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Batman: The Adventures Continue #5
Batman: The Adventures Continue (2020-) #5
Deathstroke and Robin face down Firefly, but can the two stand the heat after the firebug gets the upperhand? And who's hired Deathstroke to take down the Dark Knight?
22 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 4, 2020
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Paul Dini
726 books719 followersPaul Dini is an American television producer of animated cartoons. He is best known as a producer and writer for several Warner Bros./DC Comics series, including Star Wars: Ewoks, Tiny Toon Adventures, Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, The New Batman/Superman Adventures, Batman Beyond and Duck Dodgers. He also developed and scripted Krypto the Superdog and contributed scripts to Animaniacs (he created Minerva Mink), Freakazoid, Justice League and Justice League Unlimited. After leaving Warner Bros. In early 2004, Dini went on to write and story edit the popular ABC adventure series Lost.
Paul Dini was born in New York City. He attended the Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, California on an art scholarship. He attended Emerson College in Boston, where he earned a BFA degree in creative writing. (He also took zoology classes at Harvard University.)
During college, he began doing freelance animation scripts for Filmation, and a number of other studios. In 1984, he was hired to work for George Lucas on several of his animation projects.
The episodes of the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe cartoon that were written by Dini have become favorites amongst the show's fans over the internet, although despite this as well as contributing to interviews on the released box sets of the series, Dini has made no secret of his distaste for Filmation and the He-Man concept. He also wrote an episode of the Generation One Transformers cartoon series and contributed to various episodes of the Ewoks animated series, several of which included rare appearances from the Empire.
In 1989, he was hired at Warner Bros. Animation to work on Tiny Toon Adventures. Later, he moved onto Batman: The Animated Series, where he worked as a writer, producer and editor, later working on Batman Beyond. He continued working with WB animation, working on a number of internal projects, including Krypto the Superdog and Duck Dodgers, until 2004.
He has earned five Emmy awards for his animation work. In a related effort, Dini was also the co-author (with Chip Kidd) of Batman Animated, a 1998 non-fiction coffee table book about the animated Batman franchise.
Dini has also written several comics stories for DC Comics, including an acclaimed oversized graphic novel series illustrated by painter Alex Ross. (A hardcover collection of the Dini and Ross stories was published in late summer 2005 under the title The World's Greatest Superheroes.) Other books written by Dini for DC have featured his Batman Animated creation Harley Quinn as well as classic characters Superman, Batman, Captain Marvel and Zatanna.
Best known among Dini's original creations is Jingle Belle, the rebellious teen-age daughter of Santa Claus. Dini also created Sheriff Ida Red, the super-powered cowgirl star of a series of books set in Dini's mythical town of Mutant, Texas. Perhaps his greatest character contribution is the introduction of Harley Quinn (along with designs by Bruce Timm) on Batman: The Animated Series.
In 2001 Dini made a cameo appearance in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back during the scene in which Jay and Silent Bob wear ridiculous looking costumes for a film being directed by Chris Rock, in which Dini says to them "you guys look pretty bad ass".
In 2006, Dini became the writer for DC Comics' Detective Comics. That same year, he announced that he was writing a hardcover graphic novel starring Zatanna and Black Canary. In 2007, he was announced as the head writer of that company's weekly series, Countdown. Paul Dini is currently co-writing the script for the upcoming Gatchaman movie. Dini is also currently writing a series for Top Cow Productions, based in a character he created, Madame Mirage.
Paul Dini is an active cryptozoologist, hunter and wildlife photographer. On a 1985 trip to Tasmania, he had a possible sighting of a Thylacine. He has also encountered a number of venomous snakes, a Komodo Dragon and a charging Sumatran Rhi
Paul Dini was born in New York City. He attended the Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, California on an art scholarship. He attended Emerson College in Boston, where he earned a BFA degree in creative writing. (He also took zoology classes at Harvard University.)
During college, he began doing freelance animation scripts for Filmation, and a number of other studios. In 1984, he was hired to work for George Lucas on several of his animation projects.
The episodes of the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe cartoon that were written by Dini have become favorites amongst the show's fans over the internet, although despite this as well as contributing to interviews on the released box sets of the series, Dini has made no secret of his distaste for Filmation and the He-Man concept. He also wrote an episode of the Generation One Transformers cartoon series and contributed to various episodes of the Ewoks animated series, several of which included rare appearances from the Empire.
In 1989, he was hired at Warner Bros. Animation to work on Tiny Toon Adventures. Later, he moved onto Batman: The Animated Series, where he worked as a writer, producer and editor, later working on Batman Beyond. He continued working with WB animation, working on a number of internal projects, including Krypto the Superdog and Duck Dodgers, until 2004.
He has earned five Emmy awards for his animation work. In a related effort, Dini was also the co-author (with Chip Kidd) of Batman Animated, a 1998 non-fiction coffee table book about the animated Batman franchise.
Dini has also written several comics stories for DC Comics, including an acclaimed oversized graphic novel series illustrated by painter Alex Ross. (A hardcover collection of the Dini and Ross stories was published in late summer 2005 under the title The World's Greatest Superheroes.) Other books written by Dini for DC have featured his Batman Animated creation Harley Quinn as well as classic characters Superman, Batman, Captain Marvel and Zatanna.
Best known among Dini's original creations is Jingle Belle, the rebellious teen-age daughter of Santa Claus. Dini also created Sheriff Ida Red, the super-powered cowgirl star of a series of books set in Dini's mythical town of Mutant, Texas. Perhaps his greatest character contribution is the introduction of Harley Quinn (along with designs by Bruce Timm) on Batman: The Animated Series.
In 2001 Dini made a cameo appearance in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back during the scene in which Jay and Silent Bob wear ridiculous looking costumes for a film being directed by Chris Rock, in which Dini says to them "you guys look pretty bad ass".
In 2006, Dini became the writer for DC Comics' Detective Comics. That same year, he announced that he was writing a hardcover graphic novel starring Zatanna and Black Canary. In 2007, he was announced as the head writer of that company's weekly series, Countdown. Paul Dini is currently co-writing the script for the upcoming Gatchaman movie. Dini is also currently writing a series for Top Cow Productions, based in a character he created, Madame Mirage.
Paul Dini is an active cryptozoologist, hunter and wildlife photographer. On a 1985 trip to Tasmania, he had a possible sighting of a Thylacine. He has also encountered a number of venomous snakes, a Komodo Dragon and a charging Sumatran Rhi
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June 5, 2020
Best issue of the new run so far.
June 7, 2020
Picked up considerably from the last issue. Interested to see where it goes next.
June 19, 2020
Mentors: the mystery deepens
This is soloing good. Deathstroke's plan continues and its scale is finally revealed. Art work by Tyler Templeton(who also used to work on the original TAS comic really is perfect and there is again some nice foreshadowing. Great cliffhanger ending too. Excited for next issue.
This is soloing good. Deathstroke's plan continues and its scale is finally revealed. Art work by Tyler Templeton(who also used to work on the original TAS comic really is perfect and there is again some nice foreshadowing. Great cliffhanger ending too. Excited for next issue.
June 8, 2020
Po čtvrtém sešitu které pro mě bylo docela zklamání přišel tento který přinesl velké zlepšení. Příběh byl celkem zábavný a dokonce mě překvapilo, že to vypadá, že celá minisérie nakonec příběhově smysl dávat bude a těším se co příští týden přinese finální issue.
Takže za mě dobrý a mám velký hajp na konec.
Takže za mě dobrý a mám velký hajp na konec.
March 8, 2022
Ah, the first storyline comes back into a play that makes the meh of the first two issues worth it, in my opinion.
It's all tying together nicely, and while the immediate plot comes together, Burnett and Dini lay down the groundwork for storylines to come into play later, and I'm enjoying it very much.
As many reviews I've read have pointed out, this feels very much like the TV series, which is good: it's supposed to be a continuation, and both the writing, tone, and art are very much in line with the show. I do agree that, in particular, the first two issues were visually brighter than the show - but by this issue, it's very much more in line with the show itself.
I enjoyed the show very much, and I'm enjoying this series very much. It did miss my favorite Robin, though, but that's coming to play here, too, and that's making me happy as well.
It's all tying together nicely, and while the immediate plot comes together, Burnett and Dini lay down the groundwork for storylines to come into play later, and I'm enjoying it very much.
As many reviews I've read have pointed out, this feels very much like the TV series, which is good: it's supposed to be a continuation, and both the writing, tone, and art are very much in line with the show. I do agree that, in particular, the first two issues were visually brighter than the show - but by this issue, it's very much more in line with the show itself.
I enjoyed the show very much, and I'm enjoying this series very much. It did miss my favorite Robin, though, but that's coming to play here, too, and that's making me happy as well.
July 12, 2020
This is so good! I like how each issue is becoming more and more tied in with one another.
July 17, 2020
Great story , and artwork and this is a great continuation of these comics
September 29, 2020
Who is that mysterious man?
January 4, 2021
The story is back on track. This issue was action-packed.
July 11, 2023
The DCAU timeline can be tough to figure out, but this is explicitly post 9/11.
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