The DCAU Review: A DC Comics Animation Podcast

Week 2 of the DCAU Review's month of Batman Caped Crusader reviews is hear with the second episode of the series titled "...And Be A Villain." The Good Brothers discuss a tonal shift in the writing in an episode penned by a well-known comic book writer that adapts more of the Golden Age origins of the villainous Clayface. The hosts also discuss a multitude of Easter Eggs including se...

After years of anticipation, a new day has dawned in DC Animation with the series debut of Batman Caped Crusader on Prime Video. Cal & Liam take a break from their typical nostalgia fare to bring their thoughts on the first four episodes of the series and kick things off with Episode 1 titled "In Treacherous Waters." The Good Brothers break down a plot that has the herculean task of...

The Good Brothers wrap up their latest stay in Dakota and a month of Static Shock reviews with the Season 4 episode "Army of Darkness." With series favorite Ebon making his return with a new gang of baddies, our hosts discuss the execution of the plot that seems to draw inspiration from classic X-Men lore. Additionally, they chat about some of the more confusing story elements including...

With only 2 more weeks left in the month of July, the Good Brothers are wishing for an endless summer, but instead will settle for another Static Shock review as they look at one of the more memorable episodes of season three, "Blast From The Past." The hosts discuss the character of Soul Power as a pastiche of Black Lightning and an ode to other 50s and 60s comics, and a few plot twists...

The Good Brothers continue to sizzle in the midst of Static Summer with a review of the season three episode of Static Shock titled "Trouble Squared." The hosts recap a story that brings back a trio of familiar adversaries to Static, but struggle to appreciate the lackluster animation for the episode. The hosts chat about a pair of memorable returning guest voices, a lack of trademark St...

Cal & Liam return to the city of Dakota as they kick off a month of Static Shock reviews and the episode "Consequences." The hosts discuss a very Spider-Man like story of a hero allowing his over confidence to hurt his relationships and his love interest. Plus the hosts talk why this season three episode looks like a season two episode, Cal recites some his favorite lyrics from this...

It's the fifth and final Saturday of the month of June and that means the Good Brothers are off to explore the DC Animated multiverse, reviewing an episode of The Batman titled "Artifacts." In keeping with the theme of futuristic Batmen, the hosts discuss a plot that borrows some points from The Dark Knight Returns and others from the 1997live-action film Batman & Robin and how w...

The Brothers Good are back with another bonus episode of the DCAU Review to breakdown the latest news about the upcoming Batman Caped Crusader animated series set to debut on Prime Video on August 1st. The hosts discuss the litany of names revealed to be apart of the voice cast including who's playing several of the rogues as well as the Dark Knight himself. Additionally, the hosts cover a pai...

Your eyes and ears do not deceive you, the Good Brothers are back with their first ever Triple Feature and the honor of that belongs to The Zeta Project and the technical season one finale "Absolute Zero" and subsequent season 2 two-part premiere "Wired." The hosts do their best to be efficient and timely with their review of all three episodes, discussing a new look for the se...

After a wild and historic previous episode, the Good Brothers return to their Batman Beyond cliffhanger picking up with "The Call Part II." The hosts continue looking at each category and determine if their placeholder scores from Part I will hold true. The hosts discuss cheap character deaths, callbacks to Superman The Animated Series, the extent of Aquagirl and Superman's powers an...

Death, taxes and The Zeta Project reviews are the only guarantees in life and the Good Brothers are just along for the ride as they review the next two episodes of TZP , that being "Ro's Reunion" and "Boy Genius." While the hosts find a few silver linings for their first review, they struggle to find any sort of good for the second review, resulting in some of the most open...

It's a brand new month and the Good Brothers are headed back to the future with another month of Batman Beyond and The Zeta Project reviews. Kicking things off the hosts pick up where they left off with their celebration of the 25th anniversary of Batman Beyond with a review of one of the lynchpin episodes of the entire DCAU featuring the first appearance of the Justice League Unlimited . Hear...

The Good Brothers wrap their celebration of the 86th anniversary of the debut of most famous superhero in history with a review of the Man of Steel's latest iteration that being the ongoing series My Adventures with Superman. Hear the hosts review the pilot "Adventures of a Normal Man" and discuss the Eastern-animation style versus the more familiar western-style, a cast led by an ac...

The Good Brothers continue in their month-long celebration of the 86th anniversary of the debut of Superman with another look back at one of the episodes covered very early in the podcast run, that being the Superman: The Animated Series season one episode "Stolen Memories." Cal & Liam are joined by the host of Superman: The Animated Podcast Nathan MacKenzie who has recently relaunch...

The Good Brothers are back to discuss the latest news from the upcoming Prime Video series Batman: Caped Crusader . The hosts discuss the exciting reveal date for when the series will hit the streaming platform, quotes from Bruce Timm and James Tucker about when the series takes place, tidbits about Harley Quinn's new origin, Batman being "weird" and a look at a few other rogues and...

The Good Brothers continue their celebration of Superman's 86th birthday with a new concept that pits two memorable villains featured in memorable episodes of Superman: The Animated Series against one another by looking back at their appearances throughout the DCAU, their tie-in comics and toys and merchandise and then deciding who comes out on top as the victor in the battle for supremacy! He...

The Good Brothers are back to discuss The Man of Steel for his 86th birthday and are taking the month to look back at a few of the episodes of Superman: The Animated Series covered in the early days of the podcast starting with a second look at "A Little Piece of Home." The hosts review thoroughly recap the plot including Lex's plan to have a robot dino be apart of his security system, which chara...

Cal & Liam wrap up the month of April with a visit to an Elseworld not visited since April 27th, 2019! After the Good Brothers recap where we stand in the series, they discuss a plot that introduces a lesser known recurring villainess in Magpie, and the classic plot device of the police not yet trusting Batman. The hosts also discuss Kurtwood Smith's turn as Jim Gordon, the surprisingly ad...

Continuing with their month of season three Justice League Unlimited reviews has the Good Brothers on a journey like no other as they review "Chaos at the Earth's Core" on this week's episode. The hosts discuss why this episode feels and may have been served better as a Justice League season 1 story, Kamandi and He-Man references, a huge miss when it came to including a classic DCAU needle drop an...

The Good Brothers continue their trek through the third and final season of Justice League Unlimited with a review of "Shadow of The Hawk" which introduces the classic comic book version of Hawkman to the DCAU. Hear the hosts discuss why this Hawkman seemed like a pipedream, the hero love triangle being turned into a love square and the shadowy origins of the Shadow Thief. Cal & Liam also disc...

The Good Brothers are fully recovered from their trip to another universe with last week's April Fools Day review and back with a month of Justice League Unlimited reviews kicking things off with Season Three's premiere episode "I Am Legion." The hosts discuss the tone shift from Season Two's heavy plot focus on real world themes to a more classic good vs. evil story, the homages to the classic Ch...

Tis the season for practical jokes and untrustworthy social media posts, but the Good Brothers once again aren't pulling your leg as they bring you a trip outside the DC Universe and traverse to another universe filled with Mutants with a review of the underrated 2000s cartoon X-Men: Evolution's pilot "Strategy X ." The hosts discuss the difficulty the series faced as the follow-...

The hits keep coming for the Good Brothers in the month of March as they review the Batman: The Animated Series episode "Harley's Holiday." Cal and Liam break down a classic Paul Dini written episode with direction from friend of the show Kevin Altieri which includes Tex Avery inspired slapstick action and an Arleen Sorkin master class in Harley Quinn personification. The hosts also talk about som...

After a memorable 300th episode of the pod last week, the Good Brothers return for another episode this week and pick up where they left off with their reviews of Batman: The Animated Series with this week's follow up to the Two-Face origin episode titled "Second Chance." Hear the hosts discuss the cerebral profile of Harvey Dent/Two-Face and the parallels of Bruce and Harvey's and Bruce and Dick'...

If there's news on the upcoming streaming Batman: Caped Crusader animated series, you best believe the Good Brothers are going to discuss it in great detail! On this very special bonus episode, the hosts break down the recently confirmed leaked screengrabs from the Amazon series as well as an analysis of the yet-to-be verified purported leaked models of Batman's Rogues Gallery. The hosts s...