Batman and Robin’s first adaptation from comics to screen came in 1943, in the form of a movie serial that vilified Japanese Americans with the racist language of wartime propaganda. Seen today ...

BATMAN (1943): This 15-part, Saturday matinee serial was the first live-action interpretation of the comic strip. It starred Lewis Wilson as the Caped Crusader and Douglas Croft as Robin.

From the original 1943 'Batman' to 2022's 'The Batman' featuring Robert Pattinson, here's how to watch all the Batman movies Christian Bale as Batman in The Dark Knight ; Robert Pattinson as ...

We’ve arrived at the 30th anniversary of the release of Tim Burton’s “Batman,” the film that you could argue ushered in the modern age of big screen superheroes. But whether or not you ...

Almost twenty years before Adam West made Batman a camp icon, Lewis Wilson starred as the dark knight in a series of movie serials. Not particularly high-budget or popular as other serials of the ...

Batman has had a long, storied history in TV and film. ... See the evolution of Batman in cinema, from 1943 to now, in 10 minutes. By Britton Peele. Staff Writer. Mar. 23, 2015 | ...

But without the serials "Batman" (1943) and "Superman" (1948) -- which presented the iconic characters' initial live-action incarnations -- there might not be a "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ...

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In 1943's Batman, a World War II propaganda effort, our heroes fought a Japanese spy who turned Americans into zombies. In 1949's more politically correct Batman and Robin, ...

Lewis Wilson was the first actor to star as Batman in the 1943, 15-chapter serial Batman. Instead of battling familiar baddies from the comics, Wilson's Batman fought a villainous Japanese spy (J ...

From the original 1943 'Batman' to 2022's 'The Batman' featuring Robert Pattinson, here's how to watch all the Batman movies Batman has had a number of famous faces through the years from legends ...