Batman: The Animated Series

Image: RSVLTS/WBshop/GAP/Dumbgood/ShopDisney/Shonen JumpFather’s Day is June 18! Time to start searching for the totally-not-last-minute perfect pop culture gift for the space daddy in your life. io9 has you covered with another genre-inspired gift guide featuring the latest must-have merch drops from franchise favorites, including Marvel, DC, Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, gaming, anime, and more. Click through for a gallery curated with the search for the perfect gift in mind, featuring retailers like…

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular roundup of the latest and coolest merchandise around. This week, Harley Quinn’s classic Batman: The Animated Series look gets an awesome new figure, Guardians of the Galaxy’s animal heroes hit the spotlight, and a new collection brings the cars of Fast and Furious to your shelf. Check it out!Spoilers of the Week April 24-29Image: MondoMondo Batman: The Animated Series Harley Quinn Sixth-Scale Figure (Timed Edition)Every new take on Batman is just a reminder that the Dark Knight…

Before the Marvel Cinematic Universe came in with Iron Man and Thor as its leading men, most audiences beyond comic-book readers were familiar with Marvel thanks to the animated series for Spider-Man and the X-Men—and the solo movies for Blade the Vampire Hunter. Played then by Wesley Snipes, that trilogy of R-rated films spanning 1998-2004 has a reputation for re-energizing the superhero movie scene after ‘90s duds like Batman & Robin and Spawn.io9 Interview: Oscar Isaac Was 'All In' on Moon KnightTalking about what…

A lot of people love the ‘90s Batman Beyond cartoon, set in a future where an elderly Bruce Wayne trains teen Terry McGillis to be the new Dark Knight of the future. I assume these people have forgotten about the episode “Terry’s Friend Dates a Robot,” a title that should indicate how much creativity and thought went into making it. Although it’s not an accurate title; that would have been “Nerd Buys a Murderous Sex Robot.”Bryce Dallas Howard on a Feature Star Wars Film and Book of Boba FettThe best thing about “Terry’s…

Image: WB AnimationJames Gunn and Peter Safran are rebooting the DC Entertainment universe, but not all the projects announced before their arrival are dead. Case in point, Batman: Caped Crusader—the much-anticipated animated series from beloved Batman: The Animated Series co-creator Bruce Timm, The Batman movie director Matt Reeves, and J.J. Abrams—lives on. It’s just going to live over on Prime Video.The show, which Warner Bros. ordered 10 episodes of, planned to put in HBO Max, and then scrapped during its messy…

Image: John Lamparski (Getty Images)Just before the weekend started, it was reported that longtime Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy passed away at the age of 66 following a short battle with cancer. And similar to what part of nerd Twitter has been doing over the weekend, we asked you about some of your favorite scenes that encapsulated why Conroy’s take on the Caped Crusader was so definitive. (Not a terribly hard feat, since he spent so long being Batman.)Leaving aside that yes, the real answer is “pretty much every time…

Actor and voice-artiste Kevin Conroy, best known for his iconic portrayal of Batman in a number of animated series and films, has died at the age of 66. The news was first broken by Kevin’s Batman: The Animated Series co-star Diane Pershing before being confirmed by Warner Bros Animation. The actor reportedly died after a brief battle with cancer.In a statement released by Warner Bros, Mark Hamill, who voiced the Joker opposite Kevin’s Batman in a number of projects, said, “Kevin was perfection. He was one of my…

Image: United ArtistsProlific New York actor Henry Silva passed away earlier in the week. Per the Hollywood Reporter, he passed just a day before he would’ve turned 96 years old.Born in Brooklyn on September 15, 1926, Silva grew up in Harlem, and eventually quit school to take drama classes. In 1955 and 1956, Silva went to Broadway as the character Mother in Michael V. Gatto’s play, A Hatful of Rain. He would later go on to play the character again in the 1957 film adaption, and had an appearance in at least two movies…

Screenshot: WB AnimationHBO Max’s Harley Quinn series is popular enough to not only survive the streaming service’s recent bloodbath, but manage to score a fourth season. If you watched the recent episode where the reformed family man Joker runs for Gotham’s mayor, you likely know why. But as good as Harley Quinn has been, I was shocked to discover the series could tell Batman’s origin story in a genuinely fresh way.There have been plenty of comics that acknowledged Bruce’s career as Batman as an extended way ofdealing…

Screenshot: ParamountDavid Warner, who sadly passed away earlier this week, is beloved for his villainous turns. From Time After Time to Time Bandits, from Tron to Batman: The Animated Series’ Ra’s Al Ghul, the actor’s legendary career is paved with them. But perhaps his finest hour on television comes from his third and final Star Trek role in The Next Generation.“Chain of Command” sits as a two-parter in the middle of The Next Generation’s sixth season. It’s one of the show’s best, and beloved for a haunting turn by…