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The 1966–1968 television series Batman was so popular that its campy humor and its version of Batmobile were imported into Batman's comics. The iconic television Batmobile was a superficially modified concept car, the decade-old Lincoln Futura, owned by auto customizer George Barris, whose shop did the work. [11]
Bob Butts Replica, as seen in Ohio November 7, 2009. In the 1990s, Bob Butts (with George Barris' consent) made replicas of the Batmobile, using a mold of one of the Barris-built replicas. Based on pictures from when the Futura was shown in the 1950s, he reskinned an existing Batmobile replica back into a Lincoln Futura replica.
In October 1965, Barris hired Cushenbery to do the metalwork that would turn the Lincoln Futura concept car into the Batmobile car featured in the 1960s Batman television series. The original contract specified a list of modifications required by the studio. [21] The conversion was completed in three weeks at a cost of US$30,000.
Barris's company, Barris Kustom Industries, designed and built the Munster Koach and DRAG-U-LA for The Munsters; and the 1966 Batmobile for the Batman TV series and film. Born in Chicago on November 20, 1925, Barris and his brother Sam moved to California to live with relatives. By his high school graduation, Barris had customized and sold ...
Upon arrival to the Batmobile, the duo enter, but find it booby-trapped. Sedated and piloted remotely to the original Batcave set, Jerry reveals himself to be the thief and, in an odd turn of events, pulls off his mask to reveal himself to be Frank Gorshin, the actor who played the Riddler. Frank restrains Adam and Burt and reveals that, years ...
Yvonne Joyce Craig (May 16, 1937 – August 17, 2015) was an American actress who is best known for her role as Barbara Gordon/Batgirl in the 1960s television series Batman.
In this episode, Barbara Gordon has recently returned from four years of college, and Dick Grayson gets his driver's license on his birthday and can now drive the Batmobile. Producer Howie Horwitz made a 7-minute film, which was never aired, introducing the Batgirl character, with aid from The Dynamic Duo in confronting the villain, the Killer ...
Kahn was born on October 24, 1915, in New York City, New York. [1] His parents, Augusta (née Tuchman) and Herman Kahn, an engraver, [2] were of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.[3] [4] A high school friend of fellow cartoonist and future Spirit creator Will Eisner, [5] Robert Kahn graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School and then legally changed his name to Robert Kane. [6]