Review by Booklist Review
The smash success of the 1966 Batman television show launched a myriad of tie-ins, including a syndicated newspaper comic strip. Fans of the neurotically grim Dark Knight of today's comic books and movies will hardly recognize the lighthearted hero of these adventures, which emulate the tongue-in-cheek camp style of the TV series. All the hallmarks of the show are replicated: garishly garbed villains such as the Joker, the Penguin, and Catwoman; Robin's Holy . . . exclamations; the exaggerated sound effects; and even a prominent Hollywood guest star in the form of Jack Benny, who enlists the Dynamic Duo to recover his stolen Stradivarius. The artwork, by a variety of artists but always credited to Batman creator Bob Kane, is straightforward and nondescript, and a too-brief drawn sequence by the stylish Carmine Infantino is the volume's visual high point. The Batman fad faded quickly the show left the airwaves in 1968, but the strip limped along until the early '70s. A pair of subsequent volumes will reprint the remainder of its run.--Flagg, Gordon Copyright 2010 Booklist
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