What we look for in Batman …

What happened 57 years ago definitely inspired us!

By Timothy John Forbes
Webmaster, administrator and cosplayer (of sorts!)

Work has commenced on the fan series, and it brings us to what should be expected of the character of Batman. Created in 1939, the character has undergone several iterations. On 12 January 1966, I was introduced to the character, and it was a revelation. What I did not get on that cold January night in Upstate New York was that Adam West had created a presence that would indirectly remind people of John F. Kennedy, who had passed away less than two years before the pilot was filmed in October 1965. What I saw was this heroic figure that one could look up to.

More recently, the character has been seen as some sort of Hamlet figure, someone of deeply tragic proportions. This might have worked for the 1989 Batman film, which owed a lot to the Bronze Age of comics. In recent years, though, the character has come off as being more and more gloomy and morose, a far cry from the Kennedyesque portrayal of Adam West.

And we find that a problem.

With production getting started on the fan series, we plan to continue in the same vein that we used, beginning with Batman 1969. While the 1966 series really can’t be replicated as it was back in the day, we plan on bringing much of its spirit and the spirit of the Bronze Age to our upcoming work. And it matters. Without Batman, there is no Catwoman, nor the female iterations of Robin, nor the other characters we so much love. And we plan to keep you up to date on our progress!