From: [aa 363] at [yfn.ysu.edu] (Jacob Huebert)
Newsgroups: alt.comics.batman,rec.arts.comics.misc,rec.arts.animation
Subject: BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES FAQ v1.2
Date: 2 Feb 1994 03:11:50 GMT
BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES
FAQ version 1.2
Compiled by Jacob Huebert
([aa 363] at [yfn.ysu.edu])
INTRODUCTION
This contains information, much of which is frequently requested by
people on alt.comics.batman and rec.arts.comics.misc, about Batman:
The Animated Series. I try to keep it as complete and up-to-date as
possible. Please notify me if any corrections are necessary, or if
there is any information you think should be added! (Or just let me know
what you think!)
CONTENTS
I. Television Show Cast & Credits
II. Episode Guide
III.The Batman Adventures
IV. Batman:The Animated Series Merchandise
V. The Future of Batman: The Animated Series
VI. FAQ Credits
PART I. Television Show Cast & Credits
Regular Cast:
Kevin Conroy .......................... Batman/Bruce Wayne
Bob Hastings .......................... Commissioner Gordon
Richard Moll .......................... Harvey Dent*
Lloyd Bochner ......................... Mayor Hill
Robert Costanzo ....................... Sergeant Bullock
Clive Revill .......................... Alfred (#8, 14 only)
Loren Lester .......................... Robin
* = Only a regular for the 1st 16 episodes, after which he becomes
the villain Two-Face
Cast of Recurring Villains:
Mark Hamill ........................... The Joker
Arleen Sorkin ......................... Harley Quinn
Adrienne Barbeau ...................... Selina Kyle/Catwoman
Paul Williams ......................... The Penguin
Richard Moll .......................... Two-Face
Diane Pershing ........................ Poison Ivy
John Vernon ........................... Rupert Thorne
Ron Perlman ........................... Matthew Hagen/Clayface
Roddy McDowell ........................ The Mad Hatter
John Glover ........................... The Riddler
Ed Asner .............................. Roland Daggett
David Warner .......................... Ra's Al Ghul
Helen Slater .......................... Talia
Henry Polic ........................... The Scarecrow
Jeff Bennett .......................... HARDAC
Aron Kincaid .......................... Killer Croc
Mr. Freeze ............................ Michael Ansara
Cast of Recurring Guests:
Mari Devon ............................ Summer Gleeson
Brock Peters .......................... Lucius Fox
Ingrid Oliu ........................... Officer Montoya
Diana Muldaur ......................... Dr. Leslie Thompkins
Melissa Gilbert ....................... Barbara Gordon/Batgirl
Regular Staff:
Produced by ........................... Alan Burnett, Eric
Radomski, & Bruce W. Timm
Theme ................................. Danny Elfman
Casting & Voice Direction ............. Andrea Romano
Executive Producers ................... Jean MacCurdy & Tom Ruegger
Executive in Charge of Production ..... Tim Sarnoff
Post Production:
Sound Services ........................ Monterey Post Production
Laboratory Services ................... C F I
Post Production Facilities ............ The Post Group
Soundcastle
Postmodern
Voice Recording Studio ................ Weddington Studios
Sound Demension ....................... Spatializer
Animation Services:
Sunrise, Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co. Ltd. (TMS), Akom Production
Co., Spectrum, Dong Yang Animation, NDA Animation (Layout Services),
Studio Junio
Ink & Paint are handled at Warner Bros.
The following is a list of writers who have written for B:TAS and what they
have written.
Beth Bornstein: Eternal Youth
Mitch Brian: P.O.V., On Leather Wings
Laren Bright: P.O.V. (teleplay), The Cat and the Claw, Perchance
to Dream, The Mechanic
Alan Burnett: Two-Face pt.1
Gerry Conway: Appointment in Crime Alley
Jules Dennis: The Cat and the Claw, The Forgotten, The Underdwellers
(teleplay)
Sean Catherine Derek: Nothing to Fear, P.O.V. (teleplay), The Cat and the
Claw, Prophecy of Doom (teleplay), The Forgotten,
Cat Scratch Fever
Paul Dini: Heart of Ice, Joker's Favor, Pretty Poison, Mad
as a Hatter, Almost Got 'Im, Joker's Wild, The Laughing
Fish, Harley & Ivy, The Man Who Killed Batman
Buzz Dixon: Cat Scratch Fever (teleplay)
Henry T. Gilroy: Nothing to Fear
Eddie Gorodetsky: Christmas With the Joker
Sam Graham: I've Got Batman in my Basement
Steve Hayes: Be A Clown
Chris Hubbell: I've Got Batman In My Basement
Marty Isenberg: His Silicon Soul
Samuel Warren Joseph: Fear of Victory
John R. Lansdale: Perchance to Dream (teleplay)
Elliot S. Maggin: The Cape and Cowl Conspiracy
Dennis Marks: Prophecy of Doom
Richard Mueller: The Cat and the Claw, The Forgotten, The Underdwellers
(teleplay)
Dennis O'Flaherty: Beware the Gray Ghost
Denny O'Neil: Appointment in Crime Alley (original story)
Ted Pedersen: Be A Clown
Steve Perry: Terror in the Sky, The Mechanic
Michael Reaves: Feat of Clay, Pretty Poison, Vendetta, Perchance
to Dream, I am the Night
Randy Rogel: Two-Face pt.1 (teleplay), Two-Face pt.2, The Mechanic
(teleplay), Robin's Reckoning
Tom Ruegger: It's Never Too Late, Pretty Poison (teleplay),
The Underdwellers, Beware the Gray Ghost (story &
teleplay)
Mark Saraceni: Terror In the Sky
Robert N. Skir: His Silicon Soul
Carl Swenson: The Last Laugh
Brynne Stephens: Heart of Steel
Len Wein: Moon of the Wolf, Off Balance, Blind as a Bat
David Wise: The Clock King, If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich?
Garin Wolf: It's Never Too Late, Beware the Gray Ghost (teleplay)
Marv Wolfman: Feat of Clay (story & teleplay)
PART II. EPISODE GUIDE
# Title Major characters/villains Original air date
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1 THE CAT AND THE CLAW Catwoman & Red Claw 9/5/92
2 ON LEATHER WINGS Man-Bat 9/6/92
3 HEART OF ICE Mr. Freeze 9/7/92
4 FEAT OF CLAY Clay Face 9/8/92
5 FEAT OF CLAY Part II Clay Face 9/9/92
6 IT'S NEVER TOO LATE Rubert Thorne & Arnold Stromwell 9/10/92
7 JOKER'S FAVOR Joker 9/11/92
8 THE CAT AND THE CLAW
PART II Catwoman & Red Claw 9/12/92
9 PRETTY POSION Posion Ivy 9/14/92
10 NOTHING TO FEAR Scarecrow 9/15/92
11 BE A CLOWN Joker 9/16/92
12 APPOINTMENT IN CRIME
ALLEY Roland Daggett & Nitro 9/17/92
13 P.O.V. gangsters 9/18/92
14 THE CLOCK KING Clock King 9/21/92
15 THE LAST LAUGH Joker 9/22/92
16 ETERNAL YOUTH Posion Ivy 9/23/92
17 TWO-FACE Rubert Thorne & Two-Face (origin) 9/25/92
18 TWO-FACE Part II Rubert Thorne & Two-Face 9/28/92
19 FEAR OF VICTORY Scarecrow, Robin 9/29/92
20 I'VE GOT BATMAN IN MY
BASEMENT Penguin 9/30/92
21 VENDETTA Killer Croc 10/5/92
22 PROPHECY OF DOOM Nostromos 10/6/92
23 THE FORGOTTEN Kidnappers 10/8/92
24 MAD AS A HATTER Mad Hatter 10/12/92
25 THE CAPE AND COWL
CONSPIRACY Josiah Wormwood 10/14/92
26 PERCHANCE TO DREAM Mad Hatter 10/19/92
27 THE UNDERDWELLER'S Sewer King 10/21/92
28 NIGHT OF THE NINJA Kyodi Ken, Robin 10/26/92
29 THE STRANGE SECRET OF
BRUCE WAYNE Hugo Strange, Robin 10/29/92
30 TYGER TYGER Catwoman & Emilio Dorian 10/30/92
31 DREAMS IN DARKNESS Scarecrow 11/3/92
32 BEWARE THE GRAY GHOST Mad Bomber 11/4/92
33 CAT SCRATCH FEVER Roland Daggett & Catwoman 11/5/92
34 I AM THE NIGHT Jimmy the Jazz Man, Robin 11/9/92
35 ALMOST GOT 'M Joker, Penguin, Two-Face, Catwoman
Killer Croc, Posion Ivy 11/10/92
36 MOON OF THE WOLF Milo 11/11/92
37 TERROR IN THE SKY Man-Bat 11/12/92
38 CHRISTMAS WITH THE
JOKER Joker, Robin 11/13/92
39 HEART OF STEEL Carl Rossen & HARDAC 11/16/92
40 HEART OF STEEL Part II Carl Rossen & HARDAC 11/17/92
41 "IF YOUR SO SMART,
WHY AREN'T YOU RICH?" Riddler, Robin 11/18/92
42 JOKER'S WILD Joker 11/19/92
43 HIS SILICON SOUL HARDAC duplicate Batman 11/20/92
44 OFF BALANCE Vertigo 11/23/92
45 WHAT IS REALITY Riddler 11/24/92
46 THE MAN WHO KILLED
BATMAN Syd The Squid, Thorne, Joker 2/1/93
47 ZATANNA Zatanna, Monteque Kane 2/2/93
48 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Penguin 1/8/93
49 THE LAUGHING FISH Joker 1/10/93
50 BLIND AS A BAT Penguin 2/22/93
51 DAY OF THE SAMURAI Kyodi Ken 2/23/93
52 SEE NO EVIL Loyd Ventruss 2/24/93
53 HARLEY AND IVY Joker, Harley & Posion Ivy 1/18/93
54 THE MECHANIC Penguin, Robin 1/24/93
55 THE DEMON'S QUEST
Part I Ra's Al Ghul, Robin 5/3/93
56 THE DEMON'S QUEST
Part II Ra's Al Ghul, Robin 5/4/93
57 READ MY LIPS The Ventriloquist/Scarface 5/10/93
58 ROBIN'S RECKONING
Part I Robin, Tony Zucco 2/7/93
59 ROBIN'S RECKONING
Part II Robin, Tony Zucco 2/14/93
60 FIRE FROM OLYMPUS Maxi Zeus 5/24/93
61 SHADOW OF THE BAT
Part I Two Face, Robin, Batgirl 9/13/93
62 SHADOW OF THE BAT
Part II Two Face, Robin, Batgirl 9/14/93
63 MUDSLIDE Clay Face 9/15/93
64 THE WORRY MEN Mad Hatter 9/16/93
65 PAGING THE CRIME
DOCTOR Rubert Throne, Matt Thorne 9/17/93
A more detailed episode guide is availible from [w--c--n] at [parasoft.com.]
PART III. The Batman Adventures.
In October 1992, DC Comics began "The Batman Adventures", an on-going,
monthly comic book in the style and format of Batman: The Animated Series.
The stories are NOT adaptations of the TV episodes, but are original
stories. The series is NOT part of DC's standard continuity.
The following is a guide to the issues released so far.
# Title Major characters/Villains
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1 Penguin's Big Score Penguin
2 Catwoman's Killer Caper Catwoman
3 Joker's Late-Night Lunacy Joker
4 Riot Act Scarecrow, Robin
5 Riot Act II Scarecrow, Robin
6 The Third Door David Crenshaw, Robin (out of costume)
7 Raging Lizard Killer Croc
8 Larceny, My Sweet Clayface
9 The Little Red Book Rupert Thorne
10 The Last Riddler Story Riddler
11 The Beast Within Man-Bat
12 Batgirl: Day One Batgirl, Catwoman, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn
13 Last Tango In Paris Talia
14 Puglic Enemy The Ventriloquist, Scarface, Robin (solo)
All issues written by Kelley Puckett, except for #4, by Martin Pasko.
Issues #1-3 pencilled by Ty Templeton.
Issues #4-6 pencilled by Brad Rader.
Issues #7-up pencilled by Mike Parobeck.
All issues inked by Rick Burchett.
All issues colored by Rick Taylor.
All issues lettered by Tim Harkins.
All issues edited by Scott Peterson.
"The Batman Adventures" has a monthly letter-writing contest. Each month,
the writers of the two best letters printed in the letter column win
a Mike Parobeck sketch. The rules for the contest are as follows:
"No purchase is necessary, although, come on - don't be cheap! It's only
a buck and a quarter, for pete's sake! This is how these guys make their
living, you know! Your entry will be placed in the running for next issue's
contest slot! All prizes will be awarded! Cash value of prizes less than
$100, but the emotional and sentimental value is virtually priceless! All
employees of DC Comics, Warner Bros., Time Warner Inc. and their families
are not eligible. Odds of winning depends on the the total number of
entries recieved! All photographs become the property of DC Comics and will
not be returned! All entrants grant to DC permission to use their name and
likeness in DC's publications, and any related promotion and publicity!
Decisions of the god-like judge (that's me [Scott Peterson]) are absolutely,
completely, and totally final! No two ways about it! Winners will be
notified by mail! Winners will be responsible for all applicable taxes!
A list of winners is availible by mail! No substitutions of prizes!
Federal and state regulations apply! Void where prohibited! - S.P.!"
Welsh Publications publishes a magazine called "Batman & Superman Magazine",
which features the heroes of the DC Universe in stories, etc. in the
style of B:TAS. In addition to typical kids-magazine stuff (jokes, etc),
there is also a story by the Batman Adventures team in each issue.
PART IV. BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES MERCHANDISE
I can't guaruntee that all the merchandise listed is currently availible,
but most of it should be. (The Happy Meal toys were for a limited time,
of course).
"Batman: The Animated Series - Shadows of the Past". (A novel)
By Geary Gravel ($4.99. Bantam Books).
"Batman: Mask of the Phantasm" (adaptation for younger readers)
Author? Price? Bantam Books.
"Batman: Mask of the Phantasm" (novel adaptation)
Author? Price? Bantam Books.
BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES Trading Cards Series One, by Topps.
There are 100 cards, plus 6 special "cel" cards. If enough people think
it's worthwhile (mail me and let me know), I'll post the entire list
of trading cards in future versions of the FAQ.
"Batman: The Animated Series" playing cards. Made by the United States
Playing Card Company. The cards are as follows.
2 Two Face
3 Batgirl
4 Poison Ivy
5 Summer Gleeson
6 Mr. Freeze
7 Commissioner Gordon
8 Penguin
9 Alfred
10 Riddler
Jack Robin
Queen Catwoman
King Batman
Ace Assorted Bat-logos
Joker Joker
Kenner toys.
The Kenner toys were released in "waves".
Wave I:
Combat Belt Batman The Riddler
Turbojet Batman The Penguin
Robin (with hangglider) Two-Face
Wave II:
Sky-Dive Batman The Joker
Bruce Wayne (w/ snap-on suit) Man-Bat
Wave III:
Infra-Red Batman Catwoman
Ninja Robin Scarecrow
Wave III "mega-figures", priced slightly higher:
High Wire Batman Bat-Wing Batman
Vehicles (released in the first three waves):
Batcycle B.A.T.V.
Robin's Roadster Jokermobile
Batmobile Batplane
Hoverbat
Wave IVa (to be released ca. January 1994):
Total Armor Batman Bruce Wayne Decoy Batman
Retro Batman Jet Pack Joker
Tornado Batman Phantasm
Wave IVb (also expected ca. January 1994):
Lightning Strike Batman Clayface
Night Star Batman Poison Ivy
Anti-Freeze Batman Mr. Freeze
Dick Grayson Killer Croc
Wave IV vehicles:
Aero-Bat Hydro-Bat
Batman: The Animated Series McDonald's Happy Meal toys:
Batman, Batgirl, Riddler, Catwoman (with cat) - all standing.
In cars: Poison Ivy (maneating flower in front), Two-Face (changeable car),
Robin (pull him back and he goes), and Joker (pop-out face in front).
I'm very anxious to add to the merchandise list, as I know there's more out
there than what I have listed, so please send any additions you can think
of to me!
V. The Future of Batman: The Animated Series
It looks as if B:TAS is in for a long and prosperous life.
On December 25, the animated movie, "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm"
is released in theaters across the nation. It's success is virtually
certain. The second season of the tv series will only consist of 20
episodes, due to all the effort being put into the movie which, incidentally,
employs special computer graphics which will be used throughout the
second season. Seven new episodes will air in February 1994, with the
rest of the new ones scattered throughout the following months.
According to the September 3 issue of Comics Buyers' Guide, upcoming
stories include "Trial", in which Batman is put on trial in Arkham
Asylum by the inmates, with The Joker as the judge; "Sideshow", which
is based on the 70's Denny O'Neil/Neal Adams story "A View From the
Grave"; "Avatar", the return of Ra's Al Ghul, in which Ra's searches
for a female version of himself; a teamup of Batman and Harley Quinn (!)
called "Harleyquinade"; "The Lion and the Unicorn" by Diane Duane and
Peter Morwood; and, late in the season, an episode featuring Batman's
ultimate foe - BANE.
VI. FAQ Credits
Cast & Crew info provided by Wendell Hicken ([w--c--n] at [parasoft.com]), who
deserves more credit than I do for all of his valuable information!!!
Episode List courtesy of Scott Streeter ([REDACTED] at [wpi.wpi.edu]).
List of toys provided by Chris Jarocha-Ernst ([c--e] at [gandalf.rutgers.edu]).
Additional help with toys provided by James Demes ([d--m--s] at [freezer.cns.udel.edu])
Other people who deserve recognition for their help, and have my
eternal gratitude, include:
([umgabri 0] at [cc.umanitoba.ca])
Mark W. Billian ([b--l--n] at [leland.Stanford.DU])
Glenn ([g carnagey] at [uchicago.edu])
Scott Arnold ([s--n--d] at [lotds.UUCP])
Oony Carr
Enrique Conty ([c--n--y] at [cbnewsl.att.com])
Jad R. J. Jordan ([j r jj] at [moscom.com])
Jeff Meyer ([m--ia--y] at [tc.fluke.com])
Jeremy A. Moskowitz ([j--e--m] at [ravel.udel.edu])
Lee Thompson ([l t homp s n] at [polari.online.com])
Bill Henley ([aa 396] at [cleveland.Freenet.edu])
Any and all mistakes courtesy of me ([aa 363] at [yfn.ysu.edu]). :)
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