“I Am Vengeance. I Am the Night.” — 34 Years Ago, Batman: The Animated Series Changed the Dark Knight Forever
That Saturday, Fox Kids premiered Batman: The Animated Series, beginning with “The Cat and the Claw: Part I.” Thirty-four years later, the series remains one of the most celebrated interpretations of Batman ever produced—not simply a great superhero cartoon, but a landmark in American animation. Developed by Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski and produced by Warner Bros. Animation, the series took inspiration from the darkness of the Batman comics and the cinematic atmosphere surrounding Tim Burton’s Batman films, but quickly established an identity entirely its own. Its Gotham City seemed…
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