The World’s Finest caught up with artist Jon Sommariva to discuss his work on the Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures mini-series, which wraps up with issue #6 on Wednesday, May 10, 2017. The series, co-published by IDW and DC Comics, features the Dark Knight from Batman: The Animated Series and the Heroes in a Half-Shell from the Nickelodeon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, thrust into an world-colliding adventure. In the interview, Sommariva talks about his work on the book, his career, adapting his personal style to meet the needs of the mini-series, and much more. Preview images for Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #6 can also be found in the Q & A. Click on the image below to read the interview.
Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #6 is available Wednesday, May 10, 2017 through comic shops and via digital outlets. Stay tuned for further updates and more right here at The World’s Finest!
Warner Archive will release Static Shock: The Complete Second Season to DVD come May 2017. The two-disc DVD brings the second season of Static Shock to home video for the first time. Static Shock follows the adventures of teenager Virgil Hawkins as he fights to keep Dakota City safe while juggling responsibilities at home, at school and with friends.
Static Shock: The Complete Second Season is available to order from Warner Archive starting May 23, 2017 through the Warner Archive website, WB Shop and select digital outlets. Warner Archive recently released the first season of the acclaimed animated series to DVD in March. An official press release for the DVD title has yet to be issued, though Warner Archives has provided the following details below.
Static Shock: The Complete Second Season DVD Release Date: May 23, 2017 MSRP: $24.99 Run Time: 275 Minutes Aspect Ratio: 4 X 3 Full Frame | Original Aspect Ratio – 1.33:1 Audio: Stereo
Synopsis: Static Shock’s second season comes supercharged with new, dangerous metahuman menaces, an array of special guest stars, and more of its unique mix of high adventure and social drama.
The stakes are higher as Static gets drafted into “The Big Leagues” when the dynamic duo – Batman and Robin – travel to Dakota in search of The Joker (Mark Hamill). “Uncle J” to the metahumans, The Joker is wreaking his own special brand of “hilarious” havoc on the citizens of Dakota, giving Static (Phil LaMarr) the opportunity of a lifetime – to team up with his favorite super hero! Other superstar surprises this season include Static stints from none other than hoop hall-of-famer Shaquille O’Neal (Steel, 1997) and the Backstreet Boys’ A.J. McLean, on hand to lend some music-career advice to Rubberband Man. Things get a little more serious in the special episode entitled “Jimmy,” which addresses the issue of gun violence in school.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and Warner Archive are expected to release further details on this title. Static Shock: The Complete Second Season is available to order from Warner Archive starting May 23, 2017 through the Warner Archive website, WB Shop and select digital outlets.
For additional details on Static Shock, please check out the Static Shock subsite right here at The World’s Finest. Stay tuned for more coverage on each release here at The World’s Finest and on The World’s Finest Twitter feed.
The World’s Finest has reviewed the new Batman: The Brave and The Bold: Complete Season Three Blu-ray and Static Shock: The Complete First Season and The Zeta Project: Season Two DVD titles from Warner Archive. For fans of DC Comics-based animated series, these are three titles that fans should definitely consider adding to their collection. Not only does Warner Archive bring the final episodes of Batman: The Brave and The Bold and The Zeta Project to home video, the label finally gives Static Shock the attention it deserves with the complete first season finally collected. To check out each review – which includes images and a closer look at each respective title – click on the images below.
Please note Warner Archive provided The World’s Finest with review copies of each title.
Batman: The Brave and The Bold: Complete Season Three, Static Shock: The Complete First Season and The Zeta Project: Season Two are all available to order directly from Warner Archive and from select digital retailers. Further details on each title can also be found in the reviews linked above.
Stay tuned for further updates right here at The World’s Finest. More home video title news is coming, so check back soon!
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A preview image from the upcoming Batman and Harley Quinn animated feature is spotlighted on the iTunes Extras page for the Teen Titans: The Judas Contract animated feature. Teen Titans: The Judas Contract is set to hit shelves come April 2017. No official details for Batman and Harley Quinn have been released as of yet, save for the movie title and Bruce Timm’s involvement as Producer, but that is expected to change in the coming weeks. Early details – including a trailer, cast, creative team and release date – are expected to be announced shortly. Until then, continue below for a first look at the upcoming DC Universe Animated Original Movie title.
Please note the above image was taken by The World’s Finest and not released officially by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.
While the animated title does appear to use character designs from the The New Batman Adventures-era of Batman: The Animated Series, there is no official statement yet of whether or not Batman and Harley Quinn takes place in that continuity.
More details are forthcoming, so stayed right here at The World’s Finest for more on Batman and Harley Quinn, the next DC Universe Animated Original Movie due out Summer 2017, in the coming weeks. Teen Titans: The Judas Contract debuts April 18th, 2017 on physical media and April 4th, 2017 on digital media. Both digital and physical releases of Teen Titans: The Judas Contract will feature a preview of Batman and Harley Quinn.
Warner Archive is slated to release new Batman: The Brave and The Bold, Static Shock and The Zeta Project home video titles in March. Both Batman: The Brave and The Bold and The Zeta Project will see their respective final seasons released while Static Shock will finally get a proper release of its first season. Batman: The Brave and The Bold: Complete Season Three, Static Shock: The Complete First Season and The Zeta Project: Season Two will all be available to order from Warner Archive in March through the Warner Archive website, WB Shop and select digital outlets. Batman: The Brave and The Bold will be a Blu-ray title, while Static Shock and The Zeta Project will be DVD titles.
An official press release for all three titles has yet to be issued, but Warner Archives has released details on each, which can be found below.
Batman: The Brave and The Bold – Complete Season Three Blu-ray Release Date: March 21st, 2017 MSRP: $21.99 Run Time: 297 Minutes Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1, Widescreen (16×9) Audio: English (DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0)
Synopsis: Join the Caped Crusader and a wealth of DC’s finest as they team up to battle injustice in the third and final season of this cutting-edge series! Evil never sleeps in these diabolical schemes plotted by the world’s most infamous criminals, including The Joker, Lex Luthor, Equinox and Ra’s Al Ghul! Fortunately, Batman and his many allies, including Superman, Green Lantern, Aquaman and Wonder Woman, are always up for the challenge! Circle this globe and others, and even travel through time, in these 13 action-packed, fun-filled episodes!
Static Shock: The Complete First Season DVD Release Date: March 28th, 2017 MSRP: $24.99 Run Time: 275 Minutes Aspect Ratio: (Dolby Stereo 2.0) Audio: Original Aspect Ratio – 1.33, Standard
Synopsis: Synopsis: Based on characters from the DC Comics series, superhero Virgil Hawkins and his classmates confront real problems and issues faced by today’s teens: peer pressure, gangs and growing up in an ethnically diverse, urban neighborhood.
Meet Virgil Hawkins, a mild-mannered teen in the wrong place at the wrong time when a chemical explosion rocks the streets of Dakota City- changing him from supergeek to super-hero. Based on the Milestone/DC Comics property, this animated series about the adventures of the first African-American teenage superhero follows quick-witted Virgil, who finds himself imbued with electromagnetic superpowers after being exposed to a mutagenic gas. Taking on the guise of Static, an urban hero of his own creation, he must learn to control his powers, figure out how to patrol the skies at night and still make it home in time to study for school. Virgil’s greatest discovery becomes the real “charge” he gets out of helping people and making a positive difference as a super-hero in his community. The series confronts real problems and issues faced by today’s kids, including peer pressure, gangs and growing up in an ethnically diverse urban neighborhood.
The Zeta Project: Season Two DVD Release Date: March 14th, 2017 MSRP: $24.99 Run Time: 269 Minutes Aspect Ratio: (Dolby Stereo 2.0) Audio: Original Aspect Ratio – 1.33, Standard
Synopsis: They created him to kill their enemies, but he refuses to destroy anymore…
Renegade “synthoid” Zeta (voice of Diedrich Bader, Batman: The Brave and the Bold), marked for reprogramming after developing a conscience and defying his evil orders, flees from a ruthless government agent. Capable of transforming himself at will into any human shape and possessing amazing cybernetic resources, Zeta joins Ro (voice of Julie Nathanson, Beverly Hills 90210) a 15-year-old street kid in her own kind of trouble with the law. In this spin-off from the blockbuster animated series Batman Beyond, futuristic vehicles, weapons and technology meld with the touching and humorous story of two misfits who need each other to survive in a dangerous world.
Warner Archive will also re-release The Zeta Project: Season One to DVD on March 14th, 2017. The original The Zeta Project: Season One DVD release, by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, has long been out of print.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and Warner Archive are expected to release further details on these titles. For additional details on each series, please check out the Batman: The Brave and The Bold, Static Shock and The Zeta Project subsites right here at The World’s Finest. Batman: The Brave and The Bold: Complete Season Three, Static Shock: The Complete First Season and The Zeta Project: Season Two will all be available to order from Warner Archive in March through the Warner Archive website, WB Shop and select digital outlets.