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I’ve been making my way through my 3rd re-listen of the incredible podcast - Batman: The Audio Adventures & just appreciating once more not only how terrifically written it is by showrunner Dennis McNicholas but also incredibly well acted by all of the amazing cast. For any unaware, the podcast is an audio fiction blend of comedy & superhero drama that was previously only an exclusive for HBO MAX subscribers back in 2021 but now both released seasons are freely available on literally every podcast app including on MAX’s own YT Channel itself, no subscription required.

In particular, I love the Harvey Dent moment we get in Season 1 - Episode 6 - “The Whale of Damocles”:

I have to first off praise the inspired creative choice the series makes to give Two-Face the dynamic that his personas are essentially like constantly bickering twin brothers - arguing, name calling & posturing but still inseparable at the end of the day.

In the scene in question, Harvey’s binary obsession has allowed The Penguin to easily lure Dent to his favorite pier on the Gotham Wharf, Pier 2, to prevent a planted bomb from destroying it. Batman arrives soon after as Dent’s desperate search brings him to the most perilous part of the pier. Batman is so earnestly trying to appeal to Harvey to stop that he almost can’t prevent slipping into his Bruce Wayne voice when we then get an excellent memorable moment (@ ~31:50) where we get a glimpse at the tortorus psychosis Harvey is living through:

Harvey gives this tragic peek into his mind as he extols the awe-inspiring & nightmarish gospel he shares with his violent other half. It’s not only a very well written torrent of mad thoughts but also brilliantly & emotionally performed by Harvey/Two-Face’s VA: Ike Barinholtz. Batinholtz truly makes Harvey sound simultaneously mesmerized, terrified & sorrowful - on the verge of tears as he tells his former friend about the completely fractured way he views the world now & Batman’s actor Jeffrey Wright matches it with his desperate pleas to Harvey’s true self colored by the unflinching compassion he has for Dent.

For how invested the show is in genuinely trying to revive a bit of the Adam West era charm and fun camp & IMO successfully making the show legitimately funny, I believe it’s also equally in touch with the aspects of the franchise exemplified in shows like BTAS ie the darkness of the setting & emotionally resonant tragedy of both Batman himself and the different members within his rogues gallery. The show is not just sharp on a comedic level but also earnestly intriguing & engaging dramatically as well.

I have no doubt sung this show’s praises before but I don’t plan to stop anytime soon because I truly believe that the series is a must listen for every fan of Batman, superheroes & audio fiction/audio dramas generally. From top to bottom, the series is a brilliant production and stands to me personally as amongst the best content within the umbrella of DC Comics at least within the last decade.

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TOP 22 TWO-FACE STORIES OF ALL TIME

12.) “Two Split Seconds on Division Street” from Batman: The Audio Adventures Special (2021)

A (Tues)day in the life of Two-Face, his bickering struggles with himself, his numerical obsession, and his ultimate longing for either salvation or destruction. One of the only truly great takes on his obsession with twos. A tie-in to the incredible HBO podcast.

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Batman: The Audio Adventures Panel At NYCC 2022

Batman: The Audio Adventures Panel At NYCC 2022

Batman: The Audio Adventures had a panel at this year’s NYCC! Stars Jeffery Wright and Bobby Moynihan were joined by producer, writer Dennis McNicholas to talk  about the second season of the popular scripted podcast. The second second season debuted Oct 7th so it’s very fitting that there would be a panel to promote it. The second season of Batman: The Audio Adventures has been described…

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Preview: Batman: The Audio Adventures #6 (of 7)

Batman: The Audio Adventures #6 preview. As Haly's Circus reopens, Gotham City is in chaos! #comics #comicbooks #batman

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Out this week: Batman : The Audio Adventures #1 (DC, $3.99):

Dennis McNicholas, Anthony Marques and J. Bone continue the story started in the Batman: The Audio Adventures podcast.

See what other comics and graphic novels arrive in comic book stores this week.

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Batman: The Audio Adventures #5 - "Here We Go Round the Sickly Fear" (2023)

written by Dennis McNicholas art by Anthony Marques, J. Bone, & Dave Stewart

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BATMAN THE AUDIO ADVENTURES SPECIAL no.1 (one shot) • cover art • Tom Haskard [Oct 2021]

Story By Dennis McNicholas, Bobby Moynihan, Heidi Gardner, Paul Scheer, And More Art By Leonardo Romero, Juni Ba, And More Ah, you hear that beautiful racket? That’s the music of Gotham City—the largest city in the world, the big gargoyle, the treasure of the night—anyone who calls it a crime-infested hellhole is dead wrong. No way hell has such great pierogis. So join us here (hear?) as we bring you the stories behind the stories behind the hit HBO Max scripted original podcast with this sensational prequel one-shot, written by the very creators and talent who lent their voices to the show. And unless you’ve been living in a cave, you know that after years of rumors we find out not only is the Batman real, not only is he one of the good guys, turns out, he’s gonna be a cop! With special appearances by King Scimitar, Stoveplate Sullivan, Billy Wristwatch, and others directly from the podcast, this oversize special brings you deeper into the mysteries behind Batman: The Audio Adventures!

(W) Various (A) Various (CA) Tom Haskard

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Batman: The Audio Adventures #6 Preview

Batman: The Audio Adventures #6 Preview #batmanaudioadventures #DCEU #dccomics #comics #comicbooks #news #dcuuniverse #art #info #NCBD #amazon #previews #reviews #batman #darkknight #capedcrusader #brucewayne

Batman: The Audio Adventures #6 Preview: As Haly’s Circus reopens, Gotham City is in chaos! Batman’s investigations reveal that monster serum has been leaking all throughout the city and the trail leads back to none other than Killer Croc! Meanwhile, Robin finds himself face-to-face with Scarecrow! Written by DENNIS McNICHOLAS Art by ANTHONY MARQUES and J. BONE Cover by DAVE JOHNSON Variant cover…

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Episode 371

Comic Reviews:

DC

Batman: The Audio Adventures 1 by Dennis McNicholas, J. Bone, Anthony Marques, Dave Stewart

DC Horror Presents: Sgt. Rock vs. the Army of the Dead 1 by Bruce Campbell, Eduardo Risso, Kristian Rossi

Tim Drake: Robin 1 by Meghan Fitzmartin, Riley Rossmo, Lee Loughridge

Constantine: Distorted Illusions OGN by Kami Garcia, Isaac Goodhart, Ruth Redmond

Deadman Tells the Spooky Tales OGN by Franco Aureliani, Agnes Garbowska, Derek Charm, Isaac Goodhart, Christopher Uminga, Sara Richard

Wayne Family Adventures Season 2

Marvel

A.X.E.: Avengers by Kieron Gillen, Federico Vicentini, Dean White

Amazing Spider-Man 10 by Zeb Wells, Nick Dragotta, Marcio Menyz

Marvel’s Voices: Comunidades 2022 by Fabian Nicieza, Alex Segura, Carlos Hernandez, Zoraida Cordova, Hector Navarro, Edgar Delgado, Diogenes Neves, Marcelo Costa, Roge Antonio, Yasmin Flores Montanez, Luis Morocho, Paco Medina, Walden Wong, Israel Silva, Ceci de la Cruz, Manuel Puppo, Frank Williams

Marvel’s Voices: Miles Morales by Mohale Mashigo, Julian Shaw, Manuel Puppo

Dark Horse

Roadie 1 by Tim Seeley, Fran Galan

Image

Brigade Remastered by Rob Liefeld and Friends

Flawed 1 by Chuck Brown, Prenzy

Old Dog 1 by Declan Shalvey

Onyx 1 by Chris Ryall, Gabriel Rodriguez, Jay Fotos

Skybound Presents: After School 3 by Jill Blotevogel, Marley Zarcone, Lisa Sterle, Fabiana Mascolo

Boom

Briar 1 by Christopher Cantwell, German Garcia, Matheus Lopes

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 100 by Ryan Parrott, Hendry Prasetya, Eleonora Carlini, Daniele Di Nicuolo, Marco Renna, Francesco Mortarino, Moises Hidalgo, Dan Mora, Miguel Mercado, Matt Herms, Tamra Bonvillain, Walter Baiamonte, Raul Angulo, Sara Antonellini, Sharon Marino

IDW

TMNT: The Armageddon Game 1 by Tom Waltz, Vincenzo Federici, Matt Herms

AfterShock

Hell is a Squared Circle 1 by Chris Condon, Francesco Biagini, Mark Englert

OGN

Hollow by Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White, Berenice Nelle

Forest Hills Bootleg Society by Dave Baker, Nicole Goux

Ghoster Heights by Corey Lansdell, Kelly Mellings, Lisa LaRose

Pick Head: Bayoo Beasties by Frederic Brremaud, Giobanni Rigano

Steeple vol 3 by John Allison

Ray’s OGN Corner: Speak Up by Rebecca Burges

Additional Reviews: Andor 4, Lumberjanes HC Vol 1, She-Hulk, Door to Door, Night to Night, Hocus Pocus 2, Last Avenger arc of Captain Marvel

Longbox of Horror 2022 part 1: Trouble

News: new Kelly Thompson series from Image, Armor Wars now a movie, AfterShock upheaval, Community movie, new Blade movie writer, Figment movie in development

Trailers: My Father’s Dragon

Comics Countdown:

Superman: Space Age 2 by Mark Russell, Mike Allred, Laura Allred

Hollow GN by Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White, Berenice Nelle

Steeple Vol 3 by John Allison

Human Target 7 by Tom King, Greg Smallwood

Nice House on the Lake 10 by James Tynion IV, Alvaro Martinez Bueno, Jordie Bellaire

TMNT: Armageddon Game 1 by Tom Waltz, Vincenzo Federici, Matt Herms

Department of Truth 21 by James Tynion IV, Martin Simmonds

Eight Billion Genies 5 by Charles Soule, Ryan Browne, Kevin Knipstein

Grim 5 by Stephanie Phillips, Flaviano, Rico Renzi

Ant-Man 3 by Al Ewing, Tom Reilly, Jordie Bellaire

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Alien news boadcast

One way we might find distant aliens is through detection of their radio signals, the subject of SETI's tireless searches using the Allen Telescope Array at the Hat Creek Radio Observatory in California. But intelligent life could make giant lasers or radio transmitters, so you might be able to hear them from farther away," Shostak said. "Microbes can make oxygen in the atmosphere. And even though there's probably far less intelligent life in the universe than there is microbial life, intelligent extraterrestrials could potentially broadcast their presence over much greater distances. SETI scans the skies daily for radio signals that might be produced by forms of intelligent life. However, even though microbes may well be the first "aliens" that we'll encounter, that doesn't rule out the possibility of detecting intelligent extraterrestrial communications, Shostak told Live Science. And it just makes sense that if there's something out there that it'd be microbial." "Those who are paying attention know how much habitable real estate is out there. "With all the news about exoplanets, people are primed for this," Wall said. Today, an announcement about discovering extraterrestrial microbes is far more likely to promote fascination than panic, he said. A stronger possibility is that our first encounter with alien life will be through finding microbes from other worlds, which are far more likely to be common across all the cosmos than intelligent organisms, said Wall, who is a senior writer at Live Science's sister site. An improbable number of variables would have to fall into place for that to happen. Alien microbes, not alien monstersĪ militaristic alien attack would involve extraterrestrials that are not only intelligent and technically advanced, but who also know that humans exist and can travel to our solar system, Wall told Live Science. In fact, the violent episode Welles described is by far the least likely scenario for how humans might first encounter extraterrestrial life, according to science writer Michael Wall, author of "Out There: A Scientific Guide to Alien Life, Antimatter and Human Space Travel (For the Cosmically Curious)" (Grand Central Publishing, Nov. All this suggested that if we did have intelligent cosmic company in the universe, it wasn't on Mars - or even in our solar system, he explained. "Certainly, by the late 1930s, no one believed it.There was increasing knowledge from astronomers: Mars has a very thin atmosphere there's not much oxygen we don't see any liquid water on the surface," Shostak said. While radio listeners may have fallen for the tale of a Martian invasion, space scientists of the day were already well aware that Mars wasn't capable of harboring a thriving civilization of intelligent aliens, Seth Shostak, a senior astronomer with the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute (SETI) in California, told Live Science. (Image credit: New York Daily News Archive/Getty) If you like the feeling of superiority that comes from knowing you can crush the ignorant with your understanding of Earth things, you’ll like our show.On October 31, 1938, the front page of the New York newspaper the Daily News noted the panic sparked by Welles' broadcast. They’re aliens.įill in the blank: If you like _, you’ll like our show. Why should it be yours?ĭennis McNicholas: While ordinary Earth television offers you a kaleidoscopic array of idiots sharing poorly informed opinions on the events of the day, only Alien News Desk features idiots with a legitimate excuse for the stupid nonsense they say. Showrunner Dennis McNicholas (like Forte, an SNL veteran) reveals why we should be over the moon for megaproducer Lorne Michaels‘s latest production. (Describing teens taking selfies with their phones, Van Void says, “Garishly dressed adolescents try to seduce inanimate box.”) They try to explain Earthlings’ strange, real-life doings to the rest of the universe. On the cable channel’s first original late-night animated series, Drexx Drudlaar (voiced by Last Man on Earth‘s Will Forte, right) and Tuva Van Void ( Saturday Night Live cast member Heidi Gardner) are extraterrestrial coanchors of a topical show. Here are a couple of aliens Syfy is betting viewers will welcome into their homes.

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“Batman: The Audio Adventures” Gets Tie-In Comic Series

Audio-series Batman: The Audio Adventures is getting a 7-issue tie-in comic that will also be written by series writer Dennis McNicholas. McNicholas is joined by artist Anthony Marques and J. Bone.

The tie-in comic Batman: The Audio Adventures picks up after the season finals of the audio-series and “follows a string of attacks that have plagued Gotham City’s seedy underbelly, sending criminals into a panic. But it's not Batman who is striking at the heart of the city, it's a group of mysterious assailants on the hunt for an ancient artifact. As Batman hunts down these assassins, he finds clues that keep drawing him to their true goal: the sword of King Scimitar!” (DC Comics)

Batman: The Audio Adventures #1 (of 7), featuring a cover by Dave Johnson, September 27, 2022.

(Image via DC Comics - Dave Johnson’s Cover of Batman: The Audio Adventures #1)

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“Till Human Voices Wake Us and We Drown” Writer: Dennis McNicholas Artists: Anthony Marques, J. Bone Color Artist: Dave Stewart Letterer: Ferran Delgado Review by Eric Lee Batman: The Audio Adventures #7 ends the series with a finale so over-stuffed that it may leave readers confused and frustrated. As I've previously said, Audio Adventures suffers from too many subplots, and it's very difficult to track them all. In this issue, most of the plot threads tie together but it's still an ultimately disappointing endeavor. The problem is that the disparate plots are all jammed pack into one issue that it is difficult to give sufficient storytelling space to them all. Threads like the Penguin- Robin- Scarecrow feud gets resolved so quickly that it could easily be missed. With such an underwhelming conclusion, one wonders why writer Dennis McNicholas dedicated so much time to the subplot. [gallery columns="6" size="large" ids="183074,183075,183076,183077,183078,183072"] Batman is Useless Even the main plot with Batman and the Demon's Brood suffers a shockingly abrupt ending. Batman unfortunately doesn't do a lot in the issue to stop the villain's bloody rampage. In the end, he feels very ineffectual and inconsequential. I don't want to make everything about the issue all doom and gloom, though. The art has always had a wonderful cartoony, quality to it. Anthony Marques and J. Bone have great storytelling skills and make visually jumbled scenes easy to follow. However, the dark tone of the Demon's Brood plot seems to clash with the fun art style. It's hard to say this comic is lighthearted when it depicts bloody mass murder. The cartoony style makes me suspect the series will be accidentally categorized in the kid-safe section of a comic shop only for a horrified parent to discover people getting eviscerated in it. Conclusion The entire series feels like a strange mish-mash of plots that barely connect, wrapped in a beautiful, but also inappropriately cartoony art. It should be no surprise that Batman: The Audio Adventures #7 would've been any different. Images courtesy of DC Entertainment (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push();

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Preview: Batman: The Audio Adventures #5

Batman: The Audio Adventures #5 preview. Batman scours the city in pursuit of the Demon’s Brood, who will not be satisfied until the sword they seek is purified with the blood of 13 souls #comics #comicbooks #batman

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Dick bullshitting his friends about Batman in Batman: The Audio Adventures Special (2021).

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Batman: The Audio Adventures #7 (2023)

written by Dennis McNicholas art by Anthony Marques, J. Bone, & Dave Stewart