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The best dark knight is back in Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders

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Who’s the best Batman? Christian Bale’s throat-cancer vigilante in motorcycle armour? Ben Affleck’s DC Murderverse grim avenger? Val Kilmer and his tight rubber buttcheeks? Or Michael Keaton as a dark knight in Nike shoes? Answer: None of them. Because while Hollywood was shaping rubber muscles onto their A-list actors, there was Adam West.

Sure, his adventures may have been slightly…campy, but he was still the Batman that Gotham needed and deserved. A righteous crusader who fought against injustice with an array if repellant sprays and a sidekick in bright colours who was perfect as a bullet distraction. Adam West people. The realest Batman in any room.

And even though he may be 87 years old right now, Adam West is suiting up once again. In animated form that is, for Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders. Here’s the first trailer for this animated caper, that also stars Burt Ward as Robin and Julie Newmar as Catwoman. Holy blatant product placement Batman!

Oh my yes. The 1966 Batman series holds a special place in my heart. It’s essentially the Naked Gun of superhero media, long before Deadpool ripped the genre a new one. It’s an animated Batman film that nobody saw coming, not after recent releases that featured the grim and gritty dark knight that people are used to these days. After all, wacky and witty still has a place in the mythos of Batman.

Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders will be out on Digital HD on October 11, Blu-Ray on November 1.

Last Updated: August 18, 2016

6 Comments

  1. An animated Blu-Ray collection of Darryn’s life? Gee golly yes sir!

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    • Admiral Chief

      August 18, 2016 at 14:45

      xD

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    • The D

      August 18, 2016 at 14:55

      JUSTICE IS DELICIOUS!
      -Darryn Bonthuys, 1929

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  2. Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

    August 18, 2016 at 15:03

    How come the food is hot enough to burn the ropes but they’re still on the way to the oven? Why cook the food beforehand?

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  3. Dungeon of JJ

    August 18, 2016 at 15:41

    After Suicide Squad I’m sticking to the animated series and movies. They do things the right way.

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  4. Dungeon of JJ

    August 18, 2016 at 15:54

    Adam West did a few voices in the Batman Animated Series of the 90s. That voice is unmistakable.

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