DC and Marvel TV Writer Stan Berkowitz! | INTERGANG Episode 01

Welcome to "Intergang," where the gang from Watchtower Database brings brand-new interviews with DC animation cast and crew directly to you! Learn the ins and outs of being a part of your favorite childhood cartoons, today's new animated series, and more!

This month's episode:
Stan Berkowitz
Writer
"Superman: The Animated Series"
"The New Batman Adventures"
"Static Shock"
"Justice League"
"Justice League Unlimited"
"Superboy"
"Spider-Man: The Animated Series"

Originally recorded: 1/15/2023

Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
1:03 - Stan's favorite childhood superhero
3:34 - Beginning to write for television
6:41 - Moving into animation
7:24 - Spider-Man: The Animated Series
10:38 - Working with Stan Lee
13:38 - How do writing credits work?
18:36 - The Late Mr. Kent
22:11 - In Blackest Night
22:45 - The Prometheon
25:56 - The episode's cut ending
26:27 - Jack Kirby's Fourth World on STAS
27:37 - Intimidating characters
31:00 - Comic book vs TV popularity
34:36 - The New Batman Adventures
37:30 - Scariness and censorship
41:11 - Writing Etrigan the Demon
42:04 - The Riddler on The Batman
43:57 - Bruce Wayne's Chemistry
46:28 - James Cameron co-wrote the episode?
47:25 - Creating a Justice League for the future
48:18 - How did Warhawk not die?
49:28 - Hilary J. Bader
51:03 - Picking up where another writer left off
52:01 - Joker being dead in Batman Beyond
53:02 - Earth Mover
55:23 - Batman Beyond's anticlimactic finale
57:18 - Guest stars and stunt casting
58:47 - Phil LaMarr's many voices
1:02:13 - Adapting the Milestone world
1:04:34 - Zeta Project's downfall
1:05:47 - Dwayne McDuffie
1:10:00 - Weakling Superman
1:13:42 - Fury's unfortunate airdate
1:16:35 - Moving to 2- and 3-parters
1:20:27 - The Justice Lords
1:22:33 - Evil Superman in media
1:25:33 - George Lazenby
1:27:10 - Old characters returning
1:30:36 - Justice League Adventures
1:32:20 - Direct-to-video releases
1:34:18 - New Frontier
1:35:25 - Is DC for kids?
1:38:32 - Lost and repurposed episodes
1:41:54 - Ben 10 naming conventions
1:42:24 - Writing with the voices in mind
1:43:29 - Stan's upcoming projects
1:45:19 - The canceled Batman Beyond movie
1:46:33 - Outro

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