The DCAU Review: A DC Comics Animation Podcast

Place Ya Bets! Cal and Liam break down the return of Roulette and Meta-Brawl in "Grudge Match!" They'll discuss the Huntress and Black Canary's "frenemy" relationship, the DCAU's first trip to Bludhaven, and a surprise Bat Family cameo! All this, plus the Lads give their full score cards and preview next week's review on this latest JLU-themed episode of the DCA...

The boys are back in town for the first new episode of the year, but before bidding adieu to 2025, the hosts take one final look at the year that was for the podcast as well as the very much alive and thriving DCAU.! Hear the brothers discuss the top 5 most listened to episodes of the year as well as the top 5 highest scored episodes of the year. They also discuss the many different DCAU news item...

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Good Brothers who are back together and happy to help you unwrap one last gift this holiday season with a review of the Batgirl Adventures #1 comic book. This story penned by the incomparable Paul Dini with DCAU comic legend Rick Burchett, features a tale that takes place on Christmas Eve and features the Dark Knight Damsel being sought out by Harley Qui...

Liam & Cal are back with one final review of The New Batman Adventures for 2025 with a look at the Paul Dini penned, "Joker's Millions." The hosts discuss the plot that sees the Joker inherit a fortune from an old rival named "King" Barlow, only to find out the joke's on him. They also talk about the numerous quotable lines, another memorable Mark Hamill and Arleen...

The Good Brothers are joined this week by returning guest and Batman The Adventures Continue artist Jordan Gibson to look at The New Batman Adventures episode "Never Fear." The hosts discuss the ins and outs of the episode including Tim Drake's reaction being a direct result of his upbringing, Batman being sloppy when he's robbed of fear and why the inversion of the Scarecrow cha...

Cal & Liam are back from their Thanksgiving break and ready to continue their reviews of The New Batman Adventures for the entire month of December. This week they kick things off with "You Scratch My Back" which is the series debut of Nightwing and the return of Catwoman. The hosts discuss the really fun plot that doesn't undercut your heroes' intelligence in favor of a twis...

The DCAU Review is taking the week off from their normally scheduled program, but as is the case this time of year, are continuing a tradition of kicking off the Holiday season, The Good Brothers are doing so the only way they know how to: with a special Black Friday Special Bonus Episode! This year, the hosts are talking all about the expansive 2003-2012 Justice League/Justice League Unlimited ac...

Liam and Cal continue their stay in the future of the DCAU, but with no new episodes of Batman Beyond left to review, the hosts look back at a full review of their highest and lowest ranked episodes of the show. The hosts also compare their top-ranked episodes against another website's definitive ranking and even have a few ideas on which episodes they'd like to revisit. All of this and an...

Cal & Liam are counting down until they can remove the albatross around their necks that is The Zeta Project , with another double feature of season two's episodes "Eye of the Storm" and "Quality Time." The hosts discuss the lack of plot in the first episode that resolves around Zeta fighting...the weather? While the discussion on episode two gets us another entry into...

Cal & Liam make one final return to future Gotham for a brand-new review of the final episode of Batman Beyond with a look at "Unmasked." The hosts talk about the episode's production trouble and unfortunately timed episode content that led to it never airing on Kids WB! in the USA. They also discuss how it is not a proper finale for the series compared to later shows' final...

The Good Brothers are not quite ready to move into the traditional holiday season, just yet, instead choosing to stay one more week discussing five of the spookiest and scary moments across the DCAU. Hear the hosts share a pair of episodes that got them banned from watching due to how scared they were after watching as well as one of the more fun homages to the most iconic cartoon revolving around...

Cal and Liam return for what shapes up to be the spookiest Batman Caped Crusader episodes yet with a vampire that feeds on young children s the carnival comes to town. But that's not all that's scary, when Harvey Dent has faces the scariest thing a prospective politician can imagine when he's tasked with the decision to not be corrupt! Spoooooooooooky! Hear the hosts discuss the ambigu...

Cal and Liam continue their latest stint in the world of Batman: Caped Crusader! Jim Gordon is seemingly under attack by multiple assassins (including the dangerous Onomatopoeia), but can Batman uncover what's really going on in time to save Jim, Barbara & the other good cops in Gotham City?! Join the Good Brothers as they break down the episode's plot & relay some insights from ch...

Liam and Cal continue their trek through the spookiest month of the year with another Caped Crusader review! This week, they look at a new version of DC's Gentleman Ghost and discuss the "reverse Robin Hood" persona given to the villain. They also look at the deepening of Batman's relationship with Alfred, a surprising DC/Vertigo character appearance, a unique visual style in a flashback sequence,...

Cal and Liam are in the mood for creepy and spooky tales as we move into the month of October, and to celebrate they're bringing the best friend of the show, DC Comics artist and colorist Monica Kubina! This week the hosts pick up right where they left off last year with Batman Caped Crusader and another of their "controversial characters" this time being Harley Quinn! The brothers a...

The Good Brothers are once again delving into the wonderfully wild and sometimes canon DCAU tie-in comics with a look at the Batman The Animated Series comic Batman Adventure, Vol. 1, #21 which features a story of clashing monsters Man-Bat, Tygrus and Anthony Romulus aka The Wolf Man! The hosts discuss this wild tale of revenge from the evil Dr. Dorian against Batman and Selina Kyle, all the while...

The Good Brothers are back once again with one of the final new Static Shock reviews left on the schedule with a season four episode titled "Wet and Wild" which features the return of Aqua Maria and Hot Streak, working together as a couple and the interesting introduction to the possible Bang Baby syndrome that gave them and Static and Gear their powers. The hosts talk about one major pl...

Cal & Liam are back with another new review this week returning with more Static Shock in time for the announcement of the new DC Comics Miniseries with a Terry McGinnis Batman! This week's review is of "Where The Rubber Meets The Road" from Season 4 which deals with the discovery that Rubberband Man has been hiding his struggle with dyslexia. The hosts discuss how this "ver...

The Good Brothers are celebrating their 370th episode by switching on the big DCAU Character Spotlight and pointing it towards the King of the Ocean himself, Aquaman. The hosts discuss his first appearance in Superman: The Animated Series where he looked more akin to his Super Friends counterpart and his subsequent appearances in Justice League and Justice League Unlimited where he looked more com...

Liam and Cal wrap up the month with a special bonus review of The New Batman Adventures tie-in comic book Batman Gotham Adventures #6 written by Ty Templeton and Rich Burchett that seems to give the DCAU canon origin of the Deadman....or does it? The hosts review the story titled "Last Chance" and discuss the artwork and try to determine if it passes the sniff test for being the origin of mentione...

As promised, the Good Brothers are off on a multiversal adventure with their Elseworlds review of the Teen Titans season two episode "Winner Take All" which finds Robin, Beast Boy and Cyborg battle it out with a group of other heroes that also happens to feature Speedy for the title of Champion of Champions! Hear the hosts talk about the similarities between this universe's Speedy an...

Liam and Cal sit down to review one of the most memorable episodes of Justice League Unlimited this week and while the general plot is similar, we can promise you this is not a sequel to Freaky Friday. The episode in question is "The Great Brain Robbery" which sees Lex Luthor and The Flash swamp consciousnesses as hijinks ensues. The hosts talk about the instantly memorable plot and quot...

Cal & Liam are back with another new review, this week tackling the season three Justice League Unlimited episode "Patriot Act" which continues the season's theme of fantastic comic book fun but also has the return of the more politically charge characters from the season two's Cadmus story. The episode finds General Eiling returning and doing whatever he has to challenge metahumans and convin...

Cal and Liam are picking things up where they last left Justice League Unlimited just a few days after the anniversary of the series' debut, with the episode "Dead Reckoning" which features the Boston Brand Deadman character who is sent on a mission to balance the scales of karma in order to earn his way to the afterlife. The hosts chat about the plot's ridiculous and very comic...

The Good Brothers wrap up #SuperFantasMonth with a look at the "Fantas" portion for a change, but with this being a DC animated podcast the hosts had to get creative and look for the DCAU's own "First Family of Marvel. " That search led them no further than the Batman Beyond season one episode titled "Heroes" in which Terry finds himself joined by three new heroic individuals in the future Gotham....