Batman: The Animated Newsletter
Weeks of December 20, 1999 - January 1/2, 2000
Volume 2,
Rated: PG for some "low-key coarse language and occasional griping"
THIS ISSUE'S SUBLIMINAL MESSAGE: "EDITOR'S
MESSAGE: MERRY CHRISTMAS TWO ALL, AND TWO ALL, A DARK KNIGHT!"
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CHRISTMAS GREETINGS, BATMAN STYLE
(by "Ultros")
Blasting through the roof
In a one horse open tree
O’er the fields I go
Laughing all the weeeeeeeeee!
Now that I’ve escaped
From that wretched asylum
I think I’ll reek havoc on
The city of Gotham.
Oh, Jingle Bells,
Batman smells,
Robin laid an egg.
The Batmobile lost its wheel
And the Joker takes ballet.
Oh, Harley’s dozin’,
Ivy’s poison,
Clayface has grown mold;
Mr. Freeze did fin’lly sneeze
From all that bitter cold
Oh, Scarecrow’s bad
Hatter’s mad
Two-Face lost his coin
The Catwoman ate Friskies and
Kicked Riddler in the...nose
Oh, Jingle Bells,
Bullock yells,
Penguin ate raw fish.
Then Rupert Thorne got caught with porn -
And so did the Commish.
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YAY FOR US!
FIFTY ISSUES AND GOING STRONG!
What a nice way to finish off another year on the
newsletter, with a beefed-up .
Thank you to everyone that has contributed to our publication over the past 18
months - we couldn't have pulled it off without you!
Fifty issues down, let's see if we can go for another 50 - as long as
this Y2K bug doesn't destroy my computer...argh...
We also passed another milestone with this issue. In the evening of
Wednesday, December 15, BATMAN: THE ANIMATED NEWSLETTER welcomed it's 1500th
subscriber! Thank you to everyone for their support!
We will return on January 3, 2000, after an extended Christmas/New Year's
vacation. See you all then!
-editor Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
It's that time of year again! As the
year...decade...century...millenium (Y2K! Y2K! Beware!) comes to a close, it's
only natural to do a "year's best" poll. Just like last year,
we're giving you fans out there the opportunity to vote for the best/worst of
1999 in a wide range of categories. Below, just after the credits
section of the newsletter, you'll see a list of categories to vote in; all you
gotta do is submit your answers back to us by New Year's Eve to be included in
the poll. Results will be posted in the first issue of the New Year, due
out on January 3rd.
Don'tcha feel special?
Don'tcha just wanna go out and vote RIGHT NOW!?
Don'tcha just hate how I keep saying "don'tcha"?
Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton, editor
-realizing that he's getting pudgy cuz he's been sitting down in front of this
infernal machine for too long
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SPECIAL PETITION
We all know that a BATMAN BEYOND score CD was released this past August.
Fans were thrilled to be getting this, but were also peeved that the
"regular" Batman/Superman shows have been overlooked. Who here would
buy a BTAS/STAS CD set if one were ever made? Remember, the one BEYOND CD
handled only 13 episodes in 40 minutes; BTAS has 109 episodes and STAS has 54
- that means it would be a multi-CD set, to be sure. Who would buy this?
I DEFINATELY would!
Our friend RIDDLERWB has supplied us the following e-mail address.
E-mail the people at RHINO RECORDS and demand a BATMAN and/or SUPERMAN score
CD!
drrhino@rhino.com
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UPCOMING NEW EPISODES
This section will just basically give an insight into what the new
episodes are about and hopefully a synopsis of the episode. This section will
feature new episodes for BATMAN, SUPERMAN, and BATMAN BEYOND.
'BABEL'
Batman Beyond #25
Air date: January 8, 2000
Shriek returns, throwing Gotham into chaos with a device that
distorts all sound waves, making communication impossible. In exchange for
normalcy, Shriek demands a ransom of Batman's life.
'LEGACY (Pt. 1 & 2)'
Superman #44, 48
Air date: January 2000
This two-parter features the final showdown between Superman and
Darksied in which he strips Superman of his memory and adopts him as a son in
an effort to take over Earth. This is being touted as the FINAL Superman
episode EVER. However, I must say that I've read a synopsis of the
episode, and it's a doozie.
For synopses of all other upcoming second season
BATMAN BETOND episodes, check out of BTAN at this address:
THE NEW BATMAN/SUPERMAN ADVENTURES airs Mondays
thru Saturday; BATMAN BEYOND also airs on these days. Check local listings
each day for what show is on at what time.
THIS WEEK:
Mon 12-20-99: Batman #109 Judgement Day
B-BEYOND #17 Lost Soul
Tue 12-21-99: Superman #33 Apokalips...Now! (Pt.
1)
Superman #35 Apokalips...Now! (Pt. 2)
Wed 12-22-99: Batman #88 Cold Comfort
Superman #46 Absolute Power
Thu 12-23-99: Superman #47 Obsession
Batman #99 Critters
Fri 12-24-99: Batman #86 Holiday
Knights
B-BEYOND #13 Ascension
Sat 12-25-99: Batman #101 Animal Act
B-BEYOND #12 Disappearing Inque
NEXT WEEK:
Mon 12-27-99: Batman #96 The Ultimate Thrill
B-BEYOND #04 Golem
Tue 12-28-99: Batman #57 Shadow of the
Bat (Pt. 1)
Batman #61 Shadow of the Bat (Pt. 2)
Wed 12-29-99: Superman #52 Little Big Head Man
Batman #92 Joker's Millions
Thu 12-30-99: Batman #87 Sins of the
Father
Superman #49 The Demon Reborn
Fri 12-31-99: Batman #67 A Bullet for
Bullock
B-BEYOND #20 Once Burned
Sat 01-01-00: Superman #43 The New Kids in Town
B-BEYOND #21 Hooked Up
All episodes #86 and onward of BATMAN are considered THE NEW BATMAN ADVENTURES
while the original 85 are considered BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES (BTAS)
episodes.
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CANADIAN EPISODE SCHEDULE
(BTAS/BEYOND on YTV)
(courtesy of our friends at YTV)
-To find the episode guide and airing schedule of
BATMAN and BATMAN BEYOND on YTV then please go to
http://www.ytv.com
and click on the YTV GUIDE icon at the bottom of the screen. To check out the
schedule then click on BATMAN or BATMAN BEYOND in the time grid and it will
have the schedule for the current week.
BTAS will air at 7:30am on weekday mornings (in
all time zones), and BATMAN BEYOND will air at 2:30pm on Saturday and Sunday.
YTV has the rights to show all 109 BTAS episodes. They also have the
rights to air the first 26 episodes of BATMAN BEYOND (all of season 1 and the
first half of season 2).
THIS WEEK:
Mon 12-20-99: BTAS #72 Harlequinade
Tue 12-21-99: BTAS #73 Time out of
Joint
Wed 12-22-99: BTAS #74 Catwalk
Thu 12-23-99: BTAS #02 Christmas with
the Joker
Fri 12-24-99: BTAS #86 Holiday Knights
Sat 12-25-99: BEYOND #?? RATS??
Sun 12-26-99: BEYOND #?? MIND GAMES??
NEXT WEEK:
(at the time of the publication of this issue, the YTV schedules didn't cover
this week...here's an educated guess of what probably WILL be on. Check out
their website in the near future for updates).
Mon 12-27-99: BTAS #75 Bane
Tue 12-28-99: BTAS #76 Baby-Doll
Wed 12-29-99: BTAS #77 The Lion and
the Unicorn
Thu 12-30-99: BTAS #78 Showdown
Fri 12-31-99: BTAS #79 Riddler's
Reform
Sat 01-01-00: BEYOND #?? REVENANT??
Sun 01-02-00: BEYOND #?? BABEL??
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CARTOON NETWORK WB ANIMATION SCHEDULE:
"Yabba Dabba Doom"
(courtesy of Brian Cruz)
THE CARTOON NETWORK was able to get the exclusive
rights to 52 episodes of the classic BTAS, as well as both animated movies.
BTAS airs Monday-Friday at 6pm (ET) and then repeated again at midnight. If
our schedule listings is not complete or up to date then please go to either
of these sites for the schedule:
To see the 52 episodes that the CARTOON NETWORK
does show, go to this link:
NOTE: The schedules at Brian Cruz' site are
currently unavailable; if anyone knows of any other place where people can get
listings for BTAS on the Cartoon Network, please e-mail us!
