MINI-REVIEW

The Spectre
Available on the Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths Home Video Release
Studio: Warner Home Video
Release Date: February 23rd, 2010

Synopsis:
The first animated short in the DC Showcase series focuses on a detective story with an ethereal twist, featuring the otherworldly character originally introduced by DC Comics in 1940. The short The Spectre is written by Steve Niles (30 Days of Night), and the voice cast includes Gary Cole (Entourage) and Alyssa Milano (Charmed).

Mini-Review
by Zach Demeter
First off I’ll say that the The Spectre short is really quite fantastic. It appears to take place in the 1970s and features the same kind of old film effects that Grindhouse boasted. It also reminded me a lot of Spawn: The Animated Series, both in terms of the violence as well as just the general animation style (the animation of which was handled by Moi). It’s barely over 11 minutes long so there’s not much to talk about, but it was definitely an engaging little story. The story definitely was well worth checking out.