Batman 75th Anniversary: Bonus posted by BBOY

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Holy revival, Batman!

 

The Classic Batman '66 TV series brought back popularity to the character after the slump of the previous decade. With its campiness, it spawned many types of memorabilia, a movie, one of the coolest TV theme songs of all-time, and syndicated reruns which still air to this day!

Starring Adam West as The Caped Crusader, Burt Ward as Robin The Boy Wonder, Yvonne Craig as Batgirl, and many stars for the 2-part episodes (which had a cliff-hanger at the end of the first, and advised you to tune in to 'Same Bat-Time, Same Bat-Channel' for the second). Guests included Caesar Romero as The Joker, Julie Newmar as Catwoman, Burgess Meredith as The Penguin, Frank Gorshin as The Riddler, and many more.

Due to issues with rights involving creators of the show, 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers, etc, the show never officially got released on VHS, DVD or any other format! Until...this past week! Conan O'Brian had let the news slip earlier this year. It may be the most anticipated video release ever, partly because of it's many fans, but also because practically everything else has already been released

Last year the rights issue got resolved, and this led to some products inspired by the series, including the monthly publication Batman '66. This year, I met the husband-wife artist team of Mike and Laura Allred, who worked on perhaps the most colorful cover of the series so far, depicting the show's characters:

 

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