According to Roddy McDowall, it was originally intended for him to appear again as Bookworm later in the series, but the plans never materialized.
This is the first episode where the Batmobile used parachutes in an emergency turn, and then called out a retrieval service to pick them up.
Jim O'Hara makes his first of twelve appearances as a Gotham City Police Officer/Sargaent (named O'Leary in a future episode). O'Hara was a brother of series producer Charles B Fitzsimons.
Guest Batvillain Roddy McDowall and Adam West were born two days apart, on September 17 and 19, 1928, respectively.