Holy Nu-metal, Batman! It’s the year 2039, Bruce Wayne is a grouchy old man, corporations rule the world, and Batman is a moody teen. Has there ever been a cooler superhero show?

This we're week going long on one of our favorite animated series, BATMAN BEYOND, and the standalone film that reunited Mark Hamill’s Joker with Bruce Timm, Kevin Conroy, and the whole BTAS gang for a truly horrific vision of the Bat-Family’s future. Cyberpunk is so back!

Next week, our Nolan era finally begins with BATMAN BEGINS (2005). Join the conversation on our Discord at https://discord.com/invite/RssDc3brsx and get more Eye of the Duck on our Patreon show, After Hours https://www.patreon.com/EyeoftheDuckPod

References:

• Special Features
• Commentary
• Andrea Romano and Mark Hamill Create Shorthand
• Cancelled “Batman: Arkham” Film
• Bruce Timm Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker Screenplay
• Jim Harvey Bruce Timm Interview
• Batman: The Complete History by Les Daniels
• World’s Finest Alan Burnett Interview
• Brandon’s Substack Alan Burnett Interview
• DC Animated Will Friedle Interview
• Kevin Conroy Changes His Voice
• Retro Cool Nerd Kevin Conroy Interview
• Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker Animation Studio
• Production Forced to Make Cuts
• All Changes Between Return of the Joker Cuts
• Will Friedle on Acting in Return of the Joker
• IGN Batman Beyond Production History

Credits:

Eye of the Duck is created, hosted, and produced by Dom Nero and Adam Volerich.

This episode was edited by Michael Gaspari.

This episode was researched by Parth Marathe.

Our logo was designed by Francesca Volerich. You can purchase her work at francescavolerich.com/shop

The "Adam's Blu-Ray Corner" theme was produced by Chase Sterling.

This miniseries was programmed with the help of Nik Long.

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