DC Comic's top tier heroes usually have a wide number and variety of spin-off and supporting characters. Some heroes have so many spin-off characters working together that they've essentially become a working team and family. These teams are not as widely recognized as teams like the the Justice League or the Justice Society, so my goal is to draw attention to DC's Top 5 Super Families. A super family, for the sake of this article, is defined as a group of characters whose origins are linked to one head character. Usually there are some mantles that are passed from one generation of heroes to another. The group usually has a common crime fighting theme, and the head character usually mentors other members of the family. Families have a wider variety of ages than standard teams usually do because families incorporate sidekicks. So every family is a team, but not every team is a family.
 
I took into account several factors to decide which families were the top 5. Because family/spin-off characters are created to broaden the demographic appeal of a book, diversity was taken into account. The more diverse the better. Teams got bonus points for also having diverse powers instead of copy/paste ones. Group cohesiveness was also looked at. How closely do these heroes actually work together? Do they just have a similar theme or are they actually a well functioning group? Status symbol was  taken into account. More well known families are more likely to make it onto the list than less known ones. And finally one of the biggest factors was team numbers. Bigger families (like the Arrow Family are more recognizable than smaller families that only consist of two members like the Martian Family, the Hawk Family, etc.)
 
 
5. The Arrow Family