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.

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

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 ...

The classic Batman television series, which premiered on January 12, 1966, starring Adam West and Burt Ward as the Dynamic Duo, is something of a point of contention for longtime fans of DC’s Dark ...

1950s and '60s "Batman" comic books produced some of the most amusingly ridiculous storylines in the Dark Knight's history. At a time when science fiction was all the rage, the comics had transformed ...

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