{"id":3936,"date":"2013-07-20T02:03:34","date_gmt":"2013-07-20T02:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/?page_id=3936"},"modified":"2020-05-11T14:05:29","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T14:05:29","slug":"batman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/batman\/","title":{"rendered":"Batman"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  • BATMAN LINKS <\/a><\/li>\n
  • 1973 Introduction <\/a><\/li>\n
  • Variations <\/a><\/li>\n
  • Accessory Check <\/a><\/li>\n
  • Museum Group Shot<\/a><\/li>\n
  • PACKAGING <\/a><\/li>\n
  • Solid Box<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Window Boxes<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Kresge Cards<\/a><\/li>\n
  • 1976 Card<\/a><\/li>\n
  • 1977 Card<\/a><\/li>\n
  • 1979 Card<\/a><\/li>\n
  • French Card<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Harbert Italy Card<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Palitoy Green Card<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Palitoy UK Card<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Fist Fighter<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Fist Fighter UK<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Popy<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Lili Ledy<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Basa<\/a><\/li>\n
  • PLAYSETS <\/a><\/li>\n
  • Collect Them All!<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Batman in Other Formats <\/a><\/li>\n
  • 12 Inch Figures<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Bendies<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Comic Action Heroes<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Die-Cast Heroes<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Elastic Heroes<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Pocket Heroes<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Super Softies<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Super Savers Banks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    1973 Introduction<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    \"TheBatman, like Robin<\/a> and Superman<\/a> were the first WGSH figures produced and never left
    \nthe assortment. Batman also has the distinction of being one of the few figures to make it into every Mego Superhero line, no matter the format, Mego put a Batman into the mix.<\/p>\n

    One of the more fondly remembered features of the Mego Batman figure are the “oven mitt” style gloves that the early WGSH characters had. The “oven mitt’ gloves had a relatively short tenure at Mego, by 1974 the Green Arrow<\/a> had painted hands with a cloth cuff. In 1975, characters like Iron Man<\/a> began appearing with
    \na solid plastic glove. Despite the fact that the company kept improving the gloves, Mego never thought to go back and fix the oven mitts from previous releases.”If it ain’t broke don’t fix it”, seems to be the motto
    \nhere.<\/p>\n

    The character of Batman has always been appealing to toy manufacturers because of the many vehicles and gadgets the character uses. Mego was quick to exploit Batman with many Bat  related playsets and vehicles.<\/a><\/p>\n

    \"Montgomery<\/a>The character, still made popular by afternoon reruns of it’s 60’s smash TV Series, was a standout seller for Mego. The early figures had a removable cowl that allowed children to go from Batman to his alter ego Bruce
    \nWayne<\/a>.<\/p>\n


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    Variations<\/div>\n
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    \"Mego<\/a><\/p>\n

    The first Batman by Mego is perhaps the quintessential Mego Action Figure. The Removable Cowl Batman came in the initial Solid Box offering, as well as early window boxes and Kresge cards. After a relatively short time (somewhere in 1974 <\/a>by any guess) Mego switched to a molded head, or “Painted Cowl” Batman. The sculpt was a very light-hearted and kid-friendly approach. Note the small stubby ears on the Caped Crusader. It’s not known whether this was caused by consumer complaints (kids would lose the cowl in a heartbeat) or a cost- cutting, production-simplifying decision.<\/p>\n

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    To learn more about what a
    \nRemovable Cowl Batman should and shouldn’t have, please visit the     Removable
    \nCowl Batman<\/a> guide.<\/p>\n

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    Because Batman was produced from 1973 until 1982 by Mego, there are a staggering amount of variations both subtle and obvious to the figure. Here, Tom has provided a dramatic group shot of various Mego Batman figures all in some way different from each
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    Solid Box<\/div>\n
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    Mego Solid Boxed Batman (photo Courtesy of Mark Huckabone)<\/p><\/div>\n

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    The first Batman (Removable cowl) were sold in solid boxes for a short period of time in 1973. While the graphic is the same on the back of all Mego Batman boxes, this is in fact a solid box from the very first wave of Heroes. The solid Batman box is one of the hardest to find items of all, because it was in circulation for a very short period of time. Retailer’s complained that kids ripped the solid boxes open to see the doll, so window boxes and bubble cards were quickly introduced.
    \nThis example is courtesy of     Heroes West Coast<\/a><\/p>\n

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    \"Mego<\/a>

    Mego Solid Boxed Batman (photo Courtesy of Mark Huckabone)<\/p><\/div>\n

    This immaculate example has the very rare cardboard inset.<\/p>\n

    This photo is courtesy of Heroes West Coast<\/a><\/p>\n

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    Top the Mego Solid Box Batman<\/p><\/div>\n

    This example was purchased at Bargain Town for $1.97 on March 27th 1973.<\/p>\n


    This photo is courtesy of     Heroes West Coast<\/a><\/p>\n

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    Mego Solid Boxed Batman<\/p><\/div>\n

    This photo is courtesy of Heroes West Coast<\/a><\/p>\n

     
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    \n\"TheseAs illustrated in the Mego Museum Library’s     Comic Origins of Mego Art <\/a> the Mego Batman box art was a Mego trace-job of a now-classic Batman Carmine Infantino image that was sold on posters advertised in comic books.
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    Window Boxes<\/div>\n
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    \n\"1974
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    Early 4 panel Batman box showing Cap and Spidey on it. Removable Cowl Batman came in this box.<\/p>\n

    \"1976<\/p>\n

    This is the last version Batman box, bearing a 5-digit code, circa 1976.
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    Fist Fighter<\/div>\n
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    Above is the Mego Fist Fighting Batman in box. See the FF Gallery<\/a> for more info.<\/p>\n

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