BOF’s Bat-Timeline – “Batman in 1969”

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MARCH: Catwoman is featured in BATMAN #210 sporting a new red and blue costume.

MAY: Batman’s 30th anniversary is marked in DETECTIVE COMICS #387.

NOVEMBER: Alfred’s last name of Pennyworth is revealed in BATMAN #216. The character’s original last name, Beagle, was now attributed to the Earth-2 version of the character.

DECEMBER: Batman gets another revamp via the story “One Bullet Too Many” from BATMAN#394. Bruce is left alone with Alfred when Dick Grayson leaves for college. Bruce decides to leave Wayne Manor for a penthouse on top of the Wayne Foundation building in downtown Gotham. A new Batcave was built under the Wayne Foundation skyscraper.

DECEMBER: Batman gets a new Batmobile yet again – a turbo-charged sports car – in DETECTIVE COMICS #394.

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Bill “Jett” Ramey isn’t just a Batman fan — he’s one of the founding fathers of the online Batman community. As the creator and Editor-in-Chief of Batman-On-Film.com, the original and longest-running Batman news and commentary site, Jett helped carve the very bedrock of modern fan internet press. If there is a Mount Rushmore of this stuff, his face is already up there — sunglasses on, arms crossed, probably telling someone to calm down. A lifelong Dark Knight disciple, Jett has spent decades championing filmmaker‑driven Batman stories, cutting through fanboy noise with a Texas‑sized dose of honesty, and keeping the conversation smart, civil, and drama‑free. He’s the BOF Godfather — the guy who was here before the hashtags, before the clickbait, before the algorithms… and he’s still here, still talking Batman, still calling it straight. When he steps out of Gotham, Jett is pure Texas. He bleeds Dallas Cowboys blue, blasts Elvis and rock ’n’ roll, and has a deep appreciation for cold beer, dive bars, and Texas Longhorns football. He works out, he cooks, and he can grill like a man who’s earned the right to say “don’t assume” when he tells you he lives in the great state of Texas. He shares that home with his wife — “Announcer Rachel” — and their dogs: Gracelin the Labradoodle and Presley, a rescue pup named after the King himself.