Batman

Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still sometimes as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. He has since become, along with Superman and Spider-Man, one of the world's most recognized superheroes.[1] Batman was co-created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, although only Kane receives official credit for the character. Batman's secret identity is Bruce Wayne, billionaire industrialist, playboy, and philanthropist. Witnessing the murder of his parents as a child leads him to train himself to the peak of physical and intellectual perfection, don a costume, and fight crime. Unlike most superheroes, he does not possess any superhuman powers or abilities; he makes use of intellect, detective skills, technology, and physical prowess in his war on crime.

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1 Publication history
1.1 Creation
1.2 Early years (1939-1949)
1.3 The fifties and early sixties (1950-1963)
1.4 "New Look" Batman and camp (1964-1969)
1.5 O'Neil and Adams (1970-1985)
1.6 The Dark Knight Returns, O'Neil's editorship, and the new millennium (1986-present)
2 Fictional character history
2.1 Golden Age
2.2 Silver Age
2.3 Modern Batman
3 Personas
3.1 Bruce Wayne
3.2 The Dark Knight
3.3 Matches Malone
4 Skills, resources, and abilities
4.1 Equipment
4.2 Costume
4.3 Bat-Signal
4.4 Batcave
4.5 Gotham City
5 Supporting characters
5.1 Batman villains
6 Homosexual interpretations
7 Bibliography
8 In other media
9 References
10 External links


[edit] Publication history

[edit] Creation
In early 1939, the success of Superman in Action Comics prompted editors at the comic book division of National Publications (later DC Comics; D.C. is short for Detective Comics, now a subsidiary of Time Warner) to request more superheroes for their titles. In response, Bob Kane created a character called "the Bat-Man".[2] His collaborator Bill Finger offered such... [continues]

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