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The Man Who Killed Batman
'' Batman: The Animated Series'' is an American television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation that is based on the DC Comics superhero Batman. Originally, the show aired 85 episodes on Fox from 1992-1995, but was later continued as '' The New Batman Adventures'' on The WB and aired 24 episodes. Both series have since aired together on various other networks, including Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Jetix, and The Hub. Including commercials, each episode is about 22 minutes long. The series is part of what has become known as the DC Animated Universe, which consists of eight animated television shows and six animated films, largely surrounding DC Comics characters and their respective mythos. Series overview Episodes ''Note: This article lists the episodes in their DVD release order, rather than by their original air dates, because the original air dates were severely out of their production order.'' Season 1 (1992–1993) * 65 episodes were produced for Season One, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Animated Series
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitch Brian
Mitch Brian (born October 15, 1961) is an American television writer, screenwriter and film director. He has sold, optioned or written on assignment more than 25 scripts to major studios, networks and independent production companies. Having grown up in Hutchinson, Kansas, he attended film school at California State University, Northridge. Career In Los Angeles he worked as a story analyst until being hired to write a pair of low-budget films. He later sold the spec script ''Cold Sweat'' to Universal/Imagine and then worked as a co-creator on Warner Bros. Animation’s '' Batman''. In addition to co-writing the series bible he wrote the episodes “ On Leather Wings,” “POV” and “Bane.” After writing an episode for CBS’s ''Viper'' he adapted John Sanford’s crime-thriller '' Rules of Prey'' for Dino De Laurentiis. Brian teamed up with Kevin Willmott and wrote '' Shields Green & The Gospel of John Brown'', which was sold to Chris Columbus' 1492 Pictures.The two went o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Gilroy
Henry Alan Gilroy (born November 1976) is an American film and television screenwriter and producer. He is best known for co-writing the animated series '' Star Wars: The Clone Wars''. Early life From an early age, Gilroy loved comic books and animation which inspired him to study film at several colleges in the greater Los Angeles area. Career His first job at a Hollywood studio was working as an editor for Warner Bros.' animation department working Steven Spielberg's ''Tiny Toon Adventures''. It was at Warner Bros. that Gilroy sold his first script to the producers of the Emmy winning '' Batman: The Animated Series'', for the Scarecrow episode, ''Nothing to Fear''. After a staff writer gig on the WB's Tazmanian Devil animated series, '' Tazmania'', Gilroy moved on to work on ''The Tick'' animated series before taking a staff job at Disney Television Animation for several years where he worked on such series as ''Timon and Pumbaa'', ''Mickey Mouse Works'', ''House of Mouse'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyd Kirkland
Boyd Douglas Kirkland (November 4, 1950 – January 27, 2011) was an American television director of animated cartoons. He was best known for his work on '' X-Men: Evolution'' and '' Batman: The Animated Series''. He suffered from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and interstitial lung disease (ILD). While in ICU at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, he died waiting for a lung transplant on January 27, 2011. He has a book dedicated to him called ''Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Team-Up''. Biographical background Kirkland was raised in Utah as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He received his bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Weber State College in Ogden, Utah. His career in animation started in 1979 as a layout artist. This evolved into XAM! Productions, a partnership based in Salt Lake City that subcontracted for larger Los Angeles based studios. He moved his family to Los Angeles in 1986. Kirkland published art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvey Bullock (comics)
Harvey Bullock () is a fictional detective appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Batman. The character first appeared in '' Detective Comics'' #441 (June 1974) and was created by Archie Goodwin and Howard Chaykin. He debuted in live-action in 2014 on Fox's television series '' Gotham'', where he was portrayed by Donal Logue. Publication history There is some ambiguity concerning the character's origins. Writer Doug Moench and artist Don Newton introduced Harvey Bullock in '' Batman'' #361 (July 1983) as a device to resolve the ongoing plotline with Gotham City's corrupt mayor Hamilton Hill, and subsequent ''Who's Who in the DC Universe'' entries acknowledged this as the new Bullock's first appearance. However, in later years Batman fans began pointing out that a "Lt. Bullock" appeared in three panels of '' Detective Comics'' #441 (1974), written by Archie Goodwin, pencilled by Howard Chaykin, and published almo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Gordon (character)
James W. "Jim" Gordon, Sr. is a fictional Character (arts), character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, most commonly in association with the superhero Batman. Created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane as an ally of Batman, the character debuted in the first panel of ''Detective Comics'' #27 (May 1939), Batman's first appearance, making him the first List of Batman supporting characters, Batman supporting character ever to be introduced, eventually succeeding him as Batman from 2015 to 2016. As the police commissioner of Gotham City, Gordon shares Batman's deep commitment to ridding the city of crime. The character is typically portrayed as having full trust in Batman and is even somewhat dependent on him. In many Modern Age of Comic Books, modern stories, he is somewhat skeptical of Batman's vigilante methods, but nevertheless believes that Gotham needs him. The two have a mutual respect and tacit friendship. Gordon is the father or adoptive father (depending on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin (comics)
Robin is the alias of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was originally created by Bob Kane, Bill Finger, and Jerry Robinson, to serve as a junior counterpart and the sidekick to the superhero Batman. As a team, Batman and Robin have commonly been referred to as the ''Caped Crusaders'' and the ''Dynamic Duo''. The character's first incarnation, Dick Grayson, debuted in '' Detective Comics'' #38 (April 1940). Conceived as a way to attract young readership, Robin garnered overwhelmingly positive critical reception, doubling the sales of the Batman titles. Robin's early adventures included ''Star Spangled Comics'' #65–130 (1947–1952), the character's first solo feature. He made regular appearances in Batman-related comic books and other DC Comics publications from 1940 through the early 1980s, until the character set aside the Robin identity and became the independent superhero Nightwing. The character's second inca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joker (character)
The Joker is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson, and first appeared in the debut issue of the comic book ''Batman (comic book), Batman'' on April 25, 1940. Credit for the Joker's creation is disputed; Kane and Robinson claimed responsibility for the Joker's design while acknowledging Finger's writing contribution. Although the Joker was planned to be killed off during his initial appearance, he was spared by editorial intervention, allowing the character to endure as the archenemy of the superhero Batman. In his comic book appearances, the Joker is portrayed as a criminal mastermind. Introduced as a Psychopathy, psychopath with a warped, sadistic personality disorder, sadistic sense of humor, the character became a goofy prankster in the late 1950s in response to regulation by the Comics Code Authority, before returning to his darker roots during the early 1970s. As B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve is the evening or entire day before Christmas Day, the festival commemorating the birth of Jesus. Christmas Day is observed around the world, and Christmas Eve is widely observed as a full or partial holiday in anticipation of Christmas Day. Together, both days are considered one of the most culturally significant celebrations in Christendom and Western society. Christmas celebrations in the denominations of Western Christianity have long begun on Christmas Eve, due in part to the Christian liturgical day starting at sunset, a practice inherited from Jewish tradition and based on the story of Creation in the Book of Genesis: "And there was evening, and there was morning – the first day." Many churches still ring their church bells and hold prayers in the evening; for example, the Nordic Lutheran churches. Since tradition holds that Jesus was born at night (based in Luke 2:6-8), Midnight Mass is celebrated on Christmas Eve, traditionally at midnight, in c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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