Batman66

In 1966, the Batman TV show rocketed the Caped Crusader to the level of a pop culture phenomenon. In the process, it produced a ton of strange tie-ins in its wake, from novelty songs by Adam West to Batman-themed nightclubs to a visibly intoxicated encounter with Jerry "The King" Lawler in Memphis wrestling...

With so many magazines, newspapers and books from the past archived online, it can often be fun to go back and check out their predictions for the future and see how they stacked up against what actually happened. Usually, they're pretty far off the mark in ways that are both disappointing (we still haven't gotten those flying cars or personal jetpacks) and relieving (we still haven't had a nucle

It's an idea that's no doubt occurred to countless fans, but David Rose is the real human being (and real hero) who made it happen: the opening animation for the 1960s Batman television series remade in high definition and starring cartoon versions of Christian Bale, Heath Ledger and Gary Oldman from 2008's The Dark Knight...

The great thing about being a guy who has a pretty well-known love of Batman -- especially the stranger, weirder elements that have cropped up in his 70-year history -- is that occasionally, someone will see one of those weird things and pass it along for me to enjoy...

Rocktober? Shocktober? Mohawktober? Here at ComicsAlliance, we just can't decide what we want to celebrate this month, so we're bringing you a different monthly theme every day! Today, we're celebrating ZOKtober with a look at the signature sound effects from Batman '66...

Each week, Chris Sims and David Uzumeri take a look back at one of the most successful and influential comic book movie franchises of all time, in ComicsAlliance's in-depth retrospective on the Batman films. David: Welcome back to Cinematic Batmanology for the second and final installment of our look at 1966's famous, amazing high-camp Batman movie...

Each week, Chris Sims and David Uzumeri take a look back at one of the most successful and influential comic book movie franchises of all time, in ComicsAlliance's in-depth retrospective on the Batman films. Chris: Welcome back to Cinematic Batmanology everyone...

About a month ago, right after I interviewed Adam West at Comic-Con, I got an email from Invincible Iron Man and Casanova writer Matt Fraction asking if I owned a copy of Adam West Naked. At the time, I hadn't even heard of it, so I asked what it was, and if it was worth getting...

If you thought that ComicsAlliance's Senior Batmanologist had finished all of his Batman-meeting with his recent interview of voice actor Kevin Conroy, you were grievously in error, dearest reader. After meeting the voice of Batman at Comic-Con, I sent Chris Sims to interview the man who played Batman in the 1966 television series -- and himself on Family Guy -- the one and only Adam West... Read

Every now and then, I'm reminded of just how amazing the Internet as a massive resource of instantly accessible information. Sure, 90% of that "information" is guys running their mouth ad nauseum about the KGBeast or stories where Edward Cullen and Mr ...