Batman from comic book to TV

[clavierankh]

Some stories on Batman 66 were adapted from the comics. Below are cover images and inks to pages about the books in the DC Wiki.

The first one I'm not sure of the last two I know were used on the show.

This may have been adapted as The Joker Is Wild




This was adapted as FIne Feathered Finks




This was adapted as Zelda The Great

[Robin Holyisms]

Some stories on Batman 66 were adapted from the comics. Below are cover images and inks to pages about the books in the DC Wiki.

The first one I'm not sure of the last two I know were used on the show.

This may have been adapted as The Joker Is Wild




This was adapted as FIne Feathered Finks




This was adapted as Zelda The Great

You are missimg some from this list, because 12 comic book stories were used as the basis on TV Series episodes.

Here is the complete list of the comic stories that were used in the TV Series.

Batman #171 May, 1965- “Remarkable Ruse of the Riddler” - “Hi Diddle Riddle” and “Smack in The Middle”

Batman #169 February, 1965- “Partners in Plunder” - “Fine Feathered Finks” and “The Penguin’s a Jinx”

Batman #73 October, 1952- “The Joker’s Utility Belt” - “The Joker Is Wild” and “Batman Is Riled”

Batman #121 February, 1959- “The Ice Crimes of Mr. Zero” - “Instant Freeze” and “Rats Like Cheese”

Detective Comics #346 December, 1965- “Batman’s Inescapable Doom-Trap” - “Zelda The Great” and “A Death Worse Than Fate”

Batman #161 February, 1964- “The New Crimes of the Mad Hatter” and Detective Comics 230 April, 1956- “The Mad Hatter of Gotham City” - “The Thirteenth Hat” and “Batman Stands Pat”

Batman #53 June, 1949- “A Hairpin, a Hoe, a Hacksaw, a Hole In the Ground” - “The Joker Trumps an Ace” and “Batman Sets the Pace”

Detective Comics #341 July, 1965- “The Joker’s Comedy Capers” - “Death in Slow Motion” and “The Riddler’s False Notion”

Batman #36 Aug-Sep, 1946- “The Penguin’s Nest” - “The Penguin’s Nest” and “The Bird’s Last Jest”

Detective Comics 230 April, 1956- “The Mad Hatter of Gotham City” - “The Contaminated Cowl” and “The Mad Hatter Runs Afoul”

Batman #130, March 1960-“Batman’s Deadly Birthday” and Detective Comics #140 October, 1948- “The Riddler” - “Batman’s Anniversary” and “A Riddling Controversy”

[clavierankh]

I knew there were more. I just was browsing through the DC Wiki and found these. Thanks for the complete list.

[NJ_Batfan]

With a comic book adapting the show in publication, it would be a great time for DC to collect these stories in a trade paperback utilizing the Batman 66 logo. They tried a similar project when Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman was running in the 90s.

[Robin Holyisms]

With a comic book adapting the show in publication, it would be a great time for DC to collect these stories in a trade paperback utilizing the Batman 66 logo. They tried a similar project when Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman was running in the 90s.

This would be a brilliant idea, because out of all of these stories only 10 of them have actually been included in collected editions.

For anyone who might be interested in this, here is the current list of all of the stories that have been included in collected editions so far;

Batman #36 Aug-Sep, 1946- “The Penguin’s Nest- Batman:The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 8 HC (2013)

Batman #73 October, 1952- “The Joker’s Utility Belt” - Batman #176 (1965)
Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told HC (1989), Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told TPB (1989), Joker: The Greatest Stories Ever Told TPB (2008),

Batman #121 February, 1959- “The Ice Crimes of Mr. Zero” - Batman #176 (1965), Batman #121 [Variant] (1997), Batman in the Fifties TPB (2002),

Batman #161 February, 1964- “The New Crimes of the Mad Hatter” - Batman Family #6 (1976)

Batman #169 February, 1965- “Partners in Plunder” - Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told Vol. 2 TPB (1992), Batman:The Dynamic Duo Archives Vol. 2 HC (2006), Showcase Presents Batman Vol. 1 TPB (2006),

Batman #171 May, 1965- “Remarkable Ruse of the Riddler” - Batman:The Dynamic Duo Archives Vol. 2 HC (2006), Showcase Presents Batman Vol. 1 TPB (2006),

Detective Comics #140 October, 1948- “The Riddler” - Batman from the 30s to the 70s HC (1971), Batman:Featuring Two-Face and the Riddler TPB (1995), Batman Archives Vol. 7 HC (2008),

Detective Comics 230 April, 1956- “The Mad Hatter of Gotham City” - Batman Annual #3 (1962), DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #15 (1981), Batman Annuals Vol. 1 HC (2009),

Detective Comics #341 July, 1965- “The Joker’s Comedy Capers” - Batman in the Sixties TPB (1999), Showcase Presents Batman Vol. 1 TPB (2006),

Detective Comics #346 December, 1965- “Batman’s Inescapable Doom-Trap” - Showcase Presents:Batman Vol. 2 TPB (2007)

[NJ_Batfan]

Honestly, I had no idea when I suggested a collection above, but look what DC is publishing in January (from their solicitations on newsarama.com):


BATMAN ‘66: THE TV STORIES TP
Written by BILL FINGER, GARDNER FOX,
JOHN BROOME and others
Art by BOB KANE, DICK SPRANG, SHELDON
MOLDOFF, CARMINE INFANTINO and others
Cover by AMANDA CONNER
On sale JANUARY 8 • 160 pg, FC, $14.99 US
For the first time, DC Comics collects Batman stories originally published between 1948 and 1966 that were adapted into specific episodes of the classic Batman TV series! Starring The Joker, The Penguin, The Riddler and Mr. Freeze (here called “Mr. Zero”), and featuring the debut of Batgirl, these stories have never been collected together before. Collected from BATMAN #53, 73, 121, 140, 169 and 171, and DETECTIVE COMICS #230, 346 and 359.


I wonder if Batman 140 is identified incorrectly as Detective 140 is the debut of the Riddler.

[Bob]

Holy throwback !

[batman1984]

these issues, sound great , i can't wait to get them.