Even the grisliest villains of the series, such as Two-Face, relied on an occasionally comical gimmick like an obsession with a scratched coin which is used to make every decision, from what to eat that day to whether or not to kill Batman. For instance, though Catwoman began as a straightforward, murderous femme fatale, she rapidly escalated to bizarre, often hilarious cat-themed crimes, delivered with puns to spare. This became doubly true when the comic began introducing Batman’s larger supporting cast. Yet it would be equally wrong to say that there wasn’t a bit of camp in Batman comics going all the way back to his first appearance in Detective Comics #27. The character and his adventures were inspired by pulp stories featuring hard-boiled detectives solving gruesome murders and dominating newstands in the pre-WWII United States. Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images The dark camp risesīatman of the early days wasn’t exactly lacking in seriousness. In fact, they celebrate the weird and wonderful origins of Batman just as much as any other take, before or since. In honor of Batman Forever’s 25th anniversary this week, we thought we’d take a look back on why it and its direct follow-up Batman & Robin-derided for decades as inferior Batmen-are not at all off-theme for the character. There is something great to be pulled from every era, including the out-of-this-world fun of the 1966 Batman TV series, all the way up to, you guessed it, the over-the-top camp of Batman Forever, the 1995 film directed by Joel Schumacher and written by Lee Batchler, Janet Scott Batchler and Akiva Goldsman. Yet, Batman isn’t a character or a franchise that can be defined by any one movie or comic book you need to look at all its myriad rotating and revolving pieces in order to get a full picture of what Batman means. Many people view the Batman film franchise as we know it today beginning with Batman (1989). Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images Val Kilmer and Chris O’Donnell as Batman and Robin in Batman Forever, directed by Joel Schumacher.
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