DC ’s über - camp Batman ‘ 66 series is at its strong when the Adam West - instigate Dark Knight and his Burt Ward Boy Wonder squad up with other heroes from the silver and bronze age of comics , like Wonder Woman and the Green Hornet .
In this week ’s crossing , though , the dynamic duo have an confrontation with the Legion of Super - Heroes , a team of teens from the future , and thing … do n’t exactly go well .
Batman and Robin ’s founder - son - same human relationship has always been one of the more prominent elements of their moral force . Robin attend up to Bats as a role model and Batman , more often than not , sees Robin as an unfledged youngster full of possible and in mad need of his wisdom and guidance .
In Batman ‘ 66 assemble The Legion of Super - Heroes , though , the tables are somewhat turned when the titular Legion travels into the past in Holy Order to rule and raise Robin into their ranks .
While the Legion ’s more than familiar with Batman ’s legendary escapade , they ’re far more interested in convincing Robin to join them and help regain Universo , a villainous hypnotiser from the year 2966 who ’s hide somewhere in ‘ 66 Gotham . The musical theme that the Legion would journey through meter to require Robin for service rather than him utterly vex Batman , but before he can voice his business organisation , both teams learn that 1966 ’s Egghead has stolen the Legion ’s time bubbles and head for the hills into the futurity .
Using the sorting of logic that you ’d bear from a comic book television set show from the ‘ LX , Batman and Robin and the Legion of Super - Heroes decide to combine teams and split up in monastic order to traverse the two supervillains in their newfound times . Batman leads Brainiac 5 , Shadow Lass , and Ferro Lad to 2966 , while Robin and the rest period of the Legion fly off to discover Egghead .
As the respective teams of heroes settle into their missions , everyone begins to memorize something about the preconceived ideas they had about one another that , ultimately , finish up holding them back somewhat . Were this a more contemporary story , you might have expected Batman to consider that perhaps he ’s too smothering and exacting with Robin and that he should trust him a bit more to make decisions on his own . Instead , Batman ‘ 66 Meets The Legion of Super - Heroes falls into a very “ father knows good ” kind of moralizing that would have fit in absolutely with the television system show it ’s ground on .
In 1966 , Robin turns out not to be well - suited for the high - technical school gadgets the Legion ’s brought from the future — and in 2966 , Batman gives Braniac 5 his comeuppance for relying too much on computers and not enough on old - fashioned Bat - instincts .
Like all good camp , Batman ‘ 66 Meets The Legion of Super - Heroes ends on a cheesy cliffhanger that you just sleep together will be settle in an issue or two . The arc will probably wrap up with a loving ( if stern ) bit of advice from Batman about how stripling should respect their elder , and the Legion will let Robin acknowledge their their offer still remain firm . It ’s a familiar dangerous undertaking with relatively low interest , but it ’s the variety of silly , lighthearted story that made the original run of Batman ‘ 66 such a fun read — and it ’s what makes these team - up specials so refreshing .
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