Batman and Doctor Who Battle Joker in 1960s Comic Style Crossover Art
The 60s iterations of Batman and Doctor Who are united against their adversaries in a piece of stunning comic book fan art. Action and adventure serials were at the height of popularity in television during the 1960s. Long before streaming services such as Netflix and Disney+ led to the age of consumers binging however much content they want, audiences would religiously tune in for weekly instalments of their favorite ongoing adventures, such as the DC hero pairing of Batman and Robin.
Some good examples of this phenomenon on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are found in 1966 in the TV show adaptation of Batman, and the early years of Doctor Who. Batman was a tongue-in-cheek spin on the Silver Age comics that were running at the time. The series was relatively faithful to the comics' upbeat tone and wacky plot lines, with Adam West playing a decidedly more ‘Bright Knight’. In the UK, Doctor Who had just come out of its inception in 1963 and was delivering sci-fi thrills in 'base under siege’ type stories, albeit on a much lower budget, with Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor.
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Now, comic artist Ben Willsherhas brought these two icons together in a stunning piece of comic book-style fan art. The piece sees West’s Batman paired up with Troughton’s Doctor outside of the TARDIS, drawn in accurate comic style animation detail. The next panel then reveals the pair facing down a devious team up of the Joker (Caesar Romero) with the Daleks, sporting a Joker-style purple, green and red color scheme. Check it out below.
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