Now we reach the end of the road for Batman '66 Meets Wonder Woman '77.  This is the first issue of the series released after the sudden death of Adam West, and his loss still stings. We'll always have his work to remember him by, though, and his legacy lives on even now in comic…

This is not the first time Batman '66 has entered the Seventies.  No, the Caped Crusaders actually made a few appearances in the decade following their TV series, though they're programs that may be best forgotten.  There was the short-lived 1977 animated series "The New Adventures of Batman" that, while somewhat charming, was cheaply animated…

How I wish I was enjoying this more than I actually am.  All of the elements for greatness are there: a meeting between two classic characters and their respective franchises; one of the Caped Crusader's most formidable villains; and an all-star creative team who know their way around the properties.  Despite a few notable highs,…

Is this what Batman and Wonder Woman needed?  To come back to the eras of their shows?  It looks that way, as this series seems to have found more confident fitting now that it's firmly back in the Sixties. With the sojourn to the Forties in the first two installments, Batman '66 Meets Wonder Woman…

I really wish this had been billed as simply "Batman Meets Wonder Woman."  Take a Golden and Silver Age jaunt through these characters' histories, all the while seeing them unravel a decades-long villainous plot?  That would have been fantastic.  The pieces are there, and the idea is sound.  The problem, this month as well as…

It's difficult to understate the influence of both the 1966 Batman television show and the 1975 Wonder Woman series.  Batman was a cultural phenomenon, hitting at just the right time to be embraced by the zeitgeist.  It's bright aesthetic fit with the Mod style of the day, and the tongue-in-cheek campiness inspired comics writers to…