10 Classic Villains Reimagined By Batman '66
Two-Face and Scarecrow are just two of the villains who have been given a sixties makeover.
Holy nostalgic continuation Batman!
DC fans are rejoicing at the news of the upcoming Batman '89 and Superman '78 comic books. Set in the same universe as Tim Burton's Batman films and Richard Donner's Superman: The Movie respectively, it gives readers a chance to experience new adventures from those interpretations that would otherwise be left to the imagination.
The Batman '66 comic that span out of the iconic Batman TV show starring Adam West and Burt Ward started this trend off perfectly, and one of the most enjoyable aspects of that run was the reimagining of the classic villains that didn't make the show.
Some seriously iconic Batman villains never made it onto the series, either for budgetary reasons, the fact they didn't fit with the colorful style, or the plain and simple fact that the character wasn't created at the time of the original series broadcast.
It's a joy to experience these familiar fiendish faces with fresh/old takes, so let us take a stroll through the Bright Knight's rogues gallery and see what twisted assortment of villainy makes the list! (The worst is yet to come!)
10. Solomon Grundy
Starting as a villain for the original Golden Age Green
Lantern, Alan Scott, this zombified behemoth has had multiple origins in the
DC universe since his debut in 1944.
In his Batman '66 beginnings, Cyrus Gold was an Olympic wrestler who, thanks to their witchful Aunt Helda's love potion, falls for classic '66 Villain Marsha, Queen of Diamonds.
One day Marsha leaves Cyrus waiting for her in the cold, only to find him frozen to death, and so Helda resurrects him into the monstrous Solomon Grundy.
With the Batman '66 TV show using The Addams Family alumni including Morticia Addams herself and Caroline Jones as Martha Queen of Diamonds, Ted Cassidy, who portrayed the Addams long-suffering butler Lurch, would have indeed been perfect casting.