Sunday, March 22, 2015

Batman & Robin Get Smart!



This is a crossover that I think could have actually worked as a TV special in the 60's.  Maxwell Smart would not have seemed out of place at all if he dropped into Gotham City for a visit. Thanks to Back Issue's Michael Eury for another great suggestion!
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12 comments:

  1. AirDaveMarch 22, 2015 at 8:18 AM

    Amazing!
    Batman '66 is an awesome comic book! If you're not reading it - you should be!

    I had no idea that there was a Get Smart comic book! There were only eight issues, but I'm sure it was awesome. I found a couple of the paperback novels at a garage sale once. They were hilarious!

    Thanks to Back Issue's Michael Eury, this would definitely be a hit!

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  2. IsaacMarch 22, 2015 at 8:44 AM

    Why that's the second greatest cover I've ever seen!
    :)

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  3. BERTMarch 22, 2015 at 9:24 AM

    Been waiting for this for about 40 years, when I discovered both shows in syndication as a young child.
    All due respect to Michael Eury, but if I can find a drawing I did from the early 80s with this very team up, I will scan and send to you!

    I would like to see a Mort Drucker MAD style pastiche of this team-up!

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  4. Bob GreenwadeMarch 22, 2015 at 10:38 AM

    You're totally right, Ross -- this team-up, using Adam West's Batman, would have meshed just perfectly. I can almost hear Burt Ward's Robin expressing concern about Smart's bumbling, Batman reassuring him that the man is a professional and a government employee and thus deserving of some respect and leeway, and Robin putting it to rest.

    As for the cover, I tend to look for art that meshes well together, and I have to say that you missed it by that much. :)

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  5. John R. PlattMarch 22, 2015 at 11:14 AM

    Too bad you didn't save this for issue 1086.

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  6. AirDaveMarch 23, 2015 at 8:41 AM

    ...And...loving it!

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  7. AnonymousMarch 23, 2015 at 10:02 AM

    Ah, how fondly I remember GET SMART!

    Especially, Bernie Kopell as Enemy Agent Siegfried yelling: "Schartker! This is KAOS. We don't [sound of Bronx cheer), here!"

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  8. Bob BuetheMarch 23, 2015 at 8:15 PM

    Sorry about that, Chief O'Hara!

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  9. C.C.March 24, 2015 at 5:05 PM

    Is there a reason that "Kidnapped BY Kaos" isn't in the title "Batman & Robin Get Smart"?
    Today's Cap/WW cover has "Cheating... With Cheetah!" attached to it.
    I was just wondering if you intentionally leave off story titles on some postings.
    Also do you have a private "suggestion box" that fans can send 2 specific images that they would like to see combined into a cover that the general public wouldn't see as a spoiler?

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  10. RossMarch 24, 2015 at 5:11 PM

    I only include the story title when I feature a team-up that I have used before, so that there are not 2 different posts with called the same thing.

    you can use the email link in my profile to send a private message.

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  11. Ken RoskosMarch 30, 2015 at 12:22 AM

    I know you recently did Batman and Star Trek, but can you picture Adam West's Batman coming up against Shatner's Kirk? "Who - can - drag - a sentence out... the longest?"

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  12. DaviticusOctober 27, 2020 at 2:06 PM

    Actually yes, yes I would.

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