"I Am the Night" Rewatch: "Read My Lips" and "The Worry Men"

Batman: The Animated Series

Oh my gosh you guys. We did it. We made it through the 65 episodes that comprise the first season of B: TAS. It's been a ride and we aren't done yet. I just wanted to acknowledge this milestone. I didn't make it through them quite as fast as I would have liked, but it feels good to have accomplished this and to have revisited so many amazing episodes. Let's finish this first season.

"I Am the Night" Rewatch: "His Silicon Soul" and "Fire From Olympus"

"Batman: The Animated Series"

One of my favorite things about B: TAS is that it doesn't run things that are popular into the ground. It gives them time to breathe and brings them back when the time is right. That is the case with the first episode that will be reviewed today and I couldn't be happier.

Also! Warner Bros. just announced that they will be releasing the complete series on blu ray for the first time ever!! It's full of awesome special features and it includes both movies: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm and SubZero. If you have been on the fence about buying the series, now's your chance.  Check it out on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Batman-Complete-Animated-Limited-Blu-ray/dp/B07FSRBWXK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1532992697&sr=8-1&keywords=batman+the+animated+series+blu+ray&dpID=51hPsSbwtJL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch ( I should probably also say I wasn't paid in any way to endorse this.)

Without further adieu...

Comics Corner: X-Men Gold #7-12

X-Men Gold

"X-Men Gold" continues telling modern day X-stories with a '90's feel in the next six issues of the series. In these issues, the Gold team play their part in the Marvel-wide "Secret Empire" crossover, Kitty and Peter take a trip to Washington and an old enemy returns to challenge the team.

"I Am the Night" Rewatch: "Blind as a Bat" and "The Demon's Quest" Parts 1& 2

Batman: The Animated Series

Yowza. I have been super lax here. I'm determined to get back to it. So, I won't spend a lot of time blathering on. We've got episodes to criticize! Here we go.

Doctor Who For Dummies: Series 4

Doctor Who - Series 4 (2008)

I've been enjoying "Doctor Who." A lot more than I initially thought that I would. It's been far from perfect and there have been a lot of growing pains in the first three series. It's easy to overlook a lot of those because of the performances of the principals, especially David Tennant's Tenth Doctor. But, things like that can only be overlooked for so long and I was a little nervous that "Doctor Who" would never live up to the potential and greatness that it sometimes showed. Then series 4 came along. It is by far the best I've seen so far and the apex of Russell T. Davies work on the series. A lot of that has to do with the stellar work done by the Doctor's newest companion, Donna Noble played by the effervescent Catherine Tate. Let's take a deep dive into series 4 of "Doctor Who."

"I Am the Night" Rewatch: "Harley and Ivy" and "Shadow of the Bat" Parts 1 & 2

Batman The Animated Series

In this post's episodes, sisters are doing it for themselves. B: TAS shifts focus to it's female characters and the results are pretty great. We get two debuts. The first is an iconic pair that continues in the comics today and a character that has become as well recognized as Batman and Robin themselves.

Comics Corner: X-Men Blue 1-6

X-Men Blue

"X-Men Blue" is the counterpart to "X-Men Gold." In case you didn't know, Beast decided to bring the five teenage original X-Men to the present. This is the third series the five original X-Men have headlined and if you haven't been following them, allow me to catch you up. These aren't you father's OG X-Men. Cyclops found out about his older selves possession by the Phoenix Force and subsequent murder of Charles Xavier and vowed to be better. Iceman came out of the closet. Angel gained fire wings. Beast started dabbling in the occult. Marvel Girl gained a power up and did some morally ambiguous things in regards to using her powers to freely read minds and manipulate people. She's working on that. In the final issue of their previous series, the X-Men returned to their own time only to find that they were still there?

In the "X-Men Prime" one shot, the OG X-Men decided to appoint Jean their team leader and strike out on their own. This is where we find them when "X-Men Blue" begins.