Lang, Pete Ross, Lex Luthor, and Lois Lane. -
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Smallville
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Arrow
Starring: Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy Arrow is an American television show that premiered on the CW television network. It was created by Marc Guggenheim, Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg. The show follows the life of billionaire Oliver Queen and is told through a dual story line, following both present-day Oliver and his quest to save Starling City, and the five years he was shipwrecked and he transformed from a spoiled playboy into the present day vigilante. -
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Arrow (2012 - Present)
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Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Starring: Clark Gregg The was created by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen and premiered on ABC. Clark Gregg reprises his roles from popular Marvel movies to portray Agent Phil Coulson who leads a team of agents as they investigate strange situations around the world and protect people in the process. -
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Gotham
Starring: Benjamin McKenzie Gotham premirered on Sept. 22, 2014 on Fox. It was created by Bruno Heller. The series is a prequel to Batman and follows James Gordon and a young Bruce Wayne as they grow in the city of Gotham to become the well known characters of Commissioner Gordon and Batman, respectively. The series also provides origin stories to many notable Batman villains, such as the Riddler and Catwoman. -
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Gotham (2014 - Present)
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The Flash (2014)
Starring: Grant Gustin, Danielle Panabaker The Flash is a spin-off series of Arrow which premiered on the CW in Oct. 2014. It was created by Marc Guggenheim, Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg. The story revolves around Barry Allen, who is put into a coma after a particle accelerator explodes in Central City. He awakes from his coma after nine months to discover he has the superhuman ability of speed and healing. He uses his newfound powers to stop others who were also affected. -
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The Flash (2014 - Present)
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Constantine
Starring: Matt Ryan The show was developed by Daniel Cerone and David S. Goyer for NBC. It premiered on Oct. 24th 2014. Constantine is an anti-villain who is a master of the occult and uses his knowledge to try and protect humanity while atoning for his past sins. -
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Constantine (2014 - Present)
