By 1943 National Periodicals/DC was enjoying a series of successes. The merger with All American comics had given them the Justice Society of America. Wonder Woman had found her popular villains in the form of Dr. Psycho and The Cheetah The Superman radio show was still going strong and the animated serial by Max Fletcher was increasing sales and it seemed like the sky's the limit.
Batman had recently gotten a newspaper comic strip *in sydnacation proving his popularity with a larger audience than the comic readers and Columbia pictures showed interest in making a serial having had success with the likes of The Spider, The Shadow and Captain Midnight years ago. Batman was heavily into production of their 15-chapter theatrical serial when producer Rudolph C. Flothow, got a cease & desist letter from Thrilling Publications/Standard publishing about DC breaking their agreement. director Lambert Hillyer was told that it was to late halt production now however because of the scandal we are going to cut the budget we agreeed to and limit the chapters to 12.
Columbia would make an olive branch to Standard by promising a movie serial based on one of their comic or pulp characters in the future
* the Strip would only last a year as the risk of it being seen as a newspaper taking sides
Batman had recently gotten a newspaper comic strip *in sydnacation proving his popularity with a larger audience than the comic readers and Columbia pictures showed interest in making a serial having had success with the likes of The Spider, The Shadow and Captain Midnight years ago. Batman was heavily into production of their 15-chapter theatrical serial when producer Rudolph C. Flothow, got a cease & desist letter from Thrilling Publications/Standard publishing about DC breaking their agreement. director Lambert Hillyer was told that it was to late halt production now however because of the scandal we are going to cut the budget we agreeed to and limit the chapters to 12.
Columbia would make an olive branch to Standard by promising a movie serial based on one of their comic or pulp characters in the future
* the Strip would only last a year as the risk of it being seen as a newspaper taking sides
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