Batman '66 - Follows in the footsteps of it's originating show with it's fluctuating cast

[icon_uk]

And "Batman: Brave and the Bold" which in many ways based a lot of it'

From the preview at TV Guide here


The main story involves the return of a one-time villain from the series; Dr Somnambula, better known as "The Sandman" (as played by Michael Rennie in the original....

Here is Michael Allred's alternative cover...



But the backup has an appearance from Batgirl



No I love Julie Newmar, and I love Lee Merriweather too, but if any actress was born to play Catwoman, it was the woman with the sexiest purr of a voice in history.... Yup, though they did feature the Julie Newmar Catwoman in the first issue, here she is in her Eartha Kitt incarnation (and I hope they just ignore the difference completely, the show did, after all.

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[randyripoff]

IN the episodes where she performed as Catwoman, there was zero mention of any sort of attraction between Batman and Catwoman. She became just another villain.

One of the things I wished had happened was that they'd introduced Batgirl in season two. Julie Newmar and Yvonne Craig in those tremendously tight, form-fitting costumes...

Let's just say I find this idea appealing in the same way that icon_uk likes the idea of Dick Grayson tied up in his original outfit. ;)

[junipepper]

"IN the episodes where she performed as Catwoman, there was zero mention of any sort of attraction between Batman and Catwoman. She became just another villain."

Well, yes; I don't think that was an accident. The producers just didn't want to go there with the interracial aspect.