Our good friend Hans, who lives in The Netherlands, sent us this beautiful photo of an extremely RARE piece of Vintage 60's Batman Memorabilia! He wrote, " this is my latest find, a Dutch Batman & Robin Promo Poster 1967. This was a special mail-in order poster from a Dutch grocery store called Albert Heijn. If one did your shopping there you could save up for this poster." WOW! Thanks Han, this is truly super-rare & I seriously LOVE the vintage artwork! In fact, I went ahead & used your photo to make a Desktop Wallpaper ( down below ) that you, and Bat-Blog Readers, can enjoy. Plus, I posted a picture of the actual poster up above...it's really nice! Thank you very much for sending this, I appreciate that!
Here's a piece of strange bat-history! This is a 1960's Vintage Postcard advertising for "Color Dynamics," a local California printing company, inspired by the 1966 Batman TV show. The front features a full color promo photo of ( presumably ) the owners dressed as the Dynamic Duo, Batman and Robin. The reverse reads "POW! Holy Headquarters!!" and announces the store is moving to a new location in Saratoga, CA.
Regular Bat-Blog Readers were recently assaulted here with our special wacky celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the 1984 Kenner SUPER POWERS Action Figures. Just scan down below for all the posts, it was crazy! Well, a new friend named Scott read them a few days ago & was inspired to send us this very cool photo! Scott said, "...a long time ago, when he was a little kid, his Dad begged their local Burger King to please please give his son this special store display sign that they had there" ( What a great Dad!! ). Of course we're talking about the SUPER POWERS CUP HOLDER COLLECTION Promotion they had back in the mid-1980's. I totally remember these, they were kinda cool! They made 4 Plastic Cups with Figural DC Comics Super Hero Characters: Superman, Wonder Woman, Darkseid, & the Dark Knight himself, Batman! Actually, Darkseid was a Villain, but you get the idea. Thank you Scott for sending this wonderful photo & sharing that great story, that's really neat. Also, this sign is pretty awesome if ya ask me!
Anybody remember these BATMAN RETURNS Movie Cups from McDonalds? I do, I collected them all! I also remember being sort of upset that they were plastic because for a long time these Premium Promo Glasses from Fast Food Restaurants used to be high-quality glass. Then, I guess some moron sued them or something ( or maybe they became too expensive to produce ) so they all went to plastic. But, these BATMAN RETURNS Cups were still pretty neat & the graphics were really nice. The lids were actually a Mini-Frisbee that didn't fly very well, but looked cool. There were 6 to collect: Batman, Catwoman, The Penguin ( 2 ), Bruce Wayne, & The Batmobile. Now, I got the photos here so you can see the cups & that "Newspaper-looking thing" was the Paper Placemat used at McDonalds for the trays. I remember a HUGE Standee Store Display Sign that was in the store too but couldn't find a pic at the time of this post. But really the main thing are the cups & the video. Yes, the TV Commercial! It's down below so be sure to check that out too.
It looks like our buddy "Brohawk" aka David Williams has been pretty busy since we talked to him last. Check this out, he has published a brand-new hardback book of his amazing artwork titled "Brohawk's Weapons of Choice, The Art of David Williams". This cool "Book Promo" video was created ( see down below ) to promote it. He will have some copies at San Diego Comic Con 2010 at the "Big Wow" booth #4902 so look for him there or visit his website by clicking HERE!
Here's the latest Promo Teaser Video Trailer for the BATMAN ARKHAM CITY "Game Of The Year" Edition that features a special "Harley Quinn's Revenge" DLC. Awesome!
OK, I have had some major issues in my life that I had to deal with for the last few days so that's the reason I have not been posting on my regular OCD schedule. But, that mess seems to have cleared up a little bit so now I'm back, ha!
I have been meaning to get these new DARK KNIGHT RISES movie promo pics up for awhile. Yeah, better late than never! They feature Christian Bale as Batman, Anne Hathaway as Catwoman, and Tom Hardy as Bane.
Our Good Friend Kuan sent us some totally wonderful photos showing some of the Banner Advertising for THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Movie in Singapore. They feature Batman and Bane, very cool! Also, look at the last photo down below ( you might need to click on it for a larger version ). These three photos together are ones that Kuan has sent to us over the years. They show one special Movie Theater in Singapore where they have had huge advertising in the front of the building for each individual Batman Nolan film, amazing!! ( Thank You Kuan! )
