Batman’s been rebooted more times than your Wi-Fi router—and not every Dark Knight has delivered. Some actors gave us raw, layered performances straight out of the comics.

In the following interview, Adam West reflects on all things Batman and his role in it.

Justice League (2017) performed a little better at 40 percent, but this feels like a not terrible Batman in some pretty terrible movies. This fight scene is pretty great, however.

In the 1966 'Batman' TV series, Adam West drove the iconic Batmobile in nearly every episode and terrified his co-star in the process.

With the sad news of Adam West‘s passing, it seemed like a good time to remember the best moments of his most iconic role, that of the 1960’s Batman. A list like this could easily encompass ...

NPR's resident Bat-scholar Glen Weldon offers a personal remembrance of the late Adam West, explains how the actor rescued the character of Batman from oblivion, and explores his enduring legacy.

NPR's resident Bat-scholar Glen Weldon offers a personal remembrance of the late Adam West, explains how the actor rescued the character of Batman from oblivion, and explores his enduring legacy.

The inviting wholesomeness of West’s Bruce Wayne—that rich, plummy baritone, the commitment to absurd melodrama and fight scenes, the winks and smiles—lured skeptics in.

Viewers came to expect fight scenes where Batman and his trusted sidekick, Robin the Boy Wonder, played by Burt Ward, would battle an array of anonymous henchmen, dispatching them with comedic blows ...

Adam West, the classically handsome baritone actor who turned a comic-book superhero into live-action Pop Art in the 1960s television series "Batman," died Friday in Los Angeles. He was 88.