The Adventures of Batman are twelve minute animated Batman stories. This was the first time the character appeared in animation. The segments originally aired as part of the The Batman/Superman Hour in 1968, after the popularity of the live-action television series.
Cast[]
- Olan Soule: Batman, Alfred Pennyworth
- Casey Kasem: Robin, Chief O'Hara
- Larry Storch: The Joker
- Ted Knight: Narrator, Commissioner Gordon, The Penguin, The Riddler, Mr. Freeze, The Scarecrow, Doll-Man, Simon the Pieman, The Mad Hatter, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, and The Judge
- Jane Webb: Batgirl, Catwoman
Episodes[]
The Batman segment of The Batman/Superman Hour consisted of one story presented in two 6+1⁄2-minute segments and one story in a single 6+1⁄2-minute segment. 34 stories were produced (two-segment stories are listed first in each pairing):
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1 | "My Crime Is Your Crime" | Denis Marks | September 14, 1968 | ||||
"A Bird Out of Hand" | George Kashdan | ||||||
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2 | "The Cool, Cruel Mr. Freeze" | Denis Marks | September 21, 1968 | ||||
"The Joke's on Robin" | George Kashdan | ||||||
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3 | "How Many Herring in a Wheelbarrow?" | Bill Keenen | September 28, 1968 | ||||
"In Again, Out Again Penguin" | |||||||
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4 | "The Nine Lives of Batman" | Denis Marks | October 5, 1968 | ||||
"Long John Joker" | Bob Haney | ||||||
The first segment of this episode features edited dialogue — in the show's syndicated run, as Catwoman and her henchmen pillage a jewelry exchange, it includes a line of narration, "The feline felon and her terrible tabbies indulge in an orgy of theft". This was changed in subsequent prints to "a spree of stealing". | |||||||
5 | "Bubi, Bubi, Who's Got the Ruby?" | Bill Keenen | October 12, 1968 | ||||
"1001 Faces of the Riddler" | George Kashdan | ||||||
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6 | "The Big Birthday Caper" | Bob Haney | October 19, 1968 | ||||
"Two Penguins Too Many" | Bill Keenen | ||||||
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7 | "Partners in Peril" | George Kashdan | October 26, 1968 | ||||
"The Underworld Underground Caper" | Bill Butler | ||||||
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8 | "Hizzoner the Joker" | Denis Marks | November 2, 1968 | ||||
"Freeze's Frozen Vikings" | |||||||
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9 | "The Crime Computer" | Denis Marks | November 9, 1968 | ||||
"The Great Scarecrow Scare" | Bill Butler | ||||||
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10 | "A Game of Cat and Mouse" | Bill Keenen | November 16, 1968 | ||||
"Beware of Living Dolls" | Bob Haney | ||||||
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11 | "Will the Real Robin Please Stand Up" | Oscar Bensol | November 23, 1968 | ||||
"He Who Swipes the Ice, Goes to the Cooler" | Bill Keenen | ||||||
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12 | "Simon the Pieman" | Denis Marks | November 30, 1968 | ||||
"A Mad, Mad Tea Party" | George Kashdan | ||||||
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13 | "From Catwoman with Love" | Bob Haney | December 7, 1968 | ||||
"Perilous Playthings" | Oscar Bensol | ||||||
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14 | "A Perfidious Pieman Is Simon" | Oscar Bensol | December 14, 1968 | ||||
"Cool, Cruel Christmas Caper" | Bob Haney | ||||||
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15 | "The Fiendishly Frigid Fraud" | Denis Marks | December 21, 1968 | ||||
"Enter the Judge" | |||||||
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16 | "The Jigsaw Jeopardy" | Oscar Bensol | December 28, 1968 | ||||
"Wrath of the Riddler" | |||||||
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17 | "It Takes Two to Make a Team" | Denis Marks | January 4, 1969 | ||||
"Opera Buffa" | Bob Haney | ||||||
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Home media[]
In 1985, Warner Home Video released five selected episodes of the series on VHS in the "Super Powers" video collection along with Aquaman, Superboy and Superman.
In 1993, in Australia only, Warner Home Video released a four-volume VHS collection with four stories per volume.
In 2008, episodes were released as digital downloads on iTunes, and streaming on Amazon Video.
In June 2014, Warner Home Video (via DC Entertainment) released all 34 original, uncut broadcast episodes on DVD in Region 1 in a 2-disc set entitled The Adventures of Batman. Note: The episode pairings and order differ from the above list.
On September 17, 2021, the show was available on HBO Max in Latin America, in celebration for Batman Day.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment released the series on Blu-ray on February 28, 2023.
Gallery[]
External links[]
- The Adventures of Batman at IMDb
- iTunes page