The DCAU Review: A DC Comics Animation Podcast

As the calendar page turns and the weather gets colder, the Good Brothers head to the warm sunny skies of Dakota for a few weeks to review Static Shock and this week's episode "Brother Sister Act." The hosts enjoy a fun plot that revolves around a pair of siblings including Virgil's own sister Sharon and her being convinced that she's discovered his secret. In addition to a fun plot the hosts talk...

With the month coming to a close, the Good Brothers are packing their bags and getting ready to leave Metropolis for a bit, but before they leave they are shining a spotlight on one of the Man of Steel's most formidable foes in John Corbin aka Metallo. From his first appearance in the very first episode of Superman: The Animated Series to his appearances in Justice League and Justice League Unlimi...

Happy Holidays to you and yours from the DCAU Review! As has become tradition, the Good Brothers bring you their annual Black Friday Special with a new trip down memory lane to discuss what else but toys! This year the hosts focus on some of the most insane figures from the Kenner run of Batman: The Animated Series action figures. While the actual show on which the toys were based was a dark, grit...

The Good Brothers return for another Superman: The Animated Series review as they pick up where they left off last week with Part 2 of "Blasts from the Past." Hear the hosts discuss Emil Hamilton's naming of the "Fortress of Solitude", speculation on where the Earth's other heroes might have been during Jax-Ur and Mala's takeover, and a goosebump inducing moment for one of the hosts. Plus hear mor...

Come for the classic Superman: The Animated Series review, stay for the Emil Hamilton tan lore. That's right the tannest man in the DCAU is a hot topic of discussion once again as the Good Brothers review "Blasts From The Past Part I" on this week's episode. With such little STAS remaining, the hosts decide to give this two-parter a closer look by reviewing both episodes separately and providing a...

Cal and Liam are back on a very unhappy occasion, as they discuss the death of iconic Batman voice actor, Kevin Conroy. Our show will have a more longform tribute to Kevin in the coming months, but we wanted to post something today with just our raw, unfiltered emotions on such a tough day for DCAU and Batman fans everywhere. If you would like to share your own Kevin Conroy tributes with us, pleas...

Lots of chatter about the Man of Steel as of late may lead you to believe the Good Brothers planned to cover Superman: The Animated Series for the month of November just for that sweet, sweet social media engagement. However, it's all a coincidence as the hosts kick off a month's worth of Superman content with a review of the second chapter of the Bizarro trilogy with the aptly titled episode "Biz...

After an extended celebration of Batman: The Animated Series 30th Anniversary, the Good Brothers take a trip around the multiverse for a spooky Elseworlds tale from Batman The Brave and The Bold entitled "Shadow of the Bat!" - Hear the hosts discuss the cold open that features "Bat-Ape" and an appropriately vampire-centric story with an infected Batman terrorizing the Justice League International....

In what can only be described as a joke gone terribly wrong, the Good Brothers wrap up their month revisiting episodes covered in the early days of the podcast by honoring poll results that had listeners vote for a look back at "The Underdwellers." Will the hosts be able to find anything redeemable about an episode that finds itself among the lowest rank of all time? Does Batman fighting numerous...

Another week, another Special Guest Correspondent with this week the Good Brothers welcoming the third member of the Watchtower Database, Mattie Pahl to the program to revisit "Beware The Gray Ghost" for this week's review. The hosts discuss everything from some rather off-model visuals, a perfect soundtrack and some behind the scenes tales about two of the special guest voice actors and how Andre...

As we continue through the month of October, the Good Brothers return to another Batman: The Animated Series episode covered in the early days of the podcast, this week with Special Guest Correspondent Ted Kendrick of Watchtower Database and TedKendrick.com. With the hosts' scores locked in previously, Ted offers his thoughts on the plot which was written by one of the Goof Troop writers and has t...

The Good Brothers are continuing the Batman: The Animated Series 30th anniversary celebration with a unique month of reviews, choosing to revisit some of the episodes that they tackled very early on in the podcast's run. This week the hosts go back to the very beginning and watch "On Leather Wings" for a look back on the pilot episode of the series and the one that kicked off the DCAU way back in...

The Good Brothers have taken September to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Batman: The Animated Series and take the last week of the month to honor the character created for the show that is celebrating her own anniversary, has gone on to be one of DC Comic's most valuable and widely known intellectual properties, Harley Quinn. The hosts talk about all of her appearances from Season 1 of BTAS inc...

Continuing through with their next Batman: The Animated Series review, the Good Brothers tackle a Killer Croc-centric episode with "Sideshow." Hear the hosts discuss a plot that includes nearly five minutes of screen time without any dialogue, an episode set almost exclusively during the day, Killer Croc predicting an Obi-Wan Kenobi internet meme several decades before it would become popular and...

The Good Brothers continue their month-long celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the debut of Batman: The Animated Series with the technical end to season one and the episode "The Worry Men." Hear the hosts discuss a plot that doesn't reveal the villain until the third act, visuals that go against some of the show's mandated cel shading rules but also feature a few fun gags and cameos and a voic...

It's a very exciting month at the DCAU Review as the Good Brothers celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Batman: The Animated Series debuting on TV. Kicking things off for the month the hosts are reviewing an episode that's often in the discussion amongst fans as one of the series' very best with the episode "Read My Lips." Cal & Liam discuss one of the late great Shirley Walker's most memorable s...

The Good Brothers are back with their first Bonus Content in months, discussing the latest news about Bamtan: Caped Crusader 's future now that it has been confirmed to not be coming to HBOMax. Hear the hosts speculate on the best partner for the show, why Warner Bros Discovery's strategy seems to point to a new direction with streaming titles in the future and what impact a potential outside part...

Wrapping up their month celebrating the Fastest Man Alive, it only seems fitting that the Good Brothers take a trip around the multiverse, transcending time and space with an Elseworlds review of the DTV Tuckerverse movie "Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox." Hear a full breakdown and comparison of the source material and other versions of this story versus the one told in animated form. The h...

The Good Brothers are back and in full Speed Force for the third week of Flash Month, choosing to tackle a Justice League Unlimited season 2 episode titled "The Ties That Bind." And while the Flash shares the stage with Mr. Miracle and Big Barda, the episode is very much focused on the Flash and what he means to the new expanded JLU roster. Hear the hosts discuss this being the Flash's first speak...

Despite one of them being ill, the Good Brothers are here to deliver their next installment of "Flash Month" sticking with Justice League but moving to season 2 as they cover both parts of "Eclipsed." The hosts talk about the effectiveness of introducing a silly Silver Age villain into the DCAU with an alternate origin story and execution, while maintaining some of the origins set in the original...

The month of August is sure fly by with the Good Brothers taking the month to celebrate The Fastest Man Alive with an entire month devoted to The Flash. Kicking things off, the hosts are reviewing Justice League season one episode "The Brave and the Bold Parts I & II." Hear the hosts discuss how the multiple writing credits may have led to a surprising lack of humor in the episode, visuals tha...

The Good Brothers wrap up the month of July with another trip around the Multiverse and this time traveling to very adult Elseworld of Harley Quinn and its' pilot episode "Till Death Do Us Part." Hear the hosts discuss the extremes that separate this show from any prior review, including ultra-violent visuals and adult dialogue with an all star voice cast that includes familiar faces and voices re...

The Good Brothers are winding down their poorly named "Future Month" with another review of The Zeta Project this week's episode titled "Remote Control." The hosts are challenged to find positive things to say about an episode with a lackluster plot, little to no action and twist ending that feels mediocre at best. Additionally the hosts notes of splitting up Ro and Zeta for the episode does give...

Continuing their stay in the future of the DCAU, Cal and Liam return to review the Batman Beyond episode titled "Where's Terry?" which isn't quite the mystery that the title would have you believe. Hear the hosts discuss the pairing of a very " Underdwellers-type" child with Batman, while Bruce and Max try their best at being the odd couple for the show. And while the lack of visual action and arg...

Future month continues as the Good Brothers review The Zeta Project for only the second time in the podcast history with the second episode of the series titled 'His Maker's Name." Cal and Liam work their way through an episode that has everything from space hippies, to robots humping, futuristic internet cafes and much more. Hear the hosts discuss a plot that feels very much like filler at times,...