List of television series based on Marvel Comics publications

Below is a list of television series based on properties of Marvel Comics. This list includes live-action and animated series.

Live-action

Title	Seasons	Episodes	Original airing	Production company	Network	Notes / Ref(s)
Spidey Super Stories	3	29	1974–77	Children's Television Workshop	PBS	29 segments on seasons 4–6 of The Electric Company.[1][2]
The Amazing Spider-Man	2	13	1977–79	Charles Fries Productions / Dan Goodman Productions	CBS	Started with a television film.[3]
The Incredible Hulk	5	80	1977–82	Universal Television		Started with 2 television films and ended with 3 television films post series between 1988 and 1990
Spider-Man	1	41	1978–79	Toei Company	Tokyo Channel 12	Also features a film. Japanese co-production.
Mutant X	3	66	2001–04	Marvel Studios / Fireworks Entertainment / Global Television Network	Syndication
Blade	1	12	2006	Phantom Four Films / Marvel Entertainment / New Line Television	Spike	Takes place after the events of Blade: Trinity
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	7	136	2013–20	ABC Studios / Marvel Television / Mutant Enemy Productions	ABC	Part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Agent Carter	2	18	2015–16	ABC Studios / Marvel Television / F&B Fazekas & Butters
Daredevil	3	39	2015–18	ABC Studios / Marvel Television / DeKnight Productions (season 1) / Goddard Textiles (seasons 1–2)	Netflix
Jessica Jones	3	39	2015–19	ABC Studios / Marvel Television / Tall Girls Productions
Luke Cage	2	26	2016–18	ABC Studios / Marvel Television /
Legion	3	27	2017–19	26 Keys Productions / The Donners' Company / Bad Hat Harry Productions (season 1) / Kinberg Genre / Marvel Television / FX Productions	FX
Iron Fist	2	23	2017–18	ABC Studios / Marvel Television / Devilina Productions (season 1)	Netflix	Part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The Defenders	1	8	2017	ABC Studios / Marvel Television / Goddard Textiles / Nine and a Half Fingers, Inc.
Inhumans	1	8		ABC Studios / Marvel Television / Devilina Productions	ABC	Part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Versions of the first two episodes screened in IMAX theaters before its premiere on ABC.
The Gifted	2	29	2017–19	Flying Glass of Milk Productions / The Donners' Company / Bad Hat Harry Productions / Kinberg Genre / Marvel Television / 20th Century Fox Television	Fox
The Punisher	2	26		ABC Studios / Marvel Television / Bohemian Risk Productions	Netflix	Part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Runaways	3	33		ABC Signature Studios / Marvel Television / Fake Empire Productions	Hulu
Cloak & Dagger	2	20	2018–19	Wandering Rocks Productions / ABC Signature Studios / Marvel Television	Freeform
In development
Helstrom			2020	ABC Signature Studios / Marvel Television[lower-alpha 1]	Hulu	Part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier				Marvel Studios	Disney+[12]
WandaVision
Loki			2021
Hawkeye			2022
Ms. Marvel
Moon Knight
She-Hulk

1. Production of Helstrom was moved to Marvel Studios following the shut down of Marvel Television, with executives from Marvel Television staying on to supervise the completion of the series.[4]

Inspired by Marvel productions

Title	Seasons	Episodes	Original airing	Production company	Network	Notes / Ref(s)
Battle Fever J	1	52	1979–80	Toei Company TV Asahi Marvel Comics	TV Asahi	Part of the Super Sentai metaseries and Marvel's Earth-79203. Japanese co-productions.
Denshi Sentai Denjiman	1	51	1980–81	Toei Company Toei Advertising TV Asahi
Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan	1	50	1981–82	Toei Company TV Asahi Marvel Comics

From Marvel imprints

Malibu Comics

Title	Seasons	Episodes	Original running	Production company	Network	Notes / Ref(s)
Night Man	2	44	1997–99	Alliance Atlantis / Village Roadshow Pictures	Syndication

Icon Comics

Title	Seasons	Episodes	Original running	Production company	Network	Notes / Ref(s)
Powers	2	20	2015–16	Sony Pictures Television	PlayStation Network

Web series

Title	Year	Production company	Airing location	Notes / Refs
WHIH Newsfront	2015–16	Marvel Studios	YouTube	10 episodes. Part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot	2016	ABC Studios / Marvel Television	ABC.com	6 episodes. Part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Pilots

Title	Year	Production company	Network	Notes / Ref(s)
Power Pack	1991	New World Television	NBC
Marvel's Most Wanted	2016	ABC Studios / Marvel Television	N/A	Unaired. Intended as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and originally developed for ABC.[13][14][15]
New Warriors	2017	ABC Signature Studios / Marvel Television		Unaired. Intended as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and originally developed for Freeform,[16][17] but never found a new network.[18]

Animated

Title	Original airing	Studio	Network	Notes / Refs
The Marvel Super Heroes	1966	Grantray-Lawrence Animation / Marvel Comics Group	ABC	Anthology with rotating segments
Fantastic Four	1967–68	Hanna-Barbera Productions / Marvel Comics Group
Spider-Man	1967–70	Grantray-Lawrence Animation / Krantz Films / Marvel Comics Group
The New Fantastic Four	1978	DePatie-Freleng Enterprises / Marvel Comics Animation	NBC
Fred and Barney Meet the Thing	1979	Hanna-Barbera Productions / Marvel Comics Group
Spider-Woman	1979–80	DePatie-Freleng Enterprises / Marvel Comics Animation	ABC
Spider-Man	1981–82	Marvel Productions	Syndication
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends	1981–83		NBC
The Incredible Hulk	1982–83			Part of The Marvel Action Hour on CBBC.
X-Men	1992–97	Graz Entertainment / Marvel Entertainment Group / Saban Entertainment / New World Entertainment / Genesis Entertainment / New World Animation	Fox Kids
Fantastic Four	1994–96	Marvel Entertainment Group / Marvel Films / Saban Entertainment / New World Entertainment / Genesis Entertainment / New World Animation	Syndication	Part of The Marvel Action Hour.
Iron Man
Spider-Man	1994–98	Marvel Entertainment Group / Marvel Films (1994–97) / Marvel Studios (1997–98)/ Saban Entertainment / New World Entertainment / New World Animation	Fox Kids
The Incredible Hulk	1996–97	Marvel Entertainment Group / Marvel Films / Saban Entertainment / New World Entertainment / New World Animation	UPN Kids
Silver Surfer	1998	Marvel Entertainment Group / Marvel Studios / Saban Entertainment	Fox Kids
Spider-Man Unlimited	1999–2001	Marvel Studios / Saban Entertainment
The Avengers: United They Stand	1999–2000
X-Men: Evolution	2000–03	Film Roman / Marvel Studios / Mad House / Mook Animation / DR Movie	The WB
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series	2003	Mainframe Entertainment / Marvel Entertainment / Adelaide Productions	MTV
Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes	2006–07	Marvel Entertainment / Marvel Studios / MoonScoop Group / M6 / Taffy Entertainment	Cartoon Network
The Spectacular Spider-Man	2008–09	Culver Entertainment / Marvel Entertainment / Adelaide Productions / Hanho Heung-Up / DongWoo Animation / Moi Animation / Sony Pictures Television	The CW (season 1) Disney XD (season 2)
Wolverine and the X-Men	2009	Marvel Studios / Marvel Entertainment / Toonz Entertainment / First Serve International / Liberation Entertainment / EVA Finance GmbH / Marvel Animation	Nicktoons
Iron Man: Armored Adventures	2009–12	Marvel Animation / Marvel Entertainment / Method Animation / DQ Entertainment / France 2 / Isle of Man Film / Genius / LuxAnimation / Fabrique D'Images / France Télévisions / Onyx Lux
The Super Hero Squad Show	2009–11	Film Roman / Ingenious Media / Marvel Entertainment / Marvel Animation	Cartoon Network
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes	2010–13		Disney XD
Marvel Knights: Black Panther	2010 (U.S.) 2010–11 (Australia)	Marvel Entertainment / Marvel Knights Animation / Hudlin Entertainment / Titmouse, Inc. / BET	BET (U.S.) ABC3 (Australia)	6-episode motion comic
Marvel Anime: Iron Man	2010–11 (Japan) 2011–12 (U.S.)	Madhouse / Marvel Entertainment	G4 (U.S.) Sci Fi Channel (Australia)	Each anime series consisted of 12 episodes
Marvel Anime: Wolverine
Marvel Anime: X-Men
Marvel Anime: Blade
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man	2012–17	Film Roman / Marvel Entertainment / Marvel Animation	Disney XD
Marvel's Avengers Assemble	2013–19	Marvel Entertainment / Marvel Animation
Marvel's Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.	2013–15	Film Roman / Marvel Entertainment / Marvel Animation
Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers	2014–15 (Japan) 2015–16 (Malaysia)	Toei Animation / Marvel Entertainment / The Walt Disney Company Japan	TX Network (Japan) Disney XD (Malaysia)	Anime, 51-episode series
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy	2015–19	Marvel Entertainment / Marvel Animation	Disney XD
Marvel Future Avengers	2017–18	Madhouse / Marvel Entertainment / The Walt Disney Company Japan	Dlife	Anime
Ongoing
Marvel's Spider-Man	2017–present	Marvel Entertainment / Marvel Animation	Disney XD	[19]
Big Hero 6: The Series		Disney Television Animation	Disney XD (1st series) Disney Channel (2nd series)	Continuation of the 2014 film loosely based on Marvel Comics, Renewed for a third season.[20][21]
In development
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur	2020	Marvel Entertainment / Marvel Animation	Disney Channel[22]
What If...?	2021	Marvel Studios	Disney+[23][24][25]	Part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends		Marvel Entertainment / Marvel Animation	Disney Junior[26]
Hit-Monkey	TBA		Hulu[27]
M.O.D.O.K.

From Malibu Comics

Title	Original airing	Network	Production company(s)
Ultraforce	1994–95	USA Network	DIC Productions L.P. / Bohbot Entertainment
Men in Black: The Animated Series	1997–2001	The WB	Amblin Entertainment / Adelaide Productions / Columbia TriStar Television

From Icon Comics

Title	Original airing	Network	Production company(s)	Notes
In development
Supercrooks	TBA	Netflix	Bones / Millarworld Production	Anime[28]

Pilots

Title	Original airing	Network
X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men	1989	Syndication
Solarman	1992	Fox Kids

TV specials

Title	Year	Network	Notes / Refs
Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel	2013	Disney Channel / Disney XD	It aired on August 16, 2013, on Disney Channel and on August 25, 2013 on Disney XD.

Direct-to-video and digital motion

Title	Original airing	Episodes
Astonishing X-Men: Gifted	October 27, 2009 (iTunes) September 28, 2010 (DVD)	6[29]
Iron Man: Extremis	April 16, 2010 (iTunes)	6[29]
Spider-Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D.	June 14, 2011 (DVD)	5[30]
Thor / Loki: Blood Brothers	March 14, 2011 (iTunes)	4[31]
Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous	April 10, 2012 (DVD)	6[32]
Astonishing X-Men: Torn	August 14, 2012 (DVD)	6[33]
Astonishing X-Men: Unstoppable	November 13, 2012 (DVD)	7[34]
Inhumans	April 23, 2013 (DVD)	12[35]
Wolverine: Origin	July 9, 2013 (DVD)	6[36]
Ultimate Wolverine Vs. Hulk	September 10, 2013 (DVD)	6[35]
Wolverine Versus Sabretooth	January 14, 2014 (DVD)	6[37]
Wolverine: Weapon X: Tomorrow Dies Today	May 13, 2014 (DVD)	6[38]
Eternals	September 16, 2014 (DVD)	10[39]
Wolverine Versus Sabretooth: Reborn	March 24, 2015 (DVD)	4[40]

Web series, shorts series

Title	Original running	Production company(s)	Airing location	Notes / Refs
Marvel's Rocket & Groot	2017	Marvel Animation / Passion Animation Studios	Disney XD	12 episodes.[41]
Marvel's Ant-Man				6 episodes.[42][43]
Marvel Rising: Initiation	2018			6 episodes.[44]
Baymax And		Disney Television Animation	YouTube (Disney Channel channel)	6 episodes.
Baymax Dreams				3 episodes.[45]
Ongoing
Marvel Superheroes: What the--?!	2009–present	Marvel Entertainment	Marvel.com	50 episodes.[46]
Marvel Super Hero Adventures	2017–present	Marvel Animation	Disney Channel (Disney Junior block) / Disney Junior / YouTube (Marvel HQ channel)	30 episodes.[47][48]
Big Chibi 6 The Shorts	2018–present	Disney Television Animation	Disney Channel / YouTube (Disney Channel channel)	12 episodes.[49]
Baymax & Mochi	2019–present			3 episodes.[50]

See also

• List of films based on Marvel Comics publications
• List of films based on DC Comics publications
• Marvel Studios
• Marvel Television
• Marvel Animation
• Marvel Productions
• Marvel Knights
• Marvel Rising
• Spider-Man in television
• X-Men in television
• Marvel Comics Video Library
• List of Marvel Cinematic Universe television series
• List of unproduced television projects based on Marvel Comics

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