Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nowadays, fans are more likely to cite Nolan’s The Dark Knight as tops, but the truth is Mask of the Phantasm is still better in ...

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm is beloved for its mature tone, powerful story, and stylish antagonist. The film explores Batman's inner turmoil and his motivations for becoming a crime fighter. The ...

Jonathan Fuge is a writer and editor at MovieWeb. A Film Studies graduate and all-round movie lover, he has written for a variety of different entertainment websites before finding a home at MovieWeb.

Editor’s Note: This year, the iconic Batman: The Animated Series turns 30 years old. “Return to Gotham” is a monthly column looking back at the cartoon that remains a touchstone of the superhero genre ...

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm showed the Dark Knight parsing through grief in a way that resonated with my own feelings of absence and loss. In 1993, Warner Bros. released Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, ...

As a teenage comic book fan coming of age as superheroes were breaking into the mainstream, I always approached any conversation about Batman with a hipster’s sense of ownership. Like any comics nerd ...