The DCAU Review: A DC Comics Animation Podcast

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....

The Good Brothers are fresh off of the release of James Gunn's Superman wrap up their look back at the pilot for Superman: The Animated Series with part three of "The Last Son of Krypton." The hosts give their final verdict on whether or not they agree with their original scores of the episode, plus dive into some of the third part's visually interesting and high-action sequences...

The Good Brothers are up, up and away with another Bonus Episode, breaking away from their norm of discussing animation to provide their official review of Superman (2025) as a part of their SuperFantasMonth coverage. Spoilers abound so use caution as the hosts discuss the comparisons being made of the movie to Superman: The Animated Series, the new cast and how well they feel they play the charac...

Cal & Liam return for another look at part 2 of the Superman; The Animated Series debut episode in this re-review of the Last Son of Krypton. The hosts talk whether this episode works as a standalone, what feels like it could be missing in the plot points from teenage Clark Kent to adult Clark, more interesting aerial devices used by villains and why Dana Delany is in the discussion for being...

Liam and Cal return from last week's interview with Robin to celebrate the Man of Steel's return to the Big Screen with a #SuperFantasMonth celebration and a look back at Superman's first appearance in the television movie, later split into three parts for syndicated broadcast, known as "The Last Son of Krypton." The Good Brothers first reviewed this episode over seven years ago, so they're taking...

The Good Brothers wrap up a month of reviewing The New Batman Adventures with an interview with one of the stars of the series, that being the voice of the new Robin/Tim Drake, Mr. Mathew Valencia! The hosts chat everything from Mathew's start in Hollywood including some of his earliest roles, the process of being cast as the new Boy Wonder, what it was like to be in the recording booth with Kevin...

Cal & Liam are back with more The New Batman Adventures reviews continuing with the return of Arnold "The Ventriloquist" Whesker and Scarface in the episode "Double Talk." The hosts discuss a plot penned by Robert Goodman that sees Arnold struggling, by no fault of his own, to adjust to life without his Mob Boss personality. Along the way Cal & Liam discuss the compassi...

It may be the kickoff to summer, but the Good Brothers are feeling a chill in the air as Mr. Freeze returns to Gotham post- SubZero to wreak havoc on anyone that has joy in Gotham City in the New Batman Adventures episode "Cold Comfort." The hosts discuss the decision to make Mr. Freeze into a "head in a jar," why Nora Fries may be the shallowest of all of the DCAU love interes...

After a bit of a layoff, the Good Brothers are back to where it all started (or at least the continuation of it) with episode 2 of The New Batman Adventures/Batman The Animated Series episode "Sins of the Father" which introduces a new Robin into the fold with Tim Drake and offers the secrets of his past and how he came to be! Hear the hosts break down a fast paced episode, how they feel...

It's the final Saturday of the month and that means a trip through the multiverse of DC Animation, and the Good Brothers have landed in the fan-favorite world of the Teen Titans as they look at the season one episode "Deep Six" which features the guest starring Aqualad being forced to align with Beast Boy to take down the villainous Trident! Hear the hosts discuss a story written by...

Cal and Liam return with the beginning of the end of their The Zeta Project coverage with the 5th to last double feature , this week with the episodes "Ro's Gift," which sees the return of a group of villains that debuted in Batman Beyond and "Lost and Found" which features the previously unseen origin stories of our lead protagonists. The hosts discuss a disappointing retu...

When you've reached the end, you can't help but want to look back and that's just what Liam & Cal do this week as they take a second gander on the pod at the Batman Beyond season one episode "Golem." The hosts look back at their original scores and decide with the benefit of hindsight and nearly 8 years of reviews if they were too harsh or too lenient on the episode featu...

The Good Brothers make their long-awaited/long-dreaded return to reviewing The Zeta Project with a double feature of season two episodes "Resume Mission" and "Hunt in the Hub." Without a future Dark Knight to pique interest, the hosts are forced to try and find things to appreciate from the skeletal foundation of decent revenge story from Zeta's evil synthoid counterpart an...

It's back to the future for the next several weeks as the Good brothers make their return to the DCAU with the penultimate episode of Batman Beyond which features a crossover from The Zeta Project in the episode "Countdown." When Zeta shows up to Gotham, hijinks ensue as the Mad Stan straps a bomb to an oblivious Zeta. The hosts discuss how this plot mirrors an earlier episode of Bat...

The Good Brothers wrap up their Elseworld's Finest Month the right way, with a gargantuan team-up between the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel to battle Lex Luthor and an army of DC Comics villains in the DC Animated direct-to-video feature "Superman/Batman: Public Enemies." The hosts chat about the adaptation from the source material from writer Jeph Loeb and artist Ed McGuinness, n...