Photos of Bat Girl costume for projected 1940's Bat Man Movie serial

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Gernot wrote: I love both serials, but never felt Batman was really a "patriotic" hero. :)
The covers of Batman #12, 13, 15, 17, 18 and 30, Detective Comics #58, 78 & 101 firmly placed the Dynamic Duo in the position of being either spokespeople or participants for America's WW2 cause, so the story line of the 1943 serial was not an unusual use of the characters.
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You have a very Good point, not to forget the "World's Finest" and others from the same time.
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It really seems doubtful, but interesting. The Bat-girl character didn't appear ion the comics until 1961.

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Yep, I remember that well. I didn't care for Betty Kanes' outfit any more than I did Her Aunt's. I'm glad the character was redone a few years later. Thanks for the panel, P.P. If You have any others to show here that show the entire 1961 outfit, please print them.

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BATWINGED HORNET wrote:
Gernot wrote: I love both serials, but never felt Batman was really a "patriotic" hero. :)
The covers of Batman #12, 13, 15, 17, 18 and 30, Detective Comics #58, 78 & 101 firmly placed the Dynamic Duo in the position of being either spokespeople or participants for America's WW2 cause, so the story line of the 1943 serial was not an unusual use of the characters.
Oh, yeah! I realize they placed Batman on a number of patriotic covers, but none of those images really rang true to me. I liked Batman as an urban crime-fighter, or even a spy, but didn't feel he and Robin should be posing with the America Flag. THAT role could be filled by more colorful heroes such as Captain America and Superman.

YMMV :)
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Now THAT'S a good point!!!!! One thing that We have to remember (+ I'm VERY bad at remembering this, myself), Bat Man, ( or ANY Super Hero(ine)) is a product of the readers' time period. E.G. Look at the recent "reboot" of Star Trek, Superman, Batman, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and others. Look at what society was like when "Star Trek: The Motion (Sickness...oops) Picture came out....The End of the "Age of Aquarius" vs. "Star Trek: the Wrath of Khan" a few years later.....MUCH more militant!
The Bat Man of the 1940's definitely did not reflect the Batman of the 50's and 60's. let alone the 2015+.
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I would also really have liked to see Naish playing the Joker in '43, rather than a Japanese agent.

One thing I found interesting about the serial, the comics, and the TV show was the contrast it gave to Batman and Robin. Robin was always getting in danger in the comics and TV show, whereas in the serial, Batman was the one most often in danger. Robin even came to Batman's rescue on numerous occasions in the serial! :)
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I agree, Gernot especially about Naish playing the Joker. For the most part, IMHO, Naish's makeup minus the Smile resembles the Joker's. some of that, no doubt, is due to the "Japanese make-up", such as it was.
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Hi, does anyone have, or know where to find, the early script for the 1943 Batman serial? The one with the Joker as the villain.
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Hey nas690! If ANY one would have a copy, more than likely it will be this board's own Andy Fish. You might check w/him and see. If You do find a copy, please P.M. me as I would like a copy of it as well.

Good Luck Nas.....and as always, this message will self destruct in 15 seconds! (OOPS..wrong series :LOL!!!!!!!)
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Larry A wanted some more panels with the Betty Kane Batgirl, I found a few.
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Thanks, I appreciate Your input. What I had been referring to is the rumour that there was to be a Bat Girl in one of the serials.

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For anyone interested, I do have a PDF of the first 7 Chapters of the Batman serial-- I believe it still has Daka in it, and its my understanding that The Joker was only considered as the villain in the treatment stage, the art was often done before the scripts were written.

I'll post a link here later this week so anyone who wants to read the PDF can, it's just a matter of the Fish Minions digging through the files to find it, but I've been assured we do have it.
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Many thanks, Andy. I look forward to it. BTW, I like Your new "Photo". I believe it is from one of, if not the last releases of Aurora Plastic Models' King Kong which, if memory serves, was part of the "Glow in the Dark" Monsters.

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Yup-- Glow Kong- one of my favorites as a kid-- I remember the box fondly.
Here is the link to the BATMAN 1943 Movie Serial Script-- It's Chapters 1-7, I thought at one point I had the other half, but my memory is faulty-- as is, it's 240 pages long!

Give it a read;

COLUMBIA PICTURES BATMAN SERIAL SCRIPT 1943
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