Best Batman Sites on the Web

Bill Jourdain's Golden Age Batman Site
Dedicated to Batman of the 1940s, 50s and early 60s. Includes a history of the Golden Age Batman, all his appearances, a list of reprints, rogue's gallery, cover art gallery and comics value calculator. There's also a mailing list.

The Gotham Gazette
Batman fan site featuring updates on new comics featuring the Caped Crusader. Information on Batman movies ande TV shows, memorabilia collecting, along with a fan art gallery. Also a newsletter.

The Original 1966 Batmobile
Dedicated to information and photos depicting the Caped Crusader's wheels from the 1960s TV series--along with models and toys of the famous auto. There's another Batmobile site here.

Batfriend
A super-impressive site dedicated to the Adam West TV series. Lots of pictures, info and links. Plus, a flash intro that shouldn't be skipped.

The 1966 Batman TV Tribute Site
A remembrance--with pics, episode guide and trivia--of the Adam West series.

Classic Plastick: 60s Batman Costumes
Get yourself all duded up in an authentic Adam West-style Batsuit!

How to Build a Batphone
Want a hotline to the Batcave just like Commissioner Gordon? Well, here's a fun weekend craft project for you.

The Animated Batman: An Unofficial Guide
Episode guides, background info and news focusing on the Warner Bros. animated Batman programs.

The Batman: Official Site
Official site for the Warner Bros. series that launched in 2004.

The World's Finest
A nice site dedicated to the Warner Bros. cartoon versions of Batman, Superman and the Justice Leage, featuring news, program schedules and episode guides for "Batman: The Animated Series," "Superman: The Animated Series," "Batman Beyond" and "Justice League." Part of Toon Zone.

Group: alt . animation . batman
Usenet discussion group for fans of the Warner Bros. animated Batman series.

Toy Otter
Offering a wealth of information about DC Comics action figure lines from various manufacturers. Lots of pictures.

The History of the Batmobile
Details (with pictures) of the Caped Crusader's wheels through the decades.

Batmansite: Pictures
Loads of screen shots from the Adam West series.

Who Drew Batman?
Bob Kane gets all the credit, but many (if not most) of those 40s, 50s and 60s comics credited to him were drawn by other--often, more talented--hands. Among them, greats such as Dick Sprang, Jerry Robinson, Jack Burnley, Sheldon Moldoff and others. Here's a guide to those great artists and info on how to spot their work.

Gotham Public Works: Cosplay
Dressing up like the Caped Crusader can go way beyond a mask and blue towel, as the elaborate fan costumes on display here demonstrate.

Recommended Batman Books


Batman: The Complete History
Les Daniels' history of Batman in comics, TV and film from the beginning to the present day. Lot's of nice illustrations and photos.


Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes: Batman - Volume 1
The ultimate reference to Batman from his Golden Age beginning up through the mid 60s. This is a new edition of a book first published in the 1970s. While it lacks any information after the Silver Age, it makes a wonderful companion to those DC Archives and Showcase volumes. Lots of detailed information on the series' characters and plotlines with great black-and-white art right out of the comic books.


Batman Collected
Graphic designer Chip Kidd's gorgeous visual history of Batman in pop culture--lots of Batman collectibles from throughout the years, exquisitely photographed and presented. It's a feast for the eyes.

Official Batman Batbook
A history of the 1960s Batman TV series with thorough episode guide and lots of pictures.


The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told
Highlights from the Caped Crusader's first 50 years of comic book adventures.


Batman Animated
An in-depth behind-the-scenes look at the Paul Dini/Bruce Timm Batman animated series.


Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams Vol. 1
Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams Vol. 2
Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams Vol. 3
The collected Batworks by the artist who, with writer Denny O'Neill, brought the Caped Crusader back to his Dark Knight roots. The best, most appropriate, incarnation of Batman--he's dark, real, gritty, but still human and heroic, not the bleak fellow he became in the late 1980s. Unfortunately, Adams recolored some of these tales and the result of modern, computer colors on the Bronze Age original doesn't really mesh. Better to have left them alone. Still, these books are a much cheaper way to find these stories than buying the original comics.


Batman Strange Apparitions
The great Steve Englehart/Marshall Rodgers run on the character.