The Batman: Season 1

2004 · 13 episodes · ★ 7.2

What Season 1 of The Batman

Season 1 of The Batman Has 13 episodes and premiered on September 11, 2004. Here's the complete episode guide with air dates, runtimes and ratings.

13episodes

Sep 11, 2004premiered

May 7, 2005latest episode

4.8 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 The Bat in the Belfry
Sep 11, 2004 · 22 min · ★ 7.1
Batman finds himself dealing with a new breed of criminal when Joker takes over Arkham Asylum, then plans to release a poisonous gas over Gotham City.
Directing: Seung Eun Kim · Writing: Duane Capizzi · Starring: Edward James Olmos, Victor Brandt, Miguel Sandoval, Kevin Michael Richardson
1x02 Call of the Cobblepot
Sep 18, 2004 · 22 min · ★ 7.3
Oswald Cobblepot, the Penguin, has delusions of rebuilding the lost Cobblepot fortune with his birds that perform robberies.
Directing: Brandon Vietti · Writing: Steven Melching · Starring: Grey DeLisle, Tom Kenny
1x03 Traction
Sep 25, 2004 · 22 min · ★ 7.6
Batman battles the masked criminal Bane, but once Bane activates his chemical-steroid-infusion, Batman finds himself outmatched by brute strength.
Directing: Sam Liu · Writing: Adam Beechen · Starring: Michael Bell, Joaquim de Almeida, Joe Lala
1x04 The Cat and the Bat
Oct 2, 2004 · 22 min
After a news report links her with Batman, Selina Kyle, aka Catwoman, designs to meet her nighttime counterpart. After drawing out her prey, Catwoman steals Batman's utility belt.
Directing: Sam Liu · Writing: Adam Beechen · Starring: Neil Ross, Gina Gershon, Keone Young
1x05 The Man Who Would Be Bat
Oct 30, 2004 · 22 min · ★ 6.1
When Dr Langstrom, a scientist in Wayne's genome division, tests the experimental serum he's been devising on himself, he transforms into the hideous Man-Bat.
Directing: Seung Eun Kim · Writing: Greg Klein, Tom Pugsley · Starring: Peter MacNicol
1x06 The Big Chill
Nov 6, 2004 · 22 min
Batman is on the trail of Mr Freeze, a villain who uses ice technology as a means of stealing the objects of his passion: the rarest, most valuable diamonds.
Directing: Brandon Vietti · Writing: Greg Weisman · Starring: Cathy Cavadini, Clancy Brown
1x07 The Big Heat
Nov 13, 2004 · 22 min
Batman finds himself on the trail of Firefly, a pyromaniac supervillain, while Bruce tries to secure a charity contract with Mayor Grange.
Directing: Seung Eun Kim · Writing: Christopher L. Yost, J.D. Murray · Starring: Adam West, Jason Marsden
1x08 Q&A
Nov 20, 2004 · 22 min
A series of bizarre and dramatic kidnappings lead Batman into the den of the Cluemaster, a washed-up and demented ex-game show champion.
Directing: Brandon Vietti · Writing: Steven Melching · Starring: Udo Kier, Glenn Shadix, Edie McClurg, Fred Willard
1x09 The Big Dummy
Nov 27, 2004 · 22 min
Batman's attempts to thwart the latest in a series of heists finds him pitted against a team being led by a ventriloquist and a puppet called Scarface. Meanwhile, Alfred plays matchmaker for Bruce.
Directing: Sam Liu · Writing: Bob Goodman · Starring: John DiMaggio, Dan Castellaneta, Jennifer Hale
1x10 Topsy Turvy
Feb 5, 2005 · 22 min
Batman investigates a series of revenge crimes bearing the stamp of his archenemy Joker, despite the fact that Joker is currently locked up in Arkham Asylum.
Directing: Seung Eun Kim · Writing: Adam Beechen · Starring: Henry Gibson, Kevin Michael Richardson
1x11 Bird of Prey
Feb 12, 2005 · 22 min
Penguin breaks into Wayne Manor while Bruce is being interviewed for a TV show. Bruce must figure out a way to escape the cameras to become Batman.
Directing: Brandon Vietti · Writing: Steven Melching · Starring: Kath Soucie, Tom Kenny
1x12 The Rubberface of Comedy (1)
Apr 30, 2005 · 22 min
Joker wreaks havoc on all of Gotham with a new gizmo that can morph any object into rubber or putty. Meanwhile, the Chief of Police pressures his detectives to take down The Batman once and for all.
Directing: Sam Liu · Writing: Greg Weisman · Starring: Jesse Corti, Kevin Michael Richardson
1x13 The Clayface of Tragedy (2) Season Finale
May 7, 2005 · 22 min
Batman is pitted against a new villain named Clayface, who can transform his body as if it were clay and impersonate anyone he chooses! Before The Batman can stop him, he will learn Clayface's shocking dark secret!
Directing: Seung Eun Kim, Sam Liu · Writing: Greg Weisman · Starring: Jesse Corti, Kevin Michael Richardson