Fans of producer Bruce Timm’s 1990s take on the Dark Knight can look forward to next week’s retail debut of Batman: The Complete Animated Series. The 17-disc set from Warner Home Video and DC Comics is a limited-edition collector’s package offering all 109 episodes for a run time exceeding 35 hours.
The Emmy Award-winning Batman: The Animated Series won over audiences by taking the comic-book property more seriously than previous cartoon incarnations. The show explores dark themes as Batman and Robin protect the citizens of Gotham City from the evil plots of such classic villains as The Penguin, The Joker, Catwoman, and Poison Ivy. This mammoth collection presents all four seasons of the complete series, which ran from fall of 1992 thru fall of 1995 on Fox. Kevin Conroy and Loren Lester provided the voices of Batman and Robin, while Melissa Gilbert, Mark Hamill, Paul Williams, Adrienne Barbeau, John Glover, Richard Moll and Ron Perlman starred as some of the supporting roles in the star-studded toon.
In addition to all four seasons of the series, the disc set will also offer the documentary Shades of the Bat: Batman’s Animated Evolution. There will also be eight bonus featurettes, 12 creator commentaries and a 40-page collector’s book with artwork from the vault. The release will carry the suggested retail price of $107.92.
