1: Christian Bale - he was the first to make me feel like the Bruce scenes were still Batman.

2: Michael Keaton - he took a big risk going to action from a mostly comedy background, he knew it could tank his career but he boldly accepted the challenge. He’s the reason we have so many movies based on comics now, had it been a flop, I’m not sure we’d be experiencing the renaissance we have now.

3: Ben Affleck - I know many will disagree but he had a huge act to follow after Bale. I’m enjoying an older and more experienced Batman because we hadn’t seen that in the movies yet. I think he captures the Frank Miller Batman quite well.

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Christian Bale as Batman and Heath Ledger as the Joker. They should retire Batman for 20 years after that series. Same with Hugh Jackman as Wolverine.

Yup, love the campy old Adam West version. Never read the comics, so I grew up on the sixties TV show. Turning him into the gritty, serious character of the later movies just seems such a waste to me.

Adam Ward brought the character off the page and will always be the quintessential Batman to me.

For sheer tongue in cheek fun..has to be Adam West..he sat a bar..that nobody bothered to follow..but I guess that zany Bat man would just be too much for contemporary scriptwriters to translate into big budget movies..shame really.

Kafir is my favorite Batman.

Category 1:

• Kevin Conroy - He will always be the voice of Batman to me
• Michael Keaton - He was the first "dark" (gothic, somber, tragic) Batman in a movie that felt like Batman

Category 2:

• Will Arnett - Only reason for this pick is the LEGO Batman movie was made to be silly so Will's version is quite entertaining because he can say things that live-action Batman or The Animated Series Batman couldn't
• Adam West - The era of this show and Adam's performance was silly and would not be anywhere close to the Batman we know today. So that makes it entertaining

Val Kilmer, he carries a twist of sophistication and a tad of cockiness I can identify with.

I let go of comics at 12. Never to return. Batman was supposed to be an acrobat without superpowers... well I saw The Great Walenda die in P.R. doing his acrobat act. No bromance with fantasy for me. Sorry.

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Micheal Keaton, most definitely, tho Christian Bale had the best story arc!

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Christian Bale
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Never seen the Legos Batman, but I am a huge fan of Will Arnett. That guy is ridiculously funny.

I think Ben Affleck is secretly on a mission to destroy every comic book character franchise he touches. He left Daredevil alone in an alley bleeding out and now it seems he’s bent on destroying Batman as well.

Christian Bale & Will Arnett. Michael Keaton was great, after the long dry spell from Adam West, but I don't think he delivered the dark.