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In these two volumes Warner Bros Animation decided
to get away from the Frank Miller & Christopher Nolan versions
of Batman bringing him back to the fun of the the 60's series
is good fun and action packed. On disk (1) it's the first
(4) episodes from (season 1) in rise of the Blue Beadle
in the prologue Batman and Green Arrow stop the Clock Kings
plot in the main story, Batman and blue Beadle III go on
a mission to stop a rogue asteroid from hitting earth but
run afoul of the alien despot Kanjar Ro. In episode (2)
terror on Dinosaur island in the prologue Batman & Plastic
Man fight Gentleman Ghost during a crime spree during the
El dia De Los Muertos Festival to defeat him they get help
from fire. In the main story Gorilla Grood creates a machine
on dinosaur island that will De-evolve humans into monkeys,
it's up to Plastic Man and Batman to stop him. In episode
(3) evil under the sea in the prologue Batman & Atom try
to stop Felix Faust From opening up Pandora's box in the
main story Batman investigates underwater earthquake activity
and pays a visit to Atlantis to mean with the city state's
monarch Aquaman who is unknown to him his brother Orn is
conspiring with Black Manta to take over Atlantis and of
course batman and Aquaman team up to take out Black Manta
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*** In episode (4) Invasion of the Secret Santa's in
the prologue Batman and Blue Beadle fight golden age villain
Sportsmaster when he crashes a Christmas bowling tournament,
in the main story Batman teams up with Justice League member
Red Tornado to take on fun haus who plans to ruin Christmas
for everyone. In (vol 2) episode (5) day of the Dark Knight
Batman is summoned to OA to keep a tight reign on loud mouthed
Green Lantern Guy Gardner.When Gardner ticks off a prisoner
that was brought in by Green Lantern Kilowog. In the main
story after stopping a prison break at the super max prison
Iron Heights Batman & Green Arrow are brought to the past
by Merlin, he summons them to find Excalibur so it can be
used to stop Morgaine le Fey the quest won't be easy when
La Fey has control of Merlin's Servent Etrigan the Demon.In
episode (6) enter the Outsiders in the prologue Batman teams
up with B'wana Beast to take on Black Manta, in the main
story Batman joins forces with his old boxing trainer Wildcat
to take down three teenagers known as the Outsiders. In
episode (7) Dawn of the Deadman in the prologue Batman joins
forces with Kamandi to liberate some medicine while avoiding
plague carriors called Rat-men, in the main story Batman
ends up buried alive by Gentleman Ghost but Batman uses
astral protection techniques and has a run in with Deadman
who thinks that well Batman's dead with some fast thinking
and explaining to Green Arrow and Speedy to dig up his body
before he does become a dead man so they can stop Gentelman
Ghost from raising an army of corpses ***
In the final episode of (vol 2) episode (8) Fall of
the Blue Beatle in the prolougue in flashbacks Batman and
the second Blue Beatle try to get back Ted's scarab from
Jarvis Kord, in the main story two years after the prologue
Blue Beatle III researches his roots after batman's battle
with Dr Polaris this leads him to Hub City and the HQ of
the second Blue Beatle Jaime steals Ted's Flying Bug aircraft
he lands on Science Island where he encounters Jarvis Kord
Ha then asked Jaime to activate an army of robots for peacefull
purposes of course Kord lied about this to Jaime and Batman
and Blue Beatle III take down Kord it's a fun ride through
and through.
Image and Sound: Good not great it keeps it's original
broadcast picture intact and the sound is decent you can
here everything but that's faint praise considering that
the first two volums are a bare bones set
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