Holy Franchise, Batman!: Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen

From the early movie serials of the 1940s through recent animated incarnations, the entire screen history of one of the most successful media franchises of all time, the Dark Knight Detective

Since the Caped Crusader first made the leap from comics to silver screen in the early 1940s, generations of audiences have been captivated by the screen adventures of Batman, establishing the celebrated comic book hero as a true icon of popular culture. Now, this book begins with the early movie serial...