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Into the Fray: Batman

I have already become less regular in blogging. So, breaking a rule I had initially made to force myself to write a variety of types of posts loses its steam. With that...welcome to a third edition of "Into the Fray." This is where I set criteria to pick contenders, a somewhat overlapping set to grade them, a brief write-up and score for each of those, and declare a winner based on an overall score. For a better idea, the first two editions on sequels and trilogies are available here and here , respectively. Into the Fray : Batman Batman. I imagine that word conjures up wildly different images for different people depending on a multitude of factors. Beginning with a theatrical serial of fifteen chapters starring Lewis Wilson in the titular role only four years after the character's 1939 comic debut, Batman's adventures off the pages are a rich if not somewhat checkered history. It is these portrayals that are the subject today. Before many of you say, "Christ...