Go Hero and ARH Bring Frazetta and More to Life at NYCC
Have you longed for the day when Frank Frazetta's artwork would do more than live on the page? Does your sixth-scale collection lack the imposing threat of the Death Dealer? Friends, I have news for...
View ArticleIt's About Damn Time: NECA, Warner Bros Team for New Figure/DVD Combos
If you know anything at all about DC Comics' and Warner Brothers' licenses, you know that with the rare exception of DC Collectibles, it's almost impossible to find any action figures of Batman,...
View ArticleSideshow Reveals 'Batman '66' Premium Format Figures, Inspired By Adam West...
So on the one hand, the "Premium Format" figures from Sideshow are sculpted with a realism that's almost frightening. If you're not expecting to see them lurking on a bookshelf, you can very easily...
View ArticleAdam West, Burt Ward, And Julie Newmar Return For Animated 'Batman' Movie;...
If there's one thing that has made the nightmare of existence worth it over the past few years, it's been the revival of and new appreciation for the classic Batman television show. Between the...
View Article'Batman: Return Of The Caped Crusaders' Takes 'Batman '66' To The Next Level...
This week marks the digital release of Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders, the new film that reunites Adam West, Burt Ward, and Julie Newmar for an all-new adventure set in the campy, pop-art gotham...
View ArticleDutch Angles & Deathtraps: The 50th Anniversary Of 'Batman' '66
The camera, tilted diagonally, pans across the crowded dance floor of a nightclub called What A Way To Go-Go as Batman casually walks in through the front door. The music continues, but the dancing...
View ArticleAsk Chris #273: The Very Best Of Batman '66
Q: It's the 50th Anniversary of Batman '66! Can you rank the best episodes? -- @TheKize A: I wrote a fair bit about Batman on Tuesday to mark the actual day that it made its debut back in 1966 --- and,...
View ArticleThe ‘Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders’ Trailer Is Campy Magic
Batman and Robin are back in action with the newest trailer for Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders, Warner Bros.’ newest animated version of the Dynamic Duo, complete with a vintage Batmobile,...
View ArticleAdam West’s Animated ‘Batman’ Movie Will Play in Theaters
Time is a flat circle. When Matthew McConaughey’s character spoke these words in True Detective’s first season, he probably didn’t have the Batman character in mind (although, maybe he did, there’s a...
View ArticleBurt Ward’s First Day Shooting ‘Batman’ Sent Him to the ER
Nowadays, actors are often straight-up forbidden from doing their own stunts so that they don’t suffer from any lasting injuries. Some, like Tom Cruise, have the star-power needed to convince a...
View ArticleMattel Unveils 1966 ‘Batman’ TV Series Ken And Barbie Catwoman
As an action figure guy, I've been pretty stoked on Mattel's upcoming line of 6" Batman action figures based on the 1966 live action TV series starring Adam West. If you're a Barbie collector,...
View ArticleToy Fair 2013: NECA’s ‘Batman,’ ‘Avengers,’ ‘Aliens’ And ‘Pacific Rim’ Action...
If mechs, aliens and superheroes are your cup of tea, NECA's 2013 Toy Fair lineup is like... well, it's like a huge vat of tea that somebody could fall in while being chased by police. NECA's got quite...
View Article‘Batman Classics 1966′ Action Figure Line Gets Batman And Robin Two-Pack
Fans have known about the basic figures set to roll out during the first wave of Mattel's Batman Classics 1966 line since its debut during Toy Fair 2013, but there's a newly-preorderable option...
View ArticleDC Announces 1966 ‘Batman’ Comic By Jeff Parker, Jonathan Case and Michael...
Finally, after forty-five years, writers across the country have a good reason to drop "Biff! Pow!" into their headlines again. After finally settling licensing issues last year and paving the way for...
View ArticleThe Sheer Radness Of ‘Surf’s Up, Joker’s Under’ (1967)
If you asked a bunch of comic fans what the greatest Joker story of all time was, I imagine you'd get a variety of answers. Some would probably point to Alan Moore and Brian Bolland's The Killing Joke,...
View ArticleClassic 1966 ‘Batman’ Halloween Costumes Are Coming This Year
After years of being unable to capitalize on the classic Batman TV show, it looks like Warner Bros. and DC are wasting absolutely no time on making up for that. Since merchandising rights were sorted...
View ArticleClassic ‘Batman’ Actors Adam West And Burt Ward Get Familiar Bodies For...
21 years after Adam West first appeared on The Simpsons, the star of the 1966 Batman TV series is returning to the Matt Groening universe in August in a new episode of Futurama. Former Robin Burt Ward...
View ArticleHot Toys Batman '66 Adam West Batman and Burt Ward Robin Action Figures Images
The Batman '66 dynamic duo portrayed by Adam West and Burt Ward made their Hot Toys debut this past summer at SDCC 2013, but thanks to official promo images fans can get their best look yet at the...
View ArticleHoliday Gift Guide: Batman '66 Action Figures
When it comes to the holiday gift-giving season, comic book readers are notoriously difficult to shop for. I mean, most of us are down at the shop buying our favorite stuff every single week, so when...
View ArticleMattel Releases Wearable Utility Belt And Batarang, Crimefighters No Longer...
One of the more unfortunate side effects of living in modern society is that we're expected to wear pants whenever we're in public. Seriously, they want you to do that every time you leave the house,...
View ArticleWarner Bros. Confirms A Full Box Set Of The 1960s Batman Show On DVD This...
From the It's About Darn Time Department: In the midst of a renewed push that includes licensed toys and comics, Warner Brothers has confirmed that Batman, the 1966 television show starring Adam West...
View ArticleFilm Industry Once Feared No One Would Watch Burton's Batman
A whole lot can change in 25 years. There may be no better proof of just how much pop culture can shift in a quarter century than the above, 20-minute video Warner Bros. produced in 1988 to show...
View ArticleNumber One Guy: Why Michael Keaton Is Cinema's Best Batman
There have been five men to portray Batman in the character's eight live-action feature-length films, from Adam West in Batman '66 to Christain Bale in 2012's The Dark Knight Rises. All five actors...
View ArticleAdam West Will Appear As Himself In 'LEGO Batman 3' Game
Adam West is truly a Renaissance Man. He was, of course, Batman. He saved a Las Vegas Casino from computer destruction. He was actor and action hero Ty Lookwell. And now, he's a LEGO figure. Well, in a...
View ArticleRelease Details Of 'Batman: The Complete Television Series'
After decades of waiting, fans of the beloved Batman television show of the 1960s -- or Batman '66 as it is known -- will finally be able to own all 120 episodes on home video, and in high definition....
View ArticleAdam West & Developers Talk 'LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham'
LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham is going to be a positively huge video game. I got to see that first hand when I played a brief demo at DC's booth at Comic-Con International in San Diego last weekend....
View ArticleLink Ink: Comics, Film/TV and Gaming News Links 09.05.14
Toys: Funko just keeps on cranking out great stuff. These classic X-Men toys are super cool. Television: The newest trailer for the CW's The Flash series is Very Dramatic. With capital letters....
View ArticleLEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham: Familiar Fun, Lots Of Lanterns
If you've played one of the previous two LEGO Batman games, or really any of developer Traveller's Tales LEGO games, there's a certain degree of knowing what you're getting into with LEGO Batman 3:...
View ArticleThe Batman '66 Episode Guide 1x01: Hi Diddle Riddle
The 1966 Batman television show was one of the most successful and influential adaptations of comic books to mass media of all time. Over the course of three seasons and 120 episodes, the series became...
View ArticleThe Batman '66 Episode Guide 1x03: Fine Feathered Finks
The 1966 Batman television show was one of the most successful and influential adaptations of comic books to mass media of all time. Over the course of three seasons and 120 episodes, the series became...
View ArticleThe Batman ’66 Episode Guide 1×04: The Penguin's A Jinx
The 1966 Batman television show was one of the most successful and influential adaptations of comic books to mass media of all time. Over the course of three seasons and 120 episodes, the series became...
View ArticleThe Batman 66 Episode Guide 1x05: The Joker Is Wild
The 1966 Batman television show was one of the most successful and influential adaptations of comic books to mass media of all time. Over the course of three seasons and 120 episodes, the series became...
View ArticleThe Batman 66 Episode Guide 1x06: Batman Is Riled
The 1966 Batman television show was one of the most successful and influential adaptations of comic books to mass media of all time. Over the course of three seasons and 120 episodes, the series became...
View ArticleAsk Chris #230: 'Beware The Gray Ghost'
Q: Since you're knee-deep in rewatching Batman '66, why is "Beware the Gray Ghost" such a brilliant episode of Batman: The Animated Series? -- @Gavin4L A: With Simon Trent's surprise return in this...
View ArticleGallery: Best 'Batman '66' Art Ever
From 1966 to 1989, as far as the world of popular culture outside of comics was concerned there was only one Batman, and his name was Adam West. Though the show only originally ran for three seasons...
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