Beware The Gray Ghost
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Television Animation
- Animation studio
- Spectrum.
Synopsis
Batman realizes that a pattern of recent bombings in Gotham is based on an episode of an old television series featuring his favorite boyhood hero, the 'Gray Ghost.' Seeking information, Batman visits the actor who played the TV hero, who later becomes a suspect.
Characters
Batman, Bruce Wayne, Commissioner James Gordon, Alfred Pennyworth, Summer Gleeson, The Mad Bomber, Ted Dymer, The Gray Ghost, Simon Trent
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Boyd Kirkland
Producing
- Producer
- Alan Burnett, Eric Radomski, Bruce Timm (as Bruce W. Timm)
- Executive Producers
- Jean MacCurdy, Tom Ruegger
Writing
- Writer
- Garin Wolf, Tom Ruegger
- Story
- Dennis O'Flaherty, Tom Ruegger
- Story Editor
- Paul Dini
Voices
- Voice
- Kevin Conroy (Batman/Bruce Wayne), Bob Hastings (Commissioner James Gordon), Efrem Zimbalist Jr (Alfred Pennyworth), Mari Devon (Summer Gleeson), Joe Leahy (Narrator), Bruce W. Timm (The Mad Bomber/Ted Dymer), Adam West (The Gray Ghost/ Simon Trent)
Music
- Music
- Carl Johnson
- Theme Song
- Danny Elfman
Animation
- Layout and Animation Supervisor
- Ric Machin
- Timing Directors
- Boyd Kirkland, Vincent Bassols
- Animation Checking
- Jan Browning, Brenda Brummet, Jennifer Damiani, Bunty Dranko, Karl Jacobs, Howard Schwartz
Art Department
- Storyboards
- Gregg Davidson, Ronaldo Del Carmen, Phill Norwood
- Character Design
- Chen-Yi Chang, Michael Diederich, Glen Murakami, Dexter Smith, Bruce W. Timm
- Vehicle and Prop Design
- Trish Burgio, Jonathan Fisher, Shayne Poindexter
- Background Design
- Troy Adomitis, Robert Haverland, David Karoll, Lawrence Kim, Rae McCarson, Filipe Morell, Keith Weesner, Todd Winter
- Background Paint
- Steve Butz, Russell G. Chong, Charles Pickens
- Background Paint Supervisor
- Don Schweiker
- Ink and Paint
- Robin Kane, Eric Nordberg
- Ink and Paint Supervisor
- Bunny Minns
- Color Stylists
- Katheryn Gilmore, Pamela Long
- BG Color Key
- Carolyn Guske
Editing
- Editor
- Joe Gall, Theresa Gilroy Nielsen
- Supervising Film Editor
- Al Breitenbach
- Negative Cutting
- Mary Nelson
Sound
- Re-Recording Mixers
- Thomas J. Maydeck, Russell Brower
- Sound Reading
- Bradley Carow, Steve Siracusa, Denise Whitfield
- Sound Effects
- Russell Brower
- Dialogue/ADR
- Mark Keatts
- ADR Coordinator
- Kelly Ann Foley
- Foley Mixer
- Bob Lacivita
- Foley Artist
- Mike Dickeson
- Sound Dimension
- Spatializer
Music Department
- Music Editing
- Daryl Kell
Casting
- Casting and Voice Direction
- Andrea Romano
- Voice Recording
- Harry Andronis, Gabe Chiesa
Production Management
- Production Manager
- Haven Alexander
- Post Production Supervisor
- Joe Sandusky
- Production Assistants
- Tammy List, Nicole Pouliot
- Production Executives
- Ken Duer, Barbara Simon Dierks, Liza-Ann Warren
- Executive In Charge of Production
- Tim Sarnoff
Crew
- Copying and Shipping
- Carlton Batten, Ana Durand
- Digital Production
- Alan G. Brown
- Sub-Main Titles
- Carolyn Guske, Eric Mahady
- Madel Mark-Up
- Jean DuBois, Lisa Leonardi, Valerie Walker
- Videotape Supervision
- Jau Weinman, Scott Williams
- Staff Assistants
- Geno DuBois, Dustin Foster, Virginia Roth
- Production Admisistrator
- Alyson Brown
- Recording Administrator
- Leslie Lamers
- Voice Over Assistant
- Erin Keeler
- Crew
- Batman Created By Bob Kane
Companies and other credits
- Sound Services: Monterey Post Production
- Post Production Facilities: The Post Group
- Post Production Facilities: Monterey Post Production
- Based on the DC Comics Characters
Reviews
Beware the Gray Ghost
In what is, by far, one of the most underrated episodes of one of the best animated shows of all time, Batman comes face to face with his own inspiration. Though the plot is a bit formulaic (The Flash TV show used about the same plot, with about the same character...) the character of Simon Trent is brillaintly played by Adam West, whose own connection with the Batman mythos makes this part all the more poignant. One can't help but think of the parallels to West's own life in the character of Simon Trent.
All in all, a brilliant piece of work.