Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-24217485-20131126152120

I have been an avid Batman fan since the start of the 1966 TV series.My dilemma is hearing Batman hard-liners criticizing any actor who's below 6'2 as not being Batman because he doesn't stand that tall. I have been debating this with many as the height given by DC comics to the character mostly based upon Adam West who was that height and was the most popular screen Batman before Michael Keaton came in the picture. Correct me if I'm wrong but according to comic books and Bob Kane, Batman did not have an official height until DC stated it in the 1980's for the database.If we look at BATMAN from his origins,we have clues that the charcter was between 5'9 -5' 11 .Kane was inspired by Douglas Fairbanks who played Zorro,Fairbanks stood 5'9 .Kane admitted that Batman was part of himself.Kane stood 5'10.Lewis Wilson was the first on screen Batman ever,although there is no official mention of his height, we do have an IMDB of William Austin who played Alfred as 6'1 .Wilson is about 2/2.5 inches shorter,thus making him to be close to 5'11. Therefore if we go by Kane's original idea, Michael Keaton was the original Batman height.Kane himself admits agreeing with Tin Burton, in one of his interviews about the Batman 89 movie,saying that if Batman was tall,he wouldn't need to dress up in a suit and cape,he could've just use a ski mask and it made perfect sense for him to be average.He also states in another interview that anyone could be Batman,that is why he was created .I myself would put Batman at 5'11 .6'2 makes him a little too tall for someone doing summersaults,camouflaging,moving in quick speed,using gadgets.Think of Bruce Lee that's what Batman would really emulate to be able to do what he does.Adam West was the person DC comics took stats from to make official? 