DC And Realm Announce ‘DC High Volume: Batman’ Audio Dramas Featuring The Best Of Bat
by Olly MacNamee
DC and Realm today announced DC High Volume: Batman, a new scripted, weekly series featuring audio adaptations of DC’s greatest Batman stories as audio dramas. And starting with a four-part adaption of Batman: Year One, by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli.
The cast of DC High Volume: Batman features Jason Spisak (Young Justice, Arcane) as Batman/Bruce Wayne, Jay Paulson (Mad Men, Catch-22) as Lt. James Gordon, Reba Buhr (Next Gen) as Catwoman/Seline Kyle, Adam O’Byrne (AMC’s Interview with the Vampire) as Harvey Dent/Two-Face, Mike Starr (Goodfellas, Ed Wood) as Carmine Falcone, Simon Vance (Bring Up the Bodies, Rod: The Autobiography of Rod Stewart) as Alfred Pennyworth, Dan Gill (Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension) as The Joker, Jesse Burch (Fall Out: New Vegas) as The Riddler, Michelle Lukes (Alexander, Strike Back) as Poison Ivy and Kevin Smith (Clerks, Dogma) as The Penguin.
What? Kevin Smith? As The Penguin. That could be kinda cool.
Anne DePies, SVP and General Manager, DC, explained one of the goals of this new always-on podcast:
“We want to offer audiences who may be new to DC a jumping on point for the Batman franchise, driving them back to our books, while engaging existing fans, podcast enthusiasts and audiobook listeners with direct adaptations that bring their favorite stories to life as faithfully as possible.”
DC High Volume: Batman launches April 2nd, 2025, with the first 2 episodes adapting chapters 1 & 2 of Batman: Year One (Batman #404 & #405), with new episodes released every Wednesday.
Register now for the launch day listening party, exclusively in the DC Official Discord Server! Episodes will be available to download or stream for free anywhere you listen to podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, etc.) or watch on the official DC YouTube channel.
