Forget Batman, who played the best Bruce Wayne ever?

[TMC]

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4. Adam West – Batman TV series (1966)

Arguably the most charismatic of all Bruce Waynes. While the ‘60s Batman series was openly built upon a rampantly goofy vibe – the show was actually conceived as a parody of the ’43 serial, following its 1965 re-release – it wouldn’t be half as joyful if the jokes and nonsense weren’t amplified by West’s stone-cold, deadpan delivery. Very much in on the joke, but doing an incredible job of pretending not to be, West took the ‘intense’ and ‘stoic’ elements of Wayne’s personality and went nuts like a squirrel dinner party.

To be fair, like Arnett's version, there is actually a fair old seam of ‘proper’ Bruce Wayne at the core of West’s portrayal – he’s strong, capable, quick-witted, and more than a bit pleased with himself – it’s just that like everything in the ‘60s series, the key qualities of the source material are dialed up to pantomime proportions. Were we able to watch the West series through a magical ‘scale it back’ lens – not that you’d ever want to – he’d actually be a pretty accurate Bruce for the period. Somewhat lacking in psychological trauma and brooding, regretful angst, admittedly, but the smart playboy side of things was well and truly covered.

But screw that. ‘60s Batman naught but a force of the purest good, and we must not sully it with talk of grimness. In fact, let's stay a bit camp before we get back onto the serious stuff...

[king of comedy]

Kevin Conroy deserves the top spot. BTAS was the greatest cartoon of all time.