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posted 17 years ago by VicMackey2008
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The hope this show comes to DVD show, since "THE NEW ADVENTURES OF BATMAN: SEASON 6" his dvd this summer maybe will see Seasons 4 & 5 hit dvd this Fall.

[–] imamaniac 17 years ago

They NEED to be released on DVD. I recently came into posession of the five episode VHS tape that I haven't seen for probably around ten years and enjoyed watching the episodes again.

[–] Cyborg89 17 years ago

Warner Bros. are probably waiting to release this in summer 2008 to coincide with the release of "The Dark Knight". That's why the less seroius Ne Adventures of Batman was released in summer 2007.

[–] Daggas 16 years ago

I certainly want a DVD of this. It is the only Batman cartoon that I am aware that has not had the entire series released on DVD or announced. I hope we get some good news soon.

[–] VicMackey2008 16 years ago

Batman: The Original Series & The Adventures of Batman are the only 2 series that never been release, But you can buy Batman: TOS from Ioffer.com on a Studio Masters DVD

[–] Cyborg89 15 years ago

I wish they'd HURRY UP AND RELEASE THIS ON DVD!

[–] Daggas 14 years ago

I too really hope that Warner/DC release this one in a hurry. It is long overdue, Batman's debut in animation. Come on it is historical. lol

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Darren

[–] grendelkhan 11 years ago

Much of the old Filmation and Hanna-Barbera cartoons from the 60s are in pretty bad shape. The cost of remastering vs the likely sales doesn't really balance out. I wouldn't hope for more than a Warner Archive release, based on sales of the other older cartoons (Filmation DC heroes, New Adv. of Batman, Ruby-Spears Superman, etc...). I have the series on a bootleg disc, and they are wathcable, but there are some pretty rough spots.

"Fortunately, Ah keep mah feathers numbered for just such an emergency!"

[–] OrinAGN 11 years ago

Where'd you get your Dvd from? Id love to have this show in any form.

[–] grendelkhan 11 years ago

A site called Saturdaytoons. They have a lot of old adventure cartoons that aren't commercially available, including the Shazam cartoons, from the Kid Power Hour with Shazam, which showcased early writing from Paul Dini.

"Fortunately, Ah keep mah feathers numbered for just such an emergency!"

[–] GreenLantern1988 11 years ago

This series is actually already available through Amazon instant video.

http://www.amazon.com/Many-Herrings-Wheelbarrow-Bird-Hand/dp/B001C9RMD6/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1367684471&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Adventures+of+Batman

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[–] Oddark123 10 years ago

WB's digitial download team is like a black hole of things sometimes. Because apparently what is or is not there does not have any bearing on what WHV or WA plan to put on physical disc.....why? who the hell knows, and from what the WA people say whoever puts those things out isn't using the same vault sources they are (that was in response about live action show Harry O, which was put on digitial download years before WA put it out on dvd)

I'd say chances are good they'll get back to finishing up the filmation ones too. Last year saw the finish of the Hanna Barbera Super Friends sets among starting up others. WHV is seemingly going in the right direction.

I do notice they are putting out the other heroes segments on the smaller money grabber sets, and it makes me can't help but wonder like the other brands going through this, if this isn't to help fund the remastering and/or rights clearances preventing some of these franchises from being complete on DVD.

I don't typically like conspiracy theories, but it just seems like too much of a coincidence they stage the releases of these certain things like they do yet are still supposed to be interested in finishing them up. If they didn't care, WA would just do them and that would be the end of it, but since they are in this limbo, there has to be a method to the madness at work there.

Gamefaqs has a far worse population than IMDB

[–] GreenLantern1988 10 years ago

You were right Oddark123, because Warner Home Video will be releasing this series on June 3rd.

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Adventures-Batman-DVDs-Announced/19437

[–] Oddark123 10 years ago

Indeed, good to see WB keep up the good work.

Communities left for being out of touch: Gamefaqs, Home Theater Forum

[–] OrinAGN 10 years ago

1. How Many Herrings in a Wheelbarrow / Bird Out of Hand
2. The Cool, Cruel Mr. Freeze / The Joke's on Robin
3. Bubi, Bubi Who's Got The Ruby? / Opera Buff, Joker Style
4. Nine Lives of Batman / In Again, Out Again Penguin
5. Long John Joker / The Big Birthday Caper
6. 1001 Faces of the Riddler / The Crime Computer
7. Partners In Peril / Two Penguins Too Many
8. Underworld Underground / Hizzoner the Joker
9. Mr. Freeze's Frozen Vikings / Will the Real Robin Please Stand Up
10. The Great Scarecrow Scare / Simon the Pie Man
11. Beware of The Living Dolls / My Crime Is Your Crime
12. He Who Swipes the Ice Goes to the Cooler / From Catwoman with Love
13. A Mad, Mad Tea Party / A Game of Cat and Mouse
14. Perilous Playthings / A Perfidious Pieman is Simon
15. Fiendishly Frigid Fraud / The Cool Cruel Christmas Caper
16. Jigsaw Jeopardy / Enter the Judge
17. Wrath of the Riddler / It Takes Two to Make a Team

Yep. The complete series. I wish they would put it out on DVD!
It's on iTunes, and on Amazon. Why oh why can't they put it out on DVD?!

[–] srb-3 10 years ago

I think it is ...

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=batman+1968+dvd&tbm=shop

[–] alanr4447a 10 years ago

Most DEFINITELY is! Bought it at Walmart June 5th, just after it came out!

Very austere package -- two disks (although I do like the 'compactness' of the set -- hate it when you're forced to buy a large number of disks for the amount of content!), the only extras are trailers for recent Bat-based animated DVDs. And the packaging only mentions voice credit for Olan Soulé and THE LATE -- R.I.P. -- Casey Kasem; not even Ted Knight -- AND it doesn't even MENTION Batgirl!

Each "title" on each disk covers a "half-hour episode" (nine on disk one, eight on disk two): one two-segment story plus one single-segment story. Each of the three segments in the half-hour is a "chapter".

The episode list is essentially as OrinAGN stated it, except the longer story comes first in every 'title', so in that list you switch the order WITHIN numbers 5, 6, 8 to 14, and 17.

Anyway, it's nice to finally be able to replace the 3-disk 'bootleg' set which has been floating around for years, whose source was the Superman-Batman Adventures syndication package from USA Network/Cartoon Network/Boomerang, where the longer stories were edited down; and which set was missing "Perilous Playthings" altogether (mis-labeling "Cool Cruel Christmas Caper" as that title); or other 'boots' based on low-grade sources.

[–] srb-3 10 years ago

I have this on DVD ! Got it as a belated Birthday present! Good times!