Batplane adveritsing <i>Batman <i> 1943
date: label: date made
content: 1943
notes: label: Description
content: Toy cardboard airplane premium offered as a promotion for the 1943 serial film <i>Batman</i>. The promotion was developed in conjuncton with Robinson's Department Stores.
label: Description
content: The 1943 movie was the first to feature the DC comic's character <i>Batman.</i> The serial adventure, directed by Lambert Hillyer, follows the titular superhero, played by Lewis Wilson, and his sidekick Robin, played by Douglas Croft, as they fight Japanese saboteurs brainwashing US scientists.
label: Description
content: Created by writer Bill Finger and artist Bob Kane, the Batman was first introduced in Detective Comics #27(1939.) The <i>Dark Knight</i> remains one of the superhero genre's most popular characters, and has headlining blockbuster film franchises, live-action television programs, and animated series.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Batman
label: Subject
content: Motion Pictures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2022.0089.01
label: catalog number
content: 2022.0089.01
label: accession number
content: 2022.0089
objectType: label: Object Name
content: premium, movie
label: Object Name
content: movie premium
label: Object Name
content: toy
label: Object Name
content: toy plane
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: card stock (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: wings: 8 1/2 in x 3 3/16 in; 21.59 cm x 8.128 cm
label: Measurements
content: pane body: 7 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 19.685 cm x 8.255 cm