"Batman"
On Leather Wings (1992)

Director:

Kevin Altieri

Writer:

Mitch Brian (writer)

TV Series:

"Batman" (1992)

Original Air Date:

6 September 1992 (Season 1, Episode 2)

Genre:

Action | Family | Animation | Mystery | Fantasy | Crime | Drama

Plot:

Batman finds himself tangling with a Jekyll-and-Hyde bat creature after it attacks a night watchman and the police wage a war on the Dark Knight.

Plot Keywords:

Man Beast | Wife | Falsely Accused | Gas Bomb | Mayor

Cast

Bob Hastings	...	Commissioner James Gordon (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rene Auberjonois	...	Dr. March (voice)
Lloyd Bochner	...	Mayor Hamilton Hill (voice)
Kevin Conroy	...	Blimp Pilot
Robert Costanzo	...	Det. Harvey Bullock (voice)
Meredith MacRae	...	Dr. Francine March Langstrom (voice)
Richard Moll	...	Harvey Dent (voice)
Pat Musick	...	Female Lab Technician (voice)
Clive Revill	...	Blimp Pilot / Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
Marc Singer	...	Dr. Kirk Langstrom / Man-Bat (voice)

Trivia:

This would be the only time that Batman would bleed in a fight.

First Impressions

We get two Batmans flying around the skies of Gotham City is this premier episode of the '92 animated series. Fans of the comic book hero will recall that early on, Batman was looked upon with suspicion and a possible menace, not the hero he turned out to be. Anyway, early in the series, Bruce Wayne has to put up with, and particularly so in this opener when a "bad guy" is imitating him and stealing pharmaceuticals from various places. It is up the real Batman to find out who this guy is and what's the story behind him

The story gets interesting when Batman discovers a couple of scientists are lying to him When one of the scientists reveals what has happened to him since he began stealing and taking these drugs, we see the fake Batman...and those scenes are both dramatic and just plain awesome. That is good stuff and if we see villainous characters like this throughout the series, it's going to be interesting to watch

I was disappointed in the clarity of the animation; it seemed a little grainy and a bit fuzzy. Then again, this was made 15 years ago, but I still expected a sharper picture. Anyway, the colors are good and we get the dark city atmosphere one saw in the movies plus nice artwork and a music score based on Danny Elfman's Batman movie soundtracks, so the visuals and audio are classy.