''The Adventures of Batman'' is an

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produced by

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studios. It showcased the 12-minute

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segments from ''

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'', sometimes broken up by and surrounding another cartoon from Filmation's fast-growing stream of

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stars. A re-branded 30-minute version premiered on

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on September 14, 1968, as ''Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder''. This version was repackaged without the

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and

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segments.

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was the voice of Batman and is most likely best remembered for his work on that show, and many others in the Filmation stable.

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, notable for his voiceover and radio work, was the voice of

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. Batman and Robin would next appear in two ''

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'' crossovers, various versions of ''

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'' (featuring Soule and Kasem reprising their Batman and Robin roles, respectively) and ''

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'' in 1977.

Episodes

The Batman segment of ''The Batman/Superman Hour'' consisted of one story presented in two -minute segments and one story in a single -minute segment. 34 stories were produced (two-segment stories are listed first in each pairing): The original villain Simon the Pieman makes a cameo appearance alongside Sweet Tooth in the '' Batman: The Brave and the Bold'' episode "A Bat Divided".

Home media

In 1985,

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released five selected episodes of the series on VHS in the "Super Powers" video collection along with

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and

. In 1993, in Australia only, Warner Home Video released a four-volume VHS collection with four stories per volume. In 2008, episodes were released as digital downloads on

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, and streaming on

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. On June 3, 2014, Warner Home Video (via

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) released all 34 original, uncut broadcast episodes on DVD in Region 1 in a 2-disc set entitled ''The Adventures of Batman''. (Note: The episode pairings and order differ from the above list.) On September 17, 2021, the show was available on

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in Latin America, in celebration for Batman Day. On November 15, 2022, it was announced Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will release the series on Blu-ray on February 28, 2023.https://www.animationmagazine.net/2022/11/filmations-the-adventures-of-batman-complete-series-remaster-coming-to-blu-ray/

References

External links

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Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder at ''Marks Cartoon Collections''

The Adventures of Batman at ''Batman Yesterday, Today, and Beyond''

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