Austin was trim and sported a thin mustache. The comic Alfred's appearance was altered to match that of Austin's, and remains the same to this day. DC Database Explore.
DC Comics. TV Series. Zack Snyder's Justice League. Administrators Manual of Style Recommended Reading. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Batman Serial. View source. History Talk 0. Any other Batman fanatics come across this? Joined: Sep 2, The Adam West series was initially inspired by these Serials.
They were enjoying them for unintentional camp value. Seeing an old movie 40s with a modern eye 60s. The TV series kept the serials structure. Even having two episodes airing on different nights in the same week. With the first ending in a cliffhanger. But this time of course the camp was intentional.
As for The Dark Knight similarities that is interesting. I think its largely because those serials were created very early in Batman's history. Being in the days when he was not directly working with the police, like he would in the 50s and 60s. So he would need to drop of criminals and not be present at the risk of being arrested himself. With the Joker watching from the sidelines while his henchmen attack Batman.
But then joining in himself. I think this may have been accidental. TDK was going back to basics. When the premise was still uncomplicated. So that stuff that would seem too obvious in the current comics given the baggage of continuity and history seem fresh.
The idea of Batman copycats is another example. You saw this often in 30s and 40s comics. The Fleischer Superman cartoons had a Superman impostor. The Disney Zorro series had a Zorro impostor. Back in the days when these characters were still unique and there were not hundreds of other costume characters.
However, records indicate that he was created by the writers of the film, and put into the comic book to conform with the film. In his first few appearances, Alfred was drawn as very chubby and clean shaven. Soon after the release of the film, there was a story where he went to a health spa, he lost weight and began to wear a mustache, which made him look quite similar to William Austin. From then on, the comics and animated cartoons Alfred has resembled the Austin image.
The comics gave Alfred the surname Beagle in , however he was renamed Alfred Pennyworth in , whether due to an editor's error or a deliberate revision. In the s he was given a backstory as a military hero, and in the mid s his biography was revised so that he was the Wayne family butler in Bruce's childhood. Goofs In Chapter 5, when the plane is being shot at, the wires supporting the plane are clearly visible. Quotes Alfred Pennyworth : How many did I kill?
Alternate versions Filmed at the height of the Second World War, this serial originally featured a large amount of racist dialogue. A later reissue released on video by Goodtimes maintains the fact the villain is Japanese, but otherwise features new narration and dialogue which substitutes less-racist terminology.
User reviews 50 Review. Top review. Fantastic - one of the most enjoyable of the cliffhanger serials! Batman is not technically as "good" as other serials such as most Republics, but I do like it better and enjoy it more than most others.
Sure it is too long in the middle with 15 chapters and all, but there is just something about it that really appeals to me. First of all it is Batman. Second, it just drips with atmosphere. All of the scenes in Daka's hideout are done so well that I can hardly imagine them being improved on.
There is a darkened smoky atmosphere to the hideout with its walls covered with Japanese paintings and designs. Can anyone possibly think of a better way to have that set look? The theme music and the scraping sound heard when the door to the hideout opens are very distinctive - though minor elements of the serial, they add incredibly to the sum total of my evaluation.
Carrol Naish's portrayal of Dr. Daka is amongst the best acting ever done on film. The character and his dialog are just so fitting as the epitome of a villainous "jap" spy. Credit needs to go to the scriptwriters for dreaming it all up and to Naish for the brilliant execution of it. His lines and the trance like expression on his face as he talks about the emperor being the "heavenly ruler and prince of the rising sun" and freeing the "enslaved people of America" are just unbeatable acting.
Some of Daka's underlings are "zombies". They wear a radio headset receiver which has a wire connected to their spine so he can control them. Sure - that makes sense.
This is the best example of serial logic and science I've ever seen. Its the perfect thing to describe to people in order to explain how things work in serials. Of course Daka's scientific devices are powered by radium!
Is it just me or do a lot of super scientific devices in serials run on radium? Saying its powered by radium somehow makes it all make sense. Daka and Emperor Ming are the two ultimate serial villains.
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