Batman’s 85th Anniversary Collection comes with a colorful slipcase and a 24-page commemorative booklet. The box set comes with 4K Blu-ray and digital versions of all 10 movies. So, which films are you getting? A pretty varied assortment of classic and modern Batman stories set in several different timelines:
- Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
- Batman Year One
- Batman: Assault on Arkham
- Batman: The Killing Joke
- Batman and Harley Quinn
- Batman: Gotham by Gaslight
- Batman: Hush
- Batman: Soul of the Dragon
- Batman: The Long Halloween
- Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham
This is a pretty solid collection of Batman movies. The highlights here are obviously Mask of the Phantasm and Year One, while some of the other entries are fun popcorn flicks you can binge through like comfort junk food. Soul of the Dragon reimagines Batman as a ’70s-era martial arts master in a cheesy adventure film starring several other skilled DC fighters, Assault on Arkham is an action-packed dive into Rocksteady’s Arkhamverse that mostly focuses on the Suicide Squad, and Gotham by Gaslight puts a Victorian-era spin on Batman.
The Killing Joke, Harley Quinn, and Hush don’t reach the same heights, but they remain faithful the DC source material and are still worth watching.
