by Brad Chmielewski

When I was first asked to do this review I was rather excited, I thought I was going to get a chance to have one of the first DVD’s of “The Batman.” Unfortunately when the package finally arrived (much sooner then I expected) to my disappointment it was “Batman – The Animated Series” and not even volume one or an appealing special edition. Instead what had been delivered was a four episode DVD entitled “Secrets of the Caped Crusader.” I am going to be straight forward this is not a series I ever got into or could get into, it for some reason lacks what I look for when I sit down to watch television. I enjoyed “Batman Beyond” much more and would recommend that show to everyone. Still, given that I agreed to write this review I decided to take another look at the show, since first impressions are often wrong.

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(Sherman Oaks, CA) “The Batman,” an innovative, all-new animated television series based on the famed DC Comics super hero Batman, is being produced by Warner Bros. Animation for Kids’ WB! and Cartoon Network, it was announced today by Sander Schwartz, President, Warner Bros. Animation; Paul Levitz, President and Publisher, DC Comics; John Hardman, Senior Vice President, Programming, Kids’ WB!; and Sam Register, Senior Vice President of Original Animation, Cartoon Network.

“The Batman” will feature the most complex and intriguing character in comic book history in action-packed super-heroic adventures, melding the renowned character’s extraordinary physical prowess and super-sleuthing skills with a new range of experimental Bat-gadgets and amped-up Batmobiles. This series picks up Batman’s story in year three: in his mid-twenties, just finding his way as protector, defender and Caped Crusader, while balancing his public persona as billionaire bachelor Bruce Wayne. Accentuating the original take on the series, The Edge from multi-Grammy Award-winning sensation U2 will perform the series’ theme song.

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