Top 5 Reasons Why the 1966 Batman Show Was Ridiculous (And 5 Why It was Underrated)

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In DC Comics, June 26 is the anniversary of the day that Dr. Thomas Wayne and his wife Martha were murdered in Gotham City, in front of their son, Bruce, usually suggested to be 8 to 10 years old at the time. This inspired him to wage a war on crime, using the family fortune and his indomitable will to become the superhero Batman. Bruce usually accesses the Batcave by opening a secret passage in his study, doing that by moving the hands of a grandfather clock to 10:47, the time of night when the murder occurred.

On January 12, 1966, the TV series Batman premiered on ABC. Before series star Adam West suits up as Batman, we first see him as a grown Bruce Wayne, telling of how he is using the family fortune to help alleviate poverty in Gotham City, in the hopes that people won't turn to a life of crime, so that others won't suffer the way he did, "when my parents were murdered by criminals."

The murder was mentioned only once more in the series. This was an earlier time, when darkness in TV shows was frowned upon, and actors whose characters were shot dead did not fall in a bloody mess. This was a TV show aimed at children and families, and so this was not a "film noir" version of Batman.