DC Nation Shorts

RELEASED 3 Mar 20122h 8m · 132 episodes★ 5.3 TMDB

DC Nation Shorts are a series of shorts that air on Cartoon Network on Saturdays at 10/9c. The shorts are a part of the DC Nation block that premiered on March 3, 2012 and are produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The shorts are aired alongside Green Lantern: The Animated Series and Young Justice. On June 8, 2012, Cartoon Network announced that it would revive the Teen Titans animated series as Teen Titans Go! based on the New Teen Titans shorts and air it on the DC Nation block in 2013.

WATCH NOTE

Superman 75 (2013), also titled Superman 75th Anniversary, is a two-minute animated tribute directed by Zack Snyder and produced by Bruce Timm under the DC Nation banner. Its DC Nation presentation repeats the short also available online and as a Man of Steel home-video bonus. Episode guides use different numbering, so its placement and the complete series episode inventory remain under review. Superman 75th Anniversary Party is a separate interview installment.

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4 titles to watch before DC Nation Shorts — 3h 57m in total.

DC Super Friends: The Joker's PlayhouseOptional background0h 17m★ 5.2
A separate adaptation of Batman; useful for comparison, but unrelated to DC Nation Shorts’s story continuity.
Superman/Batman: ApocalypseOptional background1h 19m★ 7.2
A separate adaptation of Batman; useful for comparison, but unrelated to DC Nation Shorts’s story continuity.
Batman: Year OneOptional background1h 4m★ 7.3
A separate adaptation of Batman; useful for comparison, but unrelated to DC Nation Shorts’s story continuity.
Justice League: DoomOptional background1h 17m★ 7.4
A separate adaptation of Batman; useful for comparison, but unrelated to DC Nation Shorts’s story continuity.

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DC Nation Shorts is title 55 of 100 in our Animated Elseworlds viewing sequence. DC Nation Shorts is the anthology home for stories including Shade: The Changing Man and The Riddler: Riddle Me This. Pick a favourite character or follow the episode tracker for the full run.

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