Cult of the Cat & Animal Act

We’re continuing our big block of animal episodes this week on the BATTASS Podcast, as Catwoman gets caught up with a crazy cat-based cult in, well, Cult of the Cat, and Nightwing heads back to the circus he once called home in Animal Act. Not sure what it is about animals this season, but we sure have had a run of them!



First up, in Cult of the Cat, Catwoman gets caught up with some really nasty ninjas who are agents of a fanatical cult with a feline obsession. Batman steps in to help but quickly gets thrown into the lion’s den (literally) when he has to fight a gigantic tiger, seemingly to the death! Catwoman’s really stepped in it this time, but potentially not as much as the character designers in this ep who have outfitted these ninja cat cultists with retractable claws that seem very much like they would make a certain SNIKT when they open!



Next up in Animal Act, the animals from Nightwing’s old circus are inexplicably committing crimes, and it’s up to Dick and Tim to get to the bottom of what’s going on! It’s a blast from the past for Dick as they head back to the circus he was raised in, catching up with some old friends who quickly are mind-controlled into becoming new enemies! Hats off to the Mad Hatter who’s tried some truly unique strategies of robbery in this one, but all it gets him, in the end, is a deposit of five knuckles to the bank of his face!



These are a couple of perfectly fine episodes, but they both seem to leave a lot on the table, especially Animal Act. Dick heading back to the circus is something they’ve never really done on the show, and it would have been nice for them to spend a bit more time there with all the fun new characters we meet from his past. So cough up some hairballs, get your popcorn and crackerjacks, and join us for Cult of the Cat and Animal Act!