At least one reader, Adriane, is doubtful of the Batman Curse.

She responds:
What do I think? I think your article is completely tasteless. Not to mention far-fetched and false.

Jack Palance was 87 when he died of old age and natural causes. Heath Ledger was a young 28 year old man, and the fact that he died is tragic, not part of some stupid “coincidence” for you to write an article about.

Michael Keaton and Val Kilmer’s careers were not “killed” after playing Batman either. And to make the comparison from real death over to career death so quickly and coldly is disgusting.

I would maybe expect this from FOX news or something equally as tasteless, but not my small hometown’s newspaper.

Look at all those movies after Batman … weird:
Michael Keaton: Night Shift (1982); Mr. Mom (1983); Johnny Dangerously (1984); Gung Ho (1986); Touch and Go (1986); The Squeeze (1987); She's Having a Baby (1988) (Cameo); Beetlejuice (1988); Clean and Sober (1988);The Dream Team (1989); Batman (1989); Pacific Heights (1990); One Good Cop (1991); Batman Returns (1992); Porco Rosso (1992) (voice in 2003 English dubbed version); Much Ado About Nothing (1993); My Life (1993); The Paper (1994); Speechless (1994); Multiplicity (1996); Inventing the Abbotts (1997) (narrator); Jackie Brown (1997); Desperate Measures (1998); Out of Sight (1998) (Cameo); Jack Frost (1998); A Shot at Glory (2000); Quicksand (2001); Live from Baghdad (2002); First Daughter (2004); White Noise (2005); Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005); Cars (2006) (voice); Game 6 (2006); The Last Time (2006); Reaper (2007) (pre-production).

Val Kilmer: 1984/Top Secret!; 1985/Real Genius; 985/One Too Many; 1986/Top Gun; 1988/Willow; 1989/Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid; 1989/Kill Me Again; 1991/The Doors; 1992/Thunderheart; 1993/The Real McCoy; 1993/Tombstone; 1993/True Romance; 1995/Batman Forever; 1995/Heat; 1995/Wings of Courage; 1996/The Island of Dr Moreau; 1996/The Ghost and the Darkness; 1997/ The Saint; 1998/ The Prince of Egypt;1999/At First Sight; 2000/Red Planet; 2002/The Salton Sea; 2003/Wonderland; 2003/The Missing; 2003/Blind Horizon; 2004/Spartan; 2004/Stateside; 2004/Alexander; 2005/Mindhunters; 2005/Kiss Kiss Bang Bang; 2006/Déjà vu; 2007/Comanche Moon; 2007/American Meth; 2007/Have Dreams, Will Travel; 2008/XIII.