The next episode up on my Batman diversion is "Prophecy of Doom," which was the 19th episode produced and 22nd aired on Oct. 6, 1992. This, like many Batman episodes, had a rather interesting idea, but wasn't executed as well as it could have been.
The main villain here is nothing more than a con man, swindling the rich by predicting travesties he causes. He certainly is no super villain, which I kind of like. Batman doesn't always have to fight someone like the Joker. But what I really liked here was how the fake prophet, Nostromos, targeted Bruce Wayne simply for his money. As the richest man in a city swarming with criminals and super villains, Bruce should be a pretty desirable target. So for this, I will add one point.
Now, I normally don't penalize this show for its animation, as it generally is rather rough compared to today's standards, but in this episode it was particularly bad. A lot of parts were very jerky and sloppy, especially one scene where Batman was getting into the Batmobile and he shifted up and down about a foot with each step. It was very distracting, even in the fight scenes. When the animation becomes this large of a distraction, I have to take a point off.
I'll drop the score down to a 4 for Batman's inability to quickly dispose of Nostromos' lone henchman, Lucas. He didn't seem particularly extraordinary in anyway, just your average henchman. So why did Batman have such a hard time fighting him? He was only one guy, and he wasn't even really strong or anything. I think this episode would have been better if Nostromos had multiple henchmen, or if they established that Lucas was highly-trained ex-Marine or something to allow him to fight so well against Batman in one-on-one combat.
Final score: 4
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