Plot summary: Batman’s enemies take over Arkham Asylum and put the Caped Crusader on trial, claiming he is responsible for creating them.
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The Matt Signal – Episode 67: A Bullet for Bullock
Plot summary: Batman tries to narrow down the long list of suspects who might be trying to kill Harvey Bullock.
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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: SideshowThe Matt Signal: The Batman Adventures Vol. 1
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.
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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 PhantasmRanking the Seasons of The Office
The Office was a weird fucking show! When it was great, it was really great! They accidentally concluded the natural narratives around the end of season 5, and they ran out of story. Then they did four more seasons. And it got really bleak! And it somehow became the most-watched show on Netflix for like a decade so everyone basically watched it. I don’t know. Weird fucking show! Here be the rankings of the seasons.
9. Season 8: OMG NO
The Matt Signal: BTAS Season 1 Findings
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 FindingsThe Matt Signal – Episode 65: The Worry Men
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 MenThe Matt Signal – Episode 64: Read My Lips
Plot summary: Batman faces one of his greatest challenges to date… a ventriloquist’s dummy!
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Plot summary: Shipping magnate Maxie Zeus believes himself to be the Greek god of his namesake, planning to reign lighting down on Gotham.
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The Reel World 