1966 Topps Batman, Black Bat 🦇 Complete Set
I finished this set in 2024 - what a great day when I added the last card, all graded by PSA.
The set was released in 1966—the exact year Batman exploded into American popular culture through the Adam West television series.
The first episode aired in January 1966, and the program became an immediate cultural phenomenon. Topps capitalized on that phenomenon with its Batman cards.
The cards are essentially 55 miniature pieces of 1960s comic-book illustration.
The 55 cards feature artwork associated with Norman Saunders, one of the most important illustrators ever employed by Topps. Saunders would become legendary for his work on the original Mars Attacks! series, and his Batman artwork has that same dramatic, almost pulp-comic quality.

1966 Topps Batman #28, Let's Go! 🦇
Sixty years ago Batman and Robin were all the rage!
Still cool in my book.😎
Let's Go!

1966 Topps Batman #27 Sinister Smile 🦇 The Catwoman
I love this card with the green background and the beautiful Catwoman.
What's going on behind that wry smile?
Have a great day friends and card folk!🙂

1966 Topps Batman Color #34 🦇 Penguin, Riddler, Catwoman, & Joker
Batman would be nothing without formidable villains to battle against.
I adore this card.
It is a still photo from the 1966 hit movie "Batman" and it accurately captures the distinctive characteristics and costumes of Batman's four most iconic adversaries.

1966 Topps Batman A Series #10A 🦇 Cycling Crusader
This card is from the 1966 Topps Batman "Red Bat" series, as it is commonly called.
I love 1966 Batman cards that spotlight Bat-vehicles and Bat-gadgets, like this one.
This is the rookie card for the Bat Cycle. I love it.
This card said that it needed me.😂