Batman: The Lazarus Syndrome by Dirk Maggs (Audiobook Review)

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Title: Batman: The Lazarus Syndrome
Author: Dirk Maggs
Narrator: Full cast
Publisher: AudioGo
Duration: 0 hours, 44 minutes
Copyright: 2010
Genres: comic heroes, radio
Filed in: Audiobook Reviews
Review copy provided by AudioGo.

PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: Michael Gough, Garrick Hagon and Bob Sessions star in this thrilling radio drama featuring the Batman.
‘This is the Batman. Treat what you are about to hear in the strictest confidence - my associates must be protected at all costs. By night in Gotham City you knew me as the Batman. What you never knew was....’
The Batman is dead. Police Commissioner Gordon has received a recording by the Batman that reveals his real identity. But who is the occupant of Wayne Manor? It soon becomes a desperate journey into the background of Gotham City’s famous vigilante to find out who killed the Dark Knight.
This fantastic full-cast adventure stars Michael Gough as Alfred, Garrick Hagon as Bruce Wayne, Kerry Shale as Dick Grayson, Lorelei King as Selina Kyle, and Bob Sessions as The Batman, and it comes from the renowned producer Dirk Maggs, of Superman and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy radio fame.
This stunning audio production was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4, and this all-action adventure can now be heard remastered - complete with dazzling sound effects.
©2010 AudioGO Ltd (P)2010 AudioGO Ltd

MY TAKE ON IT: In addition to listening to a lot of audiobooks, I have also dabbled a bit in radio dramas, although Batman: The Lazarus Syndrome is the first that I’ve written up for Audiobook-Heaven. If you think radio dramas are a thing of the past, you’re not entirely right. True, they’re not nearly as popular as they were before the television era began, but they are still around.
This radio drama was a lot of fun to listen to. There are different actors who play the various roles, although sometimes the actors play more than one role using different voices. There are also lots of neat sound effects: punches being thrown, footsteps walking across a room, cars going by, etcetera. This one also featured a sound for the batmobile which sounded like a jet racing by. My favorite moment of Batman: The Lazarus Syndrome was when Commissioner Gordon paid a visit to Selina Kyle’s (Catwoman’s) apartment. You hear a cat screech, and then Gordon says, “Damn it Selina, isn’t there any way to sit down in here without squashing a cat?” That one made me laugh.
The thing that I enjoyed most about listening to this Batman radio drama, is that it allowed me to reconnect with a part of my life that I really miss. Before I went blind, I collected a lot of comic books, and loved to read, and re-read them. Audiobooks are great, but I miss my comics. This was a nice way to bring those two worlds together.
Batman: The Lazarus Syndrome was published by AudioGo, formerly known as BBC Audiobooks America. Yes, it’s the same BBC that you’re thinking of. They have lots of the BBC’s radio dramas available on CD, and I was very happy to discover this one on their website.

NARRATOR: This full cast production of Batman: The Lazarus Syndrome features Bob Sessions as Batman and Bruce Wayne, Michael Gough as Alfred, Paul Maxwell as Commissioner Gordon, Garrick Hagon as Ra’s al Ghul and Thomas Wayne, Kerry Shale as The Joker, Shelley Thompson as Barbara Gordon, Lorelei King as Selina Kyle and Martha Wayne, and Alan Marriott as Dick Grayson.

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