Batman TV Show "Bat-Drop" Dynamic Merchandising Backdrop

POW! WHAM! BIFF! The original Batman TV show was groundbreaking in many ways, literally defining the Camp genre, and its rapidly-increasing popularity triggered a massive outpouring of Batman merchandise on the market in the mid-to-late sixties. To promote these Batman toys, games, and household objects, a select few department stores were allowed to hang these spectacular, hand-made, high-quality professional decorations behind their display tables. Very few of these backdrops were ever made, and even fewer survive today. This one measures a whopping 5-1/2' x 7' (that's feet, not inches!), and is decorated with the onomatopoeic word balloons which so notably punctuated the famous action sequences of the Batman TV show. The colorful layered-cloth word balloons are still vibrant and look almost new, and they are still firmly attached to the black mesh background, just as they were when they were made almost fifty years ago. It was made to look great in a comic room, comic store, at conventions, or behind your own personal Batmobile. This piece will be the envy of all your Bat-Friends during collector show-and-tell! In overall very good condition. While the black background netting does have some tears at the bottom and there is some natural wrinkling in the fabric, we did not make repairs so that we could offer this ultra-rare collectible in its original condition (the wrinkling could be ironed out, and the tears mended with a needle and black thread). Own a monumental piece of Bat-history!