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Review
There really isn't a lot to this teaser. Even though it
does introduce a new, and size obsessed, villain there
isn't really much done with him and mostly relies on
already well established heroes. The Atom and, to his
chagrin, Aquaman return as the heroes joining Batman.
Oddly, it is an entertaining exploit with the trio, Atom
and Batman fighting in mini-form against a buggy robotic
horde and having to rely on the unlikely help of Aquaman,
but ultimately it ends pretty simply. The only real
highlight to speak of is that it's yet another random
villain from the Golden Age of DC, and Atom's continued
witty skepticism in Aquaman's effectiveness. Bland
teaser, but good for some chuckles.
Fortunately
for the main story they went a little more involved with
an actual story and action to adorn it, and it even
delves into the history of the Bat family giving us
appearances of The Riddler, Robin (flashback), Batgirl,
Nightwing, and... Not-Batwoman. Strangely enough the
character is undeniably Batwoman, but they choose never
to refer to by name and instead skip solely to her real
identity - one of which that isn't a previous canon
primary ego of Batwoman. Legal issues, or something
along those lines.
Anyway, the story starts off on a
really strange note. First of all, we have Batman
scorning Not-Batwoman for supposedly being too cocky and
endangering civilians, although we didn't get any decent
evidence of that. It's a bit too much of obvious
exposition so that she's believable going against the
law later. The other weird thing is that Riddler,
looking like a mix of B:TAS' and Batman Forever's
incarnations, simply pulling off her mask to reveal her
identity. I don't find it doubtful that that could
happen, it was just done a little too conveniently. All
in all, though, it was a really well done set up for the
main plot.
I was a little concerned that the idea
of a Bat-family member, despite continuous scorning and
a shamed life, seeking revenge against the Dark Knight
would be done very over the top, it actually turned out
to be an enjoyable episode. It came out of left field to
be sure, but Not-Batwoman was well-written with an
understandable desire for vengeance and was wrapped up
with a really well executed redemption. All without
going over the top, which was oddly saved for Batman's
antics after a gender-bending body swap thanks to Not-Batwoman's
heinous plan. They came very close to going too far with
the effeminate antics of Batman, but fortunately
straddled the line well enough to simply make it a very
light-hearted and clever episode. Although it was weird
to see the Riddler go from a more modern-era outfit in
the beginning to the campy and outdated tights version
for the "present day."
Overall, much like the
teaser there isn't too much to really address about the
episode aside from simply saying that it was simple and
it was fun. It really reminded me a lot of the good ol'
B:TAS days, aside from the gag-oriented focus of a woman
possessing Batman's body.
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