Adam West's death really brought home to me how many people think the 1966 show and movie was the first screen Batman adaptation. This thread is for discussion of Lambert Hillyer's classic The Batman, which introduced the Batcave and led to the redesign of Alfred Pennyworth; and Spencer Gordon Bennet's underrated Batman and Robin, which introduced Vicki Vale. Both of these are important to the development of the Batman mythos, as well as being compelling entertainment in their own right. Let's celebrate the serials that started it all for Batman on the big screen.