The actor took only one turn in the famous batsuit. That film, “Batman Forever,” couldn’t be a more representative artifact of its era.

In what would be the final years of his life, Val Kilmer leaned more into a different type of art than acting, but he never forgot his fans.

Val Kilmer gave a nod to Batman in his final social media video prior to his death. The beloved actor—who starred in films like Top Gun, Tombstone, Heat and The Doors—died on Tuesday at the age of 65 from pneumonia,