The DCAU Review: A DC Comics Animation Podcast

On the next Discuss This League... From the creators of the DCAU Review, a new feature is birthed where you'll get to hear various content creators debate various topics in a fun roundtable format! Volume 2 of the Discuss This League features your hosts Cal & Liam interviewing a panel featuring Dave & Liv from the Pizza & Parsecs podcast alongside the DCAU YouTube Channel Watchtower Da...

It's the final curtain on the Month of Magic at the DCAU Review and the Good Brothers are taking a trip around the Animated Multiverse and stopping in the DCAMU for an Elseworlds tale from the Tuckerverse. The hosts sit down to discuss the feature-length fil Justice League Dark to wrap up Magic May and talk everything from Matt Ryan's John Constantine and Alfred Molina's Destiny, to some truly hor...

Bonus episode 17 is here and the Good Brothers are talking all about the new Batman Animated Series in development for HBO Max from producers Bruce Timm, J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves!  Plus talk about the new Superman Animated project and the future of DC Animation!  

The DCAU Review "Magic May" continues with the sequel to last week's Solomon Grundy/Hawkgirl episode, with the Justice League Unlimited episode "Wake The Dead." Hear the Good Brothers discuss the next chapter in the #HawkLantern romance with a dash of #GLixen discussion thrown in. The hosts give their thoughts on "what might have been" if the writers had been able to bring back a Batman The Animat...

Week 3 of the "Month of Magic" continues as Cal & Liam highlight mystical characters featured in the DCAU, this week heading backwards on the timeline to the Justice League episodes "The Terror Beyond Parts I & II." The Good Brothers discuss a plot that sees several heroes doing battle with one another, the return of Doctor Fate and a heavily featured Solomon Grundy. Hear the hosts discuss...

The month of Magic continues as the Good Brothers continue their trip highlighting some of the DCAU's mystical all-stars, and this week is sure to go down as one of the most controversial DCAU Review episodes to date as they cover the Justice League Unlimited episode "This Little Piggy." Whether you love or hate this episode, there's no denying this is a Paul Dini written episode, featuring his hu...

Everything's magic during "Magic May" here at the DCAU Review, as Cal and Liam kick off their month celebrating the mystical-side of the DCAU with the Superman The Animated Series episode entitled "The Hand of Fate." Hear the Good Brothers discuss what one would think is the introduction to the Dr. Fate character in the DCAU, but isn't quite what it seems as they discuss in a very confusing plot....

The Good Brothers are wrapping up the month of April with one more review from Batman: The Animated Series with this week's discussion of "Zatanna." This episode has the designation of being the first indication of there being a larger superhero presence outside of the Dark Knight and the hosts discuss the decision to make Zatanna a performer rather than a crime-fighting sorceress. They also discu...

The doctor is definitely in this week as Cal and Liam continue reviewing Batman: The Animated Series episodes all month, and this week's episode "Paging The Crime Doctor" is another story-driven episode that doesn't need to focus on the colorful Batman Rogues Gallery to tell a compelling tale. Hear the Good Brothers discuss a plot that centers around a pair of not-so-good brothers and more backsto...

Continuing with another review of a classic Batman: The Animated Series cartoon, the Good Brothers continue in the second episode of the Clayface saga, titled "Mudslide." The hosts talk a plot that has its ups and downs including an odd twist that ends up making Batman out to be a villain in the same vein as Ferris Boyle. Visuals steal the show however as a relatively unknown animation studio inco...

It's not an April Fool's joke, the month of April is here and that means the Good Brothers are on to another month of reviews, this time returning to Batman: The Animated Series picking up where they last left off with the production order and the episode "The Man Who Killed Batman." Liam and Cal discuss this episode that usually ranks high on most people's lists of top BTAS episodes of all time....

After a pitstop for last week's 150th episode, The Good Brothers return to wrap up the month of Match with another entry into the Justice League Unlimited Cadmus story-arc with "The Doomsday Sanction." Join the hosts as they discuss a plot that redeems an underutilized Doomsday, who was originally featured on the Justice League episode "A Better World." Hear the hosts discuss whether or not the re...

The milestone 150th episode of the DCAU Review is upon us, and the Good Brothers are taking this opportunity to celebrate with a look back at some of their favorite episodes they've reviewed thus far in this supersized edition. Join the hosts as they go through and discuss some of the more surprising and memorable moments in each of their standard categories of plot, animation & visuals, music...

Cal & Liam continue in their month of Justice League Unlimited coverage, with the introduction of Black Canary to the DCAU in the episode "The Cat and The Canary." Hear the hosts discuss a plot taken straight out of a Clint Eastwood drama, visuals that dazzle and captivate, albeit with a bit of inconsistency. Also, hear the Good Brothers talk about an all-time great cast that features none of...

March is here and that means as the calendar page turns, Cal & Liam switch series, returning to cover Justice League Unlimited and the episode "Dark Heart." This seminal episode lays the groundwork for some of the larger plot points used for the Cadmus arc that would define the #JLU, but this week the Good Brothers discuss a plot that asks the question "just what IS nanotechnology anyway?" Hea...

Another month rounds out but not before The Good Brothers participate in one more review of Batman Beyond with this week's episode "Sneak Peek." Cal and Liam discuss the tension built with a potential reveal of both of the Batmen's secret identity, what works with the plot while critiquing some less than clear manifestations of the antagonist's powers, a Terry moment that echoes very much a Bruce-...

On the next Discuss This League... From the creators of the DCAU Review, a new feature is birthed where you'll get to hear various content creators debate various topics in a fun roundtable format! Kicking things off, Volume 1 of the Discuss This League is a discourse on the recent news regarding a potential Batman: The Animated Series revival for the HBO Max streaming service. This inaugural pane...

As we continue with our month of Batman Beyond reviews, we come to an oft-forgotten episode titled "Armory" which asks the age-old question, "What would you do to keep your lavish lifestyle intact, after losing your job due to corporate downsizing?" Okay, so maybe that's not that much of an age-old question, but never fear because the Good Brothers are here to answer it anyway! Hear Cal and Liam d...

Episode 145 of the DCAU Review is here and the Good Brothers are continuing to review Batman Beyond with the next episode "The Last Resort." Cal and Liam discuss the message behind this plot which focuses on a cult-like leader's choice to abuse teenagers through an internment camp-like facility. The hosts talk about a variety of ways the story might have been more effective, the logic of Terry not...

The Good Brothers kick off the shortest month of the year with a return to the future and a month of Batman Beyond reviews. Kicking things off this month is the resolution to the Curare character's story with the episode "Final Cut." Hear the hosts talk about some similarities to a recently covered episode of Batman: The Animated Series, what James Tucker did that changed Curare's arc forever, a m...

The month of January comes to an end with a 5th Saturday, which means the Good Brothers are taking another trip to the Multiverse of DC Animation. This month they return to the Silver Age world of Batman: The Brave and the Bold. Cal and Liam review the episode "Triumvirate of Terror" which features a team-up of both the DC Trinity as well as their fiendish foes in Lex Luthor, The Joker, and Cheeta...

Episode 142 of the DCAU Review Podcast is here and the Good Brothers are not alone this week. Joining the hosts is yet another Special Guest Correspondent, this time in the form of a Superman expert as Nathan MacKenzie from Superman: The Animated Podcast joins the show to review the memorable season 2 episode of Superman: The Animated Series titled "Livewire." Hear Cal and Liam talk with Nathan, w...

No monkeying around here, it's all business as the Good Brothers continue with their month of Superman: The Animated Series episodes with this week's titanic review of "Monkey Fun." Cal and Liam discuss why the adults make so many poor choices, Sam Lane being in the conversation for worst DCAU dad, Bibbo as the only true-to-form character, and music that calms the heart of the beast. Plus the host...

It’s 2021 and it feels like 2020, but allow the Good Brothers to take you on a trip back to 1997 with another review of  Superman: The Animated Series  and this week’s episode “Target.” Hear Cal and Liam talk about their memories of this episode being in heavy rotation on the Kids WB, why this episode is a perfect companion piece to “ The Late Mr. Kent “, and seeing a different, softer side of Lex...

When all was said and done, Santa left us with one last treat in 2020 and that was an eighth issue of  Batman The Adventures Continue.  Listen as the Good Brothers break down the latest, possibly final issue of the series with a heartwarming holiday tale worthy of an animated adaptation! Hear the breakdown of all the cameos, gorgeous artwork,  continuity-busting dialog, and of cours...