What if...1943's Batman serial was an A-list studio film?

[PNGwynne]

...The Joker. Jack Palance if you want to go super creepy.

You may be on to something, I'm watching him right now.

[thunderbolt]

Blake, could be, he was always very energetic. (Or Blake could be Billy Batson, I always think of Billy as a little younger than Robin.)

To me, Karloff is Clayface I, but I certainly think he'd be a great Prof. Strange.

Tierney would be a good Catwoman. She was chilling in Leave Her to Heaven. That film is where I got the idea for Darryl Hickman as Robin.

I like Lugosi for Clayface better.

[PNGwynne]

Yes, I agree about his hindsight.

[Earth 2 Chris]

^I think he meant he saw Bruce as that TYPE in hindsight, but with Kane, who knows? He also claimed he spent time with a pre-Marilyn Monroe Norma Jean.

Chris

[PNGwynne]

That sounds like typical Kane revisionism, that can't possibly be accurate. And I'm guessing all the art was being ghosted by the time Wagner hit the scene in '50.

[Earth 2 Chris]

^Bob Kane often mentioned a young Robert Wagner, but he was too young to be the model.

Chris

[PNGwynne]

^Yes, I totally stole Peck, he seems so right.

Someone suggested in a DC comic I read decades ago that Robert Taylor was a model for Wayne. That doesn't appeal to me at all.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Dead on with a Gregory Peck as Batman!! I think Alex Ross used him as a model to great effect in Kingdom Come.

Peck was first cast as Batman (or at least Bruce Wayne) by David Mazzuchelli in Batman: Year One, and Ross ran with the ball.

Great lists folks! I can't think of anything to really add at this point. Some great suggestions!

Chris

[EmergencyIan]

” I saw Night and the City this year. And I'm sure most know him from Kiss of Death.”

Oh yes, he’s terrific in that movie.

Gene Tierney would have made a terrific Catwoman. I hadn’t considered that.

- Ian

[PNGwynne]

Blake, could be, he was always very energetic. (Or Blake could be Billy Batson, I always think of Billy as a little younger than Robin.)

To me, Karloff is Clayface I, but I certainly think he'd be a great Prof. Strange.

Tierney would be a good Catwoman. She was chilling in Leave Her to Heaven. That film is where I got the idea for Darryl Hickman as Robin.

[Goblin19]

Yes, good choice on Robin.

[thunderbolt]

Oh, and howabout Robert Blake for Robin? Little young at the time 10, but very active in movies.

[thunderbolt]

Karloff for Hugo Strange and Maurice Tillet and Rondo Hatton for his monster men.

[Goblin19]

And for Catwoman I’d go with Jean Tierney. She had the perfect look and could play nice and nasty equally well.

[PNGwynne]

I remember watching the movie called “Night and The City” thinking that he’d make a great Riddler. Actually, he reminded me of the Riddler in more than one of his early film noir.- Ian

Just saw Night and the City this year. And I'm sure most know him from Kiss of Death.