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

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

On TVs everywhere, a white hot beam of light pierces the midnight sky, sending its urgent message into the inky black night ...

Between 1966 and 1968, Burt Ward played Robin the Boy Wonder opposite Adam West's Batman. The experience of bringing Gotham's ...

While the 1960s Batman series is celebrated as a DC success, the initial reception of the show was controversial.

"Campy" or "superheroic"? On Jan. 12, 1966, the dynamic duo came alive.

The original Batman television series from 1966, campy as it was, helped make the character a cultural icon. Before Batman ’66, DC Comics was considering canceling Detective Comics. Then suddenly, the ...

Egghead, the supervillain played by Vincent Price in the 1966 Batman TV series, will be one of the characters available as an action figure from the forthcoming line of Mattel toys.The line, along ...

In 1966, Batman wasn’t just a movie — it was an explosion of pop culture that forever changed the landscape of superhero media. The iconic movie, starring Adam West and Burt Ward, epitomized the campy ...

In 1966, DC Comics fans were introduced to the soon-to-be iconic live-action TV series Batman. Adam West starred as the legendary Caped Crusader, with the show capturing a more colorful, campy, and ...