# BAT BITS #20 NOW LIVE on Patreon: Advice to Bat-writers in 1965, pt 1

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Podcast: [To The Batpoles! Batman 1966](https://stenobird.com/podcast/to-the-batpoles-batman-1966-742327)
Published: 2025-10-02T12:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

We had heard before that it existed, and we've finally found it: Lorenzo Semple 's 14-page "Batnotes" memo to prospective Bat-writers about "a few simple rules and concepts" about what should or should not happen in a Batman script. Tim and Paul want to dig through this carefully, so in this episode they discuss the first few pages, with more to come. In this episode: Qualities of Gotham City, why the show shouldn't move on to other settings, the mystery of our heroes' other identities, and qualities of the Bat-foes. Plus: how YOU can help Tim and Paul assemble a TO THE BATPOLES! episode on this topic! Listen to Bat Bits and see the memo we're discussing by subscribing to our Patreon for at least $2 a month! For $4 a month, you ALSO get our monthly discussion of silver age Batman comics as Paul or another in our stable of co-hosts joins me to examine individual Batman stories from the 1950s and 60s! Join today!

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