An interesting piece of old cinema and the first time showing Batman in cinema.
It's an archaic form of Batman, but it's decent as a 1940s version.
A large part of the episode is actually about the characterization of the villain, which i like.
There is some racism here though, with it being 1943 when America was engaged in a war with Japan, and some bits felt like propaganda. But most of the episode is a standard sci-fi plot, and it was surprisingly engaging. Especially when the bad guys changed the license plate and color of the car, i thought that was really clever, and that kind of move could easily still be in modern day stories.
Upon reading the wiki, i didn't know some of the standard elements orignated from this serial like the bat cave, the look of Alfred, and the grandfather clock to unlock a secret entrance.
There were some funny moments too like Batman getting his ass kicked by 3 normal henchman.
Shout by WardVIP 8BlockedParent2023-12-09T13:40:36Z
An interesting piece of old cinema and the first time showing Batman in cinema.
It's an archaic form of Batman, but it's decent as a 1940s version.
A large part of the episode is actually about the characterization of the villain, which i like.
There is some racism here though, with it being 1943 when America was engaged in a war with Japan, and some bits felt like propaganda. But most of the episode is a standard sci-fi plot, and it was surprisingly engaging. Especially when the bad guys changed the license plate and color of the car, i thought that was really clever, and that kind of move could easily still be in modern day stories.
Upon reading the wiki, i didn't know some of the standard elements orignated from this serial like the bat cave, the look of Alfred, and the grandfather clock to unlock a secret entrance.
There were some funny moments too like Batman getting his ass kicked by 3 normal henchman.