Who’s the best Batman?
In attempting to answer this question, I’m going to concentrate on modern portrayals, with the exception of Adam West’s campy sixties Batman, because his exclusion would automatically invalidate any debate on the subject—not because of the quality of his performance, you understand, but because of his iconic status. The only exclusively-voice actor I’m choosing to consider is Kevin Conroy, even though I really enjoy Diedrich Bader’s performance on Batman: The Brave and the Bold, because Conroy’s voice acting skills are in no small part responsible for the success of the nineties animated Batman series, without which modern superhero cartoons would look vastly different (if they even existed at all). Working chronologically, then, we begin with Adam West. West was certainly not the best of actors, and had a physique that nobody could possibly believe belonged to an athlete of Batman’s caliber. Yet he was right for the character within the context of his show, observing even the most pre
