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Blaze, played by Myrna Fahey in "True or False-Face" - Batman season 1

True or False Face

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True or False Face / Holy Rat Race – Batman season 1

True or False Face – March 8 1966

Blaze,  played by Myrna Fahey in "True or False-Face" - Batman season 1

False Face traps Batman and Robin, and binding them to a subway track just minutes before a train is scheduled to come by.

True or False Face
Julie Newmar as Catwoman in "The purr-fect crime" - Batman season 1

The Purr-fect Crime

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The Purr-fect Crime / Better Luck Next Time – Batman season 1

The Purr-fect Crime – March 15 1966

Catwoman initiates a series of thefts that cause Commissioner Gordon to summon Batman and Robin. But the importance of the crimes go beyond the taking of the objects involved. The episode ends with Batman literally having to choose between the lady and the tiger. And he chooses wrongly!

The Purr-fect Crime
Not Yet He Ain't - Burgess Meredith as The Penguin

The Penguin Goes Straight

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The Penguin Goes Straight / Not Yet, He Ain’t – Batman season 1

The Penguin Goes Straight – March 22 1966

After his recent release from jail, The Penguin has started his own protection agency. He thwarts small time hoodlums everywhere he goes. Is it all a con? Do you really need to ask?

The Penguin Goes Straight
Batman (Adam West), Alfred (Alan Napier), Robin (Burt Ward) in "Instant Freeze"

Instant Freeze / Rats like Cheese

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Instant Freeze / Rats like Cheese – Batman, season 1

In Instant Freeze / Rats like Cheese, George Sanders appears as Mr. Freeze. A supervillain striving to get revenge on Batman. And, Gotham City.

Instant Freeze / Rats like Cheese
Robin and Batman in "A Riddle a Day Keeps the Riddler Away" - Batman season 1

A Riddle a Day Keeps the Riddler Away

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A Riddle a Day Keeps the Riddler Away / When the Rat’s Away the Mice Will Play – Batman season 1

The Riddler returns, using a European monarch as part of his plot to destroy the Dynamic Duo. As well as make himself rich, of course.

A Riddle a Day Keeps the Riddler Away
Batman 1943 movie serial, starring Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft

Batman 1943 serial

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Batman 1943 movie serial, starring Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft

Review

In many ways, Batman is an interesting, but unremarkable, movie serial from the 1940’s. It’s noteworthy for being the very first Batman movie. Batman/Bruce Wayne and Robin/Dick Grayson are government agents, fighting against Japanese saboteurs.

Batman 1943 serial
Cesar Romero as The Joker in "The Joker is Wild" - Batman season 1

The Joker is Wild / Batman is Riled

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The Joker is Wild / Batman is Riled – Batman season 1

The Joker is Wild / Batman is Riled – Cesar Romero’s first appearance as the Joker on the live action Batman series. And he’s at he’s gleeful best!

The Joker is Wild / Batman is Riled
Burgess Meredith as The Penguin in "The Penguin's a Jinx" - Batman season 1

Fine Feathered Finks / The Penquin’s a Jinx

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Batman season 1 – Fine Feathered Finks / The Penquin’s a Jinx

Fine Feathered FinksBurgess Meredith’s first appearance as The Penguin. Where he plans to con the Batman into plotting his crimes for him!

Fine Feathered Finks / The Penquin’s a Jinx
Jill St. John as The Riddler's new assistant in the very first Batman TV series episode - Hey Diddle Diddle

Hi Diddle Riddle

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Hi Diddle Riddle / Smack in the Middle – Batman season 1

Hi Diddle Riddle – January 11 1966

The very first live action Batman episodes are Hi Diddle Diddle and Smack in the Middle is. With Frank Gorshin playing the Riddler with absolute glee!

Jill St. John as The Riddler's new assistant in the very first Batman TV series episode - Hey Diddle Diddle
Hi Diddle Riddle
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