DC Showcase Animated Shorts - Season 2

First aired: 10/13/2020 5 episodes

Batman: Death in the Family is an anthology of 2019-2020 animated shorts anchored by a new, extended-length short that adapts the iconic Batman: A Death in the Family comic book storyline by Jim Starlin and Jim Aparo.

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Episodes

1. Batman: Death in the Family

Aired: 10/13/2020

It recounts Batman's failure of saving Jason Todd from the hands of the Joker, having multiple outcomes though most being very dark. And though some options may seem good, it only led down a path of evil before finally realizing that Jason needed a batman for him to back-up

2. DC Showcase: Sgt. Rock

Aired: 8/6/2019

The original tale finds battle-weary Sgt. Rock thinking he has seen everything that World War II can dish out. But he is in for the surprise of his life when he is assigned to lead a company consisting of legendary monsters into battle against an unstoppable platoon of Nazi zombies.

3. DC Showcase: Adam Strange

Aired: 5/19/2020

Stranded on a rugged asteroid mining colony, Adam Strange is viewed as a drunken derelict. When miners breach a hive of lethal insects, Strange is forced to confront his past and protect the colony.

4. DC Showcase: Death

Aired: 10/22/2019

In the story, Vincent, an artist with unresolved inner demons, meets a mysterious girl who helps him come to terms with his creative legacy … and eventual death.

5. DC Showcase: The Phantom Stranger

Aired: 2/25/2020

Set in the 1970s, the short follows young adult Jess as she joins her friends at a party in a dilapidated mansion hosted by the mysterious Seth. When odd things begin to happen to Jess and her friends, the Phantom Stranger intervenes to save her from a dreary fate.