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David Perlmutter's avatar

They managed to play this straight in the '40s, but somehow they had to camp the same stuff up for TV in the '60s.

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Scott Clevenger's avatar

I blame the 50s. Lotta goofy stuff in those Silver Age books.

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Carl Salonen's avatar

Of course, Daka, when the walls fell.

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Carl Salonen's avatar

<<I’m pretty sure I saw Hadji do a similar thing once on Jonny Quest.>>

He would have snake-charmed the rope up, dancing like a cobra, to wrap around The Batman's arm

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