What first drew you to Batman?

[Chris Wallace]

Truthfully. I mean way back.

[Silver Sable]

The 90's cartoon

[Infinity9999x]

Batman 89. The first time I watched the 60's movie it scared me when the shark was on Batman's leg (I was about 3), but then I saw the 89 movie when I was in 2nd grade, and I thought it was awesome, it seemed more realistic to me. I didn't like how in the cartoon he only wore a fabric costume. Since he was only a man, I thought they should have drawn him with body armor, because I didn't think a normal guy would be able to dodge bullets.

[trustyside-kick]

Basically my big bro..copying him as a child a bit..but also the Batman 89 movie as well as the animated series in the 90s.

[Fledermaus]

Reruns of the 60s show when i was little. My older cousin gave me "The Dark Knight Returns" in 1988. I was 10. the next year I saw Batman and I've been hooked ever since.

[El Payaso]

The comics.

Shortly after, the Tv series reruns.

But the comics came first and showed me the dark character.

[Quentin Beck]

You will all think I am a Batman noob.................


Batman Begins drew me into Batman

[Mister J]

I was introduced to the character via reruns of the various Superfriends incarnations and the 60's TV show. What got me hooked is when a friend of mine brought his copy of The Dark Knight Returns to school one day. It was great; unlike any Batman I had ever seen. I wanted to steal the damn thing from him. Seeing that dark portrayal of Batman got me interested in everything about the character.

[el sensei]

nothing draws attention to me about him. hes just overrated.

[Two-Face]

nothing draws attention to me about him. hes just overrated.


Then why the **** you're visiting Batman board?!:rolleyes: :confused:

[Beelze]

Watching the 90's cartoon when I was a kid - well, more of a kid than I am now, anyway. I don't think I saw Batman '89 before getting drawn into the cartoon. Either way, the love I have for Batman today is one that was renewed almost two years ago. A few days ago I wondered, why I hadn't stayed a Batfan, or gotten into the comics earlier, seeing as I watched, and really liked, the cartoon, and seeing as I even had Batman toys. I was stupid back then - well, more stupid than I am now (I hope).

It was only once I knew about Batman Begins that I realized, "hey, that's a great character!" And then I remembered how I had loved the old cartoon. Got all the B:TAS seasons on DVD to gear up for Batman Begins (which I was sure was going to be good, since I knew I really liked Bale and Nolan from before), got a few GNs as well. After Begins my love for the character was solidified and stronger than ever before.

Well, enough of my life story for now.

[Leto Atrides]

Returns came out right around my 4th birthday. As the stores were flooded with merchandise, my parents decided to go with a theme and almost all of my presents were Batman figures, the Tiger handheld, a costume, et cetera. Between that, and watching TAS, I've always been a fan.

[Whack Arnolds]

Batman 1989. I liked him before that, via Super Friends and re-runs of the 60's show...but it was the release, hype, darkness, majestic and overall greatness of Batman 1989 that turned me into the hardcore fan that I am today.

[CFE]

"I'm not gonna kill you. I want you to do me a favor. I want you to tell all your friends about me..."
"Wha...WHAT ARE YOU!?"

"I'm BATMAN."

Says it all...

CFE

[Soundwave88]

When i saw his darker mean though side in 89

[nite-owl]

89 and the cartoon is what got me into batman but I couldn't find any comics when I was younger so I just kinda went out of batman. until Begins went into production which what got me into batman again.

[Diamondhead]

Truthfully. I mean way back.I had this little poster by Neal Adams and I thought he was Superman
Back then I wasn't old enough to buy comics just yet... and I thought that he and superman was the same person!
I even copy this poster and wrote superman under it.
But anyway, later on…
I bought lots batman comics back in the day when they were not trying to make him look better than anyone else
And Now I have nothing but contempt for his arrogance and the bratfans who recently voted bratman brigands movie as the best superhero movie ever!

[Morgoth]

The Superpowers cartoon and 60's Batman show drew me to Batman. When I was about four or five I started watching the 60's show and loved it.

And every Saturday morning I couldn't wait for the Superpowers cartoon and I think on another channel they'd play the 60's Batman cartoon.

I loved his costume his gadgets, the Batmobile. And his villians are the best around. Batman has an incredible Rogues Gallery.

[Chris Wallace]

When i saw his darker mean though side in 89
That's the reason for my current interest; if I believed, as my father still insists, that he was always meant to be the campy, hokey, self-parody that Adam West portrayed (Which West himself still prefers) I would've lost interest a long time ago.

[ReTrO JuNkIe 42]

The 60's show in reruns when i was little plus the old mego figures. i always had robin my brother got batman, back then i even had the robin underoo's lol. So i've liked the character ever since i could remember. the older i got the more i liked the darker more serious batman, i agree with Chris if had stayed campy i would of lost interest

[DeGenerate10]

Probably the old Batman comics that my dad had. That and I grew up watching TAS and Batman/Batman Returns

[titan101]

i think i was always a batfan.batman was the very reason thats the bat is my favorite animal.but i used to be more interested in spiderman than batman,that is until batman begins came out and i became a complete fanatic.


i also used to watch reruns of the 60's show.i wonder why it's not on TV land any more...

[Binker]

All I know was that my dad recorded both the '66 movie and '89 one on a tape and I watched it when I was 3. Thatrs how I got into Batman.

[Chris Wallace]

Now that I think about it, I didn't care much for Batman even as a child. It was really Tim Burton's movie that sparked my interest.

[Dcknight]

Micheal Keaton

[Two-Face]

What's funny that Batman Forever drew me to reading Batman comics and seening BF on the Big Screen for my first cinema expeience and I also loved watch TAS on saturday mornings.

[trustyside-kick]

The Animated Series played a big role into me liking Batman since as a small child I did not obviously have money to buy the comics..let alone the want to read. :P

[Cats]

Batman '89 where his dark past, resolve and mystery of his nature struck and resonated for years to come, have loved him ever since. TAS kept up the interest for years, while only at 17 did I begin to collect comics. For every comic/episode I learn a little more about him, it makes the character more and more appealing.

[Bathead]

I realize I'm aging myself, but it was the costume in the comics as drawn by Dick Sprang back in the early 60's (pre-Adam West) first ,then the batmobile, gadgets, villians, Some fun stories (not all of them were goofy,no matter what modern day fanboys would have you believe.)

[Chris Wallace]

You'r enot aging yourself; God is. :D

[Chris Wallace]

What's funny that Batman Forever drew me to reading Batman comics and seening BF on the Big Screen for my first cinema expeience and I also loved watch TAS on saturday mornings.
I started faithfully reading Batman after BF.

[Mee]

For me it was my dad buying Batman comics when I was a kid and he'd read them to me for a bedtime story. Then I got into BTAS and was officially hooked.

[CaptainStacy]

The 60's tv show, first run. Although i was quite little at the time, i remember thinking it was the greatest damn thing ever.

Got hooked on the comics shortly after.

[trustyside-kick]

The 60's tv show, first run. Although i was quite little at the time, i remember thinking it was the greatest damn thing ever.

Got hooked on the comics shortly after.

Ya, my bro got into it through the 60's tv show too. He even bought the movie a few years back.

[CaptainStacy]

Years later, when the show was run in repeats, i developed a hell of a crush on Julie (Catwoman) Newmar....

ROWWRRR!

[Chris Wallace]

Really? My first celebrity crush was Lynda Carter.

[Mister J]

Really? My first celebrity crush was Lynda Carter.
:up:

[32CAGE]

what hooked me was the batmobile from the 1960's television series.

[spdrknight]

I honestly have to say that I saw the 60s Adam West show and that is what really got me into the comic book store next to Target in my town. Now though, I really can't stand the old Batman show. Interesting I think. As I grew up from that tender, yet blind and stupid, age I must have matured and looked for something more dark.

Burton's Batman is really got me hooked and loving the true dark pyscological Batman/Bruce Wayne.

[Edward Nigma]

i've no idea, i was looking through my baby book the other day and apparently i have been obsessed with batman since i was 3. i had a batman cake, got nothing but batman toys and would cry for batman when super friends was over. and, so yeah, dunno where it came from, but i have loved batsy as logn as i can remember

[Nightdevil]

The Bat-nipples

[MinNoir]

I remember when I was younger watching BTAS, my Dad had Batman '89 on VHS so I watched that, various Super Friends re-runs. Batman is one of my favorites not exactly number one my list any more though, he got replaced by the Black Canary, Oracle, Huntress and Lady Blackhawk, but he's still one of my favorites, although he wasn't my first comic book, I still pay loyalties to him and anything Bat-related, my first comic book was actually a Spiderman comic book that my big brother gave me.

[O'Haire]

Loved Batman in the late 80's I enjoyed re-runs of the Adam West show. The cartoon kept me interested. Lost interest for a few years. Batman Begins got me hooked again. Love the character more than ever.

[CConn]

I honestly don't remember. I first saw B89 when I was 2 or 3, and I became hooked. What was it that exactly hooked me in? I really don't know.

[Mr. Socko]

Batman '89 got me hooked on Batman. I loved it the first time I saw it. It was one of my favorite movies and still remains on the list of all time greats. Then came Batman: The Animated Series, it was the greatest cartoon I had ever seen. It captured the perfect feel of Batman and all his villians. It's still my second favorite medium of Batman next to the movies then comes the comics. I started reading Batman comics when Batman Forever came out, I collected as many as I could from the past. Then in about 2000, when no more Batman movies were made and no more of the original TAS, I got away from Batman. He was still ok at the time but I didn't like him nearly as much. Then last year came Batman Begins which sparked my interest again. I'm back collecting tons of Batman comics and anticipating sequels to Begins.

[batmaluco]

At first, reruns of the 60's show, but what really hooked me was Denny O'Neil & Neal Adams' Batman.
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a78/Batmaluco/NealAdams_Batman244-19.jpg

[TwilightPro101]

I blame it all on the 60s show, which I've tried my hardest to completely remove from my mind.

[Thot]

If memory serves, I first saw Bats in re-runs of the 60's series and started buying comic books soon thereafter. I loved the cool suit, the car, the gadgets, the eccentric villains, etc. After seeing the artwork of Neal Adams, I gained a new appreciation of the Dark Knight's original incarnation and ever after I've preferred the 1939/post 60's version of the character.

[KnightShadow]

That gun he has....that freaking way-cool grapple hook gun.

I gotta get me one of those things :-D

Shadow out

[trustyside-kick]

I was just reading the poll above and I am surprised people put that what got them into Batman was his Batmobiles; odd.

[Two-Face]

why is it odd? boys or men wgho are interested in cars that they are interested in Batmobile so that they like the man behind the wheel.

[trustyside-kick]

I mean it is odd to start reading the comics because "Wow, he has a nice car. I think I will start reading his comic series now."
:confused:

[Two-Face]

I have friends just into cars more then me but they love the 89 Batmobile more than the film itself and they buy comics of it :D

[Clerk]

I got an action figure from my Grandma, which led me to the 90s cartoon.

[trustyside-kick]

I'm going to like change what I said in my earlier posts about how I got into Batman cause I forgot some stuff...

I got into watching the Batman Animated Series because of my older brother. Got into Batman because of that and the Batman 89' movie. Got into actually reading the Batman comics because I loved Jim Lee's art in Hush as well as the storyline and my big brother telling me some facts I never knew. And these forums are making me want to read more and more different stories I have not read. I even downloaded some from BitLord that I just wanted to read and not buy.

:)

[Bruce_Wayne29]

The mythology, the dark brooding persona.

[saint sinner x]

What first drew me to batman is how freakin bad ass he is. Batman is also probably the most complex character in my opinion that i've ever known. He is the symbol of the inbalance between the dark and the light. His willpower and determination to win is unbelievable. I was also drawn to him by the fact that he seems like he has everything: the cars the girls the money but in reality he doesn't have peace within himself. he is like the tortured soul fighting a never ending battle and for that reason above all he is the most beloved character in my eyes. LIVE ON BATMAN NEVER STOP FIGHTING, EVIL PREVAILS WHEN GOOD MEN FAILS TO ACT.