''The New Batman/Superman Adventures'' is a name given to a package series that combined '' Superman: The Animated Series'' with '' Batman: The Animated Series'' and ''

The New Batman Adventures ''The New Batman Adventures'' (often shortened as ''TNBA'') is an American superhero animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero Batman, which aired on Kids' WB from September 13, 1997 to January 16, 1999. Produced by Warner Br ...

'' produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It aired from

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Kids' WB Kids' WB (stylized as Kids' WB!) was an American children's programming service and brand of The WB that aired on the network from September 9, 1995, to September 16, 2006. The block moved to The CW (a result of the merger of Time Warner's The W ...

. Each half-hour episode in the hour-and-one-half block featured either a single repeat from the original ''Superman: The Animated Series'' run, the original ''Batman: The Animated Series'' run, or a brand new story featuring Batman from ''The New Batman Adventures''. These new stories focus more on Batman's supporting cast and introduced new characters such as

Tim Drake Timothy Jackson "Tim" Drake is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Batman. Created by Marv Wolfman and Pat Broderick, he first appeared in ''Batman'' #436 (August 19 ...

. The two animated universes were united in the ''Superman'' episode "World's Finest", which tells the story of Batman and Superman's first meeting. The new Batman episodes that began airing in the Fall 1997 season were later released as a DVD box set of ''Batman: The Animated Series'' as Volume 4. New Superman episodes that later aired in the Fall 1998 season and onward are now considered to be the third season of ''Superman: The Animated Series''.

Cast

Main cast

Regular villains

Recurring characters

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* Loren Lester –

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– Kara In-Ze / Kara Kent /

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– SCU Lt. Daniel "Dan" Turpin *

Mel Winkler Mel Winkler (October 23, 1941 – June 11, 2020) was an American actor, perhaps best known as the voice of Aku Aku in the ''Crash Bandicoot'' video games, from '' Crash Bandicoot: Warped'' to '' Crash Twinsanity''. Early life Winkler was bor ...

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– James "Jimmy" Olsen

Recurring villains

Episodes

Note: These are the crossover episodes from the two series.

Feature film

* '' The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest'' (1997) – a direct-to-video compilation of three episodes that originally aired back-to-back-to-back as a single TV special during the second season of '' Superman: The Animated Series''.IMDB
The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest.

Accolades

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:New Batman Superman Adventures, The DC Animated Universe Animated Batman television series 1990s American animated television series 2000s American animated television series Animated Superman television series Kids' WB original shows 1997 American television series debuts 2000 American television series endings American children's animated action television series American children's animated adventure television series American children's animated superhero television series Batman: The Animated Series Superman: The Animated Series Animated television shows based on DC Comics Annie Award winners