LOS ANGELES — Batman's ride is up for sale — just the thing for cruising on those Dark Knights.

An Ahwatukee Foothills man scored the original 19-foot-long black, bubble-topped car used in the 1960s “Batman” TV show for $4.2 million Saturday night at the Barrett-Jackson car auction at WestWorld in Scottsdale.

Barrett-Jackson is home to the world’s most profitable car auction. Its main event, held every January in Scottsdale, kicked off its 2013 season by tying its 2007 record sales of close to $100 million.

Sunday, SUNDAY, SUNDAY! Scoop up the kids, pile into the Family Truckster and head on out to Loop 101 in Scottsdale for the race of the decade!

“Here’s something I never understood about men,” a female colleague said to me. I expected a classic, like: “Why do you equate commitment with death?” “How can you watch four TV shows at once?” or “Why must every toilet seat point toward heaven?” Instead, she said this:

Put an infinite number of studio executives in a room and sooner or later, one will green-light a truly good remake of a classic film.

Put an infinite number of studio executives in a room and sooner or later, one will green-light a truly good remake of a classic film.

 “Lights Out” San Diego Charger’s linebacker turns the switch on

October 4, 2004

Herb Grasse is one of those widely anonymous yet nearly omnipresent behind-thescenes types. He’s just another unassuming guy on the block in the north Scottsdale neighborhood where he and wife, Terrie, have lived the past 14 years.

What do you get when you cross a networking opportunity with some of the most prominent businessmen, officials and celebrities in the country with a quest to crack open cases of missing children? What if you put it all into a life-size board game that includes some of the finer qualities of Trivial Pursuit, the legendary “Cannonball Run” rally, and movies of the same name?

What do you get when you cross a networking opportunity with some of the most prominent businessmen, officials and celebrities in the country with a quest to crack open cases of missing children? What if you put it all into a life-size board game that includes some of the finer qualities of Trivial Pursuit, the legendary “Cannonball Run” rally, and movies of the same name?

 He set the tone of car culture for 60 years and there’s more to come.

Christopher Nolan's "Batman Begins" needn't be perfect to erase the rubbery aftertaste of "Batman and Robin," the Joel Schumacher-directed dud that led the franchise into an eight-year deep freeze. After suffering through Schumacher's recklessly campy aesthetic — nippled Batsuits and so forth — fans are bound to rejoice in anything that takes itself halfway seriously.

Christopher Nolan's "Batman Begins" needn't be perfect to erase the rubbery aftertaste of "Batman and Robin," the Joel Schumacher-directed dud that led the franchise into an eight-year deep freeze. After suffering through Schumacher's recklessly campy aesthetic — nippled Batsuits and so forth — fans are bound to rejoice in anything that takes itself halfway seriously.