Batman (originally called the Bat-Man) is a fictional character, a superhero created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger and published by DC Comics. This character first appeared in Detective Comics # 27 (May 1939). Batman's secret identity is Bruce Wayne, a wealthy businessman. He witnessed the murder of her parents as a child and moved to fight crime with various weapons of his own creation.

Batman operates in Gotham City, assisted by his butler Alfred Pennyworth and his partner Robin. Unlike most superheroes, he does not have super powers, he only uses intelligence, detective skills, science and technology, wealth, physical dexterity, and intimidation in the fight against crime.

 

Batman

Batman became famous characters quickly after the introduction and ended up getting the title itself, Batman. After decades of use that title, character differences have emerged. The end of the 1960s television series Batman in the Batman character was changed to be more aesthetically pleasing for years until the story is over. Many creator-creator creates to restore the character of Batman to the story initially gloomy and dark, culminating in the 1986 mini-series Batman:

The Dark Knight Returns, written by Frank Miller and artist director Tim Burton Batman's success in 1989 helped revive the dark character of Batman. As a symbol of culture, Batman has been registered and adapted into a variety of media, from radio to television and film, and appears on a variety of merchandise sold all over the world.

Creation

In early 1938, the success of Superman in Action Comics made a quick movement of the editors at the comic book division of National Publications (which would become DC Comics) to request to be made superhero superhero title. Quickly, Bob Kane created the "the Bat-Man". collaborator Bill Finger reminds Kane

"... Have an idea for a character called 'Batman', and he will see the picture of the character. I went to Kane and he has to draw a character who looks a lot like Superman with

reddish tights, I believe, put a boot ... not wearing gloves ... with a domino mask, swinging on a rope. Batman has a solid wing are expanding, like bat wings. And underneath there was a big sign ... BATMAN. "

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The history of a fictional character

Batman story has undergone a variety of revisions, in small and large aspects. Some elements of the story characters there that has not changed. Bachelor William Uricchio and Roberta E. Pearson wrote in the early '90s, "Unlike the fictional characters more, Batman does not have a record for the period, but are in a fixed text at the same time appear more than five decades. "

The story is always centered on the state of the early Batman stories. As a child, Bruce Wayne fear and trauma of seeing his parents, Doctor Thomas Wayne and his wife Martha was killed by robbers in front of his eyes. It is easy to eradicate crime in Gotham City as Batman. In the following year, June 26 became the date of the founding figure of Batman (Batman Confidential # 14), that date is the date when the murder took place and Batman every year always visit the scene of his parents died.

Pearson and Uricchio also wrote the original story and such outside the introduction of Robin, "Until now, the story and definitely increase and cause you a saint, an additional effort by the Batman editor Dennis O'Neil as ensuring consistent and continuity between stories.

characteristics

Personal data

    Surname: Bruce Wayne

    Status: Single

    Height: 6'2 "(approximately 2 meters)

    Weight: 95.3 kg

    Eye Color: Blue

    Black hair

    Alias: Dark Knight Detective

    An assortment of nicknames: "Matches" Malone, Sir Hemmingford Grey, and others.

    Occupation: Chairman of shareholders Wayne Enterprises, Chairman Wayne Foundation, multimillionaire industrialist, Playboy and Generous

    Group Affiliation: JLA, Justice League International, Outsiders, Justice League of America

    Address: Gotham City, United States

What skills, talents and resources

Unlike most superheroes, Batman does not have superpowers and instead have a broad knowledge in the scientific field, experts in criminal investigation, an expert in sports. Batman has a physical condition above normal human deftly in some kinds of things, martial artists, acrobatics, strength and expert in escaping.

Intellectuality that is unequaled; Batman is one of the scientists, engineers, criminologists, and taktisian greatest, as well as an expert in disguise, often gathering information under the identity of Matches Malone. He was honored as one of the greatest detective in the DC Universe, from the fights with enemies, Batman often uses ingenuity and planning to deceive its enemies. In JLA story created by Grant Morrison, Superman explains that Batman is "the most dangerous man in the world," he can beat a group of super-powered alien who was alone in saving his friend who was in captive.

Costume / Batsuit

Batman costume incorporates the figure of the bat to scare criminals. Details Batman costume many times always changing through the various stories and media, but the elements are fixed and unchangeable only robes that make up the bat wings, a mask that covered most of his face and had ears like a bat, logos bat in the chest, plus the belt equipment. Costume color is usually blue and gray, although usually adjusted by means of coloring the comic art in color.

Batman conceptualized by Bill Finger and Bob Kane had robes and a black mask and gray costume, but once in rembugkan ahirnya in black color with blue lighting added. Batman is always depicted wearing a robe and a black mask, as seen in the work of Tim Burton Batman movies, during the 1960s Batman television diacara wear blue and gray, and have an adventure prose. This coloring has been claimed by Larry Ford, in Place, Power, Situation, and Spectacle: A Geography of Film, become a symbol of the return code coloring, which the criminals always wear black. Gloves Batman obtaining three fins protruding from the side.

Yellow ellipse shape around the bat logo on the chest of characters added in 1964, and became a symbol of this hero, is closely connected with the red and the symbol "S" Superman yellow. The overall appearance of the character, the overall length of the ear mask and his cape, varies greatly depending on the artists who make it. Dennis O'Neill said, "Can we say that Batman has two hundred costumes hanging in the Batcave, so the costume is not necessarily the same ... Everybody loves to draw Batman, and everybody wants Batman hallmark of their work."

Batman is equipped with sophisticated weaponry that is very much in the fight against crime, designnya always use a bat motif. Batman historian Les Daniels credits Gardner Fox with are creating the concept of Batman's arsenal with the introduction of the utility belt in Detective Comics # 29 (July 1939) and weapons themed bat first was Batarang and batgyro in comics Detective Comics # 31 and # 32 (September; October, 1939 ). Batman's primary vehicle is the Batmobile, which depicts a black car with large tailfins that suggest a bat's wings. Batman's other vehicles include Batplane (aka the Batwing), Batboat, Bat-Sub and Batcycle.

In the denominator, the sentence prefix "Bat" (example Batmobile or Batarang) rarely used by Batman himself, while using the equipment, particularly after some portrayals in (Batman live-action television show and the Super Friends animated series 1960) conducted in the event part campy. In the television series Batman has an arsenal that includes the names of "Bat" is ludicrous, such as bat-computer, bat-scanner, bat-radar, bat-cuffs, bat-pontoons, bat-drinking water dispenser, bat-camera with using bat-filter, bat-shark repellent bat-spray, and bat-rope. In the story "A Death in the Family" story gave the impression that the story is bleak and he may not adapt the prefix phrase "bat 'for crockery.

Batman saves the most important equipment on his belt. Over the years always in show supplies an assortment that will never be exhausted to confront its enemies. Other versions of the belt to store different shapes, cylindrical pouch or hardware surrounding it.

Bat-Signal

When Batman is needed, the Gotham City police badge turning on a lamp with a bat shape above the lens, called the Bat-signal glistening in the darkness of the night sky, creating a symbol of the bat through the clouds that can be seen from several points in the city of Gotham. The shape of these signals can vary, depending on the continuity and track its path.

Batcave

Batcave is Batman's secret headquarters, consisting of an underground cave, which is located beneath the Wayne family castle. The cave was run according command center, for both local and overall control of the vehicle dam combat equipment in residential areas Wayne.

supporting characters

Batman interact with various characters around him, both heroes and villains, very helpful confirms these figures. Commissioner James "Jim" Gordon, Batman's ally in the Gotham City Police Department, along with Batman's first appearance in Detective Comics # 27 and has been a definite presence since then. Next, get a loyal servant Alfred kelurga Wayne and Lucious Fox as manager diperusahaannya and apparently accidentally he also serves as a maker of ordnance. But the most important supporting role in the Batman myth is the presence of the young hero of his best friend, namely Robin.

The first Robin is Dick Grayson, who finally he left his teacher and became a hero Nightwing. The second Robin Jason Todd, but he eventually died in torment by the Joker, who later returned as an enemy. Robin three is TIm Drake, first appeared in 1989 and has had its own serial comic titles. Alfred, Bruce Wayne's loyal servant, a father figure and the one person who knows the identity of Batman and the environment are always ready to provide assistance constantly reassuring to Batman and Robin.

Enemy

Batman face an assortment of enemies of criminals are up to super villains impish. Batman created many enemies of the aspects of the hero character and development, often experience the original story of a tragic mebuat they become a criminal. Batman enemy the most stubborn is the Joker, a clown criminal who has a "personification of the irrational" describes opposition to Batman. Other antagonists are always repeated, including Catwoman, the the Penguin, Two-Face, the Riddler, Scarecrow, Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy, Ra's Al Ghul, Bane and others.