The New Batman Adventures
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Our Review
The BTAS revival (1997-1999) that launched the shared DCAU: streamlined character designs, darker palette, and a Batman who’s grown colder between series. The redesigns were controversial, but the writing stayed at peak: Old Wounds explains Dick Grayson’s break from Batman with real pain, and Mad Love, adapted from the Dini/Timm comic, is the definitive Harley and-Joker story, the origin of “puddin'” and the moment you understand she’s a tragedy, not a joke.
This era folded into Justice League and gave us the harder, more isolated Batman that Beyond would interrogate. Twenty four episodes, nearly all strong, and the bridge to the greatest superhero universe ever built on TV.
Verdict: Watch it as BTAS seasons 4-5, because that’s what it secretly is.
