Your Top 10 Favorite Comic Book Cartoons

[Frank Castle]

Since everyone doesn't like the IGN top 10 list, what is your list? Here is mine.

10. X-Men TAS
9. The Batman
8. 80's Ninja Turtles
7. Batman Beyond
6. Superman (Fleischer Version)
5. JL/JLU
4. Superman TAS
3. The Tick
2. Spider-Man TAS
1. Batman TAS

[HenriDucard]

1. Batman TAS
2. X-Men TAS
3. Superman TAS
4. Justice League
5. Iron Man Season 2
6. Incredible Hulk Season 1
7. Spider-Man TAS
8. Batman Beyond

[Wonderwall]

1.Batman TAS/ The New Batman Adventures
2.Justice League/ JLU
3.Batman Beyond
4.MTV Spider Man
5.Superman TAS
6.X men TAS
7.Spider Man TAS
8.X Men Evolution
9.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
10.The Tick

[FireWarrior]

1.Justice League/Unlimited
2.Superman TAS
3.Batman Beyond
4.Batman TAS/TNBA
5.X-Men TAS
6.X-Men Evolution
7.Spawn TAS
8.Spider-Man TNAS
9.Spider-Man TAS
10.Legion of Superheroes

[stephane dumas]

in no specific order
-1967-70 Spider-man
-Superfriends
-Marvel Super-heroes
-1982 Hulk cartoon
-1994 Spider-man
-1967 Fantastic Four
-2006 Fantastic Four
-Spider-man and his Amazing Friends
-The Mask
-The Tick

[ROBOTRON]

Batman: TAS (includes TNBA)
JLU/JL
Batman Beyond
Superman TAS
Spiderman 60's
X-Men
Static Shock
The Batman
Spiderman MTV
Spiderman Unlimited

[Cortez2301]

1-Batman the animated series/The New Batman Adventures.
2-Batman Beyond.
3-Superman the animated series.
4-Justice League/Unlimited.
5-Spawn TAS.
6-The Batman.
7-Spiderman the Animated series.
8-Static Shock.
9-Superman the Fleischer animated series.
10-Superfriends.

I wish Gargoyles was included.

[Stu]

This list changes everytime I right it, but here we go anyway;

1. Batman: The Animated Series
2: Spider-Man: The Animated Series
3: Justice League Unlimited
4. Batman Beyond
5. X-Men
6. Superman
7. Iron Man
8. Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
9. The Incredible Hulk
10. X-Men: Evolution

[Azrael24]

JL/U (best of the Best)
BTAS (close second)
TB (S4 moved it to #3)
TT
X:Evo
BB
STAS
TNBA (different designs, different title, different show)

I also like LOSH and FF:WGH but there not favs

[gundam555]

My top 10:
1. Justice League/Unlimited
2. Batman: TAS
3. Superman: TAS
4. Batman Beyond
5. The Batman
6. Spiderman MTV
7. Superfriends
8. Fantastic Four
9. X-Men Evolution
10. Teen Titans

[BigEclipse]

1) Justice League/Justice League Unlimited
2) Batman: The Animated Series
3) Spawn
4) Superman: The Animated Series
5) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)
6) Batman: Beyond
7) X-Men: Evolution
8) DuckTales (was based on the Gladstone Comic book Uncle Scrooge Adventures)
9) X-Men: The Animated Series
10) Spider-Man: The Animated Series

*I only included shows based on American comics. Had I included Japanese Manga the list would be different.

[Zombies8MDingo]

I don't wan't to include non Marvel cartoons so can only think of 5..


1. Spider-Man: MTV style - The best animated look, finally a Spidey who moves and looks like he should.

2. Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends - sooo many Marvel guest stars...

3. Transformers - A guilty pleasure that I still know off by heart. If the animated movie had consistant animation it'd be amazing.

4. Captain America: The 60's cartoon - I loved this show when I found it on VHS.

5. X-Men Evolution - Really started getting into it once Beast came into it and they started expanding the universe. Loved it once mutants got outed.

[Tempest]

Where do you start?? I got a place:

1. Justice League Unlimited
2. Iron Man season 2
3. Fantastic Four season 2
4. Challenge of the Superfriends (Legion of Doom)
5. X-Men (90's)
6. Captain America (60's)
7. Aquaman (60's)
8. Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
9. GI Joe
10.Defenders of the Earth


Honorable mentions

The Tick
The Batman season 4
He-Man (2002)
Incredible Hulk season 1(late 90's)
X-Men Evolution seasons 3-5
Spawn

[doug1937]

1. Hellblazer
2. Swamp Thing
3. Druuna
4. Kamandi
5. Ironwood
6. Conan the Barbarian
7. The Flash

Need I go on?

:eek::eek::eek:

[ifthismeansevos]

Ok I hace the DC forum to put the Dc cartoons...because if I Like it or not...They wipe the floor with Marvel.

X-men Evolution
MTV Spider-man
Spider-man and his amazing friends
Invincible Iron-man
Spider-man TAS
X-Men TAS
Fantastic four 60s
Fantastic four 90s
Spidey Unlimited
Spider-woman

The problem here being that plus three hulk episodes are all the series I've seen never saw Iron-man 70s versiones of spidey and FF Avengers UWS...So it's just the order of love for the series that I saw.

[Gokou Ruri]

-Batman: TAS
-Superman: TAS
-X-Men Evolution
-Justice League
-Justice League Unlimited
-Static Shock
-2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
-W.I.T.C.H.
-90's Spider-Man series
-Ultimate Avengers

[RicS]

1. Superman: The Animated Series
2. Justice League/Justice League Unlimited
3. Batman: The Animated Series
4. The New Batman Adventures
5. Ultimate Avengers I and II
6. X-Men Evolution
7. The Batman
8. Batman Beyond
9. Legion of Superheroes
10.Spawn: The Animated Series

[Caswin]

1. Hellblazer
2. Swamp Thing
3. Druuna
4. Kamandi
5. Ironwood
6. Conan the Barbarian
7. The Flash

Need I go on?

:eek::eek::eek:Uh... yeah, the majority of those don't seem to be cartoons.

[Kolbar]

1. X-Men
2. Justice League Unlimited
3. Batman: The Animated Series
4. Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
5. Spider-Man
6. Fantastic Four (60s)
7. Superman: The Animated Series
8. Superfriends
9. Fantastic Four 90s
10. Iron Man

[lordsmurf]

Is this confined to traditional superheroes only? Because I'm quite fond of Smurfs, and it was a comic book series long before it was on television or the silver screen. The comic strips are quite good.

[Cypher Rage]

1. Spiderman TAS
2. Justice League Unlimited
3. Teen Titans
4. X-men Evolution
5. Transformers
6. Superman TAS
7. Fantasic Four 90's
8. MTV Spiderman
9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
10. Batman TAS

Transformers is a comic, right?

[dmxx116]

1.Justice league/unlimited 2.batman tas 3.Superman tas 4.X-men 5.Spider-man tas 6.Batman beyond 7.Ironman 8.Fantastic four season two 9.Hulk season one 10.X-men:evolution

[Jeremiah]

1.Spider-Man:TAS
2.Fantastic Four:90'S (The 2nd Season)
3.Fantastic Four:60's
4.Spider-Man:60's
5.X-Men:TAS
6.Hulk:90's
7.Iron Man:90's(The 2nd Season)
8.Batman:TAS
9.Fantastic Four:WGH
10.SuperMan:TAS
I also really like all the DVT'S Marvel has released thus far. I also someday hope to be able to have the chance to watch The Silver Surfer animated series (Though somehow i doubt I'll ever have that chance).But It sounds and look's like a great show.:)

[Antiyonder]

I'll work on ranking them later, but for now the ten that I've enjoyed quite a bit more than others:

Challenge Of The Superfriends
Justice League Unlimited
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)
Batman The Animated Series
Ducktales
Silver Surfer
Spider-Man (1994)
Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends
W.I.T.C.H.
Teen Titans

[Darklordavaitor]

10: Tie: Iron Man; The Incredible Hulk
9: Fantastic Four (HB series)
8: Superman: TAS
7: The Tick
6: X-Men
5: X-Men: Evolution
4: Spider-Man: TAS
3: Justice League/ JLU
2: Batman Beyond
1: Batman: TAS/TNBA

[Anarky]

01. Batman: The Animated Series (+ TNBA)
02. Justice League (+ Unlimited)
03. TMNT (2K3)
04. Spawn
05. X-Men: Evolution
06. Superman: The Animated Series
07. The Maxx
08. The Tick
09. Spider-Man (MTV)
10. Teen Titans

honorable mentions:

Hellboy DTVs
The Amazing Screw-On Head (one-shot)
the Marvel-Lions Gate DTVs
the upcoming DCU DTVs
Invader Zim (not an actual comic but borrowed much from Jhonen's prior work)
Batman Beyond (not drawn from the comics but rather a marketing brainstorm from WB tv wing)
The Simpsons (series preceeded the comics)

manga-to-tv
Cowboy Bebop, The Big O, Afro Samurai

too soon to tell:

F4 World's Greatest Heroes
The Spectacular Spider-Man


reverse order: tv-to-comics

Gargoyles
The Simpsons
Avatar (tie-in comics/mangas)

[Memphis Bleek]

I did my top five because the other comics-to-animated series I've seen don't standout from the pack.


1. Justice League Unlimited
2. X-Men: TAS
3. Batman: TAS
4. Batman Beyond
5. Superman: TAS

[Bones Justice]

I wasn't sure that I could even come up with ten but I did:

1. DCAU (Batman, Superman, JL, JLU)
2. Spider-man TNAS (MTV)
3. The Batman
4. X-Men TAS
5. X-Men Evolution
6. Static Shock
7. Legion of Superheroes
8. Teen Titans
9. Spawn TAS (HBO)
10. Superman (1940's / Fleischer)

[Aizen]

1. Batman the animated series
2. Justice League Unlimited
3. Justice League
4. Superman the animated series
5. The New Batman Adventures
6. X-men the animated series
7. Spider-Man the animated series
8. Batman Beyond
9. Static Shock
10. Teen Titans:robin:

[The Blockbuster]

Here's mine:

1. Batman: The Animated Series (this is about a mile above #2)
2. Spider-Man (90's)
3. TMNT (2003)
4. Justice League
5. X-Men (90's)
6. Superman- TAS
7. TMNT (90')
8. X-Men Evolution
9. Fantastic Four (90's)
10. The Batman

[Aizen]

Here's mine:

1. Batman: The Animated Series (this is about a mile above #2)
2. Spider-Man (90's)
3. TMNT (2003)
4. Justice League
5. X-Men (90's)
6. Superman- TAS
7. TMNT (90')
8. X-Men Evolution
9. Fantastic Four (90's)
10. The Batman
Welcome to Toonzone!:)

[batsy2]

The Batman
Teen Titans
Legion of Superheroes
Batman The Animated Series
The New Batman Adventures
Superman The Animated Series
Justice League
Justice league Unlimited
Batman Beyond
Spectacular Spider-man

[Optimus81]

Great post! Geeks can never resist Top Ten lists!! So here goes:

10. Challenge of the Superfriends (1978- HB)

9. Spider-Man (1994- Marvel/Saban)

8. Superman (1996- WB)

7. Justice League/Justice League Unlimited (2002- WB)

6. The Incredible Hulk (1996- Marvel/Saban ONLY season 1)

5. Fantastic Four (1994- Marvel/Saban ONLY season 2)

4. Iron Man (1994- Marvel/Saban ONLY season 2)

3. X-Men (1992- Marvel/Saban)

2. Superman (1940- Fleischer Studios)

1. Batman: The Animated Series (1992- WB)


HONORABLE MENTION:

Aquaman (1967- Filmation)
Batman (1968- Filmation)
The Legend of Prince Valiant (1991- Hearst Entertainment/IBDH)

A few notes:

- Batman for me includes the Animated Series, Adventures of Batman and Robin, and the New Batman Adventures.

- Also, for the record, GI Joe and Transformers were NOT based off comic books. The comic books and cartoons were both based off the toylines and started at the same time. Comic book writers did create personalities for all the characters, but the two had entirely different continuities.

- I never did see the 80s Spider-Man (NOT Amazing Friends, but the previous one) or the 80s Incredible Hulk, so I don't have an opinion on those although they might have been awesome.

[byron lomax]

1. Batman TAS
2. Justice League
3. Spawn
4. Adventures of Tintin
5. Teen Titans
6. X-men Evolution
7. Batman Beyond
8. TNBA
9. Spiderman 90s
10. X-men TAS

I haven't included Superman TAS because I've barely seen any of it.

[Nygma]

Batman TAS/TNBA
Justice League (Unlimited)
Spider-Man TAS
Batman Beyond
X-Men TAS
Superman TAS
X-Men Evolution
Spawn
The Tick
Superfriends(only for Challenge and Galactic Heroes)

[HenriDucard]

1. X-Men
2. Iron Man Season 2
3. Justice League/Unlimited
4. Superman
5. Spider-Man
6. Batman
7. Batman Beyond Season 1

[roguestoryteller]

I would have to say my favourites are (in no particular order)

X-Men: Evolution
Spider-Man (the MTV show)
Batman the Animated Series
The Batman
Justice League
Superman the animated Series
X-Men
Spawn
The Tick
TMNT (2k3)

[thundarr82]

1) X-Men (Saban Entertainment)
2) Marvel Super Heroes
3) G.I. Joe A Real American Hero
4) The Tick
5) Spider-Man 1967
6) Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends
7) Fantastic Four 1967 (Hanna Barbara)
8) Ultimate Avengers
9) HellBoy DTV's
10) Max Fleischers Superman 1939

[DrTooth]

I'm just going to list them randomly, and not make a 10 list, since I work on a stream of unconciousness...

The Tick, the original animated series that popularised the black and white comic book, and helped spawn a short lived, but well remembered bunch of comedic superhero shows in the mid 90's.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles- the first (or one of the first) comics based on an indie comic. I am partial to both the new and old series, plus the new movie.

Batman TAS- batman is pretty much my favorite straightforward Superhero (I'm a comedy superhero fan).

I don't know if Movies count, but- Asterix and Cleopatra the movie. I also really enjoyed the 12 tasks of Asterix and Asterix and the big fight.

Ducktales- Based off of characters and stories by Carl Barks and Don Rosa. While it ventured into its own thing (Donald was not featured in many episodes due to the fact Disney actually worred about character overexposure in those days)

1960's Fantastic 4. Just because Paul Frees did the voice of the Thing

Sam and Max, Freelance Police.

Spiderman- most of the ones I've seen from the 60's 70's and the 90's series were great, and I'm looking forward to the next one.

Teen Titans- I know it takes a lot of heat for being "anime inspired" but I found it pretty playful and entertaining.

[thedanmachine]

In no particular order:
Spiderman TAS: I grew up on this, and it had such a great cast of characters and so much action
Batman TAS:Also grew up on this, and and despite me thinking it gets a little overrated sometimes, its a great cartoon nonetheless
X-Men TAS: Once again, grew up on this, also had an awesome opening theme
X-Men Evolution: Absolutely loved this series as it progressed, i find myself watching it more often now, and i love how much the characters grow over the course of the series
Batman Beyond: Loved the action and the villains. Also had one of my favorite moments in entertainment history with Freeze killing himself in that ice-tomb of sorts.
The Batman: I like this series more and more as it goes on. Batman is my fav comic character and i love watching this Batman grow and slowly become more of a team player and an all-around superhero leader.
Superman TAS: Loved it, since it was my first exposure to Supes,
Spiderman (The MTV Series): Loved the movies, and even though this didnt have the same feel as them, i was so caught up in the big spider-hype of the time, i couldnt help but enjoy it.
Teen Titans: Cant quite explain it, but its amazinly addictive,
TMNT: Used to wake up early in the morning and watch it when i was a kid before school

[creativerealms]

1: Superman TAS
2: Batman TAS
3: TMNT 2003
4: JL/JLU
5: X-men Evo
6: Batman Beyound
7: X-men (fox)
8: The Tick
9: Spawn
10: The batman

[hobbyfan]

The best Marvel cartoons?

10. Spider-Woman (ABC/DePatie-Freleng 1979-80). How could this show go wrong? ABC had it on before lunch, you had Joan Van Ark (Knots Landing) voicing the title character, and some good stories. And IIRC, it was coupled with Scooby & Scrappy-Doo in the 11-12 hour.

9. Incredible Hulk (1996-98, UPN): They brought back Lou Ferrigno to be the voice of the Hulk, which was cool. They did their best to be true to the comics, and She-Hulk was added to the mix in season 2.

8. Silver Surfer (Fox-Saban 1999): This was never given a fair chance. I only saw a portion of one episode, otherwise I'd rate it higher.

7. Fantastic Four (NBC/DePatie-Freleng 1978-79): Amazingly, this show was blacked out in the Albany NY market, and at that time our cable system also had the NBC affil from Utica, which is how I was able to watch the show. Johnny Storm was booted in favor of H.E.R.B.I.E because of paranoia over parental concerns.

6. Incredible Hulk (NBC-Marvel Prods. 1982-85): You had to suffer through Stan Lee's narration, which really wasn't necessary. In fact, the inclusion of Lee was the jump-the-shark moment for Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends. Michael Bell was the voice of Bruce Banner, beginning his long association with Marvel Productions (also worked on GI Joe), but I'm not sure if he also did Hulk.

5. Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends (NBC-Marvel Prods. 1981-85): Marvel decided they needed to start Spidey's 2nd run on SatAM with a Super Friends rip-off. Some stories were hokey, which would happen about every 2-3 weeks. The big bonus? Firestar would eventually jump into the Marvel Universe proper a few years later.

4. X-Men: Evolution (WB): As good as this show was, it fell victim to the network's lameass methodology of scheduling, doing all they can to avoid taking Pokemon or Yu-Gi-Oh (the latter now on Fox) off the schedule and give this series the respect it deserves. It even got dissed by Cartoon Network, if you could believe it. Wouldn't be surprised to see this get picked up by Toon Disney for Jetix.

3. X-Men (both versions): One of the few properties handled almost perfectly. They stayed true to comics history, even adapting the Dark Phoenix saga from the 80's. A shame that it had to end, but maybe there's a means to revive the show?

2. Fantastic Four (ABC/Hanna-Barbera 1967): Sure, there was a rights problem that kept them from actually using Sub-Mariner (Prince Triton of Pacifica? Please!), but they did use Dr. Doom & Galactus. ABC kept it around until 1970, and I'd rather see this on DVD instead of the French-produced atrocity CN has now.

1. Spider-Man (ABC/Grantray-Lawrence/Krantz 1967-70): The theme song has become as much an icon as the hero himself, although I could do without the Homer Simpson parody earlier this year. Ralph Bakshi was brought aboard about halfway through the first season to help, and the series turned the corner to Respectability Blvd. from there.

[Miyamoto Musashi]

1) SOLO SPIDERMAN 1981
2) SPIDERMAN THE ANIMATED SERIES
3) SPIDERMAN 1967 SEASON1 (BAKSHI'S WORK SUCKS)
4) SPIDERMAN AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS
5) 1982 INCREDIBLE HULK
6) 1980's SUPERMAN
7) BATMAN THE ANIMATED SERIES
8) 1987 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
9) TINTIN
10) ASTERIX