Will the batdance be in action at said party????

That's actually a classic story from the very early days of Batman. I don't remember the whole thing, but Thomas was dressed as a bat, and on the way to the party saw a mugging, which he stopped.

I'll see if I can dig up the image of the costume he wore, and the issue number and publication date. I have it in a reference at home, that I'll have to hunt down.

Nice!

Found the cover online (of course)
Detective comics #235, Sept 1956 - later than I thought.

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Sounds awesome. Gotta love actors who give it back to the fans.

The first like 4 episodes of Brave and the Bold made me not want to watch the show anymore. Then a friend of mine showed me the episode where Bats and Black Panther (I think?) fight these 3 dudes with masks and can only attack at night. I was like ok the show is not bad, then I watched the episode with The Joker (Classic looking and perfect Joker) and have been hooked ever since. I am so pumped now to see this episode with O.G. Batman and Catwoman. Love the throw backs this show gives us.

Another reason to say Batman: The Brave and the Bold fucikng rocks!!

Yay, Golden Age stuff! At least they aren't doing the one where Bruce has an older brother who gets locked in a mental hospital. 0.o That was a weird origin story. . . But, then again, Silver Age Batman was full of quirky and ridiculous stuff.

Ever read the ol' school comic involving this scenario? It was good stuff, basically because it ended with Batman brining the mook who hired the hit on his mom and dad to justice, thus making every comic dealing with his parent's death afterwards obsolete, which is to say: all of them. Everyone likes the idea that their dad can beat people up, and Batman's no exception.

Adam West is awesome. I met him once and he's a great man. Glad to see him continuing to work. I'd actually love to see Quentin Tarantino, Spike Lee, Tim Burton, or someone give him a cool dramatic role in an upcoming movie. I think he could pull it off and I'd love to see him have a Shatneresque comeback and win an award or two in the twilight of his long, illustrious career.

Between this and the musical, NPH-starring 'Mayhem of the Music Meister' I think it's safe to say that Batman: The Brave and the Bold is, and will continue to be, awesome.

The story was most famously retold in Untold Legend of the Batman, which was re-printed about a million times by Scholastic books.

Grant Morrison referenced the story of Thomas Wayne dressing in a bat costume in his recent Batman run. Dr. Hurt, one of the main antagonists, ending up wearing the same costume in an effort to mess with Batman's head. The original story was just reprinted in the Black Casebook trade paperback, which collects a bunch of the crazy old Batman stories from the 50s and 60s that influenced Morrison.

If that's not awesome enough for you, it's worth noting that Martha Wayne, his wife, will be voiced by Julie Newmar.

EVERYBODY BATDANCE!!!

that is one episode i am looking forward to seeing it for its like passing the torch of batman and Julia will also be voicing another character on the show. so fans get batman lovein plus the Spectre animated on the show also for the first time.

The story of Thomas Wayne being the first Batman was also told in he Untold Legend of the Batman. It also tells how Bruce Wayne was the first Robin. Heck of a good read.

Fuck and Yes indeed! I knew West and Newmar were meant for each other. You could feel the electricity in the old Batman episodes and I believe they had to shoot Batman from the waist up a lot.

Jeff- I think you mean the Bronze Tiger.

This Brave and the Bold episode shows more love for the fans than Transformers and GIJoe combined.

@Stan AH that's where it was. I remember reading that, but in my head Thomas wasn't actually "The Batman", wasn't there some costume party involved?

It should be pointed out that mark hamill and kevin conroy are also doing voices for that episode.

This is going to be awesome! Wonder if they'll have any sound effects pop out in homage to the 60s live action series...

Not to get too nerdy here, but: /sarcasm
Per 'The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told' (1989):
This was from Detective Comics #235. Bruce and Dick are cleaning the attic and find a 'Batman' costume and an old movie reel. Thomas Wayne had worn the outfit to a costume party and won first prize. Some crooks kidnap him to pull a bullet out of their boss. Wayne refuses, beats up the crooks and escapes. Later the mob boss hires a hit-man to kill Wayne. After learning this Bruce beats up some bad guys and get his costume damaged. He decides to wear his dad's old suit and busts in to the mob boss's hideout. The mob boss sees the outfit, thinks Thomas Wayne has come back from the dead to get him, runs into the street, and gets hit by a car.

And yes, this does mean that Adam West has had a part in every animated Batman series.

And double yes, I would sell a kidney for five minutes with 60's era Julie Newmar.

Hell, YEAH!!!

I,ve never seen the B&B ep that Jeff refers to, in which Batman and The Black Panther fight "3 dudes in masks", but I'm pretty sure that wasn't the Black Panther. The Panther is a Marvel character. Always has been. So the odds of his appearing on a show designed to feature DC characters is about as unlikely as Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox getting into a fistfight over who gets to blow me first. Unfortunately. Jeff, was it a guy in a blue-black cat costume? Easy way to tell them apart: Panther=African-American, Wildcat=Caucasian. And, of course, if it *wasn't* a guy in a blue-black cat costume, then I have no idea who the hell that was...

I've never seen the B&B ep that Jeff refers to, in which Batman and The Black Panther fight "3 dudes in masks", but I'm pretty sure that wasn't the Black Panther. The Panther is a Marvel character. Always has been. So the odds of his appearing on a show designed to feature DC characters is about as unlikely as Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox getting into a fistfight over who gets to blow me first. Unfortunately. Jeff, was it a guy in a blue-black cat costume? Easy way to tell them apart: Panther=African-American, Wildcat=Caucasian. And, of course, if it *wasn't* a guy in a blue-black cat costume, then I have no idea who the hell that was...

I was wondering how this already excellent show could get any better, and now I know.

DreadZone, the "Black Panther" Jeff referred to was actually the Bronze Tiger. Good episode.