Paul Dini – Page 4 – The Reel World

The Matt Signal – Episode 74: Catwalk

Plot summary: Selina Kyle struggles to maintain her promise to leave Catwoman behind her when The Ventriloquist and Scarface make her an offer she can’t refuse.

The Matt Signal – Episode 72: Harlequinade

Plot summary: When Joker steals an atomic bomb, Batman sees no other choice than to recruit Harley Quinn in order to track him down.

The Matt Signal – Episode 70: House & Garden

Plot summary: After a series of poisonings point to Poison Ivy, Batman is stunned to learn she’s living quietly in the suburbs with a husband and children.

The Matt Signal – Episode 68: Trial

Plot summary: Batman’s enemies take over Arkham Asylum and put the Caped Crusader on trial, claiming he is responsible for creating them.

The 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.

The Matt Signal: Mask of the Phantasm

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…

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.

The 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.

The Matt Signal – Episode 56: Harley and Ivy

Plot summary: After being dumped by The Joker, Harley Quinn finds a kindred spirit in Poison Ivy and the two proceed to Be Gay, Do Crime.

The Matt Signal – Episode 54: Zatanna

Plot summary: When Bruce Wayne’s first love, Zatanna, is accused of a crime she didn’t commit, Batman steps in to clear her name.