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The DC Animated Universe, or DCAU, is the name given to the shared continuity existing between the DC Comics-based animated series Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, The New Batman Adventures, Batman Beyond, The Zeta Project, Static Shock, Gotham Girls, Lobo: Webseries, Justice League, and Justice League Unlimited. This continuity is also sometimes referred to by fans ...
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- The Batman Series Ran Much Longer Than Superman. Whether it was a case of Batman being a more popular character or WB not wanting to let go of such a massive success, Batman: The Animated Series ran for much longer than Superman's series.
- There's A Bigger Focus On Superman's Origin Compared To Batman. Superman and Batman have two of the most iconic origins in comics. But when it comes to Batman, there's not much story to tell.
- Batman's Stories Leaned More Pulp And Horror, And Superman's Were More Science Fiction. In general, every superhero has stories better suited to telling than others.
- Batman: TAS Has Less Of A Downer Ending Than Superman. Something young fans might not remember is that it was actually Superman that had the show with the more depressing ending.
The Batman Adventures, through several format changes to reflect the changing world of the series and its spin-offs, outlasted the series itself by nearly a decade, finally being cancelled in 2004 to make way for the tie-in comic of the then-new, unrelated Batman animated series; The Batman. The character of Harley Quinn's first official comic ...
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- Justice League: Unlimited (2004-2006) After having some of the best story arcs in Justice League, the creators decided to swap back to the Batman/Superman: The Animated Series style of storytelling with episodic adventures for Justice League: Unlimited.
- Justice League (2001-2004) After years of solo series, it was time to bring together the world's finest with Justice League. Instead of episodic adventures, Bruce Timm and Paul Dini amped things up by having stories that would last up to four episodes.
- The Zeta Project (2001-2002) Timm and Dini's work in making a more obscure hero like Static Shock into a series was a surprise success so they attempted this again by making a Batman Beyond spin-off with a totally different art style called The Zeta Project.
- Static Shock (2000-2004) Of all the superheroes to get their own series from Bruce Timm and Paul Dini, people would have expected Wonder Woman or The Flash but instead, the creators decided to go more obscure and adapt Static Shock into their universe which resulted in a series that much like all their other shows, was ahead of its time.
May 21, 2024 · Batman: The Animated Series started out with a bang, but diminished in quality by the time it became The Adventures of Batman & Robin.Although not as extreme as the shift to The New Adventures of ...
Aug 15, 2022 · B:TAS’ run was nearing its end in 1996 when the same creators were given license to tackle another of DC’s superheroes.I wrote about how the show’s first spin-off, Superman: The Animated ...
May 19, 2021 · May 19 2021 • 7:15 AM. The two greatest heroes of the DC Universe are coming back to long-form television at last. DC and Warner Bros. Animation, along with HBO Max and Cartoon Network, have ...
