Batman
DC1966
Batman (1966)
Batman and Robin battle four united villains who plan to dehydrate world leaders. Its comic connection is a synthesis: familiar characters and ideas are combined into a new cinematic story.
- Director
- Leslie H. Martinson
- Produced by
- William Dozier
- Starring
- Adam West, Burt Ward, Lee Meriwether, Cesar Romero
From screen to page
Shop related comicsComics behind the movie
Batman combines ideas from more than one period of the comics, so its source material is better read as a group than as one direct adaptation. Start with Batman #73, then compare it with Batman #171 and Detective Comics #359. The additional references below broaden that trail into the characters, continuity and ideas surrounding the film.
Batman #73
TV-series continuity
Connection: Character/camp-era synthesis
