Batman: The Brave and the Bold

Remember back when the producers said they weren't gonna use Joker in the show? Well, I don't think anyone bought that, especially not when the series premiered and Joker's forthcoming appearance is more or less announced in the darn intro. Well, here he is. I think The Batman's Joker was underrated, and that Kevin Michael Richardson was as well. Jeff Bennett voices Joker here, and he does a decent job, of course he is not as good as you know who. But the voice has grown on me. The design is good, but the chin bothers me, but oh well. A lot of funny moments here, "To the Batmobile!" and Joker's reluctant rescue of a kid were some of the highlights.



The Joker, Batman team-up delivers plenty of laughs, while still adding tension, you know Joker will try to kill him first chance he gets, he doesn't and you start wondering if he actually has turned g.....oh, there he goes. The alternate universe Batmen was a lot of fun as well. The final battle is a good one, but I think the one from the first part was slightly better.



"Game Over for Owlman" is one of the best episodes from the first season and the entire series thus far.

I thought that this was a very good episode! I even liked that we saw The Joker for the first time in this show! There was alot of villians in this episode like, Owlman, Clock King, Gentleman Ghost and more. In My opinion, i thought it was good. It was nice that Joker and Batman teamed up, but i was kind of sad that The Joker tricked Batman and joined Owlman. But he is a villian, so i guess i should have seen that coming. Besides that, it was still a great and cool episode. Probably the best episode of this season.

Let me start this review by saying wow! Where do I begin? We've got the infamous Owlman of Crime Syndicate fame from JLA comics running wild in Gotham making Batman a wanted fugitive in his own town. Next we encounter a classic silver age Joker who actually becomes Batman's team up partner for most of the episode. This would normally be enough for a great episode in itself but it doesn't stop there. We are also treated to the entire cast of heroes and villians who have appeared in the series so far. The creators also sprinkle in some nifty visual references to the 1960's Batman TV series capped with a special surprise treat: a whole line up of alternate reality Batman chracters - many of whom I have never seen before.



There is no doubt that the creator's of this series have left themselves with a very serious problem. How in the world are they ever going to live up to the expectations this episode created? It is likely that they won't be able to clear a bar that they have set so high. But the goood news for them is that I bet a bunch of us keep watching and hoping that they can do it again.