NickD
NickD MegaDork
11/11/22 11:55 a.m.

Kevin Conroy passed away today at the age of 66, following a brief battle with cancer. For those who don't know who he is, the guy has voiced Batman in most animated movies and TV shows, and video games since 1992. Pretty much, he was the voice of Batman for three straight decades.

https://thedirect.com/article/batman-kevin-conroy-dies

 

J.A. Ackley
J.A. Ackley Senior Editor
11/11/22 11:59 a.m.

RIP Batman/Bruce Wayne. Batman: The Animated Series was one of the shows that had a profound impact on my childhood. That was Batman at its finest, and it's in large part due to Kevin Conroy.

j_tso
j_tso HalfDork
11/11/22 12:03 p.m.

damn, he was Batman for a generation.

I AM BATMAN - one of his most iconic performances

iansane
iansane GRM+ Memberand Dork
11/11/22 12:04 p.m.

Batman the animated series is one of the best animated tv shows of all time and I'm sure I'm saying that because of my age and when it came out. It definitely had an effect on my retro tastes as an adult. Consequently, Kevin Conroy will always be THE Batman for me. RIP.

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
11/11/22 12:07 p.m.

RIP. TAS is going down in history as not just one of the greatest Batman-related things ever, but one of the best animated series of all time.

J.A. Ackley
J.A. Ackley Senior Editor
11/11/22 12:09 p.m.
j_tso said:

damn, he was Batman for a generation.

I AM BATMAN - one of his most iconic performances

Only Batman could intimidate a hallucination. 

NickD
NickD MegaDork
11/11/22 12:16 p.m.

He also still voiced elderly Bruce Wayne in the criminally underrated Batman: Beyond. 

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
11/11/22 12:20 p.m.

He also voiced former Batman Bruce Wayne in Batman Beyond/Batman of the Future, which is nipping at TAS' heels as a series and allowed him to flex some more acting range as Batman.

Edit: I need to stop having the same thoughts as everyone else cheeky

j_tso
j_tso HalfDork
11/11/22 12:36 p.m.

In reply to GameboyRMH :

Batman Beyond was cool enough to make you forget the big brother from Boy Meets World was Batman.

NickD
NickD MegaDork
11/11/22 12:40 p.m.

In reply to j_tso :

Batman Beyond also veered into straight nightmare fuel at times. I remember there were episodes that scared the absolute E36 M3 out of me as a kid.

J.A. Ackley
J.A. Ackley Senior Editor
11/11/22 12:45 p.m.
NickD said:

He also still voiced elderly Bruce Wayne in the criminally underrated Batman: Beyond. 

Absolutely underrated. It was great, too.

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
11/11/22 12:47 p.m.

Man, I can hear his voice, even now.

eastsideTim
eastsideTim UltimaDork
11/11/22 1:17 p.m.

He was the best Batman.  Even showed up once live on an Arrowverse crossover as Bruce Wayne.

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