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Old 11-03-11, 08:07 AM
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School me on Superhero Cartoons

My oldest has just hit his superhero worship phase so now I'm excited to watch superhero cartoons with him.

He's a big Batman fan but I'm a Marvel guy, so what awesome shit is out there for Daddy and Blakie to share?
Old 11-03-11, 08:12 AM
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My daughter and I have been enjoying Batman: Brave and the Bold, but sadly it is ending its run this season with only a few episodes left.
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Re: School me on Superhero Cartoons

to Batman: The Brave and The Bold. I suspect that any age can find something to enjoy with that one.

I would also recommend The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. The animation style is great, and it has a compelling overall story arch.

Other suggestions;
Batman: The Animated Series
X-Men
Superman: The Animated Series
Superman (1988 Ruby Spears)
Spectacular Spider-Man
Old 11-03-11, 08:28 AM
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Do you have Netflix? They have a ton on there that my kids have been loving, including:
X-Men
Wolverine and the X-men
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
Lots of Spider-Man
Iron Man (fun one that has 1 Iron Man story followed by a F4 story with Stan Lee giving little segments in it)

There are quite a few more on there, but that's what we've gone through so far. They also love the old school Super Friends shows.
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Re: School me on Superhero Cartoons

Wolverine and the X-men
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
Batman Beyond
Justice League (and JL Unlimited)

Those four are about as good as it gets.
Old 11-03-11, 10:35 AM
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Re: School me on Superhero Cartoons

Echo the mentions of Batman The Animated Series, Batman The Brave and the Bold, Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes, and Justice League/JLU (I haven't seen some of the others).

I'd add Legion of Super Heroes and some of the DCU movies--they're often rated PG-13 so read the reviews and use your parental judgment.
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Young Justice is a new one that's pretty decent. Batman and other JLUers make the occasional cameo.
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Re: School me on Superhero Cartoons

Originally Posted by Tommy Ceez
My oldest has just hit his superhero worship phase so now I'm excited to watch superhero cartoons with him.

He's a big Batman fan but I'm a Marvel guy, so what awesome shit is out there for Daddy and Blakie to share?
There is a X-men Cartoon, and there recently was a Japanese Animation style marvel cartoons. They run on Cartoon Network.
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Justice League
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Re: School me on Superhero Cartoons

My little guy is 3 and he loves Super Hero Squad, which is definitely skewed towards the younger kids but it does a good job on introducing the characters. As he gets a bit older, I'll start to show him some of the other cartoons mentioned, but most are a bit too old for him. I've showed him a few minutes of some, but he didn't have an interest.

At what ages would kids start to like Brave & Bold, Mightiest Heroes, etc?
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/\ I would consider Batman: TB&TB appropriate for nearly any age. The violence is minimal, and the overall tone of the show is more in line with the 60s Adam West TV series than any other incarnation of Batman.

The Avengers is a little more violent, but I would probably guess 10 or so is an appropriate age.
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My son is 3.5 and he LOVES TB&TB

DC Dominates the field now,huh?
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Re: School me on Superhero Cartoons

you can also check out x-men evolution which has the majority of the team at high school age.
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Superhero Squad is a fun show. Geared for younger kids, but it does a great job of referencing things in the Marvel Universe that only the parents would get.
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Re: School me on Superhero Cartoons

Originally Posted by CrashNBurn69
you can also check out x-men evolution which has the majority of the team at high school age.
Besides the obvious choices like Batman and Superman: The Animated Series, that show is criminally overlooked. Though X-Men: Evolution is aimed at older children. For a really young tyke, the early 80's series Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends is a great show with various heroes from the Marvel Universe as guests.
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Pretty much without question the DC Animated series blow anything that Marvel has done out of the water (although my nostalgic Saturday Morning love for Spider-man and his Amazing Friends isn't happy that I feel that way) I can't recommend Batman The Brave and the Bold enough, really great.

Also, The Tick is a really fun super hero cartoon that can be enjoyed on multiple levels for adults and kids.

Justice League is in my opinion the greatest Super Hero adaptation of any of the medias, the storylines may get a little too complex for really young kids, but I don't think its too much of a problem.
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Originally Posted by PhantomStranger
Besides the obvious choices like Batman and Superman: The Animated Series, that show is criminally overlooked. Though X-Men: Evolution is aimed at older children. For a really young tyke, the early 80's series Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends is a great show with various heroes from the Marvel Universe as guests.
I watch the 1994 Spiderman series with my son, and since that is the one that I grew up watching, I'm enjoying as well. I mentioned it to a co-worker, and he was able to give me an extremely specific rundown of the episode I had just watched, despite not seeing it for almost 20 years.

Originally Posted by snoogins
Superhero Squad is a fun show. Geared for younger kids, but it does a great job of referencing things in the Marvel Universe that only the parents would get.
Yeah, right now, it's my favorite to watch with my son, although he seems to like Batman:Brave & Bold as well.

Not sure about the US, but Netflix in Canada has added a lot of superhero shows in the last couple of days. I can't access the list from here, but I'll try to remember to post from home.
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Re: School me on Superhero Cartoons

These are the ones added to Canadian Netflix. Suggestions for a 3 1/2 year old?

X-Men
Astonishing X-Men
Spider-Man
Silver Surfer
Spider-Man Unlimited
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
Iron Man: Armored Adventures
Iron Man: Extremis
Astonishing X-Men: Gifted
Iron Man: Extremis
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Re: School me on Superhero Cartoons

Originally Posted by movieking
These are the ones added to Canadian Netflix. Suggestions for a 3 1/2 year old?

X-Men
Astonishing X-Men
Spider-Man
Silver Surfer
Spider-Man Unlimited
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
Iron Man: Armored Adventures
Iron Man: Extremis
Astonishing X-Men: Gifted
Iron Man: Extremis
For that young... maybe none of them. They are happiest when the story is simple and the action isn't complicated. At that age my nephew loved my Spiderman '67 DVDs the most. Eventually we moved to Super Friends... but I think he's still at least a year off really liking any of those.

Iron Man: Extremis & Astonishing X-Men: Gifted should be the last two on your list for viewing order for sure. Batman:Brave & Bold and Superhero Squad are the best bets for his age.
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Batman: The Animated Series - Best Superhero cartoon ever.
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Originally Posted by movieking
These are the ones added to Canadian Netflix. Suggestions for a 3 1/2 year old?
Do you want to watch strictly published superheroes from the Marvel/DC universes or does it matter?

Thinking as a 3.5 year old.. I would probably not mind watching old Blue Falcon and Dyno-mutt, Captain Caveman, Atom Ant, He-man, Thundarr, etc.
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Now that you're mentioning non-humans, I recall that Krypto the Superdog was pretty decent from the two episodes I watched

EDIT: It's aimed at a younger set than many of the other series

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Super Friends was cool to me as a kid, but if he ever gets into reading comics and explores the true nature of the characters, those eps. will really tick him off with how much of a mockery they made of everyone.

If he can handle the level of action intensity, I recommend the Batman and Superman animated series from the 90s; they were very true to the characters and had some really good stories that I'm sure you'll get into as well.
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Re: School me on Superhero Cartoons

Originally Posted by movieking
These are the ones added to Canadian Netflix. Suggestions for a 3 1/2 year old?

X-Men
Astonishing X-Men
Spider-Man
Silver Surfer
Spider-Man Unlimited
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
Iron Man: Armored Adventures
Iron Man: Extremis
Astonishing X-Men: Gifted
Iron Man: Extremis
None of them, those cartoons are all targeted at a much older demographic, veering on mature storylines. Marvel has never really tried shows aimed at young children, they almost always aim at males about to become teenagers. They do have that Superhero Squad show, but that show is so ridiculously bad for anyone over the age of 5 that I can't recommend it.

Go with the DC stuff for really young children, their series can be enjoyed by all ages for the most part.
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Re: School me on Superhero Cartoons

Teen Titans might be a good fit actually. I liked that show.

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