 The entire first "Batman" serial was re-released theatrically in 1965 as "An Evening with Batman and Robin", and proved very popular (some theatres showed the chapters as a Saturday matinee).Its success inspired the action-comedy lampoon series "Batman" (and its 1966 theatrical feature film spin-off) starring Adam West and Burt Ward.The Batman/Bruce Wayne (Lewis Wilson), and his ward, Robin/Dick Grayson (Douglas Croft), secret government agents following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, become aware of a Japanese sabotage ring operating in Gotham City.