MORE BATTYMAN

BATMAN
ABC 1966-1968
BATMAN (1989)
dir: Tim Burton

Every generation has their own version of Batman, there were the movie serials in the 40s up to the dark remakes now. These are more pages from 1989 that both parody and cash in on the then-upcoming 1989 Batman movie based on what they knew from the 1966 TV show. You can find the other versions MAD and Cracked had of that movie and the earlier TV show here.

Cover of Taiwan edition of MAD.

Swedish edition

Norwegian edition

In the eighties and nineties Cracked often dedicated an issue to articles about a movie before devoting the next issue to the actual parody. In 1989, most of an issue was devoted to the upcoming movie they hadn't yet seen and knowledge of the comics character made a part of the national vocabulary from the 60s TV program.

BATTY-WEAPONS THAT DIDN'T QUITE MAKE IT TO THE UTILITY BELT
Cracked #248, October 1989
w: George Gladir
a: John Severin

WHAT'S HOT AND WHAT'S NOT
a: Gary Fields

BADTMAN a: Pat Boyette

Bob Kane was the person who created, or rather, took credit for and signed the strip.

THE SOUNDS OF BATTYMAN
a: Don Martin

A CRACKED LOOK AT BATMAN
w: Roger Brown
a: Mike Ricigliano

WHAT IF BRUISE PAYNE DIDN'T BECOME BATMAN?
w: George Gladir
a: Ron Wagner

THEM BATTYMAN SEQUELS WE'RE SURE TO SEE
w: George Gladir
a: John Severin

puns on Rutger Hauer, Bette Midler, Farrah Fawcett, Burt Reynolds, and Claude Raines

Debbie Reynolds, Dustin Hoffman, Dirk Bogarde, McClean Stevenson
Warren Beatty, Omar Sharif, Christpher Walken, Sigourney Weavver

George Burns, Treat Williams, Rhonda Fleming, George C. Scott
Telly Savalas, Carol Channing, Tab Hunter, Rob Reiner
Terence Stamp, Nick Nolte, Frank Converse, Judd Nelson, Benny Hill

CRACKED INTERVIEW WITH RABID THE WONDER BOY
w: Rich Kriegel (Lou Silverstone)
a: John Severin

In Batman Forever, it was acknowledged that Robin was part of a family circus troop called the Flying Graysons.

FORM & FUNCTION LOOKS AT THE NEW GEAR
a: Rurik Tyler

SHUT-UPS
a: Don Orehek

Inside back cover

Back cover (artist unknown, border by Bill Wray)

Back to MAD

VILLAINS AWAITING BATMAN'S RETURN TO TV
MAD #298, October 1990
w: Charlie Kadau & Joe Raiola
a: Rick Tulka

Jackie Mason had a sitcom co-starring Lynn Redgrave called Chicken Soup.

Bob Guccione used more than one Miss America winner for his Penthouse magazine. Joe Piscopo had left the cast of Saturday Night Live by then but was doing his characters and impressions for Lite Beer commercials.

CRACKED INTERVIEWS THE JERKER
Cracked #250, December 1989
w: Rich Kriegel (Lou Silverstone)
a: Walter Brogan

“Heeeere's Johnny”, while initially Johnny Carson's tagline, may be better known as a line by Jack Nicholson from The Shining.

Eddie Murphy hadn't been a cast member of Saturday Night Live for years at that point. Robin Willians, Steve Martin, and Jay Leno never were.