Robin...;)

i think of arnold shawrtzeneger.lol

George Clooney

Michael Keaton....and I think of Jack Nicholson as the Joker.

Michael Keaton.

Val

Michael Keaton, Adam West second.

Adam West

George Clooney. man, I would just laugh and laugh whenever I saw him wearing that silly costume with the way too long ears.

Hmmm, can I have two? Val Kilmer, and George Clooney. I think they were the best. Christian Bale did a pretty good job in the new one, but I just didnt really like the story line...

Adam West. :)

Adam West is Batman!

Bruce Wayne

Christian Bale does a great job as both Bruce Wayne and Batman.

adam west !

I think of Michael Keaton since he was the first serious Batman I knew of in the movies. I think the series with Adam West was more on the funny end for my liking.

Adam West

Adam West is the Best.

Lewis Wilson....the first actor to play The Batman in the old 1940's movie serials

Robin and I think of the cartoons.

David Hasslehoff.

and Robin!

Adam West will always be my favorite Batman.

I think of Kevin Conroy, who voiced the character for Batman: the Animated Series, Superman: the Animated Series, Static Shock, Batman Beyond, Justice League/Justice League Unlimited, and all related DVD/theatrical releases (about 12 years, altogether).

Michael Keaton. But, I really don't think there has been an actor right for Batman yet. Just like there hasn't been an actor right yet for Spiderman. Tobey Mgawhatever is too wimpy and he seems like a closet homosexual or something.

Despite some rather good performances by others in that role, I would say Michael Keaton was the best. I would say that had they kept him they would have never had to go hunting constantly for new actors to play Batman. I think that Christian Bale comes in a very close second.

Although I grew up tuning in to the "Same Bat Time... Same Bat Channel," I don't think of Adam West when I hear the word "Batman". As a comic collector since back in the early sixties, when I hear "Batman" I think of the comics I loved. I think of Bob Kane and the others who brought Batman to life in the pages of one of my favourite comics. But most of all I think of Neal Adams, the best artist ever to drawn "The Batman." After the campiness of the "Batman and Robin" TV show crept into the comic books, the series was getting more and more ridiculous. How the character could hope to "strike fear into the hearts of evil-doers" was beyond understanding. It was a case of Batman tracking down and capturing one stupid-looking costumed villain after another every month. The comic was incredibly bad and fans were deserting in droves. In comes Neal Adams... he re-invigorated the series. Gone was the campy "Batman and Robin" and in was "The Batman." This "new" Batman wasn't campy... he was dangerous. At times he seemed obsessed. He didn't just strike fear into evil-doers, he struck fear into the readers. The change was a breath of fresh air that saved the comic. Adams also introduced Ras Al Ghul and his beautiful daughter Talia and changed the Joker from the buffoon caricature that was played by Cesar Romero in the TV show into the deeply psychotic individual we all know and love today. If not for Adams there would have been no "The Batman: Year One" (the basis of the "Batman Begins" movie). He brought back the usage of the phrase "The Dark Knight" to describe The Batman, which is the title of the upcoming movie. We have a lot to thank him for. Neal Adams... that's who I think of when I hear someone say "Batman."

First, is the comic book and soft-back books with comics in them. Second is Adam West (TV's Batman) Third is Michael Keaton ("I'm Batman")

The names your suggested kind of influenced my answer. When I saw "Batman", a generic image came to mind until I saw the names. Then I decided Adam West, though I'm not sure if that would be my answer had the name not been suggested.

I think of the Michael Keaton Batman, he was the most badass, and Batman Returns just came out on GameTap.

Micheal Keaton

Adam West is Batman. ^_^ As far as the movies go... Keaton was the best, IMO.

Adam West because he was the wooden guy on the TV.

adam west

Michael Keaton

robin

Adam West

I think of Robin

Adam West - Kapow! Zowie!

Now, it is Christian Bale.

Kevin Conroy, the voice of Batman in the Diniverse.

Christian Bale. Frick, he was awesome in that role.

Christian Bale

christian bale.micheal keaton was good but i prefered bale.

Adam West is the name I think of first ... but the name Christian Bale comes to mind when I think of the Batman movie I liked the most.

I see the Batman and Robin from my youth, the first ones on my TV, Adam West:-)

robin

Michael Keaton

Michael Keaton.

i think of george clooney, but in future i think itll be christian first...they're both cute :P

Adam West. I've always liked Val Kilmer in any role he played, but Adam West will always be my Batman!

CHristian Bale; he was the most intimidating of all the Batmen.

Michael Keaton. He's still the best one ever, IMHO.

Val Kilmer!

Adam West is Batman. Some of the others PLAY Batman well... but Adam West IS Batman. ^_^

Christian Bale.

Adam West is, and forever will be, Batman.

Adam West ! Will always be #1

Michael Keaton

I dont think of any of those people I think of one of my girlfriends friends who they call batman his name i believe is tyler

I think of Heath Ledger.

Adam West

Michael Keaton. He was the on I watched when I was first old enough to go to the movies with my friends or brother, sans parents.

Dracula was thee batman

Adam West ...

Christian Bale -- definitely the best of the bunch.

nice simple answer, Robin! lol (chris o'donnell ofcourse :P)

ummmmmmmmmm batman

Adam West and his pot belly

Adam West, he will always be the real Batman to me. I grew up watching him on after school reruns.

we all know that adam west is the "real" batman... but!!! christian bale is the hottest....just saying... -dani fire

as Batman Michael Keaton was great, Val Kilmer and Christian Bale are both excellent Bruce Waynes, but to me Batman is the comic book character first and foremost, the life action movies are just biographies.

Um... Lara Croft. But that's an inside joke. :p

Bale. Best job as Batman, easily. Adam West is, however, the best mayor of Quahog.

Val is batman forever!! The scene were he runs out of the fireball is great!!!!!

Adam West. The best batman ever

Among Batman movies, for me nobody can compare and take the role better than Michael Keaton. George Clooney is the worst one for that role.

i just think bruce wayne I am more of a comic book guy than a movie guy

Christian Bale. Only one I really bothered to watch.

Kevin Conroy, the voice of Batman on "Batman: The Animated Series".

Del Boy Trotter

OF COURSE VAL KILMER

Definetly Adam West who was the first original Batman, no other will ever come close!

Robin

Adam West. He will always be Batman to me. And no one, but no one, can top Julie Newmar as Catwoman.

Adam West

george clooney

Michael Keaton

I think of Michael Keaton even though I prefer Christian Bale as the Batman. It's just that Bale suits the title of the Dark Knight, so much more. I think it's the fact that he actually looks the part that helps him and the movies were created much more recently giving him the advantage in making a darker toned movie.

Christian Bale. I never liked a batman until he played him.

I think of Kieth Ledger

I actually think of the cartoon! In a weird way I think he was the hottest - he had a really strong voice!

robian

Adam West, who are these other guys anyway?

No doubt Adam West, anyone else is merely an imposter.

Adam West.

Christian Bale.

The comic book.

Robin

I don't think of actors. I think of the character Joker.