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| 699 |
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| 699 |
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| 699 |
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| 699 |
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batman in the batman / superman hour ; the batman segments of the series were repackaged as the adventures of batman and batman with robin the boy wonder which produced thirty @ - @ three episodes between 1968 and 1977. from 1973 until 1986, batman had a starring role in abc's super friends series ; which was animated by hanna @ - @ barbera. olan soule was the voice of batman in all these shows, but was eventually replaced during super friends by adam west, who also voiced the character in filmation's 1977 series the new adventures of batman. in 1992, the dc animated universe @ - @ contunu
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as two @ - @ face. filming started in september 1994, and schumacher encountered problems communicating with kilmer and jones. batman forever was released on june 16, 1995 with financial success, earning over $ 350 million worldwide and three academy award nominations, but the film was met with mixed reviews from critics. after the release of batman forever, warner bros. started development on batman & robin, commissioning it on fast track for an adamant june 1997 release. val kilmer did not return, because of scheduling conflicts with the saint, and was replaced by george clooney. arnold schwarzenegger starred as mr. freeze, while uma thur
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| 699 |
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shows his appreciation by sharing a joke with batman. the character's maiming of barbara arguably turned her into a more @ - @ important character in the dc universe : oracle, a data gatherer and superhero informant who has her revenge in birds of prey by shattering the joker's teeth and destroying his smile. in the 1988 story " a death in the family ", the joker beats jason todd with a crowbar and leaves him to die in an explosion. todd's death haunts batman, and for the first time he considers killing the joker. the joker temporarily escapes justice when ayatollah ruhollah khomein
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as alfred drives bruce home, bruce spots a shadow outside. he finds a stray black cat and decides to take it home. as he leaves, the bat @ - @ signal lights up in the night sky as catwoman watches from afar. michael keaton as batman / bruce wayne danny devito as the penguin / oswald cobblepot michelle pfeiffer as catwoman / selina kyle christopher walken as max shreck michael gough as alfred pennyworth pat hingle as commissioner james gordon michael murphy as mayor of gotham city vincent schiavelli as the organ grinder andrew bryniarski as chip shreck
| 699 |
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