TALE OF THE TAPE: BATMAN
REAL IDENTITY
LEWIS WILSON
Back Up: Robin:Croft
Defeated Adversaries: None comic based (but apparently had faced the 3 stooges)
Screen Appearances: Batman (1943)
Access Notes: Holds the distinction of being the first to wear the Cowl on the screen.
REAL IDENTITY
ROBERT LOWERY
Back Up: Robin:Duncan
Defeated Adversaries: The Wizard
Screen Appearances: Batman and Robin(1949)
Access Notes: He has the special skill of retrieving a full-sized blowtorch from his regular looking belt(no utility belt here).
REAL IDENTITY
ADAM WEST
Back Up: Robin:Ward, Batgirl:Craig
Defeated Adversaries: Catwoman:Meriwether, Catwoman:Newmar, Catwoman:Kitt, Clock King, Falseface, Joker:Romero, King Tut, Mad Hatter, Mr. Freeze:Sanders, Mr. Freeze:Preminger, Mr. Freeze:Wallach, Penguin, Meredith, Puzzler, Riddler:Gorshin, Riddler:Astin, The Archer
Screen Appearances: Batman (1966-1968), Batman (1966), Legends of the Superheroes (1979)
Access Notes: Fought agains a lot of comicbook villains, especially a lot of Catwomen - Meee-ow!
REAL IDENTITY
MICHAEL KEATON
Back Up: This bat flies solo
Defeated Adversaries: Joker:Nicholson, Catwoman:Pfeifer, Penguin:Devito
Screen Appearances: Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992)
Access Notes: Tim Burton's Goth Batman
REAL IDENTITY
Val Kilmer
Back Up: Robin:O'Donnel
Defeated Adversaries: Riddler:Carrey, Two-Face:Jones
Screen Appearances: Batman Forever (1995)
Access Notes: Forever lasted 1 movie
REAL IDENTITY
George Clooney
Back Up: Robin:O'Donnel (Again!), Batgirl:Silverstone (What the!)
Defeated Adversaries: Mr. Freeze:Schwarzenegger, Poison Ivy, Bane
Screen Appearances: Batman and Robin (1997)
Access Notes: Bat nipples, need I expound more?
REAL IDENTITY
Bruce Thomas
Back Up: (Somewhat!)Black Canary:Skarsten, Huntress:Scott(Daughter -he got jiggy with Catwoman:Baird), Oracle
Defeated Adversaries: In this version conquests are unknown, better ask the Oracle
Screen Appearances: Birds of Prey (1992)
Access Notes: With a name like Bruce Thomas, your bound to play Batman
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REAL IDENTITY
Christian Bale
Back Up:
I don't like boys in tights
Defeated Adversaries: Ra's Al Ghul, Scarecrow, Joker:Ledger, Two-Face:Eckhart, Carmine Falcone, Sal Maroni
Screen Appearances: Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008)
Access Notes: He is good, he strains his body to perfection including his voice
You Decide!
Me I'll vote for the most obvious - Lewis Wilson (well most of you doesn't remember him anyways!)
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