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Batman: The Audio Adventures #1-7, Special #1
Batman: The Audio Adventures
Don't touch that dial! Picking up right after the first season finale of the award-winning podcast, The Audio Adventures continues in this new seven-issue miniseries! A string of attacks has plagued Gotham’s seedy underbelly, sending criminals into a panic. But it’s not Batman who is striking at the heart of the city-it’s a group of mysterious assailants on the hunt for an ancient artifact. As Batman hunts down these assassins, he finds clues that keep drawing him to their true the sword of King Scimitar! But what he learns about the sword reveals something far darker is brewing in the world. Collects The Audio Adventures #1-7, The Audio Adventures Special #1.
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First published September 19, 2023
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October 17, 2023
If you haven’t listened to the excellent podcast “Batman: The Audio Adventures,” do yourself a favor and check it out. It’s a funny, thrilling tale of life and death in Gotham City that pays tribute to every era of Batman, with some truly excellent performances done by everyone from Hollywood veterans to SNL cast members. The comic of the same name takes place in between seasons one and two, giving us this universe’s spin on Killer Croc and setting the stage for season two.
October 14, 2023
3.75 stars. I really enjoyed the audio drama and this book did a great job of capturing that same feel with a heavy mixture of Batman: The Animated Series. The art was also very visually appealing for me and the artists chosen for this book were perfect. Really good book!
September 21, 2024
Didn't expect this to be some of the best Batman I've ever read.
I never gave the audio adventures on HBO a chance, I wasn't that interested and I see my mistake now. Or part of it really.
The book is an adaptation of those stories with a curious art style reminiscent of the original animated series. The first part of this collection you can skip, it's just an anthology with some Batman characters and what they're up to. There's nothing special there. The second part, though.
It's a surprisingly well-put-together story about the nature of monsters and revenge. Robin does next to nothing here, but Bruce is fighting a battle on two fronts. One with a group of assassins in search of an ancient blade and the other trying to fight for Killer Crok's humanity. Beautiful stuff that lets Bruce's humanity shine more than the grim darkness most people wrongly identify the character as.
There are some interesting threads left open, like Dr. Quinzel, the Joker, and the identity of one of the assassins. Amazing stuff that I hope is allowed to continue.
I never gave the audio adventures on HBO a chance, I wasn't that interested and I see my mistake now. Or part of it really.
The book is an adaptation of those stories with a curious art style reminiscent of the original animated series. The first part of this collection you can skip, it's just an anthology with some Batman characters and what they're up to. There's nothing special there. The second part, though.
It's a surprisingly well-put-together story about the nature of monsters and revenge. Robin does next to nothing here, but Bruce is fighting a battle on two fronts. One with a group of assassins in search of an ancient blade and the other trying to fight for Killer Crok's humanity. Beautiful stuff that lets Bruce's humanity shine more than the grim darkness most people wrongly identify the character as.
There are some interesting threads left open, like Dr. Quinzel, the Joker, and the identity of one of the assassins. Amazing stuff that I hope is allowed to continue.
May 22, 2024
This is an odd one. Because I picked this up at the library on a whim, only to discover that it's the companion piece to the first season of a podcast/audio drama. It shouldn't have been a surprise given the name, but the issue was more that the graphic novel has a short set of adventures set before the first season of the podcast but most of them are set afterwards.
So I figured, why not, let's read it as intended. Which involved stopping in the middle to listen to the podcasts. Which would have been fine had I actually listened to them in the intended order, but for whatever reason they started playing from Episode 10. But I was kind of already hooked by that point, so I went back and started from the actual beginning.
What I will say is that the actual Audio Adventures are well written and wonderfully acted, they have a great sense of humour but at the same time there are some legitimately disturbing elements that set them above and beyond their printed companion piece.
They're written by the same person (at least in theory), they should be equally good, right? Or is this a case where a head writer gives something an outline and then other writers fill in the details. In either case, it just doesn't work as well in a different medium. But I think the main issue is the art style chosen for them, which reminds me of the silly kid focused comic books at the late 70's and early 80's, rather than aligning with the source material more.
If the whole thing had been drawn by one of the artists from the "pre podcast" stories, German Peralta, then maybe it would have been better. But the combination of Marques and Bone just don't get me there.
However, at the end of the day, it did lead me to discover a very good audio drama podcast and I will be listening to the second season once I get finished with another couple of podcasts on my list.
So I figured, why not, let's read it as intended. Which involved stopping in the middle to listen to the podcasts. Which would have been fine had I actually listened to them in the intended order, but for whatever reason they started playing from Episode 10. But I was kind of already hooked by that point, so I went back and started from the actual beginning.
What I will say is that the actual Audio Adventures are well written and wonderfully acted, they have a great sense of humour but at the same time there are some legitimately disturbing elements that set them above and beyond their printed companion piece.
They're written by the same person (at least in theory), they should be equally good, right? Or is this a case where a head writer gives something an outline and then other writers fill in the details. In either case, it just doesn't work as well in a different medium. But I think the main issue is the art style chosen for them, which reminds me of the silly kid focused comic books at the late 70's and early 80's, rather than aligning with the source material more.
If the whole thing had been drawn by one of the artists from the "pre podcast" stories, German Peralta, then maybe it would have been better. But the combination of Marques and Bone just don't get me there.
However, at the end of the day, it did lead me to discover a very good audio drama podcast and I will be listening to the second season once I get finished with another couple of podcasts on my list.
August 16, 2023
The fantastic artwork from Anthony Marques and J. Bone really had me rooting for this series to get better since it captures a modern Bruce Timm-esque aesthetic so well. While parts of Batman: The Audio Adventures was quite charming, the book is dragged down by the sheer bloat of too many subplots. This book features R'as Al Ghul, Hugo Strange, Killer Croc, Penguin and Scarecrow to name just a few of the villains Batman and Robin have to face here. The Robin & Penguin subplot felt completely rushed and underwhelming, and could easily have been cut to no detriment to the overall narrative. Even the main plot with Batman and R'as Al Ghul felt like it ended too abruptly.
I wasn't a fan of the previous "Audio Adventures" entry by McNicholas, but I felt that the aesthetic warranted a shot at reading something more long form. Unfortunately, this wasn't much better than the one-shot from before. This could have benefitted from being much more episodic to feel more true to the Batman: The Animated Series tone its generously borrowing from.
I wasn't a fan of the previous "Audio Adventures" entry by McNicholas, but I felt that the aesthetic warranted a shot at reading something more long form. Unfortunately, this wasn't much better than the one-shot from before. This could have benefitted from being much more episodic to feel more true to the Batman: The Animated Series tone its generously borrowing from.
November 21, 2023
Great entertaining read. Moves quick, respects the audience and material. Fun art.
March 31, 2024
The series on HBO is a lot of fun and this is a nice accompaniment to it.
July 15, 2024
Felt like an episode, absolutely loved it
August 13, 2024
I like the podcast Batman: The Audio Adventures, and I like this comic. I can practically hear the characters voices in my head while reading.
September 10, 2025
Okay graphic novel but felt disjointed and not enough of the caped crusader in the storyline.
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