Adam West was the reason I started to be fascinated by Super Heroes and comics. I remember how much fun my sister and me had when we were allowed as very young kids to watch "Batman hält die Welt in Atem". It had surprisingly won the telefon vote during the summer weeks ("Wunschfilm") against two contenders and thus was shown on prime time telly. Yes, that was acceptable in the 80s.
RIP Adam.