BATMANIA Batman Fan 1960's Fanzine Magazine

Now, these Batman Fan magazines are EXTREMELY RARE! Here's a set of BATMANIA Batman Fanzines, Issues # 1 thru 19. This was a magazine for Batman Fans published by artist / writer BILJO WHITE in the mid 60's, about 2 yrs before the Batman TV Series premiered in 1966. This was a grass-roots level publication that covered everything Batman. Sort of like the BAT-BLOG in magazine form, ha ha! Please click on the photo up above to enlarge it to a giant-sized photo. I put it up this big so that you could enjoy the incredible artwork by Biljo White. He did all the covers & from a graphic art point of view they are super great!! My favorite is issue #4 which shows Batman & Robin racing away in the Batmobile & it's shown at a weird angle you never see. Many more of them are really great too & we hope you enjoy this RARE chance to see these extremely hard-to-find masterpieces!! Be sure to check back with the BAT-BLOG often for more Batman eye-candy...See y'all tommorrow!!

SUPER-RARE Vintage 60's Batman Weapon Toys!!

In this quick posting we wanted to present 2 very ultra-rare Vintage 1960's Batman Toys that are toy weapons for crime fighting! The 1st one is a Batman Water Pistol Toy Gun made by Lincoln International ©1966. It's shown here on a beautiful display card with the toy attached, drool, drool! The 2nd photo is of a cool "foreign market" Batman toy called BATI-ESPOSAS & as you can see they are a pair of play hand-cuffs, or I guess, "Bat-Cuffs". These were marketed in Argentina & are quite RARE also!! The Bat-Blog would like to thank our friend Ramiro for sending the "bat-cuffs" photo. If any other readers have some cool personal photos to share of anything Batman-related then please do so!

Be sure to check the BAT-BLOG ARCHIVES for many many more RARE vintage Batman Toys!!

RARE Batman & Robin SUPER JUNIORS Vintage 1978 Rubber Vinyl Squeeze Toys

Who's the cutest little Batman & Robin ever? You are, Yes you are! Here's a set of two Batman & Robin 7" tall rubber-vinyl dolls that if you squeeze they make a sqweeky-sound like a dog toy, ha ha! These were made in 1978 for the foreign market & are called "Super Juniors". This was Warner Brothers' attempt to present some DC Comics characters as little kids but it must have never taken off. Also in this set were a Superman & Wonder Woman ( not shown ). It's sort of a mystery as to what other Super Juniors products were produced. I know that there is some "Super Juniors Contact-Sheet Paper" made in Italy. It featured the 4 characters listed above plus Green Arrow, Green Lantern, & maybe a few other characters. Other than the dolls & contact paper I'm not sure what else they made so if you have something in this wacky "Super Jrs" series then please send more info & especially a photo if ya got it!

Batman-Related Tattoo Picture JOKER Brian Bolland Art

Here's an extremely well-done Batman Tattoo photo sent in by a reader who got The Joker on his right calf. This was inspired by the art work of Brian Bolland ( shown on right ) from the classic Batman / Joker graphic novel, The Killing Joke.

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BAT-BLOG's Wacky Wallpaper Wednesday!

Every Wednesday at the BAT-BLOG we present two Batman Wallpapers you can use to brighten your desktop or use in a MySpace layout! Today we thought we would post some pictures of Batman Toys. One is a Vintage 1970's Mego ROBIN THE BOY WONDER Action Figure 8" Doll on original blister-card. The 2nd one is the NEW Batman Action Figure from the DC SUPER FRIENDS collection. This will be released from Mattel in 2007. Be sure to check the BAT-BLOG ARCHIVES & BAT-BLOG WALLPAPER PAGE for many many more Batman Desktop Wallpapers!!

Batman Classic Comic Book Cover # 106

Today I came across a really great vintage Batman comic book cover & it made me think, "Why I have not thought if this before...duh!". So, every now & then I'm gonna showcase a really wonderful Batman cover for fans who enjoy great art work!! This is the cover to Batman #106. It's kinda weird to see a cover price of 10 cents.

Life-Sized Batman Lego Statue at F.A.O. Schwarz Toy Store

The famous toy store F.A.O. Schwarz has gone through a major make-over. Now they specialize in high-end very expensive toys for millionaires & the elite! One of their offerings this year is gonna be a Life-Sized Batman Statue made entirely from Lego™ bricks. He measures about 6'6" tall. This item is extremely cool & is on every toy collectors wish list. The price, $27,000.00. Yes, you read that right, twenty-seven thousand dollars!! If anybody wants to buy this for me ( for Christmas maybe ) then e-mail me & I'll send you my shipping address info, ha ha!