8 Underrated Comic Books That Deserve Their Own TV Show

6. Batwoman

By far the best Bat-family member to have emerged over the past decade, Kate Kane's Batwoman - a former military academy undergraduate and heiress to the Kane family empire - quickly asserted herself as one of DC's best up and coming heroes in 2006, taking a leading role in '52', and subsequently landing a long-adored ongoing under the guidance of Haden Blackman and J. H. Williams III. An icon of LGBT* representation in the medium, Kate's stories examined a whole other aspect of Gotham and, by extension, the Bat-family itself, sporting her own rogues gallery and in-turn offering a quality most other Bat-books failed to replicate even in their peak years during the 'Reborn' event.

Of course, a Batwoman film should always be a prospect given the character's cinematic potential. Considering the current state of DC's blockbusters, however, I think it's best we all agree that TV offers a much safer option for Kate to make an eventual page-to-screen transition, away from the homicidal antics of Bat-fleck and a tremendously woeful Jared Leto Joker to boot.

If anything, a small screen adaptation presents a whole host of opportunities for a Batwoman series to flourish, and would enable show-runners to operate without the fear of the toxifying big-screen presence of the DCEU stepping on their toes. Take inspiration from her opening solo series, and you'd have the best Bat-show on TV in an instant.