The World's Finest Presents
Episode #045 - Terror in the Sky
Original Airdate - November 12th, 1992

When a man-sized bat ransacks Gotham harbor, Batman suspects that Dr. Kirk Langstrom is up to his old tricks, taking the Man-Bat formula again. Batman isn't the only one. Kirk's wife, Francine, is so distrustful of her husband that she decides to leave him. After further investigation, Batman discovers that the Man-Bat is no longer Kirk, but someone else. 

Media by Bird Boy
Review by Robin III
Credits
Story by Steve Perry, Mark Saraceni
Teleplay by Mark Saraceni
Directed by Boyd Kirkland
Music composed by Shirley Walker
Animation Services by Dong Yang Animation Co., LTD.

Voices
Kevin Conroy as Batman
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. as Alfred
Rene Auberjonois as Dr. March
Meredith Macrae as Francine
Pat Musick as Flight Attendant
Peter Renaday as 2nd Longshoreman
Marc Singer as Dr. Langstrom

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Quotes
BATMAN: Reports of a huge bat creature the size of a man. Remind you of anybody?
ALFRED: Present company excepted? Indeed, sir, it does.
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KIRK: Don't you get it yet, Batman? You failed!
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BATMAN: I'll be in touch.
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BATMAN AND THE BATCYCLE GETS DRAGGED DOWN THE TRAIN TRACKS BY THE MAN-BAT. SUDDENLY, A TRAIN COMES DOWN THE TRACKS.
BATMAN: The end of a perfect day.
BATMAN LEAPS OFF THE CYCLE AND THE TRAIN BASHES IT TO PIECES.
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MARCH: I had been working through the night. I was just completing the final combination. Francine burst in. I was startled. You have to understand I was very tired. I accidently dropped the beaker. The whole night's work ruined! Francine never guess what I had been doing. She even helped me clean up the mess. All that glass. . .
MARCH REMEMBERS THAT FRANCINE CUT HERSELF ON THE MUTAGEN COVERED GLASS.
MARCH: Oh! Oh my lord! Francine! The mutagen! It's in her bloodstream now! Oh no!
BATMAN: Is that what it's going to take, your daughter's life, before you end this insanity?
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KIRK: I've got you, honey! And this time. . . I'm not letting you go.
FRANCINE: Kirk!
KIRK: The nightmare's finally over.


Review: A nice sequel to On Leather Wings, not nearly as good, but still well done in it's own respect. There were two very well done chase sequences: the Batcycle vs Man-Bat and the Batwing vs Man-Bat. (Or She-Bat, I guess) There was some nice detective work too, and some nice twists than having the original Man-Bat come back.

The animation was not to great at times, especially when Francine changes into the She-Bat and back to her normal form. At one point, she looks like the Mad Hatter in the change back. Batman also looks very cartoonish when She-Bat knocks him against the bridge and he lands in the snow with his head up.

It was an okay episode, but again, not nearly as good as the first Man-Bat episode.

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