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The Flash (2014)

After being struck by lightning, CSI investigator Barry Allen awakens from a nine-month coma to discover he has been granted the gift of super speed. Teaming up with S.T.A.R. Labs, Barry takes on the persona of The Flash, the Fastest Man Alive, to protect his city.

Created byGeoff Johns, Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg

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  1. 01

    Superman & Lois

    Same creator

    2021 · 44 min · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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    After years of facing megalomaniacal supervillains, monsters wreaking havoc on Metropolis, and alien invaders intent on wiping out the human race, The Man of Steel aka Clark Kent and Lois Lane come face to face with one of their greatest challenges ever: dealing with all the stress, pressures and complexities that come with being working parents in today's society.

    Why it connects

    • the same creator
    • strong shared themes: based on comic and super power
    • similar audience response
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  2. 03

    DC's Stargirl

    Same creator

    2020 · 43 min · Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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    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.

    Why it connects

    • the same creator
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • similar audience response
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  3. 04

    The Gifted

    Similar atmosphere

    2017 · 45 min · Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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    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.

    Why it connects

    • strong shared themes: based on comic and super power
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  4. 05

    Doom Patrol

    Similar atmosphere

    2019 · 49 min · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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    The Doom Patrol’s members each suffered horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities — but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found purpose through The Chief, who brought them together to investigate the weirdest phenomena in existence — and to protect Earth from what they find.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared themes: based on comic and superhero
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  5. 06

    Supergirl

    Same creator

    2015 · 42 min · Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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    Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them. The Danvers teach her to be careful with her powers, until she has to reveal them during an unexpected disaster, setting her on her journey of heroism.

    Why it connects

    • the same creator
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  6. 08

    WandaVision

    Similar atmosphere

    2021 · Drama · Mystery · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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    Wanda Maximoff and Vision—two super-powered beings living idealized suburban lives—begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.

    Why it connects

    • strong shared themes: based on comic and superhero
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • similar audience response
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  7. 09

    You

    Same creator

    2018 · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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    A dangerously charming, obsessive man goes to extreme measures to insert himself into the lives of women who fascinate him.

    Why it connects

    • the same creator
    • a closely matched era
    • similar audience response
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  8. 10

    Smallville

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    2001 · 43 min · Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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    The origins of the world’s greatest hero–from Krypton refugee Kal-el’s arrival on Earth through his tumultuous teen years to Clark Kent’s final steps toward embracing his destiny as the Man of Steel.

    Why it connects

    • strong shared themes: based on comic and super power
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • similar audience response
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