Best 90's Superhero Animated Show

[NinjaCarm]

Which was it? Of the 1990s cartoons: X-Men The Animated Series, Spider-Man The Aminated Series, or Batman The Animated Series?

I think Batman has the edge. But I want to say X-Men.

 

[GREEN =w= DAY]

1. Batman

2. X-Men

3. Spiderman

that's how i rank them

 

[Casius--J]

is there any point voting? Without looking at the results I know Batman will win lol.

But for me

1.Spiderman
2. X-mem
3.Batman

and I'm not basing that on quality of story or animation etc. I'm basically going by what I sat down and gave my most attention to when it was on and that was spidey, followed closely by x-men. I hardly watched batman, just episodes here and there.

 

[Sinestro]

Batman
Spider Man
X Men

 

[NinjaCarm]

I think most would agree they were all superior to most animated shows today.

 

[Casius--J]

yeah they are, although I was loving Spectacular Spider-man over 90`s TAS up until its demise

 

[Iron_Stark]

Iron Man season 2


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No seriously, this is how I rank them

Batman
X-Men
Spider-Man

 

[Prison Mike]

Batman TAS, Superman TAS, and Spider-Man TAS

 

[Metallo]

The other two shows were ok but Batman is far and away the best in my opinion. It may be the greatest animated superhero series ever.

 

[Pink Ranger]

As an artistic achievement, Batman was head and shoulders above the other 2, although they are all pretty good.

X-Men was great, but kind of jumped the shark during the Phoenix saga (Jeaaaann! Jeaaaan! got a bit tired). And the quality of both the animation and storytelling plumetted in the final few episodes.

Spider-Man was good, and I really, really liked the series finale.

 

[Phatman]

Err...That list is lacking

What about Gargoyles?
Beast Wars?
Fantastic Four and Iron Man Season 2?
Spider Man animated?
Superman Animated?

Gargoyles is technichally a Superhero show and so was Beast Wars IMO.

 

[Sawyer]

BTAS by far.

 

[venom892]

1.Batman:TAS
2.X-men:TAS
3.Spider-man:TAS

and I'm a Spidey first and foremost.

 

[Scourge2099]

Like others have said , Iron Man TAS Season 2 was the best. Out of this list I picked Batman TAS.

X-Men TAS was cool , but got lame towards the end. Spiderman TAS recycled their animation alot.

 

[Primal Slayer]

Didnt Superman air in the late 90s?

But Batman--X-men--Spiderman.

 

[Brother Jack]

Batman: The Animated Series

The others were good, but there's no comparison.

 

[The Question]

There were more than three comic based super hero cartoons in the 90s.

Anyway, of this list... hard to say. Batman was of higher quality, but X-Men had an over arching story that I prefer to a series of stand alones. I personally prefer Superman to all of them. And I don't like the 90s Spider-Man cartoon. I think a lot of it's praise comes from nostalgia. There were some really good episodes, though.

 

[Neverless]

batman for sure. Although back int he day when it was on I probably wouldn't have said so. I guess I really didn't appreciate it till long after.

 

[Two-Face=Badass]

I think most would agree they were all superior to most animated shows today.

I'll go Batman, though I'm highly annoyed there's only three on the list. A better list would encompass more, so the winner wouldn't be so obvious.

 

[Thundarr]

Tough choice. I agree with many of the others on this thread that the list should probably be longer.

If I had to choose, I'd say:

1) Spiderman

2) Batman

3) X-Men

I liked the animation on Spiderman. Batman had better writing, but I didn't like how they drew Batman to look like Jay Leno on steroids. X-Men had some good animation and some good writing, but they kinda screwed the pooch with their "non-violent" action (Wolverine couldn't even use his claws, except for against inanimate objects and sentinels).

 

[The Question]

Tough choice. I agree with many of the others on this thread that the list should probably be longer.

If I had to choose, I'd say:

1) Spiderman

2) Batman

3) X-Men

I liked the animation on Spiderman. Batman had better writing, but I didn't like how they drew Batman to look like Jay Leno on steroids. X-Men had some good animation and some good writing, but they kinda screwed the pooch with their "non-violent" action (Wolverine couldn't even use his claws, except for against inanimate objects and sentinels).

There's a difference between animation and art style. Batman's animation was usually better than Spider-Man's, which was often stiff and relied on recycling clips and hoping no one noticed to save money.

 

[superhero]

#1X-MenAnimated series
#2 spider-man Animated series
#3 batman the Animatedserie i like batman beyond the best.

 

[Jennifer Walters]

Batman

X-Men and Spider-Man were awful cartoon shows. Watch them without nostalgia blinders and anyone can see this.

 

[Warhammer]

X-Men gets it's acclaim because of it's massive fan service. So many mutants and storylines were covered by the show. You name a mutant out of an X-Men comic and chances are, they were in at least one episode of the show. Even Thor was briefly seen in an episode.

However, Batman: The Animated Series is easily the best. The storylines were so well written. The animation was fantastic. Critically, it's one of the greatest cartoons of all-time.

 

[Solidus]

Yea I know it sounds like the rest, but BTAS by far. The music, the writing, everything. I still own all of them on DVD and watch them all the time. They are the only ones that as an adult I still love to watch. I remember watching the first one on TV back in 92 I believe. Amazing. I was hooked and watched them all.