Bruce waynebatman, adam west, based on the comic book character of the same name. May 26, 2015 two villains from batmans classic rogues gallery get the 66 treatment in two separate stories. Plus, the scarecrow and the harlequin are introduced, and batman grapples with bane. This penultimate collection of batman 66 is dominated by a presentation of an unproduced story treatment by harlan ellison. He was played by academy award nominated actor victor buono. Batman 66, an adaption of the classic adam west and burt ward tv series. May 27, 2014 the latest issue of batman 66 pulls out all the stops with just about everyone from the tv show making an appearance writer jeff parker dreams up a ridiculous premise, with bruce wayne, dick grayson, and chief ohara attending pageant night at the local insane asylum, where catwoman, the joker, king tut, the siren, and false face who impersonates other criminals are. Get the best deals on batman silver age comics 19561969 when you shop. When the tv character appeared in the comic book continuation of the series, batman 66 vol 1, his background was expanded to give him the real name of basil karlo. Malachi throne, the veteran tv actor who played robert wagners boss on it takes a thief and the enigmatic evildoer falseface on batman, died.
Petition for dc to bring back the batman 66 comics. Ive heard tell theres a oneshot crossover in the works for this summer and, hey, hey, maybepossiblyhopefully another crossover down the line that would flip your wig but right now the series future is a riddle worthy of frank gorshin or even john astin. The series contains stories inspired by the mid 1960s batman tv show, and the stories are also in the style of the tv show. He encountered the batman once in comics and in two episodes of the 1960s adam west batman show. With perfectly pitched scripts and iconic highcamp cleverness of its pow. Great deals on batman 1966 comic book hero action figures. Then, its a bewitching evening as marsha, queen of diamonds, crashes a gala of gotham citys elite. First, hilda, aunt of marsha queen of diamonds, messes with forces beyond her control and brings forth solomon grundy. Batman and robin encountered him just once, but false face later became a villain in the 1960s tv series.
With perfectly pitched scripts and the iconic highcamp cleverness of its pow. True or falseface is the 17th episode of the batman television series, first airing on abc. Batman 66 is a digital and hardcopy dc comic book series published from 20 to 2016, featuring new stories set in the continuity of the batman 1966 liveaction tv series from 1966. False face has since made appearances in the dc comics series batman 66. Tv character appeared in the comic book continuation of the series, batman 66 vol 1. The batman 66 comic just ended in the most perfect way. The best of the batman 6668 tv show villains revised.
He had an affinity for books and centered many of his schemes around them. Batman 66 was a shining, joyous beacon in the dark. A villain first seen in the 60s batman show, he made his jump to comic books. In the batman 66 comic book continuation, false faces real name is revealed to be basil karlo, who is the identity of clayface in the comics and other media. In this volume of tales pulled from issues of the digital first series, king tut returns to gotham city to challenge the dynamic duo with his most farreaching plan yet to rule the modern thebes known as gotham city. In batman 66, false faces true identity is basil karlo, where the issue that revealed this identity had him becoming that comic series. Malachi throne mentioned this when interviewed by joel eisner for the official batman batbook, his remarks comprising the battalk. True or falseface news newspapers books scholar jstor january 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message. Batman tv series 19661968 frequently asked questions imdb. It collects the next six issues 1116 or sixteen digital issues 3146 of the ongoing 20 series.
False face malachi throne based on an obscure, onetime comic villain. Nov 10, 2014 longawaited 1960s tv series featuring adam west as batman and burt ward as the boy wonder robin has arrived in digital hd with all 120 episodes. These episodes are based on a june 1958 comic book story. Then, when false face goes looking for a shapeshifting formula, he ends up creating clayface. Blaze with false face special guest villain batman tv series. Return to the swingin 60s as dc comics reimagines the classic batman tv series in comics form. A gimmick of false face was his trick truck a gray panel truck that could be turned into a gotham police van. Initially most stories were written by jeff parker, but. Batman 1966 comic book hero action figures for sale ebay. Batman 66 was a shining, joyous beacon in the dark world of. False face is the master of disguise, he would fool anyone, he can change himself to look like anyone. As he was developed for the series, he is an adaptation of false face.
In batman 66, false face s true identity is basil karlo, where the issue that revealed this identity had him becoming that comic series version of clayface. The bookworm was a villain created for the 1960s batman television series. Freeze george sanders, otto preminger, and eli wallach featured in 6 episodes. He is currently writing batman 66 and aquaman for dc comics. The longawaited 1960s tv series featuring adam west as batman and burt ward as the boy wonder robin has finally arrived in digital hd with all 120 episodes. False face has since made appearances in the dc comics series batman 66, even appearing as basil karloclayface. Dcs batman 66 comics series nears the finish line or does. Michael myers wears a rubber mask of william shatner who voiced two face. Batman 66 is a comic book series published by dc comics featuring batman as a continuation of the 196668 television series starring adam west and burt ward as batman and robin. That treatment, the twoway crimes of two face, is reprinted in full from ellisons original manuscript, alongside an adaptation by veteran batwritereditor len wein and artist joseluis garcialopez, who works in a more realistic, illustrative style than the.
Despite only fighting batman once in the show, he is a recurring character in batman 66. The following is an overview of the characters who appeared in the 19661968 liveaction. The ending to the batman 66 comic is an origin story for the batman tv shows animated opening title. False face was a criminal makeup artist and master of disguise who uses his skill to impersonate wealthy people. Jan 02, 2016 for more info on our latest batman 66 celebration, click here. With adam west, burt ward, alan napier, neil hamilton. In this collection, batman and robin take on the bookworm, mr. The batcave set was built on the exact spot where the skull island gate was located in king kong 1933. Expand your options of fun home activities with the largest online selection at.
Plus, batman and robin meet the bookworm and face off with false face and more. Petition for dc to bring back the batman 66 comics home. Batman 66 was a shining, joyous beacon in the dark world. False face should not be confused with clayface, and has no ties to black. Basil karlo batman 1966 tv series dc database fandom. And bring on those comments either here or in whichever socialmedia thread you found this. The second false face was a criminal makeup artist and master of disguise who impersonates wealthy people and steals either from these wealthy people or steals expensive objects using those personas. The classic villain from the 1960s batman comics and manga gets the batman 66 treatment. In batman 66, false faces true identity is basil karlo, where the issue that revealed this identity had him becoming that comic series version of clayface. A few years ago, there was a thread the best 66 batman villain according to you that listed fifteen classic villains from the tv series which featured adam west as batman and burt ward as robin not to mention yvonne craig as batgirl for the last season. Justin takes a look at the new digital comic book series.
Jeff parker is a portland, oregon based writer and comic book artist. The producers even used clayfaces real name basil karlo for false face s. He only appeared in one episode over the course of the show, true or false face holy rat race, from season one. False face only appeared in one story, due to being considered too scary for younger audiences. Batman and robin solved the clue, and realized that false face would. The official batman batbook, written by joel eisner, page 80. Michael myers wears a rubber mask of william shatner who voiced twoface. Batman 66 is in the midst of celebrating its 50th anniversary. The series was written primarily by jeff parker and tom peyer, with cover art by mike allred. Batman y robinreal batmanbatman tv show batman tv seriesbatman 1966batman and supermandc comic bookscomic book. Find great deals on ebay for batman 66 and batman 66 pinball. Jul 15, 20 justin takes a look at the new digital comic book series. Two villains from batmans classic rogues gallery get the 66 treatment in two separate stories. False face was a villain and enemy of batman in the batman 1960s tv series.
In this third batman 66 collection, the dynamic duo face the joker, the penguin, the queen of diamonds and a batrobot of their own making. False face appeared in true or false face and holy rat race. Freeze, king tut, the joker, false face, and others. Based on the silver age version of the comic book character of the same name, no origin for the character is provided within the series. Dont change that batchannel a gritty new detective show called the dark knight detective starts broadcasting on baturday nights but the producer turns out to be a member of batman 66s rouges gallery. False face traps batman and robin, and binding them to a subway track just minutes. Falseface retired after his first encounter with batman. Batman 66 presents episodes of the batman television show of the 1960s that never were. True or false face 1966holy rat race 1966, who made his first comic appearance in the story the menace of false face.
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