Batman the Animated Series celebrated its 30th anniversary this last week, so at the suggestion of smarter people who work on this site than me, it’s time for a more explicit ranking of the Top 30 episodes of the show, concluding with 15-1.
Continue reading The Top 30 Episodes of Batman the Animated Series (Part II: 15-1)
Contrary to my original claim I wouldn’t be covering the Batman Beyond comics because there are so many more of them than their BTAS/TNBA equivalents… let’s take a look at Terry McGinnis’ comic book exploits over the years.
These books can be divided into four distinct eras, and next up is The Actually Good, written by Adam Beechen and Kyle Higgins.
Continue reading The Matt Signal Beyond – Batman Beyond Comics: Part 2 (The Actually Good Era)
Matt Waters and Mike Thomas ranked the Batman films back in 2017. Five years later we are doing it again but bringing Jerome Cusson and Ben Phillips along for the ride this time.
We also laid some new ground rules. 1.) The film had to receive a wide theatrical release. 2.) Justice League and Suicide Squad movies do not count, but v. Superman does.
Again, here are the voters.
Matt Waters
Jerome Cusson
Ben Phillips
Mike Thomas
12) Batman & Robin
Continue reading Ranking the Batman Films (Again, but better this time!)
Plot summary: A desperate Mr. Freeze kidnaps Barbara Gordon in hopes of saving his wife Nora’s rapidly-fading life.
Continue reading The Matt Signal: Batman and Mr. Freeze: Sub-Zero
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
The Reel World 