559K views · 13K reactions | ️: Trailer for Lambert Hillyer’s 1943 Columbia Pictures 15 chapter serial film “The Batman” or simply “Batman”. Starring Lewis Wilson (Batman), Douglas Croft (Robin), J. Carrol Naish (Dr. Tito Daka), Shirley Patterson (Linda Page), and William Austin (Alfred), Chapter One titled “The Electrical Brain” was released 82 years ago today on July 16, 1943 by Columbia Pictures.驪 #Batman #Robin #DC | History of The Batman | Facebook

61K views · 3.7K reactions | Batman’s Bat-signal in live action cinema and television (1943-2022). This important piece of Batman’s comic book iconography, that had its debut in 1942’s Detective Comics #60, hit the big screen for the first time 80 years ago in Columbia Picture's 15 chapter serial “Batman” (1943) starring Lewis Wilson as film’s first Dark Knight.驪 | History of The Batman | Facebook