Batman: The Audio Adventures

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Batman: The Audio Adventures
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Presentation
Genre Superhero, comedy
Written by Dennis McNicholas
Directed by Dennis McNicholas[1]
Voices Jeffrey Wright
Chris Parnell
Ike Barinholtz
Rosario Dawson
Brent Spiner
Jason Sudeikis
Language English
Length 24–51 minutes
Production
Production Blue Ribbon Content, Insurrection Media, Inc.
Composed by Doug Bossi
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 20
Publication
Debut September 18, 2021 (2021-09-18)
Provider HBO Max
Website www.hbomax.com/batman-audio-adventures

Batman: The Audio Adventures is a comedic radio drama podcast series featuring the DC Comics character Batman. The 2021 show, DC's first scripted podcast,[1] is produced by DC Entertainment, Blue Ribbon Content and HBO Max. The series is meant to be an homage to the original 1966 Batman TV series as well as the 1992 Batman: The Animated Series. It is directed and written by Dennis McNicholas, a writer for Saturday Night Live.[2] Production companies involved with the series are Insurrection Media and WarnerMedia.[3] The series is executive produced by Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Deborah Henderson, and Jon Berg.[4]

Season 2 was released on October 7, 2022, and consists of 10 episodes.[5]

Premise

For the first time, Batman is being deputized as an official member of the Gotham City Police Department. Meanwhile, Two-Face begins losing control over which of his split personalities is the dominant one. The Joker begins to set a diabolical plan into motion while The Riddler escapes from Arkham Asylum.

Voice cast

Additional voices include Ben Rodgers, Aristotle Athari, Toby Huss, Steve Higgins, Paula Pell, and Ellis Hall.

Tie-in comics

  • Batman: The Audio Adventures Special: It is a prequel comic, released by DC Comics on October 12, 2021. Among its announced writers are Dennis McNicholas, Bobby Moynihan, Heidi Gardner, Paul Scheer with art by Leonardo Romero, Juni Ba, Anthony Marques, J. Bone, German Peralta, Emma Kubert, Jon Mikel, Derec Donovan, Jacob Edgar, Jesus Hervas and Rich Ellis.[7][8]
  • Batman: The Audio Adventures: A seven-issue monthly sequel miniseries is scheduled to be released by DC Comics, authored by McNicholas, with art by Anthony Marques. The first issue scheduled for release on September 27, 2022 in the US.[needs update] Set just after the events of the podcast, Batman must now deal with the machinations of Ra's al Ghul and his League of Assassins as well as a Killer Croc who has been adversely affected by the Joker's "dark purple dawn", among other problems in the infamous underbelly of Gotham City.[9]

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