Batman is my favorite "Super" hero. The fact that he's human, not an alien (Superman) or some mutated human (X-Men, Spiderman), makes him more attractive, since in theory, one could actually become The Batman (providing you have several billion dollars and are willing to train for years both physically and mentally). The first Batman movie with Michael Keaton was a ground breaking movie in the Batman in real life productions. The original Batman serials from the mid to late 1940's was poorly written, produced on a thin budget (a result of WWII?), and acted poorly. The costumes were a joke, and the movies had a racist tone, with the main villain in the first movie an evil Japanese mastermind. It's not surprising due to the war with Japan and Germany underway during filming and release.