“Celebrating An Icon: A History of The Batmobile” - ‘Batman’ and the Transition into Pop Culture: When custom cars genius George Barris was approached to create The Batmobile for the new 1966 live action television series 'Batman' starring the late Adam West, he was give only three weeks to create something ordinary and make it equally as extraordinary as its driver. Barris transformed the $250,000 1955 Ford Lincoln Futura into a car fit for a man dressed like a bat; with a 429 Ford Full Race en

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“Celebrating An Icon: A History of The Batmobile” - Batman’s Car of the DCAU: Batman: The Animated Series is an animated television show, first airing on September 5th, 1992. Originally developed by Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski, the show's visual style of the 1940s dark deco and film noir was influenced from Tim Burton's recent Batman films at the time, 'Batman’ and 'Batman Returns' (1992), even in the first season sampling Danny Elfman's theme for the opening credits. Spanning from 1992 to 1999