Every Comic Book That Inspired Batman: The Animated Series
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- A video where I look at every single comic book that influenced and inspired Batman: The Animated Series.
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Man I don't know if I would say the MCU was faithful to the comics. I find they often convert the protagonists and storylines into standard action movie heroes and tropes, removing their complexity and uniqueness in the process. I think BTAS comparatively was just trying to tell Batman stories with their own spin, but not altering the franchise in any unrecognizable way.
I couldn't agree with you more. The Marvel execs don't care about telling good stories, nor do they care about developing their characters. Quite the contrary, all they care about is to tie all their movies together into a serialized TV show on the big screen, and to continue shitting more and more movies until people will get tired of it. In short, the MCU movies are nothing but utter trash.
Batman: The Animated Series succeded where the films failed: creating their own stories while respecting the source materials, something that the films seem to forget on purpose.
Speaking of which, the flashback sequence for Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker is based on two famous story arcs from the comics: The Killing Joke and Death in the Family.
I don't see it.
I'm disappointed that while Maggin's Batman story "The Cape and Cowl Deathtrap" was adapted for the series, none of his Superman stories were ever used for the Superman animated series, which is a shame as some of his stories are fantastic Superman stories. Though, I might be being biased here since Elliot S! Maggin is my favorite Superman writer.
I was already collecting comics that were the basis for the animated series, but you just made my quest a lot easier. Thanks man
This is the comment that made my day!
@@SalazarKnight glad to make your day man
This is super comprehensive! I didn’t know about many of these.
I would like to see Sword of Azrael and Knightfall be adapted into episodes for the animated series.
I think a trilogy of high-budget animated films that adapt those comics would be a dream come true, if it emulated the artwork. Same thing for the similar Green Lantern Arc from Emerald Twilight to Zero Hour, A Crisis In Time.
The Two-Face episode is also very similar to The Eye of the Beholder. They both showed a very dark backstory of Harvey Dent before the scarring.
Excellent presentation. Thank you.
I just realized "Spider" Conway is a double easter egg, because Gerry Conway wrote Amazing Spider-Man in the 70s including the death of Gwen Stacy
Some have said the episode Bane from Batman the animated series and Traction from The Batman were adaptations of Knightfall. When really those episodes aren't adaptations of Knightfall rather they just take influence from the story. There's a difference between adapting and taking influence.
Awsome video! 💙🦇
"Feat of Clay": Matt Hagen becoming Clayface as a cure for disfigurement comes from Preston Payne in Detective 478, and Batman throws a kick at Clayface that was taken from Detective 479 (page 3, panel 1).
This show is proof that you can respect the source material while doing something original.
6:05 The episodes lifted much from the storyline Batman: Year Three.
I’ve been binge-listening to Salazar’s videos at work. The quality of the content on this channel is amazing, and I am really happy I found it.
I am currently reading Bronze age Batman comics for the 1st time and I m at the part with Nocturna and Thief (or slayer) of Night. Interesting that you made the connection with the Night of the Ninja episode. Also, I think the adaptation episode of Appointment in Crime Alley is an even better story than the original comic script.
You ve made an amazing guide Salazar ! This video is definitely going places ! Thank you.
"Appointment in Crime alley" also have some elements from the story, Batman War Crime (written by Paul Dini and with the art by Alex Ross), since both stories the plot have Batman dealing with a corrupt businessman (in the comics is Randall Winters while in the episode is Rolland Dagget) who wants to replace a neighborhood in Gotham (in the comic is Bayside while in the episode is Crime Alley), claming that the place is full of violence and crime and the only way to fix it is by tearing down and replace for something new, caring nothing for the people who live there.
Both stories have a simillar message, about Batman recognizing that, while his victories might not always be completed, it's the smalls ones (in the comics is inspiring a kid from give up a life of crime and in the episode is saving Leslie and the people who live in Crime Alley) that encourage him to keep fighting for a better Gotham.
Actually, that comic was published much later than the episode, so if anything, that comic was inspired by the show!
@@SalazarKnight Makes sense since the comic was written by Paul Dino, so he could easly had take some inspirations from the animated series he help created.
THANK YOU FOR HISTORY OF VIDEO ADVENTURES OF THE BATMAN
In 1976, Batman Family #6 debuted "Joker's Daughter" who went by the name "Harlequin," and while different colors, her alternating 4 sectioned leotard is the EXACT same design as Harley's!
Fun fact The "dreams of darkness" episode can also be seem as the inspiration for the Scarecrow scenes in the Arkham Asylum games, specially since Batman spends most of the episode dealing with the fear toxin hallucinations and his battle with Scarecrow takes place in the swears, below the Asylum.
Brilliant comprehensive study and very detailed.
Here's something interesting. In the episode robin's reckoning part 1 robin finds out that one of Tony Zucco's alias's is "Sid The Squid" and that was before the man who killed batman. Makes me wonder if Sid The Squid stole that alias from Tony Zucco.
i didnt knew that soo many comic inspired BTAS
Excellent video!!
I'd say Two-Face part 1 and 2 was more of an adaptation of Eye of The Beholder. In the episode and the comic, Harvey already had inner demons that formed into a second personality he was trying to suppress. At the same time, there was a case against someone that ended in an unfair result, in the show it was Rupert Thorne's men being let go and in the comic it was a serial killer being found innocent by the Jury.
Was Victor Zsasz to scary for the animated series? Oh absolutely! A guy who murders people and cuts himself is way to violent for a kids show. BTAS may have been adult at times but kids would've been scarred for life if Zsasz was on the show.
I think you should do one of these for Batman the Brave and the Bold.
Great video
Excellent as always, I knew some of these, but there were many surprises!
more please :)
Count Vertigo is actually a green arrow villain and keep in mind we would later meet the DCAU version of Green Arrow in Justice League cartoon.
Another great video, as always. Please make more like this. With comics influences in other shows/movies
He can do something like this for The Batman and Batman the brave and the bold.
still waiting for the next vid on Dredd vs Batman.
Excelente Salazar knight que perfecto análisis en los cómics saltando en la gran serie animada que marcará toda una generación 🤘🤘🤘
What a fantastic video! Thank you!
Have you thought about livestreaming or posting "shorts" ? Those might help youtube expose your stuff.
I wouldn't know what to livestream. But I might try making some shorts.
AGAIN THANK YOU MASTER OF THE BAT. WE NEED THIS HISTORY.
the laughing fish will always be my favorite episode of btas
Any plans to do a video like this for the New Batman Adventures?
I'll have to think about it. Thanks for asking!
If those guys can do it so and so can Batman 🦇
Salazar Are You Excited For Batman Caped Cursader
Absolutely! I'm always excited for more Batman!
Another good video, SK! As popular as superheroes are now, it brings me down that comics aren't more popular (IMO the publishers are fumbling a goldmine). So I was glad you acknowledged some of the inspiration the beloved TAS series took from the comics.
Are you excited about the new Bruce Timm series coming to HBO? www.ign.com/articles/batman-caped-crusader-bruce-timm-jj-abrams-matt-reeves-hbo-max
Sure. I'm always looking forward to more Batman!
What's your thoughts on The Batman show from 2004-2008?
I must confess, I've barely watched it... but I like what little I've seen!
What about A Bullet for Bullock? (Detective Comics #651)
Minute 13:05 😎
It would be cool to get these comics but there so expensive
Salazar knight who is your favorite robin
Tim Drake, of course! Who is yours?
Volume 4 of Batman TAS is not a separate show it's just the show was cancelled in 95 and brought back on a different network and with new animation. I'm personally getting pretty tired of people claiming them as separate shows. If season 3 of Young Justice can be considered a new season of Young Justice despite that it was cancelled and keep in mind the gap was longer than BTAS's gap and that season 3 of Young Justice was produced on a different network than seasons 1 and 2 I personally don't see how this should be any different.
I get the feeling, but just because it's the same continuity and the same universe, doesn't mean it was produced by the same people or under the same standards. That makes a huge difference to me. Enough to separate them as two different series from a production standpoint, at least. Also, the name was clearly different. Young Justice never changed name, while BTAS =/= TNBA.
Is a different show. Like Justice League and Justice League Unlimited. Same continuity, but with other title
@@SalazarKnight I agree, 100%. Yeah the same universe and same continuity but feels completly different. Even the stories doesn't felt like as serious as tas. They felt liike " heyy batman and robin having an adventure today hehee" Its called "new adventures" after all😂 I like that series too but clearly tas has a special spot in my heart😁
@@22Gugoo22 With Justice League they changed the title. Not different enough for me to call it a separate show.
Batman's attitude has completely changed in the two shows also, becoming a less complete character. In BTAS he is strong heroic, intimidating, deep, but also kind, warm, caring and can be capable of humour. In TNBA he is brutal, cold and unfriendly at pretty much all times, almost robotic. His soothing Bruce voice is no longer present, he talks like Batman only, even as Bruce, to whoever he is talking to.
Isnt there even more Comic .. i mean there is still a lot Episodes not covered here
Those episodes have almost entirely original stories. Especially all those with Harley Quinn and the rest of the villains that were created for the show (Red Claw, Tygrus, The Sewer King, Lock-Up).
@@SalazarKnight What about Almost gotham ?
Almost Got Im? It's there.
@@SalazarKnight No you only covered the Trial ...I think you maibe have mixed up these two
Minute 9:37. Almost Got 'Im. It's there.
I don’t agree with your opening. Many adaptations are successful and are very different than the comics. See Batman 89 and MCU Spider-Man as two huge examples, but even things like The Dark Knight Trilogy have many aspects of the character they don’t adapt well from the comics.
I look at the Nolan's Batman movies and the only thing I see is comics. Batman Year One, The Man Who Falls, The Long Halloween...
@@22Gugoo22 it takes inspiration from the comics, but there are issues with how stuff is adapted. Batman isn’t obsessive enough, he is only Batman for less than 3 years, his no kill rule isn’t handled well (it really hasn’t been handled well in any live action film). At the end of all three films a villain dies, two of which because of Batman, the other Batman could have said. Batman also is perfectly fine with Catwoman killing Bane. They are good movies, but there are issues with them as adaptations of the comics
@@richardsreviews8820 In the comics Batman is perfectly fine with Red Hood killing people
@@22Gugoo22 No, he's not.
@@22Gugoo22 no he's not
Great video