Adam West: Reporting from the Idaho Batcave ... Having this new superhero culture rise since, I'd say, the '89 "Batman" movie kicked it off, and being re-embraced and getting to meet thousands ...

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Adam West's portrayal of Batman in the 1960s was ... crusader in Tim Burton's Batman in 1989 sparked a new wave of Batman ...

Actor Val Kilmer, who played Batman in a later movie, tweeted: "Ah dear Adam West. He was always so kind when we met. A real gent. Once when I was a kid we found ourselves in front the Batmobile.

"RIP Adam West," wrote Will Arnett on Twitter. "You will always be Batman". Arnett voiced the Caped Crusader in 2014's The Lego Movie and this year's The Lego Batman Movie. Kilmer, who played ...

Batman: The Animated Series featured a stellar cast, but one episode featured someone who had played Batman himself. Batman: The Animated Series is celebrated for its noir-inspired storytelling, ...

Though he's a far cry from today's gritty and grounded versions, Adam West's campy and colorful Batman played an integral ... Everything about the series and movie radiated an unserious tone ...

“Increasingly I think the best version of Batman was Adam West, which didn’t take it at ... “Most people equate comics with superhero movies now That adds another layer of difficulty for ...