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06-11-2017, 01:57 AM
Holy icon, Batman, Adam West meant a lot to me
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In the late 1960s and early '70s, I raced home from school every after**on to power load on superhero and Sci-Fi television. It was all reruns, though I didn't k**w it. There was Star TrekGigantor, Superman, and, of course, Batman.
SEE ALSO: Adam West, everyone's favorite Batman, dead at 88 (http://mashable.com/2017/06/10/adam-west-batman-dead-at-88/)
I was **t an avid comic book reader back then. So, for me, Adam West, who died Saturday at 88, created the iconic caped crusader. His so**rous voice commanded me from across the room sit close to our 25-inch tube TV.
The plots seem silly **w, but I was hooked and worried in between cliff hangers about whether our hero would survive. I even believed Batman and Robin were climbing skyscrapers with little more an a rope. It never occurred to me that they simply turned the camera on its side. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/10/adam-west-was-my-batman/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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In the late 1960s and early '70s, I raced home from school every after**on to power load on superhero and Sci-Fi television. It was all reruns, though I didn't k**w it. There was Star TrekGigantor, Superman, and, of course, Batman.
SEE ALSO: Adam West, everyone's favorite Batman, dead at 88 (http://mashable.com/2017/06/10/adam-west-batman-dead-at-88/)
I was **t an avid comic book reader back then. So, for me, Adam West, who died Saturday at 88, created the iconic caped crusader. His so**rous voice commanded me from across the room sit close to our 25-inch tube TV.
The plots seem silly **w, but I was hooked and worried in between cliff hangers about whether our hero would survive. I even believed Batman and Robin were climbing skyscrapers with little more an a rope. It never occurred to me that they simply turned the camera on its side. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/10/adam-west-was-my-batman/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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