5 best Marvel TV shows so far as Luke Cage returns to Netflix
With the second season of Luke Cage about to kick off and the recent premiere of Cloak and Dagger, the 11th television show in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we look at which ones have been most worth watching so far
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is not just a mega series of successful superhero films such as The Avengers but also a fixture on the small screen, where it has been making its mark ever since Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D premiered on US television network ABC in 2013.
This Friday Luke Cage will return on Netflix, following close on the heels of (yet another) new Marvel series Cloak and Dagger, about two lesser-known Marvel comics characters, which just launched on the US online streaming platform Freeform on June 7.
The latest addition brings the current count of Marvel television shows to 11, excluding animated series and shows like FX’s Legion and Fox’s The Gifted that are based on Marvel characters but unconnected to the MCU. Here are our favourite five:
5. Daredevil (Netflix)
The first Marvel and Netflix collaboration had a strong first season, but went into free fall during the messy second.
It was the first series to demonstrate the problem that none of the others has figured out: 13 episodes is too many for these heroes.
4. Runaways (Hulu)