A lot of the story ideas for this series come from that pre-Julie Schwartz, sci-fi-based Batman era that no one at DC (except for Grant Morrison) wants to admit happened, and so a number of episodes feature time travel, or interplanetary threats, just for old times’ sake. (Truth to tell, many of the issues were never part of any DC continuity, even as they were being published.) But since the basic concept of the series (popular Batman teaming up with a different character every issue) is one of the very favorite concepts of long-time comics readers, it seemed perfect to base a new Batman animated series around - providing it had the right tone.īatman: The Brave and the Bold has nailed that perfect tone in spades by becoming the biggest mixed bag of influences in recent memory - yet somehow it all works! Unlike previous Warner/DC animated shows which were mostly taken seriously, with the occasional outrageously weird or funny episode, Batman: The Brave and the Bold has flipped that on its ear, with mostly outrageous episodes (or risky, yet perfect, character takes), occasionally interrupted with a serious episode.īroken down further, the show is one part Silver Age love-fest, starring lantern-jawed Dick Sprang-era Batman with his teeny-tiny Bat-ears, and his “impossible” utility belt and equipment. animated TV show, especially since the near-endless continuity revamps at DC had rendered pretty much every issue of the series as “not in current continuity”.
Almost every subsequent issue featured a team-up with him and another DC hero, and this continued to the series’ end with issue #200.Īt first, it seemed like a pretty unlikely source for a new Warner Bros. Beginning with #50, the title contained a series of stories featuring random team-ups of various DC superheroes, which ran until #67, when the most popular team-up character, Batman, became the ongoing “star” of the title. Issues #26-49 featured try-out series (ala Showcase), the most successful of which were Hawkman, the Justice League of America, and (later) the Teen Titans. For the first 24 issues, it was an adventure-style comic featuring tales of the Silent Knight, Viking Prince, Robin Hood, Golden Gladiator, and others. As a DC comic book, the original Brave and the Bold title ran from 1955 to 1983.
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