If you thought Bruce Wayne was doing anything other than clearly labelling all of his Bat possessions in between his and Robins crime-busting escapades during the 1960s, you’d be very mistaken…
Batman had convenient little labels on absolutely everything when he was on television between 1966 and 1968. Even his arch enemies were super meticulous about indicating where the secret trap doors were or what kind of stupidly-named instrument they were using to destroy the bat hero in a grey onesie. Keywords like ‘transmitter’, ‘transistor’, ‘activator’, ‘portable’ and ‘device’ were popular choices.
Thankfully, there’s someone out there on the internet putting all these neat-o Bat labels in one place. Super bat-fan, Aaron Reynolds has created the Bat Labels tumblr, dedicated entirely to collecting the silly labels on everything in the Batman TV series. Here’s some of his captures…
That’s a can of “Bat Wake” in case you can’t make it out.
Keep up with Bruce Wayne’s OCD labelling habit on the Bat Labels Twitter Account.
