The Official Batman Batbook [Paperback]

Joel Eisner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1986

The Official Batman Batbook Revised Bat-Edition is the only official guide to the 1966 television series. (The original edition sold over 100,000 copies worldwide) Containing a detailed guide to every episode and the feature film. Obsecure batfacts, trivia, a complete list of Holy Words, Batfight words, BatEquipment. Interviews with cast and crew members. This newly updated edition contains hundreds of new photos, additional facts (like cast salaries), trivia and interviews with guest stars, henchmen, crew members and the producers.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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About the Author

Joel Eisner is the author of three successful tv pop culture books including the bestselling Official Batman Batbook (it sold over 100, 000 copies when it was first released in 1986). He also co-wrote Lost in Space Forever (0n the LIS tv series) and Television Comedy Series: An episode Guide to 153 TV Sitcoms in Syndication. The Revised Bat-Edition is a newly updated and enlarged version of the original Batbook which surpasses the original in both scope and content. His next project is an authorized biography of actor Vincent Price. The book authorized by Mr Price prior to his death, is the first book to contain hundreds of stories and memories in Price's own words. A limited edition color Batbook is planned for the future. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 172 pages
• Publisher: Contemporary Books; Trade Paperback edition (May 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0809250357
• ISBN-13: 978-0809250356
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #711,044 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Holy superfluous fun!, February 4, 1998

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This review is from: The Official Batman Batbook (Paperback)

The "Batbook" offers an embarrassment of riches for fans of the 1960s Batman TV show. It includes all the essentials -- synopses of every episode, a good overview of the show's origins and casting, loads of photos of heroes and villains, and the lowdown on the 1966 Batman feature film. There are also tons of tidbits you never needed to know: A compendium of every "Holy...!" utterance that ever escaped Burt Ward's breathless lips, for instance, and an inventory of the bat-gadgets used in each episode.

What's best about the Batbook, though, is the behind-the-scenes insights gleaned from original interviews with Alan Napier (the show's trusty Alfred), several writers, and bit actors who played henchmen to the featured baddies. Alas, Eisner didn't get access to the Dynamic Duo or any of the big-name villains, and relies for their perspectives on excerpts of previously-published interviews. Nonetheless, it's an amusing read for anyone ZAP-ped by the mid-60s bat-bug.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars (Un) Holy Grammar, Batman!, April 19, 2011

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This review is from: The Official Batman Batbook: The Revised Bat Edition (Paperback)

Being a Big Bat Fan for as long as I can recall (sitting too close to the screen during several of the "Colored Gas" scenes seems to have altered my Bat-Memory a bit), I looked forward to receiving/reading this book with breathless anticipation. And while 'anything Batman' (the TV series in particular) is cool with me, I have to admit that I was a little disappointed (not enough to begin throwing my other books around like an angry Bookworm, but stil ...) in this Bat-Tome. Here are the two main reasons for my disappointment:
1. I had read Adam West's "Back To The Batcave" several years ago, and I guess I was expecting a larger, more detailed version of THAT book. Well, this version is definitely larger, but I found it sort of lacking in the type of details that I had expected. Don't get me wrong - I loved the notes from many of the stars who had appeared on the show ... It's just that there seems to be something lacking when it comes to too many of the "Bat-Memories" portions of the book. Of course, I realized going into it that Adam West and Burt Ward weren't connected to the book (and how great would THAT have been?!?!), but there's still something missing here that I can't quite seem to put my Bat-Gloved finger on ...
2 (as in the second reason for my disappointment in this book): It looks as if it was edited by a first grader! I am an English teacher, and I have seen better grammar and punctuation on the bathroom walls at our school!!! HOLY PROOF READING! Didn't ANYONE look at the text of this book before sending it out for publication? If The Joker had printed something this error-filled (perhaps with the evil intention of 'dumbing down' the residents of Gotham City), The Dynamic Duo would have risked life and limb (and cape) in order to thwart his wicked scheme! And Commissioner Gordon would have called him "That Crowned King of Criminal Composition!"
But even with all of this negative critique (because nobody's perfect -- except for Batman, of course), I still give this book an "Okay," and I would definitely recommend it it to any hardcore Bat-Fan who can't get enough of all things Caped Crusader ... particularly if that hardcore fan failed High School English!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars No personal stake involved in my Batbook purchase, March 1, 2008

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This review is from: The Official Batman Batbook: The Revised Bat Edition (Paperback)

I'm totally unbiased in my review. Yes, this volume is not as "slick" as the first edition as it doesn't have any colored pictures and perhaps some of the pictures may appear to have some distortion due to the layout,but I would certainly recommend this book. I had two copies of the previous edition that fell apart; this new volume appears sturdier.
Besides material from the first edition, there are numerous new pictures, many of them not previously published in a trade paperback format. In addition, there is new information that will appeal to even the most hard-core fan. I especially liked the Dozier / Guest Villain communiques.
In short, if you are a Batfan, forget the controversy and buy this volume.