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The Overlooked Dark Knight: The New Adventures

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Hosted by life long Batman fans Andrew Leyland and Michael Bailey, The Overlooked Dark Knight shines a light on the Batman stories that hardly anyone talks about. Mostly. Sometimes the guys talk about Batman stories EVERYONE talks about, but they try to stick to a mandate of the overlooked stuff because the character is more than the sum of The Dark Knight Returns, Year One, Hush, and The Long Halloween.
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Episode 86 - Batman Forever...The Novel Approach

Welcome back to The Overlooked Dark Knight , the podcast that shines a light on Batman stories hardly anyone talks about! Which is actually the case this time out. One of the more...dare we say it...overlooked parts of Batman Forever is the novelization. Novelizations, as Andy and Mike bang on about during the episode, have largely gone away but at one point they were part and parcel to a blockbuster movie marketing. Sometimes you'd get extra scenes that were cut out of the film because the auth...

Jun 27, 2025•1 hr 41 min

Episode 85 - Batman Forever...30 Years Later

Welcome back to The Overlooked Dark Knight , the podcast that shines a light on Batman stories hardly anyone talks about! Which is an outright lie this time out. Again. 30 years ago, this week, Batman Forever was released to theaters. It was kind of a big deal and in the three decades since it came out the film has become either beloved, the source of much mockery, or a mix of the two. Andy and Mike take an almost two-hour look at the film and, as usual, they do so from stem to stern. Val Kilmer...

Jun 20, 2025•1 hr 58 min

Episode 84 - The Bat/Cat Holiday Special!

Welcome back to The Overlooked Dark Knight , the podcast that shines a light on Batman stories hardly anyone talks about! This time out your hosts, Andy and Mike, look at a pair of Batman stories that are set at and around Christmas! After a discussion about what this episode was originally going to cover, they get into Batman/Catwoman Special #1. Written by Tom King with art by the late John Paul Leon, this story details where Selina Kyle was on various Christmas days throughout her life. Then,...

Dec 24, 2024•1 hr 59 min

Episode 83 - Steampunk Noir

Welcome back to The Overlooked Dark Knight , the podcast that shines a light on Batman stories hardly anyone talks about! This time out Andy and Mike take a look at a pair of Batman Elseworlds stories! Elseworlds is back as an imprint and the guys thought it would be fun to look at two of those stories that have flown under the radar. First up is the 2001 Ed Brubaker/Sean Phillips special called Batman: Gotham Noir . Andy and Mike will now allow you, dear reader/listener, a moment to get over th...

Aug 13, 2024•1 hr

Episode 82 - Her Name is...Poison Ivy

Welcome back to The Overlooked Dark Knight , the podcast that shines a light on Batman stories hardly anyone talks about! This time out Andy and Mike cover two comics that have been released as facsimile editions over the past few years because the guys really love them. After a brief introduction where Andy and Mike blame each other for life decisions they dig into Batman #181, which was the first appearance of Poison Ivy. Then, after some podcast promos and vintage commercials and PSAs, they l...

May 31, 2024•1 hr 17 min

Episode 81 - Happy Christmas 2023

Welcome back to The Overlooked Dark Knight , the podcast that shines a light on Batman stories hardly anyone talks about! It's Christmas time, so Andy and Mike thought it would be fun to look at not one but two Yuletide themed Batman stories. Or, at the very least, two stories that take place at Christmas. First up is Brave and the Bold #184, where the Huntress of Earth-2 crosses over to Earth-1 to spend the holidays with her Uncle Bruce and ends up helping Bruce through a crisis of faith when i...

Dec 24, 2023•1 hr 8 min

Episode 80 - The Devil's Advocate or The People vs Jack Nailer

Welcome back to The Overlooked Dark Knight, the podcast that shines a light on Batman stories hardly anyone talks about! This time out Andy and Mike take a look at the 1995 graphic novel Joker: The Devil's Advocate . Written by Chuck Dixon with art by Graham Nolan and Scott Hanna this story explores what happens when the Joker is finally put on trial for his crimes. The problem? Batman doesn't believe that the Joker is behind the murders he is being tried for. The hook? Batman's right. The guys ...

Dec 05, 2023•57 min•Season 2Ep. 80

Episode 79: Please Hama Don't Hurt Em

Welcome back to The Overlooked Dark Knight, the podcast that shines a light on Batman stories hardly anyone talks about! In this exciting episode Andy and Mike talk about the very brief seven issue Batman run written by Larry Hama. It was the dawn of a new age in Gotham. No Man's Land was over, a new century was beginning, and the Batman titles underwent a seismic creative shift with newer writers either taking on over taking over the exploits of the Dark Knight. Novelist Greg Rucka was writing ...

Nov 26, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 79
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