#BAT MAN KITE SERIAL#
“Batman’s Last Chance” is a 3-minute silent film that was pulled from the 1943 15-chapter serial Batman. In fact, I think it looks a lot like the Batman image on the cover of the Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 1986 trade paperback. Again, this particular piece always looked like an imposing, serious interpretation of the character to me. Their Batman bank stood at 19 inches tall, making it one of the largest figural items from that time period. Transogram made a number of cool Batman items in 1966 other than the Flying Batman. You can see Superman’s hairline in there. The Transogram Superman was first manufactured in 1954, and it was repurposed as a Batman item during the massive wave of Batmania in 1966. Incidentally, this being a flying toy, it really made far more sense as a Superman item - and that is just what it originally was. I never shot my Flying Batman into the air - I just held it in my hand while I was running, imagining that Batman was leaping from rooftop to rooftop. The old-school bat insignia and unsmiling face made Batman look grim and mysterious. It did not feature the “New Look” Batman insignia with the yellow oval, so it seemed to harken back to the character’s early days. This is another item that I always felt captured Batman in a more serious manner. Transogram Flying Batman slingshot toy, 1966. It is fun to see this image enlarged and moved to the front and center. That comic cover featured the characters in the background behind a close-up view of the Riddler. The pennant’s image of Batman and Robin was adapted from the cover of Batman #179, cover-dated March 1966. We got this pennant at a small amusement park by the Columbus Zoo, and like our kite, it hung on a wall in our basement. What I remember most about it is that my dad hung it on a cinder-block wall in our basement, and my preschool self thought that it made such a cool poster. I don’t remember ever seeing this kite in the air, but I know we must have flown it because it’s kind of beat-up.
He’s not smiling, he’s not angry, he’s just BATMAN. Featuring incredible art by Carmine Infantino (or possibly Murphy Anderson), this kite seemed to show Batman in a moment of action, and the expression on his face is hard to read. Now THIS is an item that I always felt captured Batman in a more serious manner. Because this plate was made of plastic, it survived numerous drops and moves from house to house.īatman kite, 1966.
#BAT MAN KITE UPDATE#
The only change that needed to be made from comic to plate was putting a yellow oval around the bat symbol on Batman’s costume in order to update him to his post-1964 “New Look” self. This image of the characters was pulled from the cover of the classic comic book Batman Annual #1, Summer 1961. And it was also something I used when I was a very little kid. The same goes for this plastic dinner plate in terms of not being dark or serious.
#BAT MAN KITE TV#
But even as a toddler, I remember being annoyed that the colors on Batman and Robin’s costumes weren’t true to the costumes of the TV show!īatman kid’s dinner plate, 1966.
My parents never got rid of it because I simply liked looking at its colorful Batman image even when I didn’t need to use it anymore. Yes, this bib was mine, and I used it when I was a baby. There’s nothing dark or serious about this first item. Here, then are 13 OFFBEAT BATMAN COLLECTIBLES, in no particular order:īatman infant’s bib, 1966. Strangely, I guess I was drawn to a vision of the character that reflected Bob Kane and Bill Finger’s original creation before I even knew their first Batman comic stories existed! Even as a little kid, I was fascinated by Batman stuff that captured him as a darker, more serious hero. There is a common theme to some of the pre-1970s items. A life of collecting Batman has brought me some unusual things, and I thought it would be fun to share 13 items that I consider to be kind of off the beaten path. Thanks to my ongoing Batman obsession and my parents’ kind indulgence, many of these items have stayed with me throughout my 56 years.
#BAT MAN KITE SERIES#
I wasn’t quite 2 years old when the Batman TV series premiered in January 1966, and I started hanging onto whatever Batman merchandise I was given right at that point in my life. Reinhart with 13 OFFBEAT BATMAN COLLECTIBLES. Hey, guess what: Batman debuted 82 years ago on March 30, 1939! To celebrate this offbeat anniversary - 82 is hardly a round number - we bring you recurring contributor and fellow Batexpert Mark S. It’s Batman’s anniversary and we take you on a tour of a life collecting the Caped Crusader… Posted By Dan Greenfield on | 12 comments
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