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where can I find any CD's featuring the old tv themes of Neal Hefti and Nelson Riddle? Is there one available for the old 1966 feature film too? There seems to be a lot of old vinyl LP's.

On Amazon and Itunes.

And yes there is one for the movie as well, and it features the TV Series theme as a bonus track.

As you will know there is some pretty marvelous music contained in the Adam West show.

Speaking of which a member of the 1966 Batman Message Boards has started a indiegogo campaign for a documentary
about this. Because it wasn't covered in the official release of the TV Series, if your'e interested in this you can read more about it here.

http://www.beatofthebat.com/

Is this likely for a summer or christmas release? And how much do you think it will cost if it's a complete series?

I really hope they enhance the picture quality just like the stunning 1966 movie when it hit Blu Ray. Never mind the extras. Those of you familar with British tv screenings of the show in recent years will probably remember how dirty and scratched the images were. A restoration is a must.

@Cobblepot4Mayor I'm not too worried about this, because ITV4 were using good quality versions of the show, for it's run in syndication just last year.

I'd add 'The Duped Domestics' (Batman #22, April 1944) to the list. In that story Catwoman creates a new alter ego with which to seduce one of the heroes as part of a kidnapping scheme. It's got clear parallels with the romantic subplot in the movie.

Great timing with this suggestion, because I'm just in the middle of updating the first few entries in series. So this will be a valuable addition to the entry which covers the comic book references in Batman: The Movie.

P.S. Let me know if you ever find anything that can be compared to the dehydration plot for the movie as well. I actually gave up on finding a comparison for that, since I asked around but nobody could find any examples of that in the comics.

Using Silver Nemesis' idea of using 5 stories for a collected edition for Batman Movies, here is an idea of what they could come up with for Batman: The Movie.

"Blackbeard's Crew and the Yacht Society" (Batman #4, Winter 1940)
"Manhunt in Outer Space" (Batman #117, August 1958)
'The Blackbird of Banditry!' (Batman #43, October 1947)
"Batman Battles the Living Beast-Bomb!" (Detective Comics #339, May 1965)

And if they haven't already done so, they should consider reprinting the Batman newspaper comic strip stories rhat ran from 1966-1974. The earlier issues were actually done in the style of the series.

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=4147943

[The Penguin's Nest]

It'd be interesting if they produced trade paperbacks like this for each of the Batman movies. But which stories would they include for each film? Supposing you could only pick five standalone issues to illustrate the film's basis in the comics. And you can't pick graphic novels. Only individual issues. Which would you choose?

Well I haven't read  all those stories that you suggested, but some of the choices that you have come up with look very good.

I'm surprised this hasn't been done already. 

I do have the Batman in the Sixties TPB, but I believe the only story in the collection that was adapted for the show was The Joker's Comedy Capers (though to be fair, not all of the stories in the 60s show were from the 1960s).  I know the Mr. Zero story is in the Batman in the Fifties collection, the first Riddler comic is in the Two-Face and Riddler collection that came out around the time Batman Forever was released, and The Joker's Utility Belt is in Les Daniels's The Complete History of Batman.  Besides this upcoming collection, anyone know where I can find some of the other stories?

Yep here is a listing that i was going to include in my next update of the 5th entry in my project.

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)

[Batman #161]

This morning "Bob" from the 1966 Batman Message boards informed me, that DC will be reprinting the stories that were used as the basis for episodes of this show.

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.

http://www.newsarama.com/18876-dc-co...lectibles.html


The only problem with this though, is that it looks like at least 4-5 stories may not be included in this edition.

Those stories are:

Batman #161 February, 1964- "The New Crimes of the Mad Hatter" and Detective Comics 230 April, 1956- "The Mad Hatter of Gotham City" - Episodes 13 and 14, - "The Thirteenth Hat" and "Batman Stands Pat," and Episodes 69 and 70- "The Contaminated Cowl" and "The Mad Hatter Runs Afoul."

Detective Comics #341 July, 1965- "The Joker's Comedy Capers" - Episodes 31 and 32 "Death in Slow Motion" and "The Riddler's False Notion"

Batman #36 Aug-Sep, 1946- "The Penguin's Nest" - Episodes 61 and 62 - "The Penguin's Nest" and "The Bird's Last Jest"

Batman #130, March 1960-"Batman's Deadly Birthday," and Detective Comics #140 October, 1948- "The Riddler" -  Episodes 79 and 80 - "Batman's Anniversary" and "A Riddling Controversy"

I am definitely looking forward to the Two-Face scripts (being the ravenous Dent fan that I am!). I even did a concept design of what I thought he should look like on the show, inspired by the make-up worn by the Riddler on Star Trek!

Well since time has really flown by, you will now only need to wait until next Saturday for this entry in the series to be posted.

Great entries so far, GL.  Looking forward to reading the rest.

Thanks BatmAngelus, I've seen the great work that you guys have done here with your posts about the comic influences in other Batman adaptions. So you are going to love what I have done for the entries about the comic book references in the TV Series and Batman: The Movie.

Hi Guys don't forget to look out for the second entry in my 1966 Batman project, which will be posted on the Arkham City forums tomorrow morning.

And for those of you who are dying to see what the producers had in store for Two-Face, you will have to wait for 4 more weeks. Because the 6th entry in this thrilling series will be posted on August 24th.

Thanks mate because there is a lot of information about the series that some people still aren't aware of. Without giving too much away some of this information will be revealed in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th entries in the series.

The 6th entry in the series will also be quite special as well. Since I will allow people to download the three unused Two-Face scripts that were created for the series.