There's a half-serious observation in the Batman fandom that the best Batman actors are the ones who feel like they could also pull off playing the Joker. Take Michael Keaton; you know him as Tim ...

On Jan. 12, 1966, “Batman,” starring Adam West as Batman, Burt Ward as Robin and Cesar Romero as the Joker, debuted on ABC.

Director and co-writer Todd Phillips’ rough, mean riff on the “Batman” villain ... was good and ready for a half-kidding, ...