The Adventures of Batman

TV Series
1968–1969
TV-PG
1h

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

1.7K

YOUR RATING

Superhero Action Adventure Animation Crime Family Sci-Fi

The animated debut of Batman and Robin brings the Dynamic Duo to animated life in Filmation's cult classic take on The Dark Knight and The Boy Wonder, defending Gotham City from The Caped Cr... Read allThe animated debut of Batman and Robin brings the Dynamic Duo to animated life in Filmation's cult classic take on The Dark Knight and The Boy Wonder, defending Gotham City from The Caped Crusader's Rogues Gallery, one crook at a time.The animated debut of Batman and Robin brings the Dynamic Duo to animated life in Filmation's cult classic take on The Dark Knight and The Boy Wonder, defending Gotham City from The Caped Crusader's Rogues Gallery, one crook at a time.

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

1.7K

YOUR RATING

Stars

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Episodes17

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Trivia
This was the first appearance in animation of Batman and his supporting cast.

Connections
Edited from The Adventures of Superboy (1966)

User reviews9

Review

Featured review

Okay But Not The Best Of Filmation

Very kid-friendly Filmation superhero cartoon.

I watched this as a kid and found it very entertaining. Today's little ones will probably like it as well.

However, if you are a middle aged adult (like me) wishing to recapture your childhood (by watching this) you may run into an unexpected problem. Despite other Filmation cartoons of this period (Aquaman, Fantastic Voyage) still being fun to watch - this one comes over as a little average???

After 30 minutes or so the limited animation and dull dialogue starts to get your nerves a little. But it was a knockout for 30 minutes, so don't let this review stop you from re-watching it.

Not really sure what the problem is but maybe the fact that both Batman and Superman have been done in such wonderful live action productions (the 1966 Adam West series, the 1978 Superman movie) the cartoon comes over as a bit so, so. Unlike Filmation's Aquaman (1967), which still stands as the one and only GREAT version of this under water adventure (the 2018 movie was terrible).

A final comment about 60s Filmation cartoons in general, they all have wonderful music cues playing over them and The Batman/Superman Hour is no exception.