BATMAN ’66 WEEK EPILOGUE: The passion project is finally complete! Six years after it began and about six months after it was promised, Batman ’66 Meets Godzilla #3 — the final chapter of the three-issue, fan-produced miniseries — is now available for download. A quick recap: Batman ’66 Meets Godzilla, based on an actual 1960s film treatment, launched online for free in 2020, written by Eric Elliott and illustrated by a cast of thousands. Two issues were produced, essentially completing the story as outlined in the treatment. But work began on a third issue in 2022 and then… stopped. Hey, it happens. Especially when fans have real lives to attend to and there’s no paycheck-driven deadline to hit. But the wait is over! Dig this SNEAK PEEK, including a faux ad and an imaginary cover for Famous Monsters of Filmland by artist Brian Richard (aka MonkeyMan): All three issues are available at Batmanmeetsgodzilla.com. — MORE — The Complete BATMAN ’66 WEEK INDEX of Features. Click here. — Holy Kaiju! BATMAN ’66 MEETS GODZILLA #3 Is Finally Stomping Your Way. Click...
BATMAN ’66 WEEK: Wrapping up the show’s diamond jubilee with a survey of more than 13 Bat-experts! Welcome to the finale of BATMAN ’66 WEEK, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the beloved TV show starring Adam West. We wrap up — on the Jan. 12 anniversary date itself — in the most fitting of fashions: a poll to determine the TOP 13 BATMAN ’66 EPISODES — RANKED. (For the rest of the BATMAN ’66 WEEK features, click here.) A decade ago, we ran a similar ranking, but it’s one I did on my own. Not only have I re-done my own picks, I’ve invited 13 Bat-experts to join in the fun. Who are they? DC Comics Batman ’66 cover artist Mike Allred; 13th Dimension regular Jim Beard, a Batman ’66 historian with four books on the subject under his utility belt; Mark Racop, the operator of the Batman ’66 Museum in Logansport, Indiana, and the owner of Fiberglass Freaks, the only licensed purveyor of full-size, operational George Barris-style Batmobiles; Ben Bentley and Scott Sebring of the essential 1966 Batman Message Board; 13th Dimension contributors Paul Kupperberg, Peter Bosch, Chris Franklin, Walt Grogan, and Scott Tipton; Chuck Williams, the artisan who crafts the world’s most accurate Batman ’66 costume replicas and props; and John S. Drew, host of The Batcave Podcast. Rounding out the crew, and making it a family affair, are myself and my son Sam Greenfield, who’s been watching the show since I first showed it to him when he was a young boy, more than two decades ago. Each voter submitted a weighted ballot: top choice gets 13 points, second choice gets 12, and so on. They were free to pick any installments they wanted, with the proviso that multiparters count as a single episode. The movie was not eligible, because it wasn’t an episode, rather a theatrically released feature film. The commentary below is mostly my own, though each voter chimes in when their top pick comes up. (By the way, I didn’t consult my own picks from 10 years ago. I knew my opinions had shifted somewhat, and didn’t want to be influenced, so I just started from scratch. My 2016 and 2026 votes are posted in the comments.) BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE! To give you a full view of the voting, click here for...
Alan Davis: great Batman artist…
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A wonderful one-shot by Bruce Canwell and Lee Weeks, with Matt Hollingsworth…
