The '60s Batman show only exists because two other characters' TV rights weren't available

ABC's Batman changed the game for superheroes on television. In a different universe, however, things might have turned out ...

Batman Star Burgess Meredith Created The Penguin's Quack For An Unexpected Reason

A more authentic penguin would make a noise closer to a squawk, but Burgress Meredith had his own ideas for Gotham's fearsome ...
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Batman 1966 Saved The Dark Knight, Making Him The Top Superhero

Does any fictional character have as broad a spectrum of representations as Batman? In comics alone, we've seen him span the gamut from dark pulp vigilante to rocketship-piloting 1950s Sci-Fi madcap ...
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Before Robert Pattinson, Christian Bale or George Clooney, Adam West's Batman movie premiered in Austin | Here's why

AUSTIN, Texas — Thousands of people lined Congress Avenue in Austin on a hot day in July 1966 to watch a parade featuring the stars of one of the most popular TV shows on the air at the time. The ...