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Batman (1943) continued...
Not only was this serial the first appearance of Batman on film, but also the first appearance of 'The Bat's Cave' itself. It didn't appear in the comics until Detective Comics #112 in June 1946.
One of the access points to the cave from Wayne Manor was through a grandfather clock, as in the serial:
This film is also notable for changing the appearance of Alfred Pennyworth in the comics, from overweight and clean-shaven to the slim, thin-mustached figure more closely remembling the actor, William Austin:
In chapter ten Batman escapes from a car before it plunges over a cliff and erupts spectacularly in a ball of flames:
In the following chapter Daka ironically states: ?It will take but a few days to complete the weapon which will be more destructive than anything man ever dreamed of.?
His vision of the ?atom smasher? would be matched for real in 1945.
Bruce Wayne, in disguise as the criminal Chuck White, is followed in a taxi by New Order agents driving a truck. The truck rams the taxi in an attempt to kill Chuck:
Chapter thirteen has a spike chamber, in which the walls compress from the sides:
The final episode sees Daka meet a Mola Ram demise at the jaws of his own alligators!
Not only was this serial the first appearance of Batman on film, but also the first appearance of 'The Bat's Cave' itself. It didn't appear in the comics until Detective Comics #112 in June 1946.
One of the access points to the cave from Wayne Manor was through a grandfather clock, as in the serial:
This film is also notable for changing the appearance of Alfred Pennyworth in the comics, from overweight and clean-shaven to the slim, thin-mustached figure more closely remembling the actor, William Austin:
In chapter ten Batman escapes from a car before it plunges over a cliff and erupts spectacularly in a ball of flames:
In the following chapter Daka ironically states: ?It will take but a few days to complete the weapon which will be more destructive than anything man ever dreamed of.?
His vision of the ?atom smasher? would be matched for real in 1945.
Bruce Wayne, in disguise as the criminal Chuck White, is followed in a taxi by New Order agents driving a truck. The truck rams the taxi in an attempt to kill Chuck:
Chapter thirteen has a spike chamber, in which the walls compress from the sides:
The final episode sees Daka meet a Mola Ram demise at the jaws of his own alligators!