Sixty years ago, "Batman" crashed onto TV screens, unleashing Batmania, a rogue’s gallery of villains, and a pop-culture phenomenon that still resonates.

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 ...

On TVs everywhere, a white hot beam of light pierces the midnight sky, sending its urgent message into the inky black night over Gotham, striking terror into rotten hearts of evil-doers.

Unlike today’s broody, dark adaptations, the 1966 Batman TV series took a campy approach to the Caped Crusader’s story. And according to the show’s creator and producer, there was a reason behind its ...

The connection between the 1960s Pop Art movement and comic books has long been a controversial issue. Both Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol appropriated comic book art for their own work. Warhol took ...

The trailers for DC’s dark and demented new flick The Batman looks a world away from the bright campiness of the beloved Batman ’66 series. But there were seeds sown in that show that have clearly ...