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On 5/22/2021 at 2:34 AM, Larryw7 said:

Without Adam West and the TV show, I doubt we'd be talking about Batman today.

Cause Batman was such an unknown character that without the TV show would have been cancelled :ohnoez:

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1 hour ago, Lukesaurus said:

Cause Batman was such an unknown character that without the TV show would have been cancelled :ohnoez:

Well, not exactly.

But Batman wasn't exactly burning up the charts in 1965.

https://www.comichron.com/yearlycomicssales/postaldata/1965.html

# 9 in monthly sales (~450,000 copies), behind literally all six Superman family titles, Archie and even World's Finest (ouch!).

And Detective Comics clocked in at # 19, behind such tiles as The Flintstones, Tarzan, Metal Men and Betty & Veronica.

Interestingly, the only Marvel that hit the top 50 was Journey Into Mystery.

By 1968 (the TV series' cancellation), Batman had risen to # 3 (~533,000 monthly copies), behind only Superman and Archie.

And Amazing Spider-Man had crept up the charts to # 12.

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14 hours ago, Lukesaurus said:

Cause Batman was such an unknown character that without the TV show would have been cancelled :ohnoez:

The book was on the verge of cancellation in late 1964. DC assigned Julie Schwartz and Carmine Infantino to save the title. Sales didn't improve dramatically, but they did get better. One of those Infantino covers(Batman 171) intrigued ABC producer William Dozier, he shared it with film writer Lorenzo Sample, and the Batman show was born. The character became more popular than ever, with the most.popular show in the country. That fun and crazy show insured that Batman would never die.

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