Sixty years ago, "Batman" crashed onto TV screens, unleashing Batmania, a rogue’s gallery of villains, and a pop-culture phenomenon that still resonates.

The classic Batman television series, which premiered on January 12, 1966, starring Adam West and Burt Ward as the Dynamic ...

While the 1960s Batman series is celebrated as a DC success, the initial reception of the show was controversial.

On TVs everywhere, a white hot beam of light pierces the midnight sky, sending its urgent message into the inky black night over Gotham, striking terror into rotten hearts of evil-doers.

"Campy" or "superheroic"? On Jan. 12, 1966, the dynamic duo came alive.

In 1966, DC Comics fans were introduced to the soon-to-be iconic live-action TV series Batman. Adam West starred as the legendary Caped Crusader, with the show capturing a more colorful, campy, and ...

Paul Dano's Riddler has nothing on the original live-action version.

Batman is a pretty fashionable crimefighter, and if you're looking to celebrate his grooviest era, you can now make space for a cowl straight out of the 1966 TV series that starred Adam West as the ...

Robin (Burt Ward), left, and Batman (Adam West) in front of one of the phony rear-projection location backgrounds in the campy 1960s TV series "Batman." The show debuted on TV on this day in 1966 | ...