Batman 50 came out today. The New York Times and DC Comics already spoiled the issue Sunday. Three days ago. You can't help but see coverage of it all around. The New York Times journalist regrets the spoilery headline. DC released the five reasons why it stands behind spoiling the issue.

I get it. DC wanted to spoil it before either 1) an entertainment website did it first; or, B) a fan did it first.

Comic book stories can't be told without some kind of surprise plot twist or surprise final page reveal.

My guess is that DC wants to control the Spoil as much as possible.

I'm stuck in '66. Have been for a long time.

Batman '66 making a comeback is awesome.

What if... the sets had not been demolished? What if the show had been able to move from ABC to NBC for a Fourth season? Legend has it that as the show was cancelled on ABC, NBC was interested, but the sets had been torn down and it was cost-prohibitive to rebuild them.

As one of many Batman fans and a fan of the '66 Batman series, I would have liked to see Julie Madison introduced as Batman's fiance. Marsha, Queen of Diamonds, and her attempts to marry Batman; Lorelei Circe and the attempts to control Bruce Wayne - that's all very Poison Ivy. That character was handled really well on Batman: The Animated Series. What if that could have been done years earlier? (Harley was introduced in Batman '66, and featured in Batman '66 Meets The Man From U.N.C.L.E. - as a Southern Belle - maybe Ann-Margaret, Raquel Welch or Tina Louise could have played her in live action.

We're talking about '60's formula television, before storytelling really took off in comics in the '70's. Television storytelling really didn't take off until more recently.

There were attempts at a Batman-Catwoman relationship - in the '66 film - and on the series - but Burt Ward's Robin, The Boy Wonder always seemed to get in the way. (Maybe that's where the MJ-Peter-Black Cat triangle came from, huh?)

What if Batman '66 Season Four had Bruce Wayne engaged to Julie Madison, and a smoldering relationship between Batman and Catwoman? That might mean a fresh new direction for The Boy Wonder. Maybe Dick Grayson is on an Egyptian dig, with an certain archaeologist couple? Maybe Robin is working with a few teen partners? The devil is in the licensing. Always is.

But it would be cool to see.