![]() (Image credit: Warner Bros/DC Entertainment) The excellent Mask of the Phantasm took the critically acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series to the cinema, while nearly a quarter of a century later, The Lego Batman Movie made life in Gotham look more fun that it had been at any time since the 1960s. The Caped Crusader has also been a big player in the world of animation, headlining a pair of big-screen cartoons. It’s a movie with plenty of villains, and also the origin of the iconic Shark Repellent Batspray – a crucial item in the bat-arsenal that would be absent from the big screen until The Lego Batman Movie in 2017. The Caped Crusader’s next big-screen appearance came in 1966, when Hollywood decided to capitalize on the Biff!/Kapow! success of the tongue-in-cheek Adam West TV show. Lewis Wilson played the title role in 1943’s Batman, with Robert Lowery taking over for 1949’s Batman and Robin. Beyond the big Bat franchises, Bruce Wayne and his crime-fighting alter-ego have made numerous other big screen appearances – starting in the 1940s, when a serialized detective drama was made to cash in on the newfound popularity of a character who had made his comic book debut in 1939. ![]()
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