Cesar Romero played the Joker on the '60s show. But between 1966 and 1968, long before any of those versions of the DC Comics hero, Batman came to the screen in a much lighter, and brighter, ABC ...

Do you hear any Batman when you're listening to Metallica's "Shadows Follow" on the band's latest, 72 Seasons? Because when the album emerged in April, a Reddit thread posed that question. And as it ...

Batman’s latest mini-series is packed with nostalgia, resurrecting the iconic '60s Batsuit that’s sure to send fans racing down memory lane. But this isn’t just a simple throwback—subtle yet striking ...

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 ...

Neal Hefti, a Big Band trumpeter, arranger and composer of themes for the movie "The Odd Couple" and the "Batman" television series, has died in Los Angeles. He was 85. His son Paul Hefti says his ...

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