 | Batman - The Complete 1943 Movie Serial Collection
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $5.86 The one that started it all. The acting leaves alot to be desired but action is plentiful (and so are the racial slurs. WWII, ya know. We hated the Japanese, Germans, etc.)
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 | Batman and Robin - The Complete 1949 Movie Serial Collection
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $5.30 In the quasi-sequel to the 1943 serial, we find better actors and action.
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 | Adventures of Superman - The Complete First Season
Buy new: $31.49 / Used from: $5.83 Though this is the 50s show, the pilot film is included and does a wonderful job with technology for the time period (aside from some clunky animation and the terrible acting from the supporting cast).
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 | Batman - The Movie (Special Edition)
Buy new: $9.49 / Used from: $3.24 Though the tone was already established from the series from which it spawned, this has tons of great scenes (The Bomb) and not since this movie, have so many villains united to kill one man.
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 | Superman - The Movie (Four-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $27.99 / Used from: $7.94 The first movie to take a comic book character seriously. Grand, epic (with a few Biblical parallels) storytelling compliments the great cast (no one will ever replace Reeve).
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 | Superman II (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $22.99 / Used from: $4.13 How many sequels hold their own against the original? Not many but this one sure does. Balancing drama, romance and the greatest superhero/villain fight of all time.
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 | Superman II - The Richard Donner Cut
Buy new: $19.49 / Used from: $3.53 A great alternative way to view a classic the way it was intended.
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 | Superman III (Deluxe Edition)
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $1.30 Though the story is good and Reeve never fails to deliver (Good and Bad Superman), Pryor is a waste of talent (he was a gifted comedian, an action film just didn't suit him).
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 | Supergirl
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.77 The only live-action DC film with a female hero. A decent performance from Dunaway.
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 | Superman IV - The Quest for Peace (Deluxe Edition)
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.85 An underappreciated gem that was trying to regain what the first two films had.
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 | Batman (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $22.49 / Used from: $6.96 The first serious take on Batman. A great cast (Keaton was the definitive live action version until Bale, same for Nicholson until Ledger), director (Burton should've done them all) and music (a theme that rivals that of Superman's).
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 | Batman Returns (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $26.98 / Used from: $4.58 Another sequel that holds its own against the original this time with two villains (though the Freudian-cliched background of the Penguin's actions was tiresome).
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 | Batman - Mask of the Phantasm
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $3.24 The true sequel to Batman Returns. It's a shame what a great job they did in the animated versions where they failed with the next two live-action.
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 | Batman Forever (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $24.49 / Used from: $5.91 A decent sequel but the addition of Robin (and his portrayer) are annoying and the characterization of Two-Face and Riddler (Carey is clearly copying off of Gorshin) is all wrong.
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 | Batman & Robin (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $24.49 / Used from: $4.00 The worst of the original four. Clooney was a horrible choice. But Mr. Freeze (despite the cold-related puns) was a convincingly human villain.
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 | The Batman Superman Movie
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $2.60 Three great episodes from Superman's animated series features the first on-screen team up of two great heroes, villains and henchgirls.
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 | Batman & Mr. Freeze - SubZero (Keepcase)
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $3.33 How Batman and Robin should've been done. Another brilliant performance from Conroy and Ansara is brilliant as the animated Mr. Freeze.
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 | Batman Beyond - Return of the Joker (The Original Uncut Version)
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $1.95 A great movie that used a clever way to bring back the most feared villain in all of comics. Mark Hamill is excellent and will never be topped as the voice of Joker.
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 | Batman - Mystery of the Batwoman (Keepcase)
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $4.60 Good way of using a character most don't know about but it somehow lacked the spark the original three animated films had. The voice cast is again wonderful (though Paul Williams is missed as the voice of Penguin).
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 | Batman Begins (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $14.49 / Used from: $4.83 A wonderful way to reboot a dying live-action franchise. Bale was perfect as Batman and Neeson and Murphy are ideal as Ra's al Ghul and Scarecrow.
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 | Batman vs. Dracula
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $2.73 A darker, intense version of an otherwise light-hearted tv series. Outstanding Batman vs. the Original Bat-Man.
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 | Superman: Brainiac Attacks - (Original Movie)
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $2.88 Though the return of Daly and Delany is welcomed, the characterization and voice replacements for Luthor and Brainiac are horrible, along with the last fifteen minutes of the movie.
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 | Superman Returns (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $19.99 / Used from: $0.45 A good but long sequel to Superman's I and II (III and IV nobody wanted to remember). Routh was a worthy successor to Reeve.
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 | Superman: Doomsday- (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $22.49 / Used from: $3.42 Violent yet good adaptation of the comics storyline. Though a condensed version, it still gets the point across.
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 | Justice League - The New Frontier (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $21.49 / Used from: $2.57 Since the animated series ended two years ago, this was a marvelous piece of animation that again was condensed and still got its point across.
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 | Batman Gotham Knight (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $22.49 / Used from: $5.90 Not a big fan of anime (especially five or six different styles of it), this was a good bridging piece between Begins and The Dark Knight. And as always, Conroy is the undisputed voice of Batman.
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 | The Dark Knight (Two-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy)
Buy new: $21.99 / Used from: $6.99 The definitive comic book film.
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 | Wonder Woman 2009 (Two-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy)
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $3.99 The first original female superhero movie that wasn't spun off of a previous hero.
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 | Green Lantern: First Flight (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $19.49 / Used from: $10.18 With a live-action film under way, the Emerald Crusader gets to shine in his own solo adventure.
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 | Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $13.99 The World's Finest fight off heroes and villains in the second best DC Animated film.
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