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Prime Video Releases All Ten Batman: Caped Crusader Season 2 Episodes Friday

8/1/2026

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Summary

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Season 2 of the 1940s-set “Batman: Caped Crusader” premieres on Prime Video with all ten episodes debuting Friday.
Bruce Timm created the 1940s-set series.
Hamish Linklater returns as Bruce Wayne.
Matthew Needham, known for “House of the Dragon,” voices the Joker.
The season marks the series’ first new installments since its August 2024 premiere.

History

Historical Context

The 1966 ABC series Batman, produced by William Dozier and starring Adam West and Burt Ward, aired 120 camp-style episodes from January 1966 to March 1968 and became a mid-sixties TV phenomenon. Its success proved stylized period adaptations could sustain fan interest, prompting Prime Video’s 2024-25 revival—created by Bruce Timm and starring Hamish Linklater—to revisit the 1940s-era aesthetic.

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Story summary

Season 2 of the 1940s-set “Batman: Caped Crusader” premieres on Prime Video with all ten episodes debuting Friday.
Bruce Timm created the 1940s-set series.
Hamish Linklater returns as Bruce Wayne.
Matthew Needham, known for “House of the Dragon,” voices the Joker.
The season marks the series’ first new installments since its August 2024 premiere.

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