It's funny that with all of the Batmobile upgrades and redesigns over the years, that the ride from the 1966 Batman TV show is still so iconic and sits near or at the top of the lists of many comic fans' favorites. The siren and flame spouting jet engine were very cool, but what put it over the top for me was the fire engine red pin striping, what a great touch!
Batman and Iron Man first met back in my B&B: The Lost Issues Days, first on a Bronze Age cover, and then on a Golden Age cover.... Plus, Batman also met Iron Man 2020...
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Love this!
Just wait until the cover's made into a model kit. I still prefer the 1950's car. The full bubble on top for cold, rain and weapons protection. Plus, carrying a victim to the nearest hospital. The full mobile lab in the car was a great touch too.
Given that Tony Stark was more of a playboy than Bruce Wayne '66, I wouldn't be surprised if one of the Mad Hatter's molls put a brainwashing microchip in Iron Man's helmet.
Holy U-Turn! It's a lot of fun to see Batman '66 for this pairing. The alliteration is a good touch too -- I can just hear Adam West's voice reciting it in his iconic style.
I actually saw a replica of the '60's Batmobile a few weeks ago being brought into a local auto shop on a flat bed. Since I know the mechanic I was able to get a few pictures.
If memory serves, the Batmobile was based on a concept car called the Lincoln Futura that had been introduced in a certain Glen Ford movie about 11 years earlier. And the automotive genius in charge of the customizing for the Bat-series (Dean Jeffries?) was also responsible for the equally iconic Monkeemobile!
who is Dean Jeffries????
i thought George Barris who passed in 2015, was the designer and customizer of the 60s Batmobile and the Monkeemobile and the Green Hornet's Black Beauty....
he may have even done the Mad Hatter's flying Top Hat on the above fun cover.....
another great fun 60s styled cover, Ross....
@Anonymous and Jack-El: You're both half-right! Dean Jeffries worked on the Monkeemobile and, then, the Black Beauty (the Green Hornet and Kato's wonder car) during the Sixties. But, he'd only just started brainstorming, re: Batmobile '66, when he was replaced with George Barris.
That disclaimer is ugly & clunky.
It really needs to go.
Said the namesake who is most likely one of the unauthorized credit-takers.
It is rather clunky. I wonder if putting the tag line and URL on the left edge 'fold' instead of the DC Giant and price tags would be enough.
You'll get used to it.
can't that section be clipped and saved each time it's used?
@Double Question Mark: like adult diapers, it all depends.
@Anonymous: Ewwwwwwwwwwww!
@Double Question Mark: He's taken away the blinding white background color. Is that an acceptable enough compromise?
It is as far as I'm permanently concerned. :-)
I never saw those red pinstripes until years later when i color to see the series in color on the internet or late night cable. We had a black & white tv when i was a kid in 70s and early 80s.
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