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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 437783" data-attributes="member: 23">It certainly did. The villains were often the best thing in it.I do like a bit of Batman &#039;66, but can appreciate it&#039;s not for everyone.Yes. It was quite a waste, really.I think the first season was also the only one that included actual villainous WW comic book characters in Paula von Gunther and Fausta.&nbsp;Certainly with The Incredible Hulk I know Kenneth Johnson wasn&#039;t fond of comics and disliked a lot of the tropes (hence Bruce Banner&#039;s name was changed to one without alliteration). WW was more colourful and could have got away with it, but I&#039;d say there was an element of squeamishness about it so it didn&#039;t get too far into Batman territory. WW&#039;s rogues gallery isn&#039;t as iconic and well-known as Batman&#039;s, but that could have been for the benefit as the series could have put its own spin on them.Either would have been good (although, to be geeky and nitpicky, Silver Swan didn&#039;t debut until 1982).I think Doctor Psycho or Circe may have been the villains who translated most easily within the constraints of the medium.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 437783, member: 23"] It certainly did. The villains were often the best thing in it. I do like a bit of [I]Batman[/I] '66, but can appreciate it's not for everyone. Yes. It was quite a waste, really. I think the first season was also the only one that included actual villainous WW comic book characters in Paula von Gunther and Fausta. Certainly with [I]The Incredible Hulk[/I] I know Kenneth Johnson wasn't fond of comics and disliked a lot of the tropes (hence Bruce Banner's name was changed to one without alliteration). [I]WW[/I] was more colourful and could have got away with it, but I'd say there was an element of squeamishness about it so it didn't get too far into [I]Batman[/I] territory. WW's rogues gallery isn't as iconic and well-known as Batman's, but that could have been for the benefit as the series could have put its own spin on them. Either would have been good (although, to be geeky and nitpicky, Silver Swan didn't debut until 1982). I think Doctor Psycho or Circe may have been the villains who translated most easily within the constraints of the medium. [/QUOTE]

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