Series like The Flash

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   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.

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

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   Titans

   Same creator

   2018 · Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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   A team of young superheroes led by Nightwing (formerly Batman's first Robin) form to combat evil and other perils.

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

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   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.

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

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   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
   • shared network: Warner Bros. Television, DC Entertainment, Berlanti Productions

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   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.

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

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   Young Justice

   Similar atmosphere

   2010 · 22 min · Action & Adventure · Animation · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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   Teenage superheroes strive to prove themselves as members of the Justice League.

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   • shared themes: based on comic and superhero
   • shared superhero series style
   • a closely matched era

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   Smallville

   Similar atmosphere

   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.

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

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   Arrow

   Same creator

   2012 · Action & Adventure · Crime · Drama

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   Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.

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   • the same creator
   • shared themes: based on comic and superhero
   • a closely matched era

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   DC's Legends of Tomorrow

   Same creator

   2016 · 42 min · Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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   When heroes alone are not enough ... the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat — one in which not only is the planet at stake, but all of time itself. Can this ragtag team defeat an immortal threat unlike anything they have ever known?

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

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    The Sandman

    Similar atmosphere

    2022 · Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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    After years of imprisonment, Morpheus — the King of Dreams — embarks on a journey across worlds to find what was stolen from him and restore his power.

    Why it connects

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

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