Post #634037 by JOHN-O on Fri, Apr 27, 2012 11:45 AM

It would be kinda cool to add Batman as an aesthetic to TO #12. He did have pulp/noir origins and was often referred to as the "Dark Knight Detective".

Also unlike James Bond, Batman actually visited a Tiki bar (at least from the outside)…

and was a Tiki himself…

Ha, ha. Just kidding. :D

But I do believe Batman did have a devolutionary impact on 1960's Spy pop culture. The TV series garnered such great popularity in 1966, that many other shows followed down that same comic book path. This was acknowledged by the producers of "The Man from UNCLE" where unlike the more serious first season, the third season of TMFU became more of a spoof to compete with the satirical nature of Batman.

And how about the post-Batman "You Only Live Twice" ?? That entry in the Bond franchise was so "comic book" in nature that it inspired the whole "Austin Powers" parody several decades later.

In the 1960's, the impact probably hit its most absurd with the Bond/Batman hybrid "James Batman" (those crazy Filipinos again !!)…

Batman killed Bond !! (or at least the arguably cooler early 60's Bond)

OK, I'll shut up now. :)

EDIT - But not quite yet... James Bond vs Batman '66 teaser

[ Edited by: JOHN-O 2012-04-27 13:49 ]