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bet_een BEETLE.JUICE.type "houn s hness and one

of Ct"u'l es Olck en.·s n l"htmarea.

O anny O eVlto fit. the pert perfectly. aided by Sten Wlnston's superbly hideous moks· up _ark . On the other end of the sca l e . M ichelle PIelffer's C at_oman Is II sed u ctl"e. sl n a_y creature .

While B atman has a ll the money

he needs for elltra"agant outfits. _orklng _oman Salina Kyle mu st atltch together har cost ume from meterlala found a round the houa e. It s

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beautiful _ea r e r

l eeth er.

c r ea t i on fltll

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h ey •• '1 that curlo.lt y kill ed th e Cll t . ..

It ver y n early k ill.

S e lln e K y le.

H evin g . tumb l e d upon "'II .. bo• • '

c rim i n a l a c tlvl t l • • , . h .

'II • • vllgll l y a ttac k ed b y

• •nt crsll h lng t hr o u g h

t he

M il. Shr e c k lind

wind.;nN of I'll . . . k yscre p e .. .

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h e ,. ' e U I. b ro ke n by lI.v" ,.,,1 ce n oplee e nd II d e. p II ngwdrlft , 8 .. 11"11 mO~IIUv

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w o und ed •.. at O • • th ' . door .• . until . ..

M I • • K i tt y

e rr lv • • w ith r" lIn.1I of liver y

IIh e p II ,

c o lor e n d

d emean or In t ow . T he ... meglcally ... vlvlI S eUna with li n _ r 'lI vlI ,.. lon o f e rt iflc lel ,.• • p l l"8 1:Io" . No_. S ell n e K y l e will "lIlIpon d t o II cruIII world wit h e qual crulllty _ N o

longllr

t h i n g.

It'.

_III ah. pley the 1"'01"

of .. IIwllllt , d e mure, . ...b lllllrv ie n t:

t i m e tor .. dlff ..... nt p .... onll , II ""vllmp e d , w i c ke d

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lfred Pennyworth I. Br... c. Weyn.'. loye l men •• r-went ••• e n d muc h ,

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equIpment tor eatmen, but to keep the men behind tl-o_ tTlaak on en ."'e" keel IImotlonelly.

He'. alway. "dol"Q what'. right" for' hr. voung ,.-,.e.t. .. .

whethe,. It'. aiding in the fight egelnat crime or offering eome perti n e n t advice on Weyne'. let•• t: rornentic Int.,. • • t. Sellne Kyle . In ahart, Alfred I. the fethe'" 'Igure Bruce loet: end

n •• d. .

.tlll deeperetel y

And the Betce .. e, p.,-hepe e .. en mo... then W eyne M enor, I• •

per.one' ,..fuge . . . hi. true home ewe.,. from home .

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BATMAN RlllJR;\;S

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ntlaIlY fallowing the bold conc e pt a originated

by An to n

Fur st In th e

origin al BATMAN mo vie ,

BATMAN RETURNS p ..... nt.

Got .... m

al dewalk •. "

t h l.

a dark and Intimidati ng

City , "eoa If H e ll h a d e rupt ed through the

urban

Production dealsna .. Bo W a lch d e fln • •

l andacape

dete r i or ati ng

aa

Am . r lca n

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c a ri ceture

city ,"

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buildings a nd cl • • • le,

go thic . t ruct"'''''B e nd s culpture s. Th e .. e Ie mora of an amph • • la thl . h igh ... a nd Io waI' .. eglon a of the city.

time on th e

S ave,..1 B etion

a c e n es plo y out on rooftop . , and The P enguin d""alla

In en Icy, a ubter r .. n ee n grotto. Gotha m

1='10:0:8, e n I",porte nt: locati on l"vIDded by the

R ed Tri a ngle Clre ... s

O e ng ea rl y

In the film,

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fa.hloned almoet entirely from _ood e nd e upport e d from b e lo_ b y the ee m e typ e of eceffoldlng u eed In free_ey construction.

It took 12 _seke to build .

Some aepecte of Gothe m C ity _era conetructed only In miniatur e f o rm, or ae megnlflcently r e eUze d m ett e p a lntlnge.

Acclaim e d e pacle l effacte compen y

Bo.e Filma cree ted en ebeoluta ly bree thtaklng , f orced perepectlve mlnleture of Gothem C at h e dr a l, pictured here unde r construction .



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b egl n e

d a v . . . t e t l on all Th e M e en_hU e , Cetwome "

to g o

up

P e na ... ln' .

in .. c o nfl ag ration af apocal y pt ic

evil cirCU li

ga ng

run .

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pro_I e the ni g ht, ..... culng e poor \Noma" from ..

mugg er, th e " t e rror'lz lng h e ,. w ith II nappy , a n ti ' mllio... h .. tarle . S wI n g ing Into e c ti on , B lltma "

confront a T h e P e ngui n •• _ho I . no",", II

M a yor a l cand i d a t e , th a nk .. to Mall Shr-eck •• and b o th m a n ama z em e nt • •

C atwomlln back fl i p .

I nto thlli,. livelli.

e t a r a In

Althou g h

The

P B"guln a. c a p . . ... lII ln g h ili t ..., lIcopt ..... umbr .. ll e , B utme n e q u Br "e oH w It h

Cat_ome n in a highly-c h arge d battle o f th e Bbov a G otnem C ity _

Th.

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t_o co a turned n ig h t

on the roo ft o p .

c r e atu r e. Inflict ll am a

phy alea l dam age on . ach oth er bef o r e final ly r e palrln " r ea p a ctlve le lra to lick tnel r w o und s.

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Mayora ' campaig n h."dqu ... tera, C atwoman lIpp r oach •• C obblapot w ith II ache m a t o d •• troy

t h ei r

mutual anamy .

T he _ey to conquer

e8emeo , aha "aae ona, Ie to trenafo r m

him Into

what h" hat •• moat, " criminal, and dlac,."dlt him bafore 8U of G otham C ity .

It'll ba the frama-up to

and "II frama _up_, lin Ironic and to 1:1'111 C apad

C rulllld ... ' .

car .... .

The P anguln , chortling In

anticipat i on, flnda hi •

• • ductlvlII ne w

partne .. ' .

vllleiny to b" wo .. t h y of hi. own . Un like C obblapot,

howava .. , S a lina

... mnant. of "con.cl"n CII. Wayne I n

hea the

Sh.. b u mp. into B ruce

G oth llm P laza a n d

t h e two of them

ape n d III p l eaaent .ft" .. noon t0gethe .. , In atar-tll n g

co n t r . a t to t h eir IIfa _"nd.d .... th enco u nte .. the niSi'll: b afora .

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COllY

Later, at Way n e M a no r, t l'1ey e n lo y

evening In fro n t of the f irep la c e , \Natc l'1 lng

tl'1e IIgl'1tlng of tl'1e Yul etide tree on te levl.lan ..•

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W ay n e

M e nor , the .. ., Ietlanship between

Bruc e Wayne and Sellnu Kyle "eet s up con s iderabl y but not all mu c h

Pr i nc e • • , t h e

ee Gotham Pl a:':8 do ..... w h e n

the Ice

beautU ... 1 de.lgnated tr ee· lighter, i.

S eco u .a of II cleverly_planted we ap on

ab ducted.

e to le" from

B ee ..... e " , a .... plclon ectulli ly fel1e on the

C a,.knight

O etectlvB ...

e nd

pha ee

o n tl

o f

The

P e nguln/CotwQmlln frome _up I. under_ay .

Pn• • • two OCCurS

It

. ho .. t

_hll e lI,tor .

Trying to

r eee u e the ca pt u red Ice p ,.lnceee, Betman co n front .. C e twomon e secon d time li nd eri" e to roa e o n with h er.

N o

d ice!

Aliv e wit h

to • • "s .. ehel .. a t

B e tm e "

f e l i ne f u ry,

e nd drag .

Princ" •• t hrough e n eor by door .

C atw a men

th e

e quoollng

H e foll o w e, u naw a r a

of so m a st r ange _aba teg 8 taking place o n t h e s treet bele"" ...


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h. P enguin'. elreu. gang " .-lIrr .ng ••

the Batmoblt.'. high tech In n a rd .

_ Ith •

variety of tool. and ' • • • r8.

At the • • m .

time,

r o oftop li nd

Setmen

r8110;:1-0.,8

t h e

discovers that C atwomen h ee vanished from

.'ght.

Cllutloualy, ha appro8 ch lla the

tarrlfled le a

Pr lnc •••• who now ata nd .

perlloualy cia •• to the lip of the bulldlng .. _

Suddenly, Th e P ang u ln app ...... a f rom out of nowh .. r e, _Ie /d in g e

trick umbrelle

and

un'e • • hlng II flock of attacki n g baby beta' The poor lea Prlnc . . . . 10. . . h er bah.nca

lind then topple. off the building. I ... at ••

Batman bound. to har al d .

looks a.

If the

dellberate'y

From b e la_, It

C aped CrU II. dar

h a.

puehed he,. ... and the crowd

turns agalnal: thel .. ,",om8toVII" "'e ra .

C uri ng the ana u lng fracea, B lltrn&n battlall flrllt t h a

police a nd t h en th e

C a t wo m an ,

whom ha narrowly aaca p e . by a_a n .dlvl n g off a

terraca, exten din g





BetrTWn .-.-.

the Betrnobile, which ..... been .....-'red

by The ~In and ,. now under hi.

"""".ted contr'OI .

rellult , the aetmoblt. t_,.e oH Into the .... lId• • t ~

net. It'. ever

~ II

lind moat:

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Eventually. th e ,.e.ourca'ul Ceped Crueedar rege ln a COO'VT\8nd of h i. car lind ltoorna __ ay, pursued by II trio of

police cer. .

A a the cop. wlltch In utter amazement, the

~Ie -.pring.

It. ~ and cantrect. b

- " - f a Inta the

IIlngle·flllI, rol1..-blade conflgunotlon of the Batml • •le. hendlly darting thl"OUg h e ~ eU.y between t-o bulldlnga'

to .top In time, the polle. about; _

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CIN"a

rocket_ away .••

Uneble

.meek Into weUa and tumble


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f r e qu ency,

then plBy II .. tlc or-dln g of Cobbtepot ' . ne a ty c o m m e n ts abo ... !; Got;hern C ity a nd I t . people .

like Th e crowd.

P enguin ' a

To anyone lIatanlng, It Boun ds

' •• ulng InB ... lt a directly t o the stunned

Loud bOOB ere Boon followed by thB Inevit able f lying

vegetabl ••..•

Mortifi ed, round .

C obb l e pot .. ak • • the unruly gat h e,-I n g

from hi e

G otham P erk.

umbrella, t h e n ".,aka. a

....,lId daB" tn,.oug h

F i n a lly , h ll B av • • "Im • • I '

follow-ara by diving off •

bridge • thll

"",It h

f r om h ia fo rmer

Ide n tleB I b r id ge h ie

parente d u mped him from ao mo n y Cn .. lat m aaaa eg o .

Th e

P onguln a pl aah • • deep IntD the Icy bro ok , beck· p e ddling h ie ""ey to eubterrnneen enfe ty ...



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the aoel",1 event of the holiday

•••• on ••• e" . . . . . mblaua of Gotham City ' .

rlch •• t, g.rbad In the moat

aba ... rd m •• qu .... d. coatum •• ava,. conceived .

11;'. Max Shreck'. e"nual

Me •. aqua,.ada

aell,

the

parfact

opportunity to put: the Cobbl.pot

debacla behind hi""

Ironlcelly. Bruce

Wayne end Selin. Kyle ehow up, without ",..ka, end In the mldat of '" ce.vel conver •• Clon .ach ,. •• lIz•• who the oth.,. truly I •• Selina want. to murd... the awful Shreck _Ith iii ameli dllrrlnliile,.

.he he. tUCked a ..... v, but Bruce pe,.e ...adea her to welt ... Meanwhile, In hi. froza" fort,. •••• The Panguln plana '" terrible

ravllnge on the city'. '1 ret· born aon •. The "emae he " •• amblad from the neta he wea compiling In the Hall of Recorda a,.a tho • •

young 80n. of Goth",,,.,

CI~y

. . . Ide.1 prey for the bitter birdman.


" u e t ' ! to ev.ry o ne' • •hock end hor ror, Th e

P enguin Ih:e .. ellv cr • • " • • M • • •• M • ••

eque"lIdll bell .

Cobblepot ' . unique Ouck

vehlclll er upt. through the denell floor. thro_ln"

gu • • tll

Into

II

w il d

pllnlc .

Con llum ed bV the luet for veng • • ncII, The

P e nguin announce. hili hideoull Intentione

end then take. II IItertled Chip In one .. 1I .. e, • • lfI • • • moment, Mllx blllilll hi.

forme .. p ...t:n.... ln.crlm. to take him

Inllt • • d,

obllg...

end Cobblepot:

Ae the outlendle " Duck

vehicle IIwoollh • • back down Into

the iii_ping hale _he nCII It cerne, II

group of ..... penguin. cove ...

Th. P llnguln' . e.cepe by firing II volley of a mok. bomb• •t the rnellqulI ..edll ..e.

Bruc e • • • • ult .

eNn" •.

end Sellne, .... pondlng to tl"l • ellp IIWIIY for II quick cOlltum.

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he Me.·Squarede Ball • • quane. of BATMAN

RETUFlNB we. complicated ",nd difficult to film . begin

with,

It

took

R ing_ood and M e .. v

coet um .

d • • lgne .. 1I

To Bob

Vagt end their etaU eight

\/\leek. to cr •• te the mor e

then 1

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outfite

fe.tured In the eCII " III, end Ted Shell f • • hloned .,

cerreepondlng number of me.k. In the eeme period. The • • que"ce caned for the flool" to erupt end

P enguin to .pp .... In hi. new "ehlcl. .

Th .

Th e

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..... ce"· ........ au£ ..... ol!: a"'LL.

.TU .. T· .. O:O"LO: wc"c .CNT HU .. TL, .. a

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d • • lg n ed to cept..,r." the .. be ur-d , T .. C "',A ...... UMOE .. 0,. T"I!:" '01 ,.L ..... C ••

aquatic que llel •• of It. drl".,., actually work.

B .. uc£

to eo W ... VN£ IM . c ..... £L K£ ... TO .. '. a"l!: 0" Twa ....... TV

po i nt {Chrilltoph.,. W e lk e "

•• Max Shreck tok • • II

rid e In it; 8t the end of the aCII"el.

A.

CO .. v£NT.a ..... LL ......... cO .... O ..... T£O ... TO THe

elwey., pyrotechnlclI exp .. rt . . .Ig the verlou.

exp lo elonll end lIupll.. vl •• the potentially denger-cue .etlan.

When the 'Ioor firet erupt., at lee.t hel' e

dolten IIItuntmen _ere eu.pended In mld •• lr b y

f ine

_Irill., _Ire. thillt _ere ultlmilltely "painted aut" af th e frlllmill optically.

Th .

flnel IIIhot 1111 f l ll_llIlI. end

thll On·lIIerlll.n mlllyhillm appall r lll quit. rllllli . Al so pr • • lllnt In the .cen e e r e Th e pen&lulnlll, dutiful little ectors ell. from a t o

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Rlln&lln&l In IIge

month. end hetched from eg9. taken

from the Antaratlc, a _ere f lo _n

I=» enguln'.

doltilln

"emplllror "

to the W arner Gro ill.

penguins

III tudlos In

C a ll fornle, _ h era III "lO.foot refrlgaretad trellllr truck _ea converted Into their IIvl n &l quertere.

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_ _ _ he Peng,.lIn'.

nuferjoue plen

finally put: Inl;O a ction .

Triangle

eire ... .

The Red

Gang

Gotham C ity fOl" I t .

'e

IIweeps

flrat·born

BO"e, end, III ahart while later, e wllcky eire .... treln chug _

empty atre.t..

down

C • • p era t e child ... n

ere Imprle on ed In thle CRrBvan of

connected wegone, eome of the kid. crying for help. others too

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O nly Batmen con e avlI them.

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And that' • • "ectly whet: n o doe •. Firat, he sll p e

under the circus

e.-eln end attache. e greppllng hook

to the exle of the lee,. wBgon.

He

e"e". th e othe r e nd around. n ea rby lemppoet .

Suddenly the

entire train com• • to a halt,

ae ndlng

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p ai r

wr a nchln g of attack·

clowne flying ...

FlnBlly, Batman throttles the R ed

Tria n gle Clre,",'.

Dna .

O e n9 goone one.by.

Kn ife- throwers and acrobat-

thug_ m"tch . trength an d In ge nuity "garn et the C eped Crueader, but the outcome Is Inevitable. Botmon has clearly won the battle. w ... r .... ?

But

w ha t

about

th e


b.hlnd the Cat. " So .ay.

.ummlng up h.r unlqu. and

afttlm•• poignant ralatlanahlp _Ith tha C apad Cru.adar. Whll. It'. true that appa.lt •• attract , th ••• t_a appa.lt • • • • am mada for aach othar . T heir .an ••• of Ironia hu""ar blend p.rfectly, and tha arnot lanai chaml.try I. obvlau. and quit. app •• llng. "I'm a _ornan and can't b. tak.n for "ranted.

Ar. you

lI.t.nlng, you Bnt""an you?" O f cour.e, tengllng _Ith Cat_a""an I. unpredictably dangerau..

One moment "he'. purring ... ductlv.ly, the

na.t "ha may be .cratchlng you fatally .

Wh.n Batm.. n

.quara. off _ Ith the F.lln. Fury on the rooftop. of Oatha"" C ity, h. n •• rly 10 ••• h i. IIf..

Thl.

alluring

_oman I. no pu"hav.r. " But bottom lin. , b .. by _

you IIv. to pr .... rv. the

paace, and I' m dying to dl.turb It." If It'" .tlll truly a man'. _arid, _Ith _ornotn contlnueUy

appr •••• d end damln.ted by ruthl ••• or unthinking met •• , th.n vlctlm·gon •. mad f.mlnl.t Cat_oman ha. "am.thlng of a

point . . . • h .. 'e out to ahaka·up the

Inh.rently unfair .tetu. qua . Thl. mek •• C at_oman a far mar. campI." and .ympeth.tlc villein then Th. P .nguln. Bruc. WeynBlBatman cannot halp but b .. dre_n to har, a. Selin.. KylaICat_ornan I. dr .. _n to him .

Aft. r ell,

Bruca Ie the flr"t men to truty unde r "tend S.lIna, to touch h.r .motlonelly, end, ee Betman . to chaU"ng. h.r phy.lc"lIy .

A ll thing. can"ld.r.d , th •• " cantra.tlng

cr u . a d . r . make quit. a appo"lt • • Id•• of the le_ .

pelr, although th ey' r" an



S'OW lY. fe t e ' ...... y. _e d d i e

f orth .

Th .

P a n g uln Cornrn e ndg e

Squ e dron e e m . .. ,,_ f ram e n

op e n

h •• v lly ·e rmad c .... t ur •• b a ck t o

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d " •• l"t ed c ity st r eata.

e v il Inte nt ion e.

0 • • tl n 8 t lo" :

t o te ' d eet ru c t l a n

Got h a m P laz lI.

o f eve r y on e

a nd

eve r yt h in g In eig ht . W ith

m e n ag •• t o iem Th e P e n g u in ' • • 'g nel a n d Be nd e t h e

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device with II button in the middle of it.

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it

accidentally and the Panguln pick_ It up. The P ang u in point.

it at e atman.

raloe • • • e

pra • • lng th e

button, thinking that it I •

flock of attl'lcklng

bata from the downad

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umbralla, but thay bite end lIerateh and eventualty send him

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til

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tn e

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captiva

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g e n e rator In Th e P . ng .... ;n·. lair . _ it t'! h e r, but Sh,..,ck find a

d ....g. a

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g un a nd f i r • • et th .. F e lin e

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e atman'. concerned eye •. Out of ammo, a frenzied

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P a n Quln'" 98 n ll .. ot O,. . C at _om a n

a mbrec: •• him,

plung • • her atille l talona into en op e" f ....... box lind glv • • h "r-

atartled enemy e s tunning kiss!

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CI:u:y e nd \Neek, Betmen he.

rlppad off his maak .

tries to r e ach S etlna as Bruc s Wayne, e m a n . h e honestly

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a

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Gotha m

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of

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8g81nst the sky. Finally, catlike . creams of joyou s ratrlbutlon \Naft out of the thickening e l e ctrical mi st.




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all' condltlona,.

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dl.clp'a.

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to,..va,. ... Betme" of 001.'1"• • , I • • a UI'vlvor. survived thle let • • t

emerged victor-Iou..

a • • IHoIlt on th., city, end

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No ana know. for aur •.

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know. thl.: aa lon g •• wa ,.amemb.,. our loved an a., thay wUl alweva be allva In our haarta. And Salina w . . . . very memorable \Nomen.


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_ondrou.ly collidllj a m an ha. a hi .

bicycle

(Pe.-Wlle'e

S ig

love affaIr _Ith Adv a " t u r a ),

a

. uburba" f a mily I. torma " t.d by a foul-mouthad ghoul (S• • t/a/u/c.', •

troublad IIrlatoer.t fight.

urb. " crlma dr.plld In the .ymbollc clothl"g of a bat (th a

S .cm ll" movi e II) , lind a creetlon _Ith

h . "d • • • • h e rp II. IIcl.llor.

fe lill In

t.enaga girl h e _III n .v.r be abl . Sc / • • orh."d e ' .

In

thl .

lov. _Ith II

to hol d (Ed_IIrd

_orld . nyth l ng ce n

h . pp. n , y.t ev." the mo.t I"credible h a ppan l n ge • •em . om. ho _

r e l atabl a .

DENISE

DINoVI

Pro du e e r

D

a"lea 01 No vl. _ho

began har care.r aa • lourna ll.t, h a. n o_ .etabll.hed her.elf ae o" e of

TIM

B

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Holl y_ ood ·. t op producer..

H er flret effort,

H •• th.,..•• t o plined on a of T i m

Burton'e favorite

performer., W I"onl"l R ydar, ."d bo• • ted a _Ittlly e ub ver.lve

D ire c tor _har e h a Bated hi. b y

_atc hln g

cartoona. r aa l m

IIcree npl . y by

O anlll i

'rIm Burton gre_ up In

R ecu r " ., Watar. ,

Bur bank .

L a hmann, racalv.d ma"y B_Brd •.

C a liforni a,

In

Imagi n ation'. r avanoull hunga r

old horror fllmll and dra_lng

Ori gi nally tralnad In ani mation •• a

In _hich the c r eator' . Imagination ha.

no

19B 9

(Satman

Th e film, dir.cted by M lch ee l

01 No vl

_ BII n amad h aad of Tim

Burton Pro ductIon • • e nd bllgen pro duci ng _Ith Burton

Ed_ard S o/ • • o,..hand.,

acc l alned h i t

e

cr l tlc . lly .

of the 1890 Chri. trnaa lIaaaon. To

limita tion • . • Burton ha. e ontlnua1iy . tr atched the

d at., 0 1~ h l"lll _ork.d on no Ie • • t hl"ln 13 fllm e

boundarle. of IIvll-actlon film .

In a production capacity.

MICHAEl

DANNY

MI CIIHU

KEATON

DEVITO

PFEiffER

BATMAN RETURNS


UY

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.dv.ntur. app.arad In 1939 . Two movi • • • ria l .

(1943,

19491 , •

ayndic.tad n.wap.p.r at rlp [19 4 3-1946) .nd num.roua gu.at .pp •• r.nc.a on Superm.n'. r.dio .... ow during t .... 1940s .... Ip .. d popul . r lz. t ....

caped

crlmeflg .... ter. But In toy l.nd , S .tm.n w.sn't n •• rly .a popul.r e. Supermen, hla Krypton l.n count. rp art . t DC C omic•. In f.ct, mo. t S.tm.n IIc.nalng ...... epp •• r.d during th e •• cond h.lf of S .tm.n'. !S3 y •• r cere .r.

A """E "'''''M''LE 0,. B " TM"N' S C ' '''O:MAT'C DEBUT' '"

Th • • dvent of AS C 'a 19BB t.l.viaion ae r l • • Inat. ntly .nede S.n:m.n e hou.ehold n ...n • •monSi toy m .. nuf.ctur.r. end ",h. SI.n. re i public. D uring roug ... ly t ..... flr.t .... If of 1988, con a um. r . aw.p'" up B s",ms n product ea quickly •• It .ppee r .. d. T .... e

TV a .rl .. a

pop ul.r lz.d C .", w "men and The

P enguin , .Io n g wi",... Th e Jok er . nd T he A lddler, ea e .t"..,.n'a p r ot.Sonlat•. Fro ..... the 19 8 0 . end .I ..... o .. t

until "'ad.y,

to the e)llcl u slon of oth . r vlll.ina, ",he ••

four .vlldo.r. have .pito ..... lz.d Set ....... n ' . crl ..... ln a l n .m•••• , whet"'er In co m ic. or collectible •. T

H E "ENaU'N "NO

Although S ."'glrl ,

V icki V a le,

P ol.on Ivy, Aunt

H errl.t .. nd C atworn.n ar. notebl . . . "c.ptlon., the TH E ..10 " "' '' ' "LA S T'C

S et ...... ........ ytho . . . . . . oft.n b • • n

"..,e l . · o rlen",.d .

<JA N "" ""OM THO:

T"' er.for., excep'" for ao m .

a .tglrl it . ..... e. lIttl.

I 9 70 ' •• W OULD VOU

B et..... en.r.l.t .. d mD rohandla . . . "Ia"'. t .... et we. al ..... ed T"UST T H O:M W, T H

vOu" CO'NS?

. t girl •. While aom. S a",gi rl collectible.

w ere laauad

ov.r the I... ", qu.rt.r c.ntury , C etwo ..... e ... •• vlll.l ny hea k e pt h er .w.y from fr ..qu.nt li".nsins.


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Th. F.lln. Fury flr.t app.arad In

...

1940. but h.r

IIk.n ••• did nat app.ar aut.ld. of ca .... lc

book. or

n.w.p.p.r . t rlp. until 1 BBB . W".n IIcen.ed • • h. wa. rar.ly unecco .... panl.d by oth.r e . t .... en v illein. or h.ro •• . Thl. Incr ••••

ye.r ""ark • • dra ..... tlc Chang • • nd

In the nu .... b.r of C .two .... an call.ctlble • • •

toy • • nd ......... ar.blli. are I • • u.d to tl. In _Ith Sat.... an ,q.turn • . A lternatlva ly. T ha "'angul ... rec.lv.d .ub.tantlelly

balloon _a. b.lng blo_n up for 27 yeer . , It . uddenly

""00'. att.ntlan than C .twa .... en .Inc. h. flr.t

.nd 10udiV bur.t. I... 1 96B end e . t .... en pour.d aut In

.pp •• r.d In 1 B4 1 . e na of t . . . . . rll •• t. IIc.n •• d

eU .hap•• , .tvl ••• co lore end . Ize •. Nat. ju.t B a tman

e.t. ........ It. ....... a

ca .... lo •• but Bet .... a ... lu ... chba •••• tr.dlng oard ••

Includ • •

1944 •• t

of calor t.ranaf.r ••

t.h. Ma ... of a .Thou.and U .... br.lla.. H I. real

coloring book ...... Uk. Ie .

cr.a..... orang. Julc •• doll ••

......... e ._aid Ch.atarfl.ld Cobbl.pat.. wa. r.v.al.d

.... od.1 kit. ,

I... a 1 B4B n._.pep. r .trlp contl ... u lty .

nlghtllg"t •• paint •• t., b.lt buckl • • • • "0 ••• r.card . ,

.J u.t a. th.r. ar • • •v.rel tl ..........ar. call.ctibla. b ••• d 0 ... The "'enguln t.han C atwo......... a . t ........ a ... d R obl ...

"av.

app.ared

on

.ub.tant.lally

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..... rch.ndl •• t.han all th.lr villain. co .... bln.d . A. If a

utility blllt ••

button., oo.tu .......

po.t..r., plev •• t.., benk •• b.d.p .... d. end a

_ Id •

varl.ty of toy. Including Bat .... obll •• , Batarang • • B atplan •• and .... or•. H undr.d.

of dIH.r.nt praduot.

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"r.. ! Un.w . .... of haw h ig h .ctu.1

•• 1•• figu ..... would b .. in .om .

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