Batman: The Animated Series premiered on Fox in September 1992, hot on the heels of the success of Tim Burton's 1989 film and its sequel, Batman Returns, which premiered months earlier in June.

A t this point, saying Mark Hamill is the definitive Joker is as redundant as saying Kevin Conroy is the definitive Batman.

Batman: The Animated Series and the rest of the DC Animated Universe owe its casting choices to veteran voice director Andrea ...