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Neat find! The face reminds me of the description of the Phantom of the Opera given in the original novel by Gaston Leroux: "He is extraordinarily thin and his dress-coat hangs on a skeleton-frame. His eyes are so deep that you can hardly see the fixed pupils.You just see two big black holes...

For me the over-investment in continuity and the desire to tie a bow on the DCAU were both problematic, since they gave us a season finale based very closely (too closely, I'd say) on events from the second season of Justice League (the Justice Lords get defeated again) and a "final" episode...

I agree that Hawkgirl had good reasons for ditching her old costume. I just wish she'd replaced it with something more visually interesting than a tracksuit. And after she'd successfully reintegrated into the league and had been re-accepted by the wider world, one might have thought she'd adopt...

And it would be hard to write a more through and comprehensive analysis of Hawkgirl than what you've accomplished. I think the use of Hawkgirl in season two of Justice League, culminating in "Starcrossed" (perhaps the most satisfyingly constructed narrative in the DCAU) could not be bettered...

Thanks Yojimbo--does the podcast provide transcripts, or did you go to the trouble to transcribe that quote? (If so, thanks again.)

I remain fine with that DTV being shelved, for the same reason Alan Burnett was.

01/14: Apologies if it's already been mentioned here, but Keyframe magazine ran an informative article on the show last fall. Timm and Tucker were of course interviewed, but so were Storyboard Artist Carl Peterson and Background Painter Mauricio Abril, and VFX Artist Brianne VanTuyle. 03/04: An...

With regard to Two Face in the '66 Batman show, there was a treatment by Harlan Ellison (later turned into the comic Batman ’66: The Lost Episode) proposed for the first season, and a full-length script by Peter Rabe, appropriately intended for season two, which was later rewritten for the...

My paperback copy arrived today. The images are b&w but I'm a tightwad and don't mind. It's a big book and will likely be the last word on BTAS, at least when it comes to oral history. The only thing left for future researchers will be to go though WB Animation's archives, and that probably...

The Other Batman By Patrick Daniel O’Neill (Wizard Magazine #40, Dec. 1994) The creators behind the Adventures version of the Caped Crusader discuss the difference between this Batman and the “real” one, what makes him tick, and the fear of being stereotyped. “In Batman Adventures, you often...

Clipped Wings By Marc Shapiro (Wizard Magazine #40, Dec. 1994) Batman: The Animated Series has been cancelled, and the show’s creative jockeys have mixed emotions about closing up shop. “I felt it was a shame to stop when, with the last season, we finally got all the storytelling and...

If memory serves, the Cartoon Network executive who greenlit Justice League was Mike Lazzo, who programmed the network during its first decade, when it started producing its own content, and also created and ran Adult Swim. So CN definitely had more adventurous executives at the time. The...

Jean MacCurdy's departure as president of Kids’ WB! programming in 1999 might have something to do with the network's change for the worse. We know that she was an enlightened executive, who in her time at WB Animation and Kids' WB gave the DCAU staff a good deal of creative freedom. The link...

I don't think Killer Moth has ever been used to his full potential. The character is widely regarded as a joke, despite having appeared as a very effective villain in several excellent golden age stories. But when he was revived in the silver age the people responsible treated him as a...

All five volumes are now out in hardcover. They can be purchased directly from the publisher, BearManor Media, or from Amazon. The prices are between $98 and $115, but in 2025 the softcovers will be released on a staggered scheule, with prices ranging between $55 and $61.47. The paperback...