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Wed Jan 7, 2009 — by Glenn Hauman
PREVIEW: 'Batman: The Brave and the Bold' with the Outsiders, Wildcat, and... B'wana Beast?
We've obtained preview footage of the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode, "Enter the Outsiders" airing this Friday, January 9 on Cartoon Network at 8:00 PM, guest starring R. Lee Ermey as Wildcat. And yes, that really is Black Lightning appearing in a DC Comics animated series after thirty years. Congratulations to BL creators Tony Isabella and Trevor Von Eeden.
In this week’s episode Batman and his mentor Wildcat face off against a group of teens-- the Outsiders-- whose violent pranks turn to criminal activity under the control of the evil Slug. Take a look...
And in the teaser, Batman teams up with B'wana Beast to take down Black Manta.
Here are a few more frames from the episode.
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Comments (11)
Tony Isabella (7:14 AM on Wed Jan 7, 2009)
I'm reserving comment on this until I watch the episode and can be sure DC isn't pulling another Black Vulcan on me.
If it does turn out to be Black Lightning, then I get to badger DC for the money they should have already sent me for the use of my creation.
I never have to go after Marvel when it owes me money.
Steph (11:32 AM on Wed Jan 7, 2009)
I really think Black Lightning should have been used with a lot more respect for his original appearances. I'm glad to have him around, but sometimes I feel like he's a stranger pretending to be the character I remembered.
This look at an animated one leaves me thinking Static and he got fused...
Glenn Hauman (2:52 PM on Wed Jan 7, 2009)
They're using the Black Lightning name in the promos. The episode is called "Enter The Outsiders". He might be a teenager instead of an adult, but otherwise, go after DC.
Just don't say "badger" because then Mike Baron will come after you.
Vinnie Bartilucci (9:08 AM on Wed Jan 7, 2009)
Well, according to the writeup in Gotham Knights Online it is indeed listed as Black Lightning, voiced by Bumper Robinson. So there you go. Odds are he'll be in the Johnny DC B&tB title as well, since they've shown a couple of the other Outsiders in promo shots.
Hell hath no fury like a wild Itralian scorned.
Delmo Walters Jr. (1:10 PM on Wed Jan 7, 2009)
With that hoodie he looks more like Static Shock.
Delmo Walters Jr. (6:16 PM on Wed Jan 7, 2009)
And why the hell are the Outsiders teenagers?
Delmo Walters Jr. (7:53 PM on Fri Jan 9, 2009)
I liked the "static shock" comment, like the fact that Tony, Trevor, Mike Barr, and Jim Aparo were credited(though no credits for the creators of Wildcat or Metamorpho)but the Outsiders as teenaged villains? No.
Tony Isabella (6:37 AM on Sat Jan 10, 2009)
I haven't seen the episode yet, but I suspect I won't like its version of Black Lightning as much as I did Sinbad's. (A fun moment in my career was getting a phone call from Sinbad and doing the mutual admiration thing.) I'm glad my creator credit appeared and will even be more glad when I get paid.
And, Vinnie, if you substitute "blackballed," "cheated," and "slandered" for "scorned," you'll have a much more accurate description of DC's relationship with me.
Daniel Makara (11:53 AM on Mon Mar 2, 2009)
Hey...I don't see WHY DC does not give a LITTLE money to IRWIN HASEN... CREATOR of WILDCAT !!!
matrix29 (4:38 AM on Sun Aug 9, 2009)
WTF? "The Outsiders" committing acts of symbolic destruction to protest consumer culture in "Enter the Outsiders"? RE-TARD-ED. Totally inverse to the comicbook and Metamorpho is infantile in character compared to his comicbook series origins and even the recent appearances on the Justice League Animated Series.
The writing on this episode is horrible and the writer Todd Casey deserves a good beating for putting for this dreck. The bit with B'wana Beast and Black Manta was alright, but "The Outsiders" part of it was just garbage in regards to the characters and the character histories.
Anonymous (4:38 AM on Sun Aug 9, 2009)
WTF? "The Outsiders" committing acts of symbolic destruction to protest consumer culture in "Enter the Outsiders"? RE-TARD-ED. Totally inverse to the comicbook and Metamorpho is infantile in character compared to his comicbook series origins and even the recent appearances on the Justice League Animated Series.
The writing on this episode is horrible and the writer Todd Casey deserves a good beating for putting for this dreck. The bit with B'wana Beast and Black Manta was alright, but "The Outsiders" part of it was just garbage in regards to the characters and the character histories.