Justice League/Justice League Unlimited (2001-2006)

While Super Friends was a longtime favorite (especially for children growing up in the 1970s and early 1980s), the animated Justice League series united DC heroes like no show had previously managed to. Created by the same men behind Batman: The Animated Series, the show featured a main cast of seven DC heroes and touched on many aspects of the comics’ expanded universe during its three-year run, handling the source material with a fun and scope that serves as a natural extension of the Caped Crusader’s solo series (as well as Superman: The Animated Series). Subsequently, a sequel series — dubbed Justice League Unlimited — kept the same cast but expanded its focus to include a much larger range of heroes. Together, both shows are among the most inclusive DC animated stories ever brought to television and present a version of the team’s dynamic that still hasn’t been topped.