About this episode

The episode revisits the second episode of the podcast, discussing the origins of key Batman characters and the history of the Batmobile.

The road to episode 100 continues with another Bat Flashback! This particular flashback takes us back all the way to the second episode. Andy and Mike talked about issues 2 and 3 of The Untold Legend of the Batman . Topics include the origins of Robin, the Joker, Batgirl, and Two-Face. We also learn about how this version of Batman became friends with Jim Gordon and how Alfred came to live with Bruce and Dick. There's even some fun stuff about who was building the Batmobile back in the Bronze Age. For grins, Mike included some audio from the book-on-tape version of this story because, shockingly, there was a book-on-tape version of this story. It may not seem like it, but Andy and Mike do like feedback even if they are crap at getting to it. The most direct way to do this is to email them, which you can do by directing your thoughts to overlookeddarkknight@gmail.com . You can also leave a comment over on their Facebook page . You can also leave a comment at the new web home of the show, The Bailey Planet . Next Time: The march towards episode 100 concludes with episode 100! Andy and Mike promise an episode that will break the Internet in half! Actually they don't, but it is a fun…

People in this episode

Hosts: Andrew Leyland, Michael Bailey

Topics covered

• Batman origins
• comic book history
• character development
• Batmobile
• audio adaptations

Keywords

• Batman
• Robin
• Joker
• Batgirl
• Two-Face
• Jim Gordon
• Alfred
• Batmobile
• comic books

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Untold Legend of the Batman

Places: Bronze Age

More episodes of The Overlooked Dark Knight: The New Adventures

• Episode 101 - Batman '66 at 60! Part 3 - The Zodiac Crimes Trilogy · April 24, 2026 · 1h 10m
• Batman '66 at 60! Part 2 - Bat Flashback - The Bookworm Turns While Gotham City Burns · April 17, 2026 · 1h 4m
• Batman '66 at 60! Part 1 - Bat Flashback - Batman The Movie Commentary · April 10, 2026 · 1h 50m
• Episode 100 - The (Second) Origin of Batman & Other Stories! · March 27, 2026 · 1h 35m
• The Road to Episode 100 Part 2 - Bat-Flashack - Episode 1 - The "Untold" Legend of the Batman · March 13, 2026 · 1h 13m
• The Road to Episode 100 Part 1 - Bat-Flashack - That Time Andy and Mike Talked About Batman #400 · March 6, 2026 · 3h 18m

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