The Batman Adventures

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The Batman Adventures is a DC comic book series featuring Batman. It is different from other Batman titles in that it is set in the continuity (and style) of Batman: The Animated Series as opposed to the regular DC Universe.

It has undergone a number of title and format changes (with the issue numbers restarting each time) to match the various title and format changes of the television series:

Title No. of issues Started Ended Corresponding TV title
The Batman Adventures 36 1992 1995 Batman: The Animated Series
The Batman and Robin Adventures 25 1995 1997 The Adventures of Batman & Robin
Batman: Gotham Adventures 60 1998 2003 The New Batman Adventures
Batman Adventures 17 2003 2004 Justice League Unlimited

In 2003, DC comics launched Batman Adventures shortly after the cancellation of Batman Gotham Adventures. The first issue was made available through the regular purchases and Free Comic Book Day May 3, 2003.

While not officially canon, efforts were made by the creative team to further develop Batman outside of the Justice League. #15 in particular, written by Jason Hall, was written to bridge the gap between Mr. Freeze's appearances in Batman: The Animated Series and Batman Beyond. In 2004, despite a good response to the series' new direction under writer Ty Templeton, Batman Adventures was canceled to make way for The Batman Strikes!, a new title based on the new, unrelated, animated series The Batman. #17 ends the series with Batman confronting Joe Chill, though he had no knowledge of Chill's actions.

The success of Batman Adventures has led to a set of "Adventures" titles mirroring the animated series that followed Batman: The Animated Series, including Superman Adventures (based on Superman: The Animated Series) and Justice League Adventures (based on Justice League).

Contents

Shortly after The New Batman Adventures began airing on Kids WB!, DC Comics published a five issue miniseries titled The Batman Adventures: The Lost Years. This series bridged the gap between the end of Batman: The Animated Series and the start of the new show. The plot is as follows:

Book One: Robin (Dick Grayson) voices his disapproval regarding Batman's tolerance of the crimefighting activities of the relatively untrained Batgirl and takes it upon himself to stop her. Subsequently, Batman deduces that Batgirl is actually Barbara Gordon while watching her play tennis against Dick -- he realizes that she moves just like Batgirl. Batman decides to take Batgirl under his wing and give her the training she needs. Robin is upset by this decision and argues with Batman, but fails to change his mind.

Book Two: Bruce and Dick continue their argument up through Dick's College graduation ceremony. Dick decides to leave Gotham City, despite the protests of Alfred and Barbara.

Book Three: Dick discovers an ancient African tribe and learns combat techniques from them, finally taking the first steps out of Batman's shadow. Inspiration comes and Dick develops a new persona for himself: Nightwing.

Book Four: Batman gets darker and angrier and more driven because of Dick's departure -- his new partner Batgirl is concerned over his change in personality. One night, while on the trail of Two-Face, Batman saves young Tim Drake, son of petty criminal "Shifty" Drake. Shifty was murdered by Two-Face and Tim swore revenge. Batman trained Tim into Robin and gave him another shot at life. Two-Face was captured and Batman took in Tim as his second ward.

Book Five: Dick joins an expedition to find a group of Himalayan monks who have lost an artifact, agreeing to a trade. He will recover the artifact in exchange for their secret of flight (the winged costume). He succeeds in gaining the artifact back from Ra's al Ghul. Succeeding, he visits Batman and reveals his new identity of Nightwing to him, Alfred, Batgirl, and Robin.

While there were many characters who never appeared in Batman The Animated Series, the comics from The Batman Adventures to Batman Adventures would occasionally introduce and features characters who never made it to the screen.

  • Eel O'Brian (Though as part of The Black Mask's gang, prior to his hero career)
    • Batman Adventures #6

  • Anarky
    • The Batman Adventures #31
  • Joe Chill (His only full appearance outside the various flashbacks)
    • Batman Adventures #17

Title Material collected
The Batman Adventures #1-6
Batman The Dark Knight Adventures #7-12
The Batman Adventures: The Lost Years #1-5
Batman Gotham Adventures #1-6
The Batman Adventures: Dangerous Dames and Demons The Batman Adventures Annual #1-2
The Batman Adventures: Mad Love
Adventures of the DC Universe #3 (Back up story)
Batman: Harley & Ivy Batman Gotham Knights #14
Harley & Ivy: Love On The Lam
Batman: Harley & Ivy #1-3
Batman Adventures (Digest
Volume 1: Rogues Gallery Batman Gotham Adventures #50
Batman Adventures #1-4
Volume 2: Shadows and Masks Batman Adventures #5-9

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The Bruce Timm DC animated universe
Television series Batman: The Animated Series · Superman: The Animated Series · The New Batman Adventures · The New Batman/Superman Adventures · Batman Beyond · Static Shock · The Zeta Project · Justice League · Justice League Unlimited
Feature-length films Batman: Mask of the Phantasm · Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero · Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker · Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
Comic books Batman Adventures · Superman Adventures · Justice League Adventures · Batman Beyond · Gotham Girls
Web cartoons Gotham Girls
Video games DCAU Video Games
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Batman_Adventures"
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