The batman television series, starring adam west, premiered in january 1966 on the abc television network. Batman and robin is an american comic book ongoing series, created by grant morrison and featuring batman and robin. Motion picture 1989 in 1989, batman was everywhere. The character also appeared in the 1966 film batman, which was a feature film adaptation of the 1960s batman tv series starring adam west and burt ward. And despite the presence of the armor and the characters death at the hands of joker and harley quinn, there were no flashbacks to show us a proper, modern adaptation of batman and robin in liveaction. Buy 10 or more books and you get a free random book. Dick grayson, jason todd, tim drake and damian wayne are generally the versions of robin chosen to be portrayed. Mar 21, 2020 and despite the presence of the armor and the characters death at the hands of joker and harley quinn, there were no flashbacks to show us a proper, modern adaptation of batman and robin in liveaction. The batman adventures was a dc comics comic book series featuring batman. Yeah, see, back in the good old days, good comic book adaptation movies were made. It was also in a collection of all the four movies adaptations called batman. Batman, to this day, still holds influence over a plethora of other adaptations. The penguin, a deformed maniac bent on taking over gotham city and catwoman, a sexy thief who steals the heart of the dark knight.
Joel schumacher had a ton of problems behindthescenes, and that showed in the end product. Official comic book adaptation of the 1989 batman film. This volume presents the comic book adaptations of the major motion pictures batman, batman returns, batman forever, and batman and robin. Since his first appearance in 1939, batman has been adapted into various media such as film, radio, television, and video games, as well as numerous merchandising items. In batman returns, batman is faced with two powerful adversaries. The official comic adaptation of the warner bros motion picture dennis oneil on.
It was also in a collection of all the burton and schumacher movie adaptations called batman. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our favorite reads in. The strange secret of bruce wayne was based on the comic stories the dead yet live and i am the batman. Nov 28, 2019 the plan before batman and robin bombed and a sequel. The official comic adaptation, part 1 atop the fourth wall duration. Batman and robin tranquil tirades wiki fandom powered. The debut of the series followed the events of batman r. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format. So while this isnt every version of batman ever otherwise wed be here until the heat death of the universe, heres every major adaptation of batman, ranked from worst to best. The movie is a 1966 film adaptation of the popular batman television series, and was the first fulllength theatrical adaptation of the dc comics character. Batman the official comic adaptation of the motion picture. Tim burtons batman film hit like a pop culture bomb in the summer of that year. Like in the climax when robin and chase are in the tubes that will open at the bottom and drop them to their death, robin presses his feet against the glass of the tube so its harder for him to fall which gives batman time to save chase before he saves robin. Hello, and welcome to atop the fourth wall, where bad comics burn.
The popularity of the batman tv series also resulted in the first animated adaptation of batman in the series the batman superman hour. This batman comics price guide will help you to value all the early issues of batman comics, the series which began in 1940. Batman ninja is easily one of the strangest dc animated movies that have come out in the past decade. Last year, i took a look at the comic adaptation of the abysmal movie batman and robin. Batman and robin serves as the lead title in the batcontinuity during the period in which bruce wayne is trapped in time as a result of darkseids omega effect see final crisis. What robin almost looked like in tim burtons batman returns. As alexander knox, a reporter for the gotham gazette, pursues the story of the mysterious vigilante of the night called batman with the help of news photographer vicki vale, carl grissom has the joker raid axis chemicals to remove any evidence of its ties to grissoms criminal empire. The long halloween will be adapted into a dc universe animated film soon, something that has often been a sign that something was ready to be used in feature films.
Sears is a comic book artist, but he wasnt working on the comic book adaptation. Batman forever the official comic adaptation of the warner bros. A second movie serial, batman and robin, followed in 1949 which was also the debut of robin s tv career. If youre having trouble watching this video on the screenwave player, you can view it on youtube here.
I was recently sent the other movie adaptations as donations. Batman forever comic adaptation batman anthology wiki. This episode adapted the comic book story with the inclusion of a separate killer croc story. Ive outgrown the adolescent phase of blindly hating it and masochistically relishing its shortcomings. So if we turned each batman movie into a comic book, then the 1960s batman theatrical film based on the tv sho.
The batman franchise is the fourteenth highestgrossing media franchise of all time, having made. Freeze, poison ivy and the monstrous bane, in this movie. Dennis oneil is a comic book writer and editor best known for his work for marvel comics and dc comics from the 1960s through the 1990s, and group editor for the batman family of titles until his retirement. You might remember it because i killed the bat credit card joke grins clips from that scene from batman and robin play. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our favorite reads in more than. The official comic adaptation of the warner bros motion picture. As alexander knox, a reporter for the gotham gazette, pursues the story of the mysterious vigilante of the night called batman with the help of news photographer vicki vale, carl grissom has the joker raid axis chemicals to remove any evidence of. All purchases will be shipped within 1 business day, usually same day. In this episode, linkara looks at the comic adaptation of the film batman and robin.
Transporting batman and his partners in gotham such as robin, nightwing, and red hood, to. Batman returns comic adaptation author dennis oneil illustrator steve erwin penciller jose luis garcia lopez inker tom mccraw colourist publication date 1992 published by dc comics this was the comic book adaptation based on the original motion picture. Sep 14, 2016 welcome to atop the fourth wall, where bad comics burn. Mar 19, 2020 the plan before batman and robin bombed and a sequel. It follows the same plot but theres minor changes that make more sense. Freeze, poison ivy and the monstrous bane, in this movie adaptation. Yeah, i seriously have no idea what the hell this is.
Created by bob kane and bill finger, the character first starred in two serial films in the 1940s. Hottest comics key issues comics by letter cgc cert lookup investment speculation new comics this week sell my comics. Luckily for our heroes, they have a new ally in their war against evil. Director joel schumacher and more share stories thr news duration. Batman and robin is a 1997 comic book superhero film directed by joel schumacher and written by akiva goldsman. The fictional superhero batman, who appears in american comic books published by dc comics, has appeared in various films since his inception. This was the comic book adaptation based on the original motion picture. Batman comic adaptation tpb written by dennis oneil. Please look at pics included and judge condition for yourself. Every adaptation of batman, ranked from worst to best. Batman official comic book adaptations of the movies 198997 dc comics lot of 10.
From the previously mentioned animated version to even the lego film, the familiar design, voice, and mannerisms all come from this 80s classic. Batman and robin the official comic adaptation by dennis. The batman star jeffrey wright teases another major dc. Aug 22, 2016 we open withbatman and robin in front of a green screen and a director yelling action. Batman and robin the official comic adaptation book. In addition to comic books, the superhero robin also appears in other media, such as films, television and radio. Batman and robin team up with a new member batgirl, to fight against mr.
It is considered by most people to be not only the worst comic book movie ever made, but one of the worst movies of all time, in general. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. And the fact the films existence yielded such an enjoyable comic adaptation gives me yet another reason to. The comic book version of the movie event of the summer, which pits batman and robin against a veritable army of foes. Dcs joker kills major new batman villain comic book. With the jokers defeat, batman gives commissioner gordon a signal to summon him in future times of need, and vicki ends up leaving knox as she goes off on a date with bruce wayne. Batman and robin try to keep their relationship together even as they must stop mr. Luckily for our heroes, they have a new ally in their war against evilbatgirl. Which batman movie is closest to the comic stories. I accidentally got the comic adaptation of the making of batman and robin. Batman returns comic adaptation batman wiki fandom. The 20th century fox release starred adam west as batman and burt ward as robin, as well as cesar romero as the joker, burgess meredith as the penguin, lee.
Burtons batman was everything a comic book movie should be. Freeze, the strong and silent bane and the seductive poison ivy. The comic book adaptation of batman forever was published by dc comics in 1995. Pattinsons suit is more arkham series than dark knight trilogy. The official comic book adaptation of the warner bros. In the films comic book adaptation, batman and robin s fight has a panel where bruce slugs dick, with the composition being eerily similar to the famous batman slaps robin meme, which became a very popular meme several years after the movies release. Batman mask of the phantasm official comic adaptation. Batman and robin the official comic adaptation by dennis oneil.
As it turns out, their dark designs part 5 is the chapter of this mysterious new. In 1999, readers of the uk magazines sfx and comics international voted this the worst comic book adaptation. The batman and robin adaptation signed comic with a news stand copy features the greatest crime fighting duo ever known. Robin dick grayson voices his disapproval regarding batmans tolerance of the crimefighting. The plan before batman and robin bombed and a sequel.