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Released July 23, 1943 – 15 Chapters

The first live action adaption of the BATMAN Feature from National Comics is fairly true to the source material. Star Lewis Wilson, a graduate of Worcester Academy in Central Ma is perfectly cast as Bruce Wayne/Batman affecting an upscale Northeastern accent while still sounding menacing as The Batman.

THE BATMAN happens to be my favorite serial, but I won’t let that bias me– here’s Jerry’s review;

The Batman, mysterious costumed crimefighter, is actually Bruce Wayne (Lewis Wilson), who poses as a languid playboy to conceal his secret identity. Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson (Douglas Croft), aka Robin the Boy Wonder, are working on secret assignment from the government to combat the espionage activities of Japanese spy and master scientist Dr. Tito Daka (J. Carroll Naish). The two masked heroes must evade the city police (who regard the Batman as a suspicious character), defeat Daka’s attempts to acquire a supply of valuable radium, and rescue the industrialist uncle (Gus Glassmire) of Wayne’s fiancée Linda Page (Shirley Patterson) from the Japanese agent’s clutches.

Batman has been the center of so much controversy over the years–both among serial fans and the general public–that it’s rarely been fairly evaluated. The liberties it takes with its iconic leading character continue to ruffle some of Batman’s more fanatical devotees, while its tenure as a pop-culture fad during the 1960s…

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MY RATING – 9.2