Batman: Season 1
The television series Batman, which aired from 1966 to 1968, features the crime-fighting duo of Batman and Robin. Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead double lives as these heroes, utilizing a secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion to access the Batcave. From this base of operations, they respond to emergencies in Gotham City, often alerted by Police Commissioner Gordon. The series is characte
Season overview
The television series Batman, which aired from 1966 to 1968, features the crime-fighting duo of Batman and Robin. Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead double lives as these heroes, utilizing a secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion to access the Batcave. From this base of operations, they respond to emergencies in Gotham City, often alerted by Police Commissioner Gordon. The series is characterized by its high-camp tone, incorporating distinctive on-screen graphics such as POW, THWACK, and ZAP. Throughout the first season, the protagonists face a variety of diabolical foes, including the Riddler, the Penguin, and Catwoman, who attempt to confound them. Adam West portrays Batman, while Burt Ward plays Robin. The show is classified under the genres of science fiction and fantasy, comedy, and action and adventure. It serves as a live-action adaptation that brought the characters from the pages of comic books into a television format. The narrative focuses on the efforts of the Caped Crusaders to maintain order in Gotham City against the persistent threats posed by their adversaries.
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
Hi Diddle Riddle
Jan 12, 1966 · 25 min
While the Riddler maneuvers Batman into being sued, the Dynamic Duo investigate the supervillain's concurrent scheme.
Smack in the Middle
Jan 13, 1966 · 25 min
The Riddler fashions a mold of the face of the unconscious Robin. He contacts Batman with two more riddles. The Riddler tells Batman if he can solve the riddles, he'll know where R
Fine Feathered Finks
Jan 19, 1966 · 25 min
The Penguin plots to manipulate Batman into inadvertently devising capers for him.
The Penguin's a Jinx
Jan 20, 1966 · 25 min
Bruce Wayne escapes the Penguin's deathtrap and returns to the Batcave. What he doesn't know is that one of the Penguin's clues, an umbrella, has a listening device.
The Joker Is Wild
Jan 26, 1966 · 25 min
The Joker decides to fight fire with fire against Batman with a utility belt of his own.
Batman is Riled
Jan 27, 1966 · 25 min
Batman avoids a public unmasking but is unable to bring in the Joker, thanks to the villain's utility belt. Eventually, Batman and Robin are captured by the Joker's gang. But the J
Instant Freeze
Feb 2, 1966 · 25 min
Mr. Freeze, thought to have perished, has returned and is seeking revenge on Batman. The villain is committing crimes involving diamonds, or "ice," in one form or another. He freez
Rats Like Cheese
Feb 3, 1966 · 25 min
Vince, a temperamental physician at a Gotham City hospital (apparently a takeoff on Ben Casey), saves Batman and Robin. The Dynamic Duo resume their pursuit of Mr. Freeze. Eventual
Zelda the Great
Feb 9, 1966 · 25 min
The Dynamic Duo arrange a trap for an elusive annual bank robber, but the female magician they are hunting is on to them with a new scheme of her own.
A Death Worse Than Fate
Feb 10, 1966 · 25 min
Told that her loot is genuine money after all, Zelda is forced to lure Batman and Robin into a possibly unsolvable deathtrap, with hitmen waiting outside to shoot them if they esca
A Riddle a Day Keeps the Riddler Away
Feb 16, 1966 · 25 min
King Boris, who hails from a European country, comes to Gotham City for a visit. Upon his arrival, there is a disturbance, which includes a clue from the Riddler. Batman and Robin
When the Rat's Away the Mice Will Play
Feb 17, 1966 · 25 min
Batman manages to escape the Riddler's death trap. He and Robin decide to lay low until they can figure out the Riddler's caper. Meanwhile, the Riddler frees King Boris, who brings
The Thirteenth Hat
Feb 23, 1966 · 25 min
Jervis Tetsch, aka the Mad Hatter, is abducting all the jurors who convicted him of a previous crime wave. He is also taking their hats. His final target is none other than Batman,
Batman Stands Pat
Feb 24, 1966 · 25 min
Batman, thanks to superior breath control, is able to escape the plaster of Paris in which he was encased. Despite this, the Mad Hatter is still at large. Eventually, Batman and Ro
The Joker Goes to School
Mar 2, 1966 · 25 min
At Woodrow Roosevelt High School, a vending machine gives out money. Dick Grayson is there to witness it. Batman learns the vending machines are operated by a company bought by the
He Meets His Match, The Grisly Ghoul
Mar 3, 1966 · 25 min
A power failure prevents Batman and Robin from being electrocuted. Meanwhile, a recording Batman made confirms that cheerleader Susie is one of the Joker's confederates. Robin, in
True or False-Face
Mar 9, 1966 · 25 min
False Face traps Batman and Robin, and binding them to a subway track just minutes before a train is scheduled to come by.
Holy Rat Race
Mar 10, 1966 · 25 min
Alfred contacts Batman by radio from the Batcave. Batman instructs the butler to short circuit a communications device the hero has on his wrist. This enable Batman to get free of
The Purr-Fect Crime
Mar 16, 1966 · 25 min
Catwoman initiates a series of thefts that cause Commissioner Gordon to summon Batman and Robin. But the importance of the crimes go beyond the taking of the objects involved. The
Better Luck Next Time
Mar 17, 1966 · 25 min
Batman evades the attacking tiger thanks to his utility belt. First, he scales the wall. Then, he uses a sonic device "to split the tiger's skull," as narrator William Dozier infor
The Penguin Goes Straight
Mar 23, 1966 · 25 min
After his recent release from jail, The Penguin has started his own protective agency and is thwarting small time hoodlums everywhere he goes. Batman & Robin decide to send in an u
Not Yet, He Ain't
Mar 24, 1966 · 25 min
Already wanted for a robbery they didn't commit, Batman and Robin fake their own deaths with a little help from Commissioner Gordon and Chief O'Hara. They even allow the Penguin to
The Ring of Wax
Mar 30, 1966 · 25 min
The Riddler's latest scheme involves stealing a wax figure to melt down for its wax that is powerfully corrosive when exposed to direct flame.
Give 'em the Axe
Mar 31, 1966 · 25 min
Taking advantage of the Riddler's mistaken belief that they were killed escaping his deathtrap, the Dynamic Duo must stop the villain from stealing a treasure of Incan jewels that
The Joker Trumps an Ace
Apr 6, 1966 · 25 min
The Joker launches a new crime wave with robberies that appear to make no sense, such as stealing hairpins from rich women and a hole from a golf course. But the Joker knows exactl
Batman Sets the Pace
Apr 7, 1966 · 25 min
After an ingenious escape, Batman and Robin again pick up the trail of the Joker. The villain's ultimate crime is designed not only to make him rich but to ruin Batman's reputation
The Curse of Tut
Apr 13, 1966 · 25 min
A former academic who thinks he is really King Tut has returned. Batman and Robin seek his capture. A twist occurs, however, when King Tut's gang kidnaps Bruce Wayne. They are taki
The Pharaoh's in a Rut
Apr 14, 1966 · 25 min
Bruce frees himself just before the cart he is riding goes over a cliff. As Batman, he works to bring King Tut to justice. But the hero is captured by King Tut instead. Batman is t
The Bookworm Turns
Apr 20, 1966 · 25 min
Commissioner Gordon appears to have been assassinated during the opening of a new bridge. A copy of Hemingway's 'For Whom The Bell Tolls' nearly blows up the Batmobile. Both incide
While Gotham City Burns
Apr 21, 1966 · 25 min
Batman saves Robin from the Wayne Memorial Clock Tower at the last possible Big Benjamin second. While they are busy in the Batcave, The Bookworm steals a priceless cookbook from s
Death in Slow Motion
Apr 27, 1966 · 25 min
Charlie Chaplin and the Keystone Kops raid the till at the newly opened Gotham movie theater. The culprits turn out to be 'The Riddler' and his gang in disguise. They lead the Dyna
The Riddler's False Notion
Apr 28, 1966 · 25 min
Robin has been captured by 'The Riddler', leaving Batman fearing his own reaction. Therefore he asks Commissioner Gordon to accompany him to the Bat-cave to witness his interrogati
Fine Finny Fiends
May 4, 1966 · 25 min
Alfred is kidnapped by the Penguin ans his finny fiends while buying caviar for the Multimillionaires Annual Award Dinner. Although the loyal butler does not know the secret locati
Batman Makes the Scenes
May 5, 1966 · 25 min
The Penguin learns the location of the Multi-millionaires Annual Award Dinner from Alfred: on board Bruce Wayne's S.S. Gotham Neptune. His female fink Finella replaces the beauty q