Dear Batman...

[Jeff of Earth-J]

Bill Adler's Funniest Fan Letters to Batman

[Jeff of Earth-J]

Dear Batman,

The new Bat-show is Bat-great! Every Bat-week I run to the Bat-set to watch it. Thje Bat-cliffhangers keep me on the edge of my seat, and I'm Bat-crazy about the Batmobile!

Adam West, now that I see him, is the Bat-image of Batman or Bat-Bruce Wayne. Burt Ward is a fantastic actor.

My favorite villains are the Riddler and Joker. They are great and I love those riddles and jokes. Please, though, if you Bat-people at DC have any control over the villains, please put Clayface on the Bat-show.

Thank you very much for the Bat-show. Batman is my new Bat-hero!

Signed,
Batfan
(Harold K.)

[Jeff of Earth-J]

Dear Batman,

I am an amateur fortune teller and I have just looked into your future.

I have just consulted my crystal ball and I must tell you to beware the month of December. You will have bad luck in December. Also January, March, April, June, August, October and November. All the other months look okay so far.

I will consult my crystal ball again tonight.

Sincerely,
Harry L.
NYC

[Peter Wrexham]

Harry predicts that Batman will be in danger in December, January, March, April, June, August, October and November?  Hmm...

I have a strong suspicion that these are the months in which the Batman comic was appearing at the time Harry wrote his letter.  If so, I offer him my warmest congratulations for a very clever and subtle joke.  Well done, youngster!

[Jeff of Earth-J]

Dear Batman,

Wow! What a story! What a cover! What art! Batman no. 180 was the greatest by far.

There two things I liked best about this particular issue.

1. On the splash page, the Batman "insignia" was super-imposed over the colorful art, rather than being placed over a black background. This might seem like a nutty thing to point out, but it signified a change.
2. Batman got shot! It might seem morbid of me to thank you for this incident, but it seems unlikely that the Cowled Crusader would go through every single adventure without getting hurt. He had to get shot sometime, and this was as good a time as any.

Sincerely,
Mark P.
St. Louis, Missouri

[NOTE: I don't know if you've been keeping track, but this is the third letter that has mentioned Batman #180. I've got to get that ish!]

[Jeff of Earth-J]

Dear Batman,

Why don't you stop hanging around with that kid Robin?

A grown man like you should hang around with people his own age.

I don't care if he is a boy wonder--he still belongs with the boy scouts.

Sincerely,
Alex M.
Albany, N.Y.

[Jeff of Earth-J]

Dear Batman,

Last night I dreamed that Batman was on television five nights a week.

I told my mother about my dream and she said that it wasn't a dream--it was a nightmare.

Your fan,
Robert H.
Baldwin, L.I.

[Jeff of Earth-J]

Dear Batman,

I like the comic book "The Monarch of Menace" almost better than any other issue this year. I wrote a Batman poem for you to write. Please no changes in Detective Comics! Please!

Batpoem

Man listen to the batmobile's tires on the street,

And the song to his program listen to that beat

Joker, Riddler, Mr Freeze and Zelda the great

Too bad for their terrible, terrible fate.

The Joker's machine with three lemons in a row,

Will put Batman and Robin electric from head to toe,

With Alfred at home and Robin at school,

There's hardly anything left of the "Dynamic Duo"!

The Commissioner is worried and likewise is the chief,

They all hope the crimmanals will turn over a new leaf. (on Life)

Batman and Robin catch all the Raiders

Everyone knows of these "Caped Crusaders."

 Dick S.
Fresno, California

[Jeff of Earth-J]

Dear Batman,

I love your show. I like you too. I think your Batmobile is great. I wish I were in your show. I have a lot of dreams about you. You get to meet a lot of girls. They faint in your arms and everything. I wish I were your little girl. Why don't you have any children on your show? I wish I were in your show. Then you'd save me.

Love,
Susan C.
Manhasset, Long Island

[Jeff of Earth-J]

Dear Batman,

Could you please tell me what happens to Robin--the boy wonder--when he grows up.

Will he become Robin--the man wonder?

A curious fan,
Howie W.
Mount Vernon, N.Y.

[Jeff of Earth-J]

Dear Batman,

I am a real tried and true Batman fan.

As a real friend and true Batman fan I would give anything to have a lock of your hair for my scrapbook.

Also, I would like a lock of Robin's hair and Alfred, your butler.

Please tell me which lock of hair goes with which person because it is hard to tell when the hair isn't on the persons head.

Your fan,
Max J.
Dallas, Texas