The more GA Batman I see, the more I realize: this "dark" Batman of yore that everyone since Adams wanted to "bring back"--apart from the very earliest Batman stories, that's a total myth, isn't it? The "dark" Batman is in fact a modern creation, perhaps from misunderstood memories.
And you know what? It's interesting to think about the creativity that happened when the old comics weren't as easily seen to ruin memories that were probably cooler.