1949 - Episode Seven 
"The Fatal Blast"

Batman must protect the life of a developer of a device that can counter the Wizard's device.

John and writer Jim Beard discuss the 7th episode of the 1949 movie serial. They talk about the first ever great cliffhanger resolution, Alfred Beagle, and how fatal a blast we will see in this episode.

It's all here and we want to hear what you think.  Comment here or write us at thebatcavepodcast@gmail.com.

Direct download: Batcave_-_Batman_1949_-_Chapter_7_-_The_Fatal_Blast.mp3
Category:1940s Serials -- posted at: 7:16am EDT

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1949 - Episode Six 
"Target Robin!"

Bruce goes undercover and is quickly found out so Robin has to come to the rescue.  Can Bruce save his ruse by shooting Robin when he is captured?

John and writer Jim Beard discuss the 6th episode of the 1949 movie serial. They talk about the poor cliffhanger resolutions, the shooting of Robin and their hopes with the cliffhanger for this episode.

It's all here and we want to hear what you think.  Comment here or write us at thebatcavepodcast@gmail.com.

Direct download: Batcave_-_Batman_1949_-_Chapter_6_-_Target_Robin.mp3
Category:1940s Serials -- posted at: 12:09am EDT

"NO-FACE"
October 16, 1976

Monster Squad was a one season NBC Saturday morning live action show for kids in 1976.  In it, Walt, who worked in his uncle's wax museum, discovered that he could bring the figures of Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, and the Wolfman to life.  Wanting to atone for the sins of their past, the trio, with Walt's crime computer set out on a mission to stop evil wherever they found it.

We move on to the sixth episode with the villain - No-Face.  Here we have the Batman 66 equivalent to False Face.

John and Joe Crowe of RevolutionSF and the Dragoncon American SciFi Classics Track discuss the particularly scary look to No-Face, the perfect weapon against werewolves, and the upcoming Manimal podcast.

Take a listen and let us know what you think here or by writing us at thebatcavepodcast@gmail.com.

Direct download: Batcave_-_Monster_Sqauad_-_No-Face.mp3
Category:Monster Squad -- posted at: 12:55am EDT

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1949 - Episode Five 
"Robin Rescues Batman!"

Vicki Vale gets a picture of several of the Wizard's men and so they enlist the aid of Vicki's brother Jimmy to retrieve it.  But whose side is Jimmy really on?

John and writer Jim Beard discuss the 5th episode of the 1949 movie serial. They talk about Batman's forensic process, more poor cliffhanger resolution and how the butler did it.

It's all here and we want to hear what you think.  Comment here or write us at thebatcavepodcast@gmail.com.

Direct download: Batman_1949_-_Chapter_5_-_Robin_Rescues_Batman.mp3
Category:1940s Serials -- posted at: 12:01am EDT

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