Batplane adveritsing Batman 1943: Museum Object and Cultural History
Batplane adveritsing Batman 1943: date made: 1943. Object Name: premium, movie. Object Name: movie premium.
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Toy cardboard airplane premium offered as a promotion for the 1943 serial film Batman. The promotion was developed in conjuncton with Robinson's Department Stores.
The 1943 movie was the first to feature the DC comic's character Batman. The serial adventure, directed by Lambert Hillyer, follows the titular superhero, played by Lewis Wilson, and his sidekick Robin, played by Douglas Croft, as they fight Japanese saboteurs brainwashing US scientists.
Created by writer Bill Finger and artist Bob Kane, the Batman was first introduced in Detective Comics #27(1939.) The Dark Knight remains one of the superhero genre's most popular characters, and has headlining blockbuster film franchises, live-action television programs, and animated series.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1943
- Object Name: premium, movie
- Object Name: movie premium
- Object Name: toy
- Object Name: toy plane
- Physical Description: card stock (overall material)
- Measurements: wings: 8 1/2 in x 3 3/16 in; 21.59 cm x 8.128 cm
- Measurements: pane body: 7 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 19.685 cm x 8.255 cm
- Subject: Batman
- Subject: Motion Pictures
- ID Number: 2022.0089.01
- catalog number: 2022.0089.01
- accession number: 2022.0089
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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