Holy icon, Batman, Adam West meant a lot to me
In the late 1960s and early '70s, I raced home from school every afternoon to power load on superhero and Sci-Fi television. It was all reruns, though I didn't know it. There was Star TrekGigantor, Superman, and, of course, Batman.
I was not an avid comic book reader back then. So, for me, Adam West, who died Saturday at 88, created the iconic caped crusader. His sonorous voice commanded me from across the room sit close to our 25-inch tube TV.
The plots seem silly now, but I was hooked and worried in between cliff hangers about whether our hero would survive. I even believed Batman and Robin were climbing skyscrapers with little more an a rope. It never occurred to me that they simply turned the camera on its side. Read more...
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Holy icon, Batman, Adam West meant a lot to me
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