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Originally Posted by ToucanSpam
I wish more people gave the 1966 film credit. Yes, it's unbelievably campy, but so was Batman (mostly) up until Frank Miller changed the game.
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The comic got campy directly because of the success of the show. Sales were down on the books so they grabbed what they knew would sell. Frank Miller did help revive Batman's image after that wore thin though for sure with Returns and Year One. Revived the character so other writers like Grant Morrison and Jeph Loeb could step in and bring him back to his roots as the Dark Knight detective.
I actually like Batman Begins over The Dark Knight as well, overall.