After mocking the “Star Wars” films, “Robot Chicken” turns to parodying the DC superheroes. I thought this one was a little better than the “Star Wars” one but I’m still not a big fan of a lot of the humour as we get a rude and crude look at some of the world’s most famous superheroes in action figure form.

In this special, we get a series of sketches involving Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and many other DC superheroes and villains. We have Batman repeatedly getting his back broken by Bane, Aquaman deciding to go rogue after constantly being made fun of, Sinestro shaving his iconic moustache and much more.

We get to see quite a nice variety of DC characters including the main heroes as well as a lot of the villains including Lex Luthor, Solomon Grundy, Brainiac and the Joker. There are also a few sketches that poke fun at some of the more obscure characters such as Mr. Banjo and Firestorm. The “Robot Chicken” Nerd shows up briefly. Most of the characters are not very funny. I really did not care for the Superman gag about the mind erasing kissing power from “Superman II” and felt that there was a lot more they could have done with the Superman character. The stop motion animation on the characters still has a real charm to it.

“Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special” has some really funny moments such as the sequences with Bane but so many of the gags are just lousy. There’s such a reliance on vulgar humour. I would rather see something wittier than really does a great job of spoofing the source material rather than just being gross. It’s a shame as I like the animation style a lot.