The Sandman appears in two consecutive episodes of the 1960s Batman television series.
History
Sandman is an international criminal who uses hypnotic sand controlled sleepwalkers to do his bidding. Under the alias of sleep therapist Dr. Somnambula, he collaborated with the Catwoman in a plot to rob the fortune of J. Pauline Spaghetti.
However, Sandman plot to double-cross Catwoman and keep the fortune for himself, and manipulated J. Pauline Spaghetti as his priced patient. Tracking down the villain and his men at their mattress factory warehouse hideout, Batman and Robin entered a brawl with Sandman, but he and his goons overpowered them, and tied Batman down on a mattress above the factory's button stitching machine and hypnotised Robin into pulling the starting lever for the machine.
After delivering the sleepy Robin to Catwoman, Sandman left the Batmobile in a nearby alley, and took J. Pauline Spaghetti to J. Pauline Spaghetti Island to elope her. Meanwhile, Batman freed himself from the mattress button stitching machine, and traced the Batmobile in the warehouse with the help of Alfred. But while this was happening, Sandman made an anonymous call to Commissioner Gordon and Chief O'Hara about Catwoman's whereabouts, and sure enough, Batman and the police arrived to take Catwoman into custody and free Robin and Policewoman Mooney from her booby trapped maze.
Once reunited, Batman and Robin travelled to J. Pauline Spaghetti Island in the Batboat, and defeated Sandman and his men in a long Bat-Fight. Sandman was then taken into custody, while J. Pauline Spaghetti fell blissfully asleep during the fight.
Equipment
- Hypnotic Sand - Sandman used this in order to control sleepwalkers to do his bidding.
Known Associates
- Nap (portrayed by Tony Ballen) - Sandman's henchman.
- Snooze (portrayed by Richard Peel) - Sandman's henchman.
- Catwoman - Worked together on a scheme to get rid of Batman once and for all, but eventually he double-crossed her.
- Kitty, Cattie, and Catarina (portrayed by Valerie Kairys, Pat Bender, and Jeanie Moore) - During her partnership with Sandman, Catwoman had a pair of female criminal companions. It appears as if these two women functioned more as servants than criminal helpers. This is suggested through the leashes Catwoman made them wear. She refers to them as her "kittens".
Appearances
Batman
Season 2
Batman '66
- Batman '66 Issue 2
- Batman '66 Issue 5
- Batman '66 Issue 19
- Batman '66 Meets the Man from U.N.C.L.E
Films
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