Heart of Steel (Batman: The Animated Series)

"Heart of Steel"
Batman: The Animated Series episodes
The title card from the episode
Episode nos.Season 1
Episodes 39 and 40
Directed byKevin Altieri
Written byBrynne Stephens
Based onBatman
by Bob Kane (credited) and Bill Finger (uncredited)
Featured music
  • Richard Bronskill
  • Tamara Kline
  • Carl Johnson
Original air dates
  • November 16, 1992 (1992-11-16)
  • November 17, 1992 (1992-11-17)
Guest appearances

"Heart of Steel" is a two-part episode of Batman: The Animated Series, the thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth produced, dealing with a supercomputer named H.A.R.D.A.C. and its attempts to replace Gotham citizens with robotic duplicates before initiating an AI takeover. These were the first Batman scripts to be written by Brynne Stephens, who wrote a total of 7 episodes. The episodes were directed by series regular Kevin Altieri, and originally aired on November 16 and 17, 1992.