Batman: Gotham Knight (2017 series)

Batman: Gotham Knight is an animated television series loosely based on the DC Comics character Batman, developed by Greg Weisman  and  Bruce Timm. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, the series originally aired on Vortexx! from May 8th, 2017, to May 18th, 2021 with a total of 60 episodes. Volume 2 of the series aired shortly after, on October 18th, 2021, to October 25th, 2024 with a total of 40 episodes.

The series was praised as a retelling of the Batman origin story and incorporating stories from the comics, with its thematic complexity, darker tone, and artistic quality.

Protagonists

 * Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne/Batman
 * Jeff Bennett as Alfred Pennyworth
 * David Selby as James Gordon
 * Jesse McCartney as Dick Grayson/Robin
 * Tara Strong as Barbara Gordon/Batgirl

Antagonists

 * Mark Hamill as The Joker
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Season 1

 * 1) Vengeance of Bane: Bruce Wayne has been Batman for six months, dealing with the smaller criminals during that time. He hears about a drug called Venom rising in Gotham, and fights his first supervillain: Bane. Batman struggles against Bane, who is much stronger than him and is intelligent, but Batman manages to defeat Bane by cutting off the tube feeding him the drug Venom.
 * 2) Challenge of the Man-Bat!: Zoologist Kirk Langstorm steals a serum made with the Venom drug that allows humans to fly from a museum, and tests it on himself, transforming into... the Man-Bat! Batman finds him stealing the serum, and battles Man-Bat who defeats Batman with ease. Man-Bat goes on a rampage around the city, terrorizing citizens until Batman manages to defeat Man-Bat who is taken to jail.

Trivia

 * The series mixes the Batman comics, Batman: the Animated Series/The New Adventures of Batman, the Arkham games, and the films.
 * This is the longest airing Batman show, if vol 1 and vol 2 were combined.