Their vintage Golden Age covers tell a story of war propaganda, patriotism and domestic support of the war effort. Several classic DC comic books from this fraught period are held in the collections of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Following Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland, Batman and Robin also waged fictional battles against the Axis Powers: Germany’s Adolf Hitler, Italy’s Benito Mussolini and Japan’s Tojo Hideki. Instead, Batman had a more crucial conflict at hand. Joining Robert Pattinson in The Batman will be Paul Dano starring as The Riddler. Nor were they anything like the sophisticated, moody depictions in recent Batman film adaptations. The covers of these World War II era comic books were not anything like the campy, upbeat Batman television series starring Adam West, which aired weekly on ABC from 1966 to 1968-same Bat-Time, same Bat-Channel. By the early 1940s, while Batman and his sidekick Robin crusaded against thievery and corruption, and thwarted fantastical crimes committed by the maniacal Joker and the umbrella-carrying Penguin-Riddler would not be introduced until 1948-they were not the Dynamic Duo’s staunchest archenemies. The film-with the star of Twilight Robert Pattinson stepping into the title role-promises to expand Batman mythos with our high-society hero’s dark brand of vigilantism in the ever-dangerous Gotham City.īatman made his comic book debut more than eight decades ago in 1939. With Covid restrictions subsiding, millions are certain to flock to theaters this weekend to enjoy the Caped Crusader’s latest clash with the sinister puzzle master Riddler in director Matt Reeves’ new release The Batman.
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