In the early 1990s, when Warner Bros Animation tasked Bruce Tim and Eric Radomski with adapting Batman into an animated series, superhero cartoons were far from a new genre. Beginning with the Fleischer Studios Superman shorts in the 1940s, brightly-costumed heroes ranging from Mighty Mouse to Freedom Force to Astro Boy (and many, many more)…
It has been 36 years since DC released a television series that remains mostly forgotten today but matched the comics well in its weirdness. In the 1980s, comic book adaptations on television were popular, but usually lived in an area of campiness that doesn’t quite fit in well with what fans today are used to.…
