Books
The title Batmania was used in the late 1980s and early 1990s by a couple of books written by James Van Hise, detailing the history of the character and covering both memorabilia associated with the comics and TV series and the TV series itself.
The first volume was released in 1989 to tie-in with the release of Tim Burton's Batman film, and featured interviews, articles about the then-upcoming revival/reunion of the 1966 Batman TV series cast in syndication repeats and newly filmed material, articles on the Batmobile and pages on various Batman-related collectibles. It was edited by Hal Schuster, as one of many books published by him on popular culture under various book imprints.
A second volume followed three years later, just prior to the release of Batman Returns, similarly featuring articles and interviews, details on the Batman serials of the 1940s as well as on the comics, TV series and the 1989 film.
(A third volume from June 1996 was planned, but may or may not exist.)
- Van Hise, James Batmania (Pioneer Books, Inc., 1989) ISBN 1-55698-252-6
- Van Hise, James Batmania II (Pioneer Books, Inc., 1992) ISBN 1-55698-315-8
- (Van Hise, James Batmania III (Pioneer Books, Inc., 1996) ISBN 1-55698-382-4
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—John Ruskin (1819–1900)
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