In real life, on TV that is, Batman is Bruce Wayne — but in real life, away from the cameras, he’s Adam West. What is Adam West like? He’s vital, boyish, handsome, intensely alive ...

Rather, it was from television. At the time, the Batman television series starring Adam West and Burt Ward was airing in Japan - and it was widely popular. Kuwata's Batman series grew out of DC ...

Though there was a Batman film serial in 1943, Adam West‘s Bruce Wayne was the first to capture the hearts of the viewing public. Some of that had to do with his way with a one-liner or his ...

Years later, we began referring to Adam West's portrayal of Batman as "campy," but that interpretation only works with the benefit of hindsight. The day-glow-colors and off-kilter approach to the ...

The "Bat Cave" in Palm Springs, once owned by ‘Batman’ actor Adam West, was redesigned for Modernism Week by Michelle ...

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Many of those who laud today’s dark Batman blame the earlier saccharine version on the Adam West Sixties-era TV show. But the reality is that Batman had reflected this sunniness since 1940.