Thread: The never finished BTAS episode: 'The Count and the Countess.'

Quote: Originally Posted by Yojimbo I think "The Count and Countess" refers to an old Adventures Comics story where a US agent is sent after two spies, the Count and the Countess (real names Count Ludwig Sarnovsky and Countess Heidi Sarnovsky. If true, it would have been neat to put Batman in a spy flick. Thanks Yojimbo--I doubt I would have ever made that guess on my own. It sounds like a very plausible hypothesis. As far...

Quote: Originally Posted by Revelator Thanks Yojimbo--I doubt I would have ever made that guess on my own. It sounds like a very plausible hypothesis. As far as spy episodes go it might have been better than "The Lion and the Unicorn." If b.t. shows up at DC's booth at Wondercon this year I might ask him about the episode. You're welcome, Revelator. After looking a little harder, the story I referred to is...

I actually have that comic. But I have no time to search my longboxes. ToonZone interviews await! Xum

Mind Games sounded great. I personally think Hugo Strange is an excellent Batman villain who was never used to his full potential on the animated series. The plot does sound very 1960s Adam West-ish, but that's not always a bad thing. I so would have been up for that.

Maybe "The Count and the Countess" was going to be an adaptation of the comics story "The Secret of the Waiting Graves," by Dennis O'Neil.

Count and Countess= Vampires? Possibly Twilight? Just joking. I'm going to guess Nocturna and some other male vampire. I can't think of any others. I know she was considered because I read it in a World's Finest article.

Quote: Originally Posted by Revelator Continuing on the topic of scripted but never animated episodes, you can read three of Michael Reaves' unproduced scripts online. Courtesy of the wayback machine, here are Reaves' comments on the material. * "The Midnight Hour" : I always felt they have dropped the ball with Dick Grayson. A few more episodes focusing on him as a solo hero would have done a lot to give him more...