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

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 ...

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 ...

McFarlane Toys is finally back with a new 1:1 scaled cowl replica as they continue to bring the legacy of Caped Crusader. The first cowl we saw was from the Tim Burton 1989 film, which was simple, ...

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 ...

The internal outlook for the 1966 Batman series was remarkably grim following early screenings conducted by ABC. Test audiences reportedly provided some of the lowest scores in the history of the ...

Batman is a pretty fashionable crimefighter, and if you're looking to celebrate his grooviest era, you can now make space for a cowl straight out of the 1966 TV series that starred Adam West as the ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Jan. 12, 1966, “Batman,” starring Adam West as Batman, Burt Ward as Robin and Cesar Romero as the Joker, debuted on ...