The DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection, out this week, contains four cartoons: The Spectre (originally released with Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths) Green Arrow (from Superman/Batman: Apocalypse) Jonah Hex (from Batman: Under the Red Hood) And one new release, Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam. The New Cartoon We’re introduced to Billy Batson, living in the worst area of town in an abandoned apartment with no money. But he still stands up to bad guys and is kind to […]

All-Star Superman, due in Spring 2011 and based on the comic by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, will be the 10th DC Universe original animated film. There’s a lot of good reasons to look forward to All-Star Superman. It’s got wonderful source material, and it’s being adapted by writer Dwayne McDuffie. In the original story, Superman came to terms with his own mortality, and yet, while dying, set out to save the Earth once again. Based on this piece of […]

Or the Origin of Supergirl in a hour and 18 minutes. As newscasters tell of President Luthor’s impeachment and a rash of Kryptonite meteors, we see one particular space rock land in Gotham Harbor, and Batman heads out in a sleek Bat-boat to investigate. Once Supergirl is discovered, Superman becomes protective of his new cousin, his only relative, while Batman (and Krypto) are suspicious of her origin and motives. The underwater animation doesn’t have the feel of actually being underwater […]