“Off Balance”
Batman: The Animated Series episode
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 50
Written by	Len Wein
Directed by	Kevin Altieri
Production no.	050
Original airdate	November 21, 1992
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"Off Balance" is an episode of the critically acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series. It aired on November 21, 1992 and was written by Len Wein and directed by Kevin Altieri. This episodes marks the first appearance of Talia and Ra's Al Ghul. The animated Batman shoots his grappling gun from a rooftop in a scene from the episode, On Leather Wings. ... Len Wein (born June 12, 1948, New York City, New York) is an American comic book writer and editor best known for co-creating DC Comics Swamp Thing and for reviving Marvel Comics X-Men. ... Kevin Alteri is an American television director of animated cartoons. ... November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1992. ... The Man Who Killed Batman is the fifty-first episode of Batman: The Animated Series. ... The animated Batman shoots his grappling gun from a rooftop in a scene from the episode, On Leather Wings. ... November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Len Wein (born June 12, 1948, New York City, New York) is an American comic book writer and editor best known for co-creating DC Comics Swamp Thing and for reviving Marvel Comics X-Men. ... Kevin Alteri is an American television director of animated cartoons. ... Talia al Ghul is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe, the now-estranged daughter of the supervillain Ras al Ghul, and a love interest of Batman. ... Ras al Ghul, sometimes written Rās al Ghūl (Arabic: رأس الغول), is a DC Comics supervillain and an enemy of Batman. ...

Plot synopsis

While following Count Vertigo's trail, Batman encounters a Lady In Black and learns that she is Talia, daughter of the head of the Society of Shadows who was sent by her father to prevent the capture of a sonic drill that the Count stole. But after his identity is mistakenly revealed to Talia, Batman remains off-balance as to where her true loyalties lie. Count Werner Vertigo is a DC Comics supervillain. ... Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ...

Cast

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See also

• Batman: The Animated Series
• List of episodes of Batman: The Animated Series

The animated Batman shoots his grappling gun from a rooftop in a scene from the episode, On Leather Wings. ...

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