Writer:	Mitch Brian
Director:	Kevin Altieri
Star:	Kevin Conroy (Bruce Wayne / Batman),  Bob Hastings (Commissioner Jim Gordon)
Recurring Role:	Robert Costanzo (Detective Harvey Bullock),  Richard Moll (Harvey Dent),  Lloyd Bochner (Mayor Hamilton Hill)
Guest Star:	Pat Musick (Female Lab Technician),  Rene Auberjonois (Dr. March),  Clive Revill (Alfred Pennyworth),  Marc Singer (Dr. Kirk Langstrom / Man-Bat),  Meredith MacRae (Francine)

This episode along with "Christmas With The Joker", "Nothing To Fear", "The Last Laugh" and "Pretty Poison" was released on DVD as Batman The Animated Series: The Legend Begins. (edit) This one is the only episode to feature Batman bleeding. (edit) Bob Hastings, who voices the role of Commissioner James Gordon in this show, also had an eight year run on the soap opera General Hospital in the 70s. Hastings also starred as the voice of Archie Andrews in a radio show based on the Archie comics in the 1950s. (edit) Man-Bat is introduced along with Kirk Langstrom; his alter-ego, and his wife Francine. (edit) Is said to be that Bruce Timm's favorite episode is "On Leather Wings". (edit)

Mayor Hill: Anything else, detective?
Bullock: Just make sure the D.A.'s office would give me an anti-case, sir.
Harvey: If you catch him, Harvey, I'll put him in jail for you. (edit) Gordon: Listen, it's not just Batman's M.O.
Bullock: Oh, yeah? Tell that to the guy he just tossed through the window! (edit) Kirk: (Speaking of Dr. March)He's a little protective of all this. I think he likes bats better than people.
Bruce: I can't imagine.
(edit) (Hears the screaming bats from Bruce's computer)
Alfred: I didn't realize you'd taken up listening to rock 'n' roll, sir. (edit) Dr. March: (to Bruce) You donate a few million and you think you own the place… (edit)

In Mayor Hill's office Harvey Dent is seen flipping a coin. He is not seen doing this again until the two-part "Two Face" episode. (edit) After battling with the Man-Bat creature, Batman's face is bloody and bruised.This is the first and only time in this series that a character is shown bleeding, as some parents found the image too disturbing for younger children. (edit) This episode introduces not only Bruce Wayne/Batman, but also Alfred Pennyworth, Commissioner James Gordon, District Attorney Harvey Dent, Detective Harvey Bullock and Mayor Hamilton Hill. (edit)

Dr. March

Dr. March was named after Fredric March, the actor who portrayed Dr. Henry Jekyll in the 1931 version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (on which this episode is loosely based). (edit)