Episode 99 - Venom - More Than A Very Special Episode
The Overlooked Dark Knight: The New Adventures
Release Date: 02/27/2026
Episode 101 - Batman '66 at 60! Part 3 - The Zodiac Crimes Trilogy
The Overlooked Dark Knight: The New Adventures
It is not hyperbole to say that without the 1966 Batman series starring Adam West and Burt Ward that this podcast wouldn’t be a thing. That series is foundational to both Andy and Mike in terms of them being Batman fans. This year, Batman ’66, as it has become more commonly known these days, is turning 60 and the guys thought that they should mark the occasion with an episode devoted to the show. Then they thought they could make the celebration a little bigger by re-releasing two of their older episodes that were about the show since they are no longer available on the...
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Batman '66 at 60! Part 2 - Bat Flashback - The Bookworm Turns While Gotham City Burns
The Overlooked Dark Knight: The New Adventures
It is not hyperbole to say that without the 1966 Batman series starring Adam West and Burt Ward that this podcast wouldn’t be a thing. That series is foundational to both Andy and Mike in terms of them being Batman fans. This year, Batman ’66, as it has become more commonly known these days, is turning 60 and the guys thought that they should mark the occasion with an episode devoted to the show. Then they thought they could make the celebration a little bigger by re-releasing two of their older episodes that were about the show since they are no longer available on the...
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Batman '66 at 60! Part 1 - Bat Flashback - Batman The Movie Commentary
The Overlooked Dark Knight: The New Adventures
It is not hyperbole to say that without the 1966 Batman series starring Adam West and Burt Ward that this podcast wouldn't be a thing. That series is foundational to both Andy and Mike in terms of them being Batman fans. This year, Batman '66, as it has become more commonly known these days, is turning 60 and the guys thought that they should mark the occasion with an episode devoted to the show. Then they thought they could make the celebration a little bigger by re-releasing two of their older episodes that were about the show since they are no longer available on the old feed. And thus...
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Episode 100 - The (Second) Origin of Batman & Other Stories!
The Overlooked Dark Knight: The New Adventures
The Road to Episode 100 ends with...EPISODE 100! (It's shocking. We know.) Anyway, Andy and Mike devote this landmark episode, which will no doubt go down in podcasting history as, "A show where two guys in their fifties talk about Batman!", to talking about the three stories from Batman #47 from 1948. First up is a Catwoman story titled, "Fashions in Crime!" Catwoman finds that her fashion is no longer in style after her most recent stay in prison, so she does what any rational person would do...start a fashion magazine! The guys talk about the giant props, the ludicrous plot, and how this...
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The Road to Episode 100 Part 3 - Bat-Flashack - Episode 2 - The "Untold" Legend of the Batman
The Overlooked Dark Knight: The New Adventures
The road to episode 100 continues with another Bat Flashback! This particular flashback takes us back all the way to the second episode. Andy and Mike talked about issues 2 and 3 of The Untold Legend of the Batman. Topics include the origins of Robin, the Joker, Batgirl, and Two-Face. We also learn about how this version of Batman became friends with Jim Gordon and how Alfred came to live with Bruce and Dick. There's even some fun stuff about who was building the Batmobile back in the Bronze Age. For grins, Mike included some audio from the book-on-tape version of this story because,...
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The Road to Episode 100 Part 2 - Bat-Flashack - Episode 1 - The "Untold" Legend of the Batman
The Overlooked Dark Knight: The New Adventures
The road to Episode 100 continues by going ALL the way back to the very first episode of the show! Presented just as it was when it came out, without any cuts to make the guys look better! Way back in 2017, Andy and Mike started The Overlooked Dark Knight with a mandate of talking about Batman comics that hardly anyone talks about. They promptly side stepped that mandate by starting things with an exploration of Batman's history. The Untold Legend of the Batman was a three-issue mini-series written by Len Wein with art (initially) by John Byrne and then (eventually) Jim Aparo. The point of...
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The Road to Episode 100 Part 1 - Bat-Flashack - That Time Andy and Mike Talked About Batman #400
The Overlooked Dark Knight: The New Adventures
Episode 100 of The Overlooked Dark Knight three weeks away! To celebrate this milestone, Andy and Mike thought it might be fun to re-present some older audio that is, sadly, no longer available. It seemed like a fun idea that kills two birds with one stone. Older conversations that can't be found anywhere else can find a new home and you get some extra content. It's a win-win. For everyone. For this first Bat Flashback Mike dusted off an episode of Bailey's Batman Podcast that was originally released in October of 2012. This episode was the first time Andy and Mike got together to talk...
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Episode 99 - Venom - More Than A Very Special Episode
The Overlooked Dark Knight: The New Adventures
This time out Andy and Mike go back to the Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight well to talk about a story that came out in 1991 and was very much a done and one tale that later turned out to be one of the building blocks of the Knightfall Saga. (To be fair, they've talked about Legends of the Dark Knight stories before, but that doesn't stop Mike from giving you a history of the title.) Venom was a story that ran from Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #16 to issue #20. Written by Denny O'Neil with art by the unlikely trio of Russell Braun, Trevor Von Eden, and Jose Luis Garcia Lopez,...
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Episode 98 - A Tale of Two Moench Tales
The Overlooked Dark Knight: The New Adventures
Andy and Mike are back and this time they are looking at stories from two different decades but written by the same writer. Doug Moench had two distinct runs on Batman. In the eighties he followed Gerry Conway on Dark Knight writing duties and continued the "Triangle Era before the Triangle Era and without triangles" storytelling style by working on both Batman and Detective Comics. He left the book after Batman #400, but came back to the Batman title in the early nineties just before Knightfall. He would stay on that title until No Mans Land and is one of the rare Bat writers to leave the...
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Episode 97 - One of These Stories Has a Very "Now" Feeling
The Overlooked Dark Knight: The New Adventures
Andy and Mike are back with more Elseworlds fun with stories that take place in the 1930's and the late 1800's! And boy was it a mixed bag. First up is Batman: Dark Allegiances, written and drawn by Howard Chaykin. This story, the one set in the 1930's, has a self-made Bruce Wayne fighting against corrupt politicians and a racist secret society with a dash of fascism thrown in for good measure. For a story set in the early part of the 20th century and published a little over three decades ago there is a really "now" feeling to it that Andy and Mike make a meal of. They also talk...
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This time out Andy and Mike go back to the Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight well to talk about a story that came out in 1991 and was very much a done and one tale that later turned out to be one of the building blocks of the Knightfall Saga.
(To be fair, they've talked about Legends of the Dark Knight stories before, but that doesn't stop Mike from giving you a history of the title.)
Venom was a story that ran from Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #16 to issue #20. Written by Denny O'Neil with art by the unlikely trio of Russell Braun, Trevor Von Eden, and Jose Luis Garcia Lopez, this story is about a time in Batman's history when he become addicted to performance enhancing drugs. That's actually an oversimplification. There's a lot of moving parts to this story and it not only takes place in Gotham City but also on the island of Santa Prisca. It's part examination of addiction and part James Bond type story that includes a fun reference to shark repellent.
Andy and Mike talk about a variety of things during the course of the episode. From a brief synopsis from Mike to Batman becoming an addict to addiction in general to the two bad guys and how much the guys hated them to how wonky the last act of the story is. They also have a brief conversation about how this story ties in Knightfall, which leads them to talking about the Bat Crossovers in general. They even go through the house ads that were in the book as well and Mike reads two of the letters from later issues, one of which seems to presage Knightfall.
It may not seem like it, but Andy and Mike do like feedback even if they are crap at getting to it. The most direct way to do this is to email them, which you can do by directing your thoughts to overlookeddarkknight@gmail.com. You can also leave a comment over on their Facebook page. You can also leave a comment at the new web home of the show, The Bailey Planet.
Next Time: In the lead up to episode 100, we are going to represent some audio from the past. First up will be the first time Andy and Mike talked about Batman in a podcast! From the archives of Bailey's Batman Podcast, the guys do a deep dive into Batman #400!