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With the sad passing of legendary Batman of the '60s Adam West yesterday, there was an outpouring of messages honoring the iconic actor A few of his brothers in the fraternity to play the Caped Crusader took to social media to add their voices to the tributes The current Dark Knight, Ben Affleck, posted: Adam West exemplified[...]

Adam West played the role of a voiceover on early episodes of NBC's Powerless But in the season finale, he was to appear as Dean West, chairman of Wayne Industries. Following an attack on Gotham City, Wayne Industries had to make some cuts and Mr West was to visit Charm City to deliver the bad news[...]

For many fans, actor Adam West was and will always be Batman And it's with a heavy heart that we report that West has died at the age of 88 He died peacefully with his family and is survived by his wife Marcelle, six children, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The actor began his career in 1954[...]

Reclining back in his chair, Giella recalled the time when Adam West had invited him on a cross country tour inside the Batmobile By that time Giella had a young family of his own, and declined the offer. In his words, DC was all Batman all the time As a fan I can believe that to[...]

The final one of the trio, set to Angels We Have Heard On High, featured them saying the names of actors who have played Batman from Adam West to Ben Affleck and even included Will Arnett The final line being "These are all the Batmans"… except there was no mention of Kevin Conroy For many,[...]

Adam West is best known for playing Batman in the late 60's, now he's returned to the Campy Dark Knight in a new animated feature Batman: Return of the Caped Crusader He, along with Julie Newmar and Burt Ward reprise the roles after fifty years In the videos below, West talks about playing the character[...]

With the release this week of Batman: Return of the Caped Crusader and the recent resurgence of popularity for the 1966 Batman television series, Sideshow Collectibles is jumping in with their next DC print featuring Adam West as Batman and Julie Newmar and Catwoman The Meanwhile…at the sweet shoppe art print by world famous pin-up artist[...]

Adam West is a very important figure in the Batman pantheon, and his contribution to making the character endure can not be understated It's why cameos have always been to be a fun idea in film adaptations. Ben Affleck's Batman is upcoming too, so Comicbook.com recently asked West, if he had a choice, what would he do[...]

by Chuck Brouillette Warner Bros Animation debuted Batman: The Return of The Caped Crusaders on the opening night of NYCC 2016 and it was a vintage and vigorous delight. As always, I'll craft my insights towards comments rather than crib notes, but as they often say: Beware of Bat-Spoilers! The film features the return of Adam West, Burt[...]

Where groups of reporters are seated at groups of tables leaving òne seat open for the group of producers and/or stars to each rotate in, one at a time, allowing each table of reporters a chance to quiz all the players involved in which ever media project is being promoted. This reporter took part in one[...]

If you can imagine these two events were timed nearly concurrently and my head 1st spun when I found myself leaping from my table in one press room immediately after TV's first Batman, himself, Adam West, departed, to dash to another press room in time to plop myself at a table hosted by Athena Finger,[...]

Of all the clips the studio could use to promote the release of Big Bang Theory season nine to Blu Ray / DVD, the chose the driving seen where Adam West joins Johnny Galecki, Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar in the car discussing the best Batman's of all time. Many of us have probably had this[...]

You can enter to win either a Batman Premium Format Figure based on the version played by Adam West and enter to win a Catwoman Premium Format Figure based on the version played by Julie Newmar Those would be pretty cool to have together on the shelf. Contest ends April 28th at 10 A.M PST. To enter[...]

The below infograph breaks it down. The comic Batman was said to be 6'2" and weight in at 210lbs which was almost exactly what Adam West was give or take a few pounds Though the graphic makes the difference seem more dramatic, you can see that the film actors were all shorter, Michael Keaton the shortest[...]

Down in North Carolina at the Mad Monster Party, guests Adam West and Burt Ward revealed that the two would be voicing the roles of Batman and Robin in an upcoming 90 minute animated movie for the 50th anniversary of the launch of the 1966 television series Ward said that they are set to make[...]

DC's in house promotional video series, DC All-Access, has been going for a while now and with any type of show you are bound to get bloopers… this video shows they get plenty of bloopers and they involved some of the biggest names in and around comics like John Romita Jr, Dan Didio, Kevin Smith,[...]

DC Comics has just announced a Batman Holiday Sweepstakes. You have until December 10th to enter. Prizes include according to the official rules: a Batman

We have Adam West, Billy Dee Williams, and a member of Run-D.M.C. JS: Any favorite guests? MZ: Adam West was great I loved having Nichelle Nichols (Star Trek) And Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters) was great. JS: On your show, you guys get many offers from collectors looking to sell valuable comics What stands out? MZ: There was box of comics[...]

The package comes complete with an exclusive Hot Wheels® Replica Batmobile, 44 vintage replica trading cards, the Adam West Photobook with never-before seen images from Adam West's private archives, an extensive Episode Guide and Ultraviolet Digital Copy of all 120 episodes Also included is more than three hours of extended content with featurettes such as[...]

Rich Epstein writes for Bleeding Cool: On November 11, 2014, Batman is finally being released on Blu-Ray and DVD.  No, not that one.  Or that one.  The original 1960s tv show and movie has been remastered in all of its cheesy glory.  And to celebrate the release, Adam West was at New York Comic Con on[...]

If you liked Batman: The Animated Series and more specifically the episode Beware The Gray Ghost with the Gray Ghost voiced by Adam West, then you should get a kick out of this fan film. Interesting enough, the Gray Ghost episode featured a Shadow-like hero coming out of retirement to help a modern day hero, in[...]

And I'm not just talking about any Batman before 1985, I specifically mean Adam West's Batman from 1966 Do I look like I'm joking? West's Batman is a force of nature, and a lawful good one at that No other Batman is smarter, more courageous, more capable, more loved by Gotham, or has more respect for[...]

Warner Bros has announced a new 25th Anniversary Blu-Ray of the Tim Burton Batman movie from 1989 to go along with their 75th anniversary celebration for

And this is what the box set will look like. Yes, it comes with a Batmobile. On the panel is Burt Ward, Adam West and Julie Newmar The footage is crystal clear and the crowd is in awe… reports and massive visuals to come later. Frazer Brown, from the Hall H Batman '66 panel…. Batman The TV Series[...]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNvzDOtqum0[/youtube] Warner Bros will officially unveil the details the November 2014 release of the incredblly-long-awaited Batman: The Complete Television Series on Blu-Ray and DVD at San Diego Comic Con. The panel, held in Hall H on  Thursday, July 24th, will feature Adam West, Burt Ward and Julie Newmar, running from 6-7pm[...]

When the Adam West Batman series ran on Television in 1966, it kicked off a Batman craze across the United States It also kicked off one in Japan During that time a Japanese shōnen manga was created by Jiro Kuwata This was a pretty well kept secret outside of the manga community until Pantheon Books put a collection[...]

Here we have the panel with Stan "The Man" Lee (with guest Todd McFarlane), the Batman Reunion Panel with Adam West, Burt Ward and Julie Newmar and the Power Rangers Reunion Panel with David Yost, Austin St John and Walter Jones… [youtube]http://youtu.be/ZMHaRshAXVk[/youtube]   [youtube]http://youtu.be/CIDc1tTi4jM[/youtube]   [youtube]http://youtu.be/zfAMCQHg5oQ[/youtube] [...]

There are dozens of valid and engaging interpretations of the character and his mythos, from Adam West doing the Batusi to Frank Miller's infamous God Damn Batman So, in putting together a column on Batman, I find that I'm picking some stories that are collectively recognized and some that are just personal favorites Everyone that[...]

This time they are definitely playing to the huge interest in iconic TV properties (Star Trek was the big theme last year) by bringing in Adam West, Burt Ward, Julie Newmar and Kevin Conroy (the voice of Batman in Batman: the Animated Series). The appearances will connect with panel sessions, including a "reunion" panel for the[...]

Adam West was this generation's Batman The Superfriends were its introduction to the pantheon of DC heroes Often, a Star Wars obsession shows up, the latter of which has fueled a great deal of inventive artwork in the footsteps of Ralph McQuarrie's innovative world-building concept art The recent documentary, Bronies, features My Little Pony: Friendship[...]