Terror in the Sky

Episode Summary & Review

Summary

When a giant sized bat ransacks Gotham harbor, Batman suspects that Dr. Kirk Langstrom is up to his old tricks, taking the Man-Bat formula again. Batman isn’t the only one. Kirk’s wife, Francine, is so distrustful of her husband that she decides to leave him. After further investigation, Batman discovers that this Man-Bat is not Kirk, but someone else, and thus he shames Francine’s father into permanently destroying the formula.

Our Take

This plays like a weaker rerun of “On Leather Wings,” hitting the same beats with less energy and a twist you can see coming from the harbor. The Langstrom family drama gives it some weight, and the animation on the Man-Bat itself is still creepy, but the resolution feels rushed and convenient. Fine for completists, skippable for everyone else.