DC News Is Quiet So We Went Back to Batman: The Animated Series

Happy 2026. DC news is slow right now, so we did what we do best and talked Batman.

We touch on the Sebastian Stan casting chatter, where Matt Reeves is at with The Batman Part II, and how the DCU is still laying groundwork with Gods and Monsters and Clayface finally bringing us to Gotham. Then we get into the main event, a full binge rewatch of Batman The Animated Series and the Red Sky season, what holds up, what hits different as adults, and why this era of DC animation still sets the bar.

We also talk Robin and Nightwing dynamics, Batgirl’s bigger role, the Superman and Supergirl crossover, and whether Batman Beyond is next on the rewatch list.

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TIMECODES:

00:00 Intro and Happy 2026
00:26 Sebastian Stan casting chatter
01:30 Matt Reeves vs James Gunn and why that matters
05:14 Harvey Dent and the long game for Two Face
07:29 The Penguin fallout and trilogy pacing problem
09:02 DCU world building, Gods and Monsters, Mr Miracle talk
12:40 Clayface means we finally meet DCU Gotham
16:02 Lego Batman game and streaming plans
17:08 Batman animated kids movies and upcoming watchalong plans
17:55 BTAS full rewatch, the Red Sky season, what changed
19:45 Creeper, Judge, Mad Love, and seeing these episodes as adults
25:36 Robin, Nightwing, and Batman being kind of a jerk
33:27 Harley copycat vibes, Firefly, and episode messaging
34:43 Favorite episodes and what still hits the hardest
36:26 Nightwing focus episode and Catwoman’s blue mouth mystery
38:11 New Robin, Batgirl’s prominence, Superman and Supergirl crossover talk
39:43 Batman Beyond next, Mystery of the Batwoman, the weird romance thread
44:35 Wrap up, viewer questions, and what to watch next
45:24 Final thoughts and goodbye

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