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

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.

The classic Batman television series, which premiered on January 12, 1966, starring Adam West and Burt Ward as the Dynamic ...

Various rights issues kept the original Batman from home-video release until now. Young viewers may be surprised by its pop-art sensibility,... Holy Smokes 'Batman,' The '60s Series Is Out On DVD If ...

In the 21st century, superhero stories are often judged on how realistic they are — how “gritty,” how dark, how “adult.” It’s never been more visible than with Batman. Between Christopher Nolan’s take ...

Paul Dano's Riddler has nothing on the original live-action version.

Before superhero movies dominated theaters, Adam West’s Batman turned living rooms into thrill rides. Capes flapped, villains schemed, and every “Same Bat-time, same Bat-channel” felt electric.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Our A-list team made it work…and made our Batman a classic,” West explained of why the series was such a hit. “Because we were ...

The 1960s Batman and '70s Wonder Woman TV series are a solid foundation of pop culture. In fact, it'd be reasonable to say the two adaptations are two of the most important pieces of fiction in ...

Cesar Romero played the Joker on the '60s show. But between 1966 and 1968, long before any of those versions of the DC Comics hero, Batman came to the screen in a much lighter, and brighter, ABC ...