Fantasy
4 siblings routinely find themselves transported to a magical land ruled by nature. Befriending anthropomorphic animals and creatures of mythological origins they often endeavor to save the purity of the world from manifestations of evil and greed. (HERE BE EXTREME BIBLICAL PARALLELS)
The Chronicles of Narnia
Taking place in the 24th Century, this story follows the remnants of the Ice hauler Canterbury as they navigate an orchestrated conflict between the United Nations of Earth, Martian Congressional Republic, and the Outer Planets Alliance.
The Expanse (Leviathan Wakes)
Taking place across multiple timelines and divergent universes, this story follows 2 eternally bound souls as they fend off the personification of evil.
Zelda
Beginning as war-time propaganda and later morphing into a more wholesome arbiter and defender of American ideals. This hero can claim to have punched Hitler, stood against Thanos, and was worthy to wield Mjölnir.
Captain America
This story follows 2 young children as they journey through parallel universes to fight the corruption of 'the Magisterium'. Inhabited by humans, dæmons and anthropomorphized creatures, these worlds are interconnected and all under the influence of the tyrannical Magisterium.
His Dark Materials
Follows the Adventures of Captain Dylan Hunt after he was rescued from the time stasis of a black hole and his adopted crew as they attempt to rebuild the Commonwealth which was destroyed 300 years prior.
Andromeda
A post-nuclear apocalyptic world where the United States, permanently aesthetically stuck in the 1950s, sees the rise of factions vying for power and the knowledge of the old world.
Fallout
Following the overt themes of what it is to be 'othered'. Where heroes, anti-heroes, and villains fight literal and ideological battles often starting their journey at a School for Gifted Youngsters.
X-Men
This universe ushered in and greatly expanded the popularity of modern fantasy. Following the Journey of an unlikely creature and his companions to destroy an item of great power and evil.
The Lord of the Rings
Set ninety-seven years after a nuclear war has destroyed civilization, a spaceship housing humanity's lone survivors sends one hundred juvenile delinquents back to Earth in hopes of possibly re-populating the planet.
The 100 (My Trash)
A feudal world full of strife and danger is further torn apart by war as the invasion of a great kingdom takes place. The forests, waters, and mountains are infested with monsters and great beasts of European folk lore.
The Witcher
Exploring life under a fascist version of Great Britain's government, this story follows a Vigilante as he seeks revenge, attempts to dismantle the systems that destroyed him, and inspire a revolution.
V for Vendetta
A High-fantasy universe that focuses on the rivalries of great houses as they vie for power through war and political maneuvering. All while the shadow of invasion from a previous monarch looms and a greater supernatural threat in the North stirs.
What is A Song of Ice and Fire
Set in North America after a great calamity, a tyrannical government exercises its power over its citizenry with an annual deadly pageant of skill and survival.
The Hunger Games
Following and sometimes inventing nearly every fantasy trope in the book, this series follows the age old war between the Alliance and the Horde. Each side a conglomerate of races and nations, their allegiances and rivalries sometimes flip or disappear all together to fight greater existential threats.
Warcraft
Set in a non-descript era of sword-and-sorcery, the main character must fight nomadic tribes, great beasts, and cultish acolytes. Not even the tree of woe could break this Man's man.
Conan the Barbarian
Taking place on the ancient world of Thra, the balance of life-energy is being stolen by an alien race that rules over the land with an iron fist. This same energy that grants them immortality has also split their souls and body in twain bringing forth their most vile nature.
The Dark Crystal
A true space western, follows the adventures and misadventure of an unlikely crew of anti-heroes. Part time cargo-haulers, part time passenger transporters, part time smugglers, the crew struggles to survive in the frontier of space under the boot of the Alliance. Until they discover a weapon of their own design in a young woman they agree to smuggle away.
Firefly
A super soldier, created out of immoral circumstances and at great cost, defends humanity against a zealous alien alliance. In doing so, discovers weapons of immense power created millennia ago by the ancient predecessors of humanity.
Halo
Taking place in modern times and centered around the United States, this comic universe follows the story of an ex-cop who must adapt to a new world overrun by the dead. A true staple of the zombie genre, it is a rare example of a story in this medium that superficially examines the psychology of the survivors.
The Walking Dead