In Honor of ‘Batman Day’, Here’s the Newest Animated ‘Batman’ Short

Today is ‘Batman Day’, honoring the 75th anniversary since the Batman first caped crusaded into the national conscience. In that time, he’s been a grim defender, a campy comic, a smiling “put-‘er-there-old-chum” mentor, a shadowy vigilante, a dark knight and a box office bonanza. But in all that time, he’s rarely been what he started out as: a pulp hero. Bruce Timm—the genius behind the landmark Batman: The Animated Series recently returned to craft a new animated short from Batman’s earliest “Lost Days” featuring an egg head villain in Hugo Strange, a menacing henchman, a damsel in distress—the whole Golden Age thing. He even snagged B:TAS voice actor Kevin Conroy to return for a brief line. Happy birthday, Batman …