BATGIRL & BATMAN American Library PSA Posters

You know when you visit the library & you see those PSA posters of someone famous reading a book with the message "OPEN YOUR MIND, READ A BOOK TODAY". It's usually a sports star like Tiger Woods or a musician like Sting or Bono. Well, the company that makes them made two of 'em with DC Comics characters we all love...Batman & Batgirl ( Barbara Gordon ). The really weird thing is the company is based in Canada. Also, ya know how the Air Force pays $500 for a hammer because it's a government thing? Well, the same is almost true about these posters. OK, they are not $500 but they are really pricey! I was gonna buy one of these but I just can't justify $18.50 for a poster. That's a shame because I really like the graphic art & love the message about READING IS FUN. You can check them out, plus others, at http://accessola.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/batmanposter.html

THE BATMAN ROOM - Decorating with The Dark Knight!

Recently we received some photos from a Bat-Blog Reader who has totally decorated her bathroom with a Batman Theme & it was extremely cool. Well, I guess another reader was sort of inspired to take some photos so he sent us these pictures of his "Bat-Room" ( or, I guess you could call it the "Bat-Cave", ha ha ). His name is Scott & he did a spare bedroom with a Batman theme. It's sort of a place where he displays some of his Batman Toys & Collectibles but it also looks like he has a few video game systems with a TV set up there too...sort of a "game room". Anyways, he did a really great job painting it in "Batman colors" & added a few framed posters. It also looks like he ordered some of those giant-sized Fathead Vinyl Stickers to attach to the wall too. They look awesome! I mean, the entire room is GREAT! Thank you Scott for sharing these wonderful pics. If any other readers have done some special decorating then please share too...our e-mail button is ALWAYS on the top right-hand side of this blog. Oh yeah, for anybody looking for the place to buy these HUGE Batman Fathead Stickers please use this link:

Vintage BATMAN POSTERS : Rock Music Concert & Retail Store Displays

I keep a lot of reference material & pictures handy to do these posts. I have a folder on my PC where I dump tons of Batman related photos & then when it's time to post I go there. This morning I saw a few pictures that created a "theme". Here are some Vintage Batman Posters I thought were pretty cool. The 1st photo is a set of 2 Retail Store Display Posters for Batman Fruit Drink & Dairy Products. They were made during the 1966 TV Show & are double-printed so that a grocer could fold in them in half, hang them on a wire in the grocery store, & have visuals on both sides. I seriously love the cheesy retro-graphics, ha ha! The next poster is a RARE Vintage 60's Rock Concert Poster for a show at the Fillmore Auditorium on March 18, 19, & 20th. This baby has got to be super-RARE! The last poster is a photo sent in by a friend. It's a promo poster from a comic book shop in the Netherlands & the cool thing is that it has foreign language on it. It's from the 1980's & has awesome graphics! ( Thank you John for sending the cool picture ).

GERMAN BATMAN Original Vintage 1966 Movie Poster

Here's a great set of photos ( click the small one up above for a larger, more detailed, picture ) recently sent into the Bat-Blog from a Vintage Movie Poster Collector in the UK named Rick. He said, "I just got this wonderful 1966 BATMAN Movie Poster at a Boot-Sale last weekend & wanted to share it with your readers. It's a very RARE poster made for the release of the movie in Germany. It's all in German! The best thing about it is the unusual graphics plus I stole it for 20 pounds! For now I'm displaying it in a plexiglass frame, to protect it, but plan to have it professionally framed later." WOW Rick!! That poster is a beautiful piece of ART, you should be very proud! Also, ya got it for 20 pounds?? I'm jealous! ( 20 British Pounds is about $40.00 American, plus a "Boot-Sale" is a flea market ). Be sure to check the BAT-BLOG ARCHIVES for many more Vintage Posters & Toys.

BATMAN RETURNS MOVIE McDonald's Banners

For the 2nd Batman Movie, BATMAN RETURNS, McDonalds had a special Happy Meal. The toys were pretty cool. There was a Batmobile, Batman in Jet-Car, The Penguin in Penguin Boat, & Catwoman in her Catmobile. I know everyone has seen those but this is something I didn't know. Some very lucky McDonalds had GIANT-SIZE Vinyl Advertising Banners with Catwoman ( Michelle Pfeiffer ), Batman ( Michael Keaton ), & The Penguin ( Danny DeVito ). Here's a photo showing their beauty...click on it for a larger, more detailed, picture. I would love to have the Catwoman one...MMMEEEOOOWWW!

THE DARK KNIGHT Batman Reeces Candy Promotional Poster

In a previous post we showed the graphic art for the packaging to the Reeces Candy that will feature pictures of Christian Bale as Batman, from The Dark Knight Batman movie. Yes, they're gonna make "Batman-Themed" Reeces Pieces & Peanut Butter Cups, ha ha! Well, this just came in. This is the Promo Poster for the sale of the candy bars...with an awesome photo of Batman from the movie! I love how the background as an extremely detailed photo of Gotham City plus you get another look at the Batman-Suit costume. These will probably be displayed in convenience stores & when they do I'm gonna have to pester my friend who works at 7-11 to let me have one, ha ha!

FREE JOKER INTERNATIONAL POSTER The Dark Knight Movie

If you buy the current issue of TOTAL FILM magazine it has a Giant-Size "FREE" Poster of Heath Ledger's JOKER from THE DARK KNIGHT International Movie Poster. It's folded into 8 sections but pops open to measure about 23" X 32", that's pretty HUGE!! This is a magazine published in the UK but you can find it at better bookstores in the USA. The cost is around $6.00. Greedy "Scalpers" have been selling these on eBay for $20+. That was, until people found out they could get them in this magazine...those bastards!

BATMAN THE MOVIE 1966 French Poster & Italian Lobby Cards

Here's some really cool Vintage 1960's Batman Memorabilia. The 1st picture is a photo of an original movie poster of the 1966 Batman Movie for the French market, Made in France! The 2nd two pictures are Lobby cards for the same movie, Made in Italy! If you, the BAT-BLOG Readers, have any cool pictures of RARE items from your personal bat-collection then please send them to us....we would love to share them with everyone! Also, Be sure to check the BAT-BLOG ARCHIVES for many more versions of the Batman Vintage Movie Posters & Lobby Cards!

PRESS KIT For 1940's BATMAN & ROBIN Movie Serials Showing Vintage Movie Posters

Here's a really great photo ( click on it for the larger, more detailed, version ) of the original 1940's MOVIE PRESS KIT for the Vintage 40's Batman Movie Serials. Basically it was some promotional material sent to movie theaters explaining how to use the movie posters & hype the classic movies. We can't even begin to explain how super-RARE this baby is & we also seriously LOVE the Golden Age graphics!!

BATMAN and ROBIN Vintage-Style Graphic Art Posters

Michael B. Myers is a 27 year old Graphic Designer and, as a personal project, he recently created a few "Vintage Style Superhero Posters" featuring a few of our favorite DC Comics characters. He actually made a lot of them ( Green Lantern, Superman, The Flash, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Green Arrow, & Hawkman) but because the Bat-Blog is mostly Batman-related, I thought I would just post these 2 of The Dark Knight and Robin. If you would like to see more then just click HERE!

Vintage 1966 BATMAN Foreign Movie Poster From BELGIUM

Here's a great photo sent into the BAT-BLOG by a loyal reader who lives in the UK. He told us he bought this Vintage 1966 Batman Movie Poster while on vacation & it's from Belgium. He said it's quite RARE & we have to agree with him on that! Also, we love the vintage graphics....way cool!! Thanx for sending us the photo to share & if anyone else has some cool pics then please send them today!

Sean Hartter's Retro-Style SUPERHERO MOVIE Posters

OK, I'm a total loser & don't get to brag much, but I gotta say that I'm really proud of our good buddy Sean Hartter! He's a very talented commercial artist & he recently got some amazing hype on his artwork over at the WEEKLY-CRISIS website. They did a fun story about his fake Retro-Style "Superhero Movie" Posters & Lobby Cards. Basically, he creates new images that look like old vintage advertising for movies that were never made ( but you WISH they had made, ha! ). As an example I'm showing one for THE JOKER with Tim Curry as the lead character. But at the Weekly-Crisis website you can see some of your favorite Superheroes like: Superman, Plastic Man, Iron Fist, Wolverine, & many more. Just click HERE!

BATMAN ARKHAM CITY - Hugo Strange and Two-Face Propaganda Posters

Here are some BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY Propaganda Poster images released by both Warner Bros Interactive & Rocksteady Games. In this sequel to the popular Batman Video Game a character named Hugo Strange is going to be a major part of the game. This "poster" is one that is being posted all over Gotham City. The next "poster" is for Two-Face & it's a parody of the famous "Uncle Sam, I Want You" image.

5 New THE DARK KNIGHT / BATMAN International Movie Posters

OK, I kinda take a break on Sunday & what happens? Five brand new International Movie Posters for THE DARK KNIGHT Batman Movie gets released, ha ha! Here they are in all their glory, enjoy! There are 3 of them that have "Character Faces" like Heath Ledger's Joker, Christian Bale's Batman, & Aaron Eckhart's Harvey Dent. There's an action shot of the Batman Bat-Pod Motorcycle flying through a window in Gotham City. ( I really love the Batpod one, a lot! ). And then there's one with all 3 faces...awesome! Oh by the way, I wanna know which poster you guys like the best so please COMMENT down below & let us know!

The Brand-New THE DARK KNIGHT Batman Movie Poster From WHY SO SERIOUS Website!

Here's 2 Batman Wallpapers of the NEW The Dark Knight Movie Poster!!

I know that with all the viral marketing Warner Brothers has been doing lately with their different websites that we have been expecting a brand-new movie trailer for TDK. Well, instead, they gave us a new THE DARK KNIGHT Batman Movie poster instead!! Here's the new movie poster & below that I also made it into 2 different Wallpaper backgrounds you can use in a MySpace layout or your PC desktop. Also, Click the WARNER BROTHERS LOGO Link Button down below for a super-high-resolution photo of this poster from Warner Bros.

Vintage 1960's German SECRETS OF THE BATCAVE Batman Premium Poster!

Recently our friend Guenter, who lives in Germany, sent us this wonderful photo of one of his favorite German Batman collectibles. It's a large poster, that was a mail-away premium, showing a blueprint of Batman & Robin's Bat-Cave. He wrote, "Around 1968 you could collect "Bonus Brands" (labels) in every Batman comic book. For 10 labels you could order a bat-poster for free! It was called "Die Geheimnisse der Bat-Hohle" or in English, "Secrets of the Batcave". Today the poster is approx. 40 years old but still a great piece of art for me that helps me to remember my childhood." WOW! Guenter, this poster, in the USA, is extremely RARE & I mean almost non-existent! I really appreciate you sending the picture for that reason alone but it's also nice to hear your story about how you could mail away for this item, that's nice. Looking at the poster it's extremely detailed. Just like the name it shows all the "Secrets of the Batcave" like the Underground Lake where they store the Bat-Boat, the Garage Area where they repair the Batmobiles, the "Fake Mountain Top" that releases smoke to hide the identity of the Bat-Jet or Bat-Copter, plus all the other rooms with computers & lab supplies, etc...extremely cool! As a little kid you must have spent hours looking at that thing. I know I would have, ha ha! I also noticed, in the bottom right-hand corner, that they put a diagram explaining the capsules of the Bat-Belt. That's cool too! As always, I want to invite all Bat-Blog Readers to send us some RARE Batman-related photos to share & I also wanna thank Guenter again for the great picture, it's awesome!

Super BATMAN COLLECTOR Shares BATMANIA TOY COLLECTION Photos!

Yesterday I received an e-mail from a Bat-Blog Reader who sent some incredible photos of her boyfriend's display of Batman Memorabilia. She said, "Hello Bat-Blog, my name is Melissa and I wanted to tell you guys about my boyfriend's Batman Toy collection. He has so much stuff we had to buy a bigger house with a room just for Batman! He has about 20 boxes in the garage that are unopened complete old Batman sets and the whole room is full, its pouring over into the other rooms! I took some pics and I have included them. By the way, he goes on your site every day & his name is Pete, thanks." WOW!! Melissa, please tell Pete that he has some very amazing super-cool stuff & I really appreciate YOU sending these great pics, thank you. I love to see what other Batman Collectors have. I always end up playing that game where I am like, "OK I have that, I don't have that, I have never seen that before, oooh awww I want that!", ha ha! It's great! As always we want to invite any Bat-Blog Readers to send us cool photos, information, news, etc...if the Bat-Blog is any good at all it's because of it's amazing fans...Thanks so much!

Bat-Blog Reader Shares Original 1966 Batman TV Show Memorabilia & Props

A good friend to the Bat-Blog, named Ralph, has an extremely amazing collection of Batman Toys, Original Props, & Movie/TV Memorabilia. The other day he sent along a few pictures, OK, a TON of photos, ha ha! There were too many to place in one post so I kinda broke them up. ( We love getting a lot of great pics ). This first part covers his "Original 1966 Batman TV Show Props". These items really deserve to be in a museum, seriously! The 1st photo shows an original Pair of Bat-Gloves worn by Adam West on the Classic TV Series. They have been very neatly framed with a letter from Adam West himself. The 2nd photo is the original Mr. Freeze Helmet worn by the actor George Sanders. This was always a favorite villain so seeing this prop is pretty cool! The last 2 items were actual props used in the TV Show. They're from an episode where both Batman & The Penguin run for Mayor of Gotham City. These are the original "Political Posters" seen around "Gotham City". The one of The Penguin is one of those kind of signs someone would wear around town advertising the event. The one of Batman looks like it has been signed by Adam West making it even more valuable. I really love these photos Ralph, thank you so much for sending them. You have an amazing collection that you should be very proud of. Thanks again for sharing them, that's so cool. I promise that l will get around soon to posting the other pics soon. ( Readers - Stay Tuned because Ralph has a totally insane collection of Vintage 1960's Batman Toys that is gonna blow you away. Look for them here at the Bat-Blog very soon! ).

Anybody Ever Seen This Batman Poster?

A friend to the Bat-Blog recently asked if I knew where he could find this obscure BATMAN Poster. I told him I have never seen it before. I'm guessing that it's a "foreign release", probably from the UK, or maybe just some very obscure Promo Poster. About the only thing he knows about this item is that the artwork was done by Drew Struzan. So, I'm asking all the Bat-Blog Readers if any of you know anything about this poster please leave a comment or send us an e-mail, thanks.

Jason's BAT-MAN-CAVE Batman Toy Collection Room

Check out this amazing Man-Cave. I mean, Bat-Man-Cave! Our friend Jason sent us some wonderful photos awhile back of his Batman Toy Collection & in the process we got to see an extremely well-decorated room. At the time he sent these photos I was having major issues with my email server so most of the pics were ruined. Now, we get to see them in all their glory! You can tell that a lot of thought went into creating this room. Many posters/art prints are framed & look great on the wall. There are a few display cases featuring cool bat-toys. Then, there's the media center, which is nice, but I totally love the custom-made bat-symbol lighting fixture that is above the TV. I think I could totally live there! I'll just sleep on the couch, don't worry about me, ha! Thanks for sharing these pics Jason & sorry it took so long to get them up here. If any other Bat-Blog Fans have similar photos to share then please send them today!