Apparently recapping Batman: The Animated Series twice a week isn’t enough for me, as I’ve decided to begin weekly coverage of the various forthcoming Marvel TV shows.
If I had a time machine I’d have started this column to coincide with the first episode of WandaVision, but I’ll get the ball rolling with my overall thoughts and then from next Monday episodic coverage of The Falcon and the Winder Soldier will begin. SPOILERS ahead.
Continue reading Marvel Mondays: WandaVision Series Review
Plot summary: Ra’s al Ghul seeks out an ancient scroll with hopes of gaining the powers of an immortal Egyptian queen.
Continue reading The Matt Signal – Episode 69: Avatar
Plot summary: Batman’s enemies take over Arkham Asylum and put the Caped Crusader on trial, claiming he is responsible for creating them.
Continue reading The Matt Signal – Episode 68: Trial
Plot summary: Batman tries to narrow down the long list of suspects who might be trying to kill Harvey Bullock.
Continue reading The Matt Signal – Episode 67: A Bullet for Bullock
Plot summary: Killer Croc escapes to the wilderness, and with Batman on his trail, seeks refuge with a group of runaway circus freaks.
Continue reading The Matt Signal – Episode 66: Sideshow
Beginning in 1992 as a 6-issue non-canon companion comic to cash in on the popularity of the show, The Batman Adventures quickly earned official status and ran for 36 issues, ending in 1995. There were also a litany of annuals, specials, one-shots and mini-series.
I read almost* all of the above so that you don’t have to and will now present my findings, including a ranking of every issue.
Continue reading The Matt Signal: The Batman Adventures Vol. 1
Plot summary: A mysterious masked figure is killing gangsters, but Batman is distracted by the return of his former fiancé, Andrea Beaumont. Perhaps the two are connected…
Continue reading The Matt Signal: Mask of the Phantasm
At last the insanely long first season of Batman The Animated Series is over, and before we go any further I thought this would be a good point to reflect on where things sit after 65 episodes.
Continue reading The Matt Signal: BTAS Season 1 Findings
Plot summary: Season One concludes with some good old fashioned cultural appropriation, as Mad Hatter manipulates Gotham’s wealthy elite with some Central American figurines.
Continue reading The Matt Signal – Episode 65: The Worry Men
Plot summary: Batman faces one of his greatest challenges to date… a ventriloquist’s dummy!
Continue reading The Matt Signal – Episode 64: Read My Lips
The Reel World 