Gotham City 14 Miles 14 Essays On Why The 1960S Batman Tv Series Matters By Joseph F. Berenato Paperback Book

From 1966 to 1968 both on ABC and in theaters America embraced Batman as a campy cultural icon. But in the ensuing decades many vilified the show as an embarrassment that needed to be swept under the rug if Batman and superheroes were to be taken seriously. Now we can return to Adam Wests Gotham... to the unapologetic fun of colorful cackling villains hatching bizarre schemes... to phrases like Atomic batteries to power and Same battime same batchannel... to deadpan heroes climbing wall