Chris Curley sent in these great shots of then 57 year old Adam West still looking pretty darn good in his Batman gear. This is from a car show in Chicago, West must have been on a tour that year. Batman was being heavily syndicated and I remember him popping up in my own city around the same time.
The awesome TV Batmobile.
In about 3 years, West would no longer be allowed to wear the costume in public appearances.Thanks a bunch for the great pics Chris!
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Awesome!
ReplyDeleteAdam West is gonna be at a Comic Convention here in Winnipeg next October, and I'm really looking forward to meeting him.
I'm doing a lot of the artwork for that convention, and did this illustration for one of the poster designs for it:
http://ianthecomicartist.blogspot.com/2009/02/adam-west-as-batman-artwork.html
that's a great poster!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'll post a link to the final version - it uses both the Adam West image and one I drew of Julie Newmar (as she's also appearing at the Con) once it's been approved.
ReplyDeleteHell, I think that Adam West made most of his living doing promotional Batman appearances through most of the late 1970's and early 80's. I remember seeing him in at least a couple of different car shows in Cleveland, Ohio during this period.
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ReplyDeletenice piece!