SYNOPSIS: The groundbreaking all-new CGI animated series returns. Batman, Alfred and swordstress Katana are back to take on the underworld likes of Anarky, Professor Pyg, Mister Toad and Magpie. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, this action-packed detective thriller deftly redefines what we have come to know as a "Batman show."
Back in February, the first 13 episodes of the controversial TV series were released in a
Season 1 Part 1 collection. We know have confirmation the remaining 13 episodes of the show's first 26 episode season will be released on
September 30, in a DVD and Blu-Ray collection called
Beware The Batman Season 1 Part 2-Dark Justice. This reveal comes just ahead of next month's debut of new episodes, which will air on Cartoon Network's "Toonami" block. While we don't have the specifics, such as special features and subtitles, we know that the DVD will be a 2-disc set and is expected to cost
$19.97. While we don't have these details for the Blu-Ray yet, I imagine it will be a 1-disc set and that it will be slightly more expensive. Season 1 should be nearing it's completion on the air by the time
Season 1 Part 2 arrives.
Episodes collected (# of episode in season):
14. "Darkness"
15. "Reckoning"
16. "Nexus"
17. "Monsters"
18. "Games"
19. "Animal"
20. "Doppelganger"
21. "Unique"
22. "Hero"
23. "Choices"
24. "Epitaph"
25. "Twist"
26. "Alone"
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From what I know from episode descriptions and stills, the second half of the season will continue to introduce lesser known villians, such as The Key and Matatoa, into the series but it will also bring in a roster of A-list villains including
Deathstroke,
Killer Croc,
Two-Face,
Ra's Al Ghul, and
Man-Bat. For those wondering, the man on the "Wanted" sign in one of the above stills is indeed
The Penguin (though I am unsure whether he will make a physical appearance in this season). The Golden Age hero known as
Manhunter will debut as a guest star and so will the
Outsiders. For the first time in the show, there will be a super-villain team-up episode. Every villain that Batman had captured in the first half of the season will team-up in that episode(with the exception of Simon Stagg, Junkyard Dog, Doodlebug and Lunkhead). More specifically: Professor Pyg, Mr. Toad, Magpie, Cypher, Tobias Whale and Phospherous Rex will team-up.
Despite previous reports that the new episodes would begin airing July 27, TV.com and EP Guides are claiming that the first of the unaired episodes (Season 1 Episode 12 "Fall") will actually air Saturday night,
July 19 at 3 am EST.