THE NEAL ADAMS INTERVIEWS: Secret Bat-Origins
When Neal Adams first began lurking on the outskirts of Gotham, DC was still more or less adhering to the tone of the 1960s TV show starring Adam West. Batman was an earnest do-gooder and there was little hint of the shadowy character he’d once been. It wasn’t camp or satire but it wasn’t grimy alleyways and psychopathic villains either.