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*''[[Justice League|Justice League of America]]'' (vol. 3, July 2006 – present)
*''[[Justice League|Justice League of America]]'' (vol. 3, July 2006 – present)
*''[[The Brave and the Bold]]'' (vol. 2, February 2007 – present)
*''[[The Brave and the Bold]]'' (vol. 2, February 2007 – present)
*''[[Outsiders (comics)|The Outsiders]]'' (vol. 4, October 2007 – May 2011)<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2011/02/11/batman-solicits-for-may/ | title=''Batman'' Solicits for May | last=Hyde | first=David | work=The Source | publisher=DC Comics.com | date=February 11, 2011 | accessdate=2011-03-16}}</ref>
*''[[Outsiders (comics)|The Outsiders]]'' (vol. 4, October 2007 – June 2011)<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2011/02/11/batman-solicits-for-may/ | title=''Batman'' Solicits for May | last=Hyde | first=David | work=The Source | publisher=DC Comics.com | date=February 11, 2011 | accessdate=2011-03-16}}</ref><ref>http://www.dccomics.com/dcu/comics/?cm=17853</ref>
*''[[Gotham City Sirens]]'' (June 2009 – present)
*''[[Gotham City Sirens]]'' (June 2009 – present)
*''[[Red Robin (comics)|Red Robin]]'' (June 2009 – present)
*''[[Red Robin (comics)|Red Robin]]'' (June 2009 – present)

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Batman #1 (Spring 1940). Art by Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson.

Batman is one of DC Comics' most popular characters. He has featured in several ongoing series, as well as miniseries and graphic novels, and plays a major role in many others.

Ongoing series

Ongoing series starring Batman from New Earth

Ongoing series with Batman from New Earth in a non-starring role

Current comics in which Batman does not star, but appears regularly, or a member of his cast stars.

Ongoing series featuring Batman from other universes

  • Super Friends (May 2008 – present) - Featuring Batman as a member of the Super Friends team, events of which also take place in a separate continuity.
  • Batman: The Brave and the Bold (March 2009 – present) - Comic book in-continuity with the eponymous TV series.
  • Batman Beyond (January 2011 – present) - Stars Batman from Earth-12.[4]

Finished series

Formerly published comic titles that regularly featured Batman or a member of his cast.

  • World's Finest Comics (Spring 1941 – January 1986, 323 issues) - The early issues told separate Batman and Superman stories. Beginning with issue #71, it featured Batman and Superman team-up stories.
  • Star-Spangled Comics (October 1941 – July 1952, 130 issues) - From issue #65 on, every issue featured a Robin story (with Batman making regular appearances).
  • The Brave and the Bold (August 1955 – July 1983, 200 issues) - From issue #67 on, every issue featured Batman teaming up with another character.
  • The Joker (May 1975 – September/October 1976, 9 issues)
  • Batman Family (September/October 1975 – October/November 1978, 20 issues)
  • Batman and the Outsiders (August 1983 – April 1986, 32 issues)
  • The Outsiders (November 1985 – February 1988, 28 issues plus 1 Annual and 1 special)
  • Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (November 1989 – January 2007, 214 issues plus 7 Annuals and 3 Halloween specials)
  • Robin (January – May 1991, 5 issues)
  • Batman: Shadow of the Bat (June 1992 – February 2000, 94 issues plus 5 Annuals)
  • Catwoman (vol. 2) (August 1993 – July 2001, 96 issues plus 4 Annuals)
  • Robin (vol. 2) (November 1993 – February 2009, 185 issues plus 7 Annuals)
  • Outsiders (vol. 2) (November 1993 – November 1995, 24 issues)
  • Azrael (February 1995 – May 2003, 101 issues plus 3 Annuals)
  • The Batman Chronicles (Summer 1995 – Winter 2001, 23 issues)
  • Nightwing (October 1996 – February 2009, 154 issues plus 2 Annuals)
  • JLA (January 1997 – April 2006, 126 issues plus 4 Annuals)
  • Anarky (vol. 2) (May – December 1999, 8 issues)
  • Birds of Prey (January 1999 – February 2009, 127 issues)
  • Batman: Gotham Knights (March 2000 – February 2006, 74 issues)
  • Batgirl (April 2000 – April 2006, 73 issues plus 1 Annual)
  • Harley Quinn (December 2000 – January 2004, 38 issues)
  • Catwoman (vol. 3) (January 2002 – August 2008, 83 issues)
  • Gotham Central (February 2003 – April 2006, 40 issues)
  • Outsiders (vol. 3) (August 2003 – October 2007, 50 issues plus 1 Annual)
  • JLA: Classified (January 2005 – May 2008, 54 issues)
  • All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder (September 2005 – September 2008) - Stars Batman from Earth-31.
  • Batgirl (vol. 2) (September 2008 – February 2009, 6 issues)
  • Batman Confidential (December 2006 – March 2011, 54 issues)
  • Batman: Streets of Gotham (June 2009 – March 2011, 21 issues)
  • Azrael (vol. 2, October 2009 – March 2011, 18 Issues)

Other publications

For Elseworlds titles featuring Batman, see List of Elseworlds publications.

Limited series

One-shots

  • Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth (1989) SC: ISBN 978-0-930289-56-0. HC: ISBN 978-0-930289-48-5.
  • Batman: Absolution (2002) SC: ISBN 978-1-4012-0037-4. HC: ISBN 978-1-56389-934-8.
  • Batman: Birth of the Demon (1992) SC: ISBN 978-1-56389-081-9. HC: ISBN 978-1-56389-080-2.
  • Batman: Bride of the Demon (1990) SC: ISBN 978-1-56389-060-4. HC: ISBN 978-0-930289-79-9.
  • Batman: Child of Dreams (2003) SC: ISBN 978-1-56389-907-2. HC: ISBN 978-1-56389-906-5.
  • Batman: Digital Justice (1990) SC: ISBN 978-1-85286-274-9. HC: ISBN 978-0-930289-87-4.
  • Batman: D.O.A. (1999)
  • Batman: Dreadnaught (1983)[citation needed]
  • Batman: Dreamland (2000)
  • Batman: Ego (2000)
  • Batman: Fortunate Son (1999) SC: ISBN 978-1-56389-590-6. HC: ISBN 978-1-56389-578-4.
  • Batman: Full Circle (1991) SC: ISBN 978-0-930289-98-0.
  • Batman: Harvest Breed (2001) SC: ISBN 978-1-56389-775-7. HC: ISBN 978-1-56389-692-7.
  • Batman: Holy Terror (1991) SC: ISBN 978-1-56389-018-5.
  • Batman: Hong Kong (2003) SC: ISBN 978-1-4012-0101-2. HC: ISBN 978-1-4012-0057-2.
  • Batman: Night Cries (1992) SC: ISBN 978-1-56389-066-6. HC: ISBN 978-1-56389-059-8.
  • Batman: Poison Ivy (1997) SC: ISBN 978-1-56389-304-9.
  • Batman: Riddler - The Riddle Factory (1995) SC: ISBN 978-1-56389-196-0.
  • Batman: Room Full of Strangers (2004)
  • Batman: Son of the Demon (1987) SC: ISBN 978-0-930289-25-6.
  • Batman: Two-Face - Crime and Punishment (1995) SC: ISBN 978-1-56389-197-7.
  • Batman: War on Crime (1999) SC: ISBN 978-1-56389-576-0.
  • Batman: The 10 Cent Adventure (2002)
  • Batman: The 12 Cent Adventure (2004)
  • Batman: The Abduction (1998) SC: ISBN 978-1-56389-376-6.
  • Batman: The Book of Shadows (1999)
  • Batman: The Chalice (1999) SC: ISBN 978-1-56389-632-3. HC: ISBN 978-1-56389-592-0.
  • Batman: The Killing Joke (1988) SC: ISBN 978-0-930289-45-4. HC: ISBN 978-1-4012-1667-2.
  • Batman: The Man Who Laughs (2005) SC: ISBN 978-1-4012-1626-9. HC: ISBN 978-1-4012-1622-1.
  • Batman/Deadman: Death and Glory (1996) SC: ISBN 978-1-56389-228-8.
  • Batman/Joker: Switch (2003)
  • Batman/Nightwing: Bloodbourne (2002)
  • Batman/Phantom Stranger (1997) SC: ISBN 978-1-56389-281-3.
  • Batman/Poison Ivy: Cast Shadows (2004)
  • Batman/Scarface: A Psychodrama (2001)
  • Batman/The Spirit (2007)
  • The Batman of Arkham (2000)
  • The Joker: Devil's Advocate (1996) SC: ISBN 978-1-56389-280-6. HC: ISBN 978-1-56389-240-0.

Intercompany crossovers

Animated Batman

These specials and mini-series are all based on the various Batman animated series.

  • The Batman Adventures (October 1992 – October 1995, 36 issues plus 3 Annuals) - Based on Batman: The Animated Series.
  • The Batman and Robin Adventures (November 1995 – December 1997, 25 issues plus 2 Annuals)
  • The Batman Adventures: The Lost Years (January – May 1998, 5 issues) - Bridges the gap between The Batman and Robin Adventures and Batman: Gotham Adventures.
  • Batman: Gotham Adventures (June 1998 – May 2003, 60 issues)
  • Batman Beyond (March – August 1999, 6 issue miniseries)
  • Batman Beyond (November 1999 – October 2001, 24 issues)
  • Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (February 2001) - Adaptation of the animated film.
  • The Batman Adventures (vol. 2) (June 2003 – October 2004, 17 issues)
  • The Batman Strikes! (September 2004 – December 2008, 50 issues) - Based on the animated TV series The Batman.
  • Justice League Adventures (January 2002 – October 2004, 34 issues) - Based on the animated TV series Justice League.
  • Justice League Unlimited (November 2004 – August 2008, 46 issues) - Based on the animated TV series Justice League Unlimited.

Collected editions

Numerous mini-series have been reprinted under the same title as collections. This section lists only reprints from ongoing series. All were issued in trade paperback format unless noted otherwise.

Batman Archive editions

All DC Archive Editions are hardback only and printed on high quality archival paper.

Title Material collected Publication date ISBN
Batman Archives, Vol. 1 Stories from Detective Comics #27-50 November 1997 HC: 978-0930289607
Batman Archives, Vol. 2 Stories from Detective Comics #51-70 November 1997 HC: 978-1563890000
Batman Archives, Vol. 3 Stories from Detective Comics #71-86 November 1997 HC: 978-1563890994
Batman Archives, Vol. 4 Stories from Detective Comics #87-102 December 1998 HC: 978-1563894145
Batman Archives, Vol. 5 Stories from Detective Comics #103-119 April 2001 HC: 978-1563897252
Batman Archives, Vol. 6 Stories from Detective Comics #120-135 August 2005 HC: 978-1401204099
Batman Archives, Vol. 7 Stories from Detective Comics #136-154 November 2007 HC: 978-1401214937
Batman: The Dark Knight Archives, Vol. 1 Batman #1-4 November 1997 HC: 978-0930289607
Batman: The Dark Knight Archives, Vol. 2 Batman #5-8 November 1997 HC: 978-1563891830
Batman: The Dark Knight Archives, Vol. 3 Batman #9-12 June 2000 HC: 978-1563896156
Batman: The Dark Knight Archives, Vol. 4 Batman #13-16 August 2003 HC: 978-1563899836
Batman: The Dark Knight Archives, Vol. 5 Batman #17-20 November 2006 HC: 978-1401207786
Batman: The Dark Knight Archives, Vol. 6 Batman #21-25 December 2009 HC: 978-1401225476
Batman: The Dark Knight Archives, Vol. 7 Batman #26-31 December 2010 HC: 978-1401228941
Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives, Vol. 1 Batman #164-166; Detective Comics #327-333 March 2003 HC: 978-1563899324
Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives, Vol. 2 Batman #168-171; Detective Comics #334-339 June 2006 HC: 978-1401207724
Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives, Vol. 1 Stories from World's Finest Comics #1-16 October 2002 HC: 978-1563898198
Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives, Vol. 2 Stories from World's Finest Comics #17-32 January 2005 HC: 978-1401201630

Batman Chronicles

The Batman Chronicles series plans to reprint every Batman adventure in color, in chronological order, in affordable trade paperbacks. It is not to be confused with the now finished series of the same name.

Title Material collected Publication date ISBN
Batman Chronicles, Vol. 1 Detective Comics #27-38; Batman #1 April 2005 SC: 978-1401204457
Batman Chronicles, Vol. 2 Detective Comics #39-45; Batman #2-3; New York World's Fair Comics #2 September 2006 SC: 978-1401207908
Batman Chronicles, Vol. 3 Detective Comics #46-50; Batman #4-5; World's Best Comics #1 May 2007 SC: 978-1401213473
Batman Chronicles, Vol. 4 Detective Comics #51-56; World's Finest Comics #2-3; Batman #6-7 October 2007 SC: 978-1401214623
Batman Chronicles, Vol. 5 Detective Comics #57-61; World's Finest Comics #4; Batman #8-9 April 2008 SC: 978-1401216825
Batman Chronicles, Vol. 6 Detective Comics #62-66; World's Finest Comics #5-6; Batman #10-11 October 2008 SC: 978-1401219611
Batman Chronicles, Vol. 7 Detective Comics #67-70; World's Finest Comics #7; Batman #12-13 March 2009 SC: 978-1401221348
Batman Chronicles, Vol. 8 Detective Comics #71-74; World's Finest Comics #8-9; Batman #14-15 October 2009 SC: 978-1401224844
Batman Chronicles, Vol. 9 Detective Comics #75-77; World's Finest Comics #10; Batman #16-17 March 2010 SC: 978-1401226459
Batman Chronicles, Vol. 10 Detective Comics #78-81; World's Finest Comics #11; Batman #18-19 December 2010 SC: 978-1401228958

Showcase Presents

All Showcase Presents collections are large (over 500 pages), softcover, black and white only reprints.

Title Material collected Publication date ISBN
Showcase Presents: Batman, Vol. 1 Detective Comics #327-342; Batman #164-174 August 2006 SC: 978-1401210861
Showcase Presents: Batman, Vol. 2 Detective Comics #343-358; Batman #175, #177-181, #183-184, #188 June 2007 SC: 978-1401213626
Showcase Presents: Batman, Vol. 3 Detective Comics #359-375; Batman #189-192, #194-197, #199-201 July 2008 SC: 978-1401217198
Showcase Presents: Batman, Vol. 4 Detective Comics #376-390; Batman #202-215 July 2009 SC: 978-1401223144
Showcase Presents: Batman and the Outsiders, Vol. 1 Batman and the Outsiders #1-19, Annual #1; The Brave and the Bold #200; The New Teen Titans #37 September 2007 SC: 978-1401215460
Showcase Presents: The Brave and the Bold: Batman Team-Ups, Vol. 1 The Brave and the Bold #59, #64, #67-71, #74-87 January 2007 SC: 978-1401212094
Showcase Presents: The Brave and The Bold: Batman Team-Ups, Vol. 2 The Brave and the Bold #88-108 December 2007 SC: 978-1401216757
Showcase Presents: The Brave and The Bold: Batman Team-Ups, Vol. 3 The Brave and the Bold #109-134 December 2008 SC: 978-1401219857

Modern Batman

The following trade paperbacks are stories that run through the "contemporary" books of the Batman family. The earliest trade paperback is Frank Miller's "Batman: Year One" storyline, which rebirthed the character in the Modern Age, re-telling the first year of his existence and how he came to be. These stories are from comic books still being published and are, in a sense, ongoing. They are listed here in the chronology of the storylines, rather than the publication dates of either the original comics or collections.

Title Material collected Publication date ISBN
Batman: Year One Batman #404-407 May 2005
January 2007 		HC: 978-1401206901
SC: 978-1401207526
Batman: Shaman Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #1-5 February 23, 1998 SC: 978-1401207526
Batman and the Monster Men Batman and the Monster Men #1-6 2006 SC: 978-10421091 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: length
Batman and the Mad Monk Batman: The Mad Monk #1-6 2007 SC: 978-1401212810
Batman: The Man Who Laughs Batman: The Man Who Laughs; Detective Comics #784-786 January 2008
February 2009 		HC: 978-1401216221
SC: 978-1401216269
Batman: Prey Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #11-15 March 1, 1993 SC:978-0446395212
Batman: Dead to Rights Batman: Confidential #22-25, #29-30 December 2010 SC: 978-1401229252
Batman: Four of a Kind Detective Comics Annual #8; Batman: Shadow of the Bat Annual #3; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Annual #5; Batman Annual #19 April 1998 SC: 978-1563894138
Batman: The Long Halloween Batman: The Long Halloween #1-13 February 1999
November 1999 		HC: 978-1563894275
SC: 978-1563894695
Batman: Dark Victory Batman: Dark Victory #1-13 October 2001
October 2002 		HC: 978-1563897382
SC: 978-1563898686
Batman: Ten Nights of the Beast Batman #417-420 October 1994 SC: 978-1563891557
Batman: Fortunate Son Batman: Fortunate Son 1999
1999 		HC: 978-1563895784
SC: 978-1563895906
Batman: The Cat and the Bat Batman: Confidential #17-21 December 2009 SC: 978-1401224967
Batman: The Killing Joke Batman: The Killing Joke 1988
March 2008 		SC: 978-0930289455 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: checksum
HC: 978-1401216672
Batman: A Death in the Family Batman #426-429 September 2009
December 1995 		HC: 978-1401225162
SC: 978-0930289447
Batman: Blind Justice Detective Comics #598-600 May 2005 SC: 978-1563890475
The Many Deaths of the Batman Batman #433-435 1992 SC: 978-1563890338
Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying Batman #440-442; The New Titans #60-61 September 2009
February 1990 		HC: 978-1401225162
SC: 978-0930289638
Batman: Sword of Azrael Batman: Sword of Azrael #1-4 June 1993 SC: 978-1563891007
Knightfall, Part 1: Broken Bat Batman #491-497; Detective Comics #659-663 September 1993 SC: 978-1563891427
Knightfall, Part 2: Who Rules the Night Batman #498-500; Detective Comics #664-666; Batman: Shadow of the Bat #16-18; parts of Showcase '93 #7-8 September 1993 SC: 978-1563891489
Knightfall, Part 3: KnightsEnd Batman #509-510; Batman: Shadow of the Bat #29-30; Detective Comics #676-677; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #62-63; Robin (vol. 2) #8-9; Catwoman (vol. 2) #12 June 1995 SC: 978-1563891915
Batman: Prodigal Batman #512-514; Detective Comics #679-681; Batman: Shadow of the Bat #32-34; Robin (vol. 2) #11-13 January 1998 SC: 978-1563893346
Batman: Contagion Azrael #15-16; Batman #529; The Batman Chronicles #4; Batman: Shadow of the Bat #48-49; Catwoman (vol. 2) #31-32; Detective Comics #695-696; Robin (vol. 2) #27-28 April 1996 SC: 978-1563892936
Batman: Legacy Batman #533-534; Batman: Shadow of the Bat #53-54; Catwoman (vol. 2) #35-36; Detective Comics #699-702; Robin (vol. 2) #31-33 February 1997 SC: 978-1563893377
Batman: Cataclysm Batman #553-554; Detective Comics #719-721; Batman: Shadow of the Bat #73-74; Nightwing #19-20; Catwoman (vol. 2) #56; Robin (vol. 2) #53; The Batman Chronicles #12; Blackgate: Isle of Men; Huntress/Spoiler: Blunt Trauma June 1999 SC: 978-1563895272
Batman: No Man's Land, Vol. 1 Batman #563-564; Batman: Shadow of the Bat #83-84; Detective Comics #730-731; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #116 September 1999 SC: 978-1563895647
Batman: No Man's Land, Vol. 2 Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #117, #119; Batman: Shadow of the Bat #85-87; Batman #565; Detective Comics #732-733 February 2000 SC: 978-1563895999
Batman: No Man's Land, Vol. 3 Batman #566-569; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #120-121; Batman: Shadow of the Bat #88; Detective Comics #734-735 October 2000 SC: 978-1563896347
Batman: No Man's Land, Vol. 4 Batman #571-572; The Batman Chronicles #18; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #125; Batman: Shadow of the Bat #92-93; Detective Comics #736, #738-739 December 2000 SC: 978-1563896989
Batman: No Man's Land, Vol. 5 Batman #573-574; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #126; Batman: Shadow of the Bat #91; Detective Comics #740-741 April 2001 SC: 978-1563897092
Batman: New Gotham, Vol. 1: Evolution Detective Comics #743-750 August 2001 SC: 978-1563897269
Batman: New Gotham, Vol. 2: Officer Down Batman #587; Robin (vol. 2) #86; Birds of Prey #27; Catwoman (vol. 2) #90; Nightwing #53; Detective Comics #754; Batman: Gotham Knights #13 August 2001 SC: 978-1563897870
Batman: False Faces Batman #588-590; Detective Comics #787; Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #160-161; tale from Batman: Gotham City Secret Files and Origins February 2008
May 2009 		HC: 978-1401216405
SC: 978-1845767211
Bruce Wayne: Murderer? Batman: The 10 Cent Adventure; Detective Comics #766-767; Batgirl #24; Nightwing #65-66; Batman: Gotham Knights #25-26; Birds of Prey #39-40; Robin (vol. 2) #98-99; Batman #599-600 August 2002 SC: 978-1563899133
Bruce Wayne: Fugitive, Vol. 1 Batman #601, #603; Batman: Gotham Knights #27-28; Batgirl #27, #29; Birds of Prey #41, #43; Nightwing #68-69 December 2002 SC: 978-1563899331
Bruce Wayne: Fugitive, Vol. 2 Detective Comics #768-772; Batman: Gotham Knights #31; Batman #605 March 2003 SC: 978-1563899478
Bruce Wayne: Fugitive, Vol. 3 Detective Comics #773-775; Batman #606-607; Batgirl #33 October 2003 SC: 978-1401200794
Batman: Hush Batman #608-619 August 2009 SC: 978-1401223175
Batman: Death and the Maidens Batman: Death and the Maidens #1-9; Detective Comics #783 September 2004 SC: 978-1401202347
Batman: Broken City Batman #620-625 July 2004
July 2005 		HC: 978-1401201333
SC: 978-1401202149
Batman: As the Crow Flies Batman #626-630 November 2004 SC: 978-1401203443
Batman: Hush Returns Batman: Gotham Knights #50-55, #66 January 2006 SC: 978-1401209001
Batman: War Drums Detective Comics #790-796; Robin (vol. 2) #126-128 October 2004 SC: 978-1401203412
Batman: War Games, Act 1: Outbreak Batman: The 12 Cent Adventure; Detective Comics #797; Batman #631; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #182; Nightwing #96; Batman: Gotham Knights #56; Robin (vol. 2) #129; Batgirl #55; Catwoman (vol. 2) #34 March 2005 SC: 978-1401204297
Batman: War Games, Act 2: Tides Detective Comics #798; Batman #632; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #183; Nightwing #97; Batman: Gotham Knights #57; Robin (vol. 2) #130, Batgirl #56; Catwoman (vol. 2) #35 July 2005 SC: 978-1401204303
Batman: War Games, Act 3: Endgame Detective Comics #799; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #184; Nightwing #98; Batman #633; Batgirl #57; Catwoman (vol. 2) #36; Robin (vol. 2) #131; Batman: Gotham Knights #58 October 2005 SC: 978-1401204310
Batman: City of Crime Detective Comics #800-808, #811-814 July 2006 SC: 978-1401208974
Batman: Under the Hood, Vol. 1 Batman #635-641 November 2005 SC: 978-1401207564
Batman: War Crimes Detective Comics #809-810; Batman #643-644; Batman Allies Secret Files and Origins; Batman Villains Secret Files and Origins February 2006 SC: 978-1401209032
Batman: Under the Hood, Vol. 2 Batman #645-650, Annual #25 June 2006 SC: 978-1401209018
Batman: Face the Face (One Year Later) Batman #651-654; Detective Comics #817-820 September 2006 SC: 978-1401209100
Batman: Detective Detective Comics #821-826 April 2007 SC: 978-1401212391
Batman and Son Batman #655-658, #663-666 August 2007
July 2008 		HC: 978-1401212407
SC: 978-1401212414
Batman: Death and the City Detective Comics #827-834 November 2007 SC: 978-1401215750
Batman: The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul Batman #670-671, Annual #26; Robin (vol. 2) #168-169, Annual #7; Nightwing #138-139; Detective Comics #838-839 May 2008
May 2009 		HC: 978-1401217853
SC: 978-1401220327
Batman: Private Casebook Detective Comics #840-845 December 2008
November 2009 		HC: 978-1401220099
SC: 978-1401220150
Batman: The Black Glove Batman #667-669, #672-675 September 2008
October 2009 		HC: 978-1401219093
SC: 978-1401219451
Batman: Gotham Underground Gotham Underground #1-9 November 2008 SC: 978-1401219284
Batman: Heart of Hush Detective Comics #846-850 April 2009
March 2010 		HC: 978-1401221232
SC: 978-1401221249
Batman R.I.P. Batman #676-683 February 2009
June 2010 		HC: 978-1401220907
SC: 978-1401225766
Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Batman #686; Detective Comics #853 July 2009
August 2010 		HC: 978-1401223038
SC: 978-1401227241
Batman: Battle for the Cowl Batman: Battle for the Cowl #1-3; Gotham Gazette: Batman Dead?; Gotham Gazette: Batman Alive? November 2009
November 2010 		HC: 978-1401224165
SC: 978-1401224172
Batman: Long Shadows Batman #687-691 June 2010
May 2011 		HC: 978-1401227197
SC: 978-1401227203
Batman and Robin: Batman Reborn Batman and Robin #1-6 April 2010
April 2011 		HC: 978-1401225667
SC: 978-1401229870
Batman and Robin: Batman vs. Robin Batman and Robin #7-12 November 2010 HC: 978-1401228330
Batman: Life After Death Batman #692-699 October 2010 HC: 978-1401228347
Batman: Arkham Reborn Batman: Battle for the Cowl – Arkham Asylum; Batman: Arkham Reborn #1-3; Detective Comics #864-865 August 2010 SC: 978-1401227081
Batman: Time and the Batman Batman #700-703 March 2011 HC: 978-1401229894
Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #1-6 February 2011 HC: 978-1401229689
Batman: Bruce Wayne: The Road Home Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Batman and Robin #1, Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Red Robin #1, Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Batgirl #1, Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Outsiders #1, Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Catwoman #1, Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Commissioner Gordon #1, Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Oracle #1, Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Ra's Al Ghul #1 July 2011 HC: 978-1401230814
Batman and Robin: Batman Must Die! Batman and Robin #13-16, Batman: The Return #1 May 2011 HC: 978-1401230913

Legends of the Dark Knight

The following are collected works of the Legends of the Dark Knight comic series, which primarily concentrates on early tales of Batman, but has also been used during major crossover storylines (such as "Knightfall" and "No Man's Land"). They have not been completely collected.

Title Material collected Publication date ISBN
Batman: Shaman Legends of the Dark Knight #1-5 February 1998 SC: 978-1563890833
Batman: Gothic Legends of the Dark Knight #6-10 September 2007 SC: 978-1401215491
Batman: Prey Legends of the Dark Knight #11-15 October 1992 SC: 978-0930289683
Batman: Venom Legends of the Dark Knight #16-20 October 1993 SC: 978-1563891014
Batman: Faces Legends of the Dark Knight #28-30 July 2008 SC: 978-1401218201
Batman: Collected Legends of the Dark Knight Legends of the Dark Knight #32-34, #38, #42-43 May 1994 SC: 978-1563891472
Batman: Other Realms Legends of the Dark Knight #35-36, #76-78 July 1998 SC: 978-1563894206
Batman: Dark Legends Legends of the Dark Knight #39-40, #50, #52-54 June 1996 SC: 978-1563892660
Batman: Going Sane Legends of the Dark Knight #65-68, #200 August 2008 SC: 978-1401218218
Batman: Monsters Legends of the Dark Knight #71-73, #83-84, #89-90 November 2009 SC: 978-1401224943
Batman: Terror Legends of the Dark Knight #137-141 November 2003 SC: 978-1401201258
Batman: Snow Legends of the Dark Knight #192-196 March 2007 SC: 978-1401212650

Batman Confidential

This series has been collected in the following trade paperbacks.

Title Material collected Publication date ISBN
Batman: Rules of Engagement Batman: Confidential #1-6 November 2007
December 2008 		HC: 978-1401214814
SC: 978-1401217068
Batman: Lovers and Madmen Batman: Confidential #7-12 April 2008
April 2009 		HC: 978-1401216832
SC: 978-1401217426
Batman: The Wrath Batman: Confidential #13-16; Batman Special #1 December 2009 SC: 978-1401225148
Batman: The Cat and the Bat Batman: Confidential #17-21 December 2009 SC: 978-1401224967
Batman: Dead to Rights Batman: Confidential #22-25, #29-30 December 2010 SC: 978-1401229252
Batman: King Tut's Tomb Batman: Confidential #26-28 March 2010 SC: 978-1401225773
Batman: The Bat and the Beast Batman: Confidential #31-35 August 2010 SC: 978-1401227944
Batman vs. The Undead Batman: Confidential #44-48 February 2011 SC: 978-1401230357

Superman/Batman

This series has been collected in the following trade paperbacks.

Title Material collected Publication date ISBN
Superman/Batman, Vol. 1: Public Enemies Superman/Batman #1-6 HC: 978-1401203238
SC: 978-1401202200
Superman/Batman, Vol. 2: Supergirl Superman/Batman #8-13 HC: 978-1401203474
SC: 978-1401202507
Superman/Batman, Vol. 3: Absolute Power Superman/Batman #14-18 HC: 978-1401204471
SC: 978-1401207144
Superman/Batman, Vol. 4: Vengeance Superman/Batman #20-25 HC: 978-1401209216
SC: 978-1401210434
Superman/Batman, Vol. 5: Enemies Among Us Superman/Batman #28-33 HC: 978-1401213305
SC: 978-1401212438
Superman/Batman, Vol. 6: Torment Superman/Batman #37-42 HC: 978-1401217006
SC: 978-1401217402
Superman/Batman, Vol. 7: The Search for Kryptonite Superman/Batman #44-49 HC: 978-1401219338
SC: 978-1401220129
Superman/Batman, Vol. 8: Finest Worlds Superman/Batman #50-56 HC: 978-1848563773
SC: 978-1401223328
Superman/Batman, Vol. 9: Night and Day Superman/Batman #60-63, #65-67 HC: 978-1401227920
SC: 978-1401228088
Superman/Batman, Vol. 10: Big Noise Superman/Batman #64, #68-71 SC: 978-1401229146
Superman/Batman, Vol. 11: Worship Superman/Batman #72-78 SC: 978-1401230326

Shadow of the Bat

Miscellaneous collections

These trade paperbacks are collections of stories from varying Batman continuity, with a loose connection of hero, villain, or location.

Title Material collected Publication date ISBN
Batman: Anarky Detective Comics #608-609; Batman Chronicles #1; Shadow of the Bat #40-41; Anarky #1-4 February 1999 SC: 978-1563894374
Batman: Cacophony Batman: Cacophony #1-3 September 2009
September 2010 		HC: 978-1401224189
SC: 978-1401224196
Batman: Challenge of the Man-Bat Detective Comics #395, #397, #400, #402, #407 June 1989 SC: 978-1852861414
Batman: Gotham After Midnight Batman: Gotham After Midnight #1-12 September 2009 SC: 978-1401222383
Batman: International Batman: The Scottish Connection; Legends of the Dark Knight #52-53 March 2010 SC: 978-1401226497
Batman: Joker's Asylum Joker's Asylum: The Joker; Joker's Asylum: Penguin; Joker's Asylum: Two-Face; Joker's Asylum: Scarecrow; Joker's Asylum: Poison Ivy December 2008 SC: 978-1401219550
Batman: Joker's Asylum, Vol. 2 Joker's Asylum: The Riddler; Joker's Asylum: Harley Quinn; Joker's Asylum: Clayface; Joker's Asylum: Killer Croc; Joker's Asylum: Mad Hatter January 2011 SC: 978-1401229801
Batman: Red Water, Crimson Death The Brave and the Bold #84-86, #93 August 1990 SC: 978-1852862718
Batman: Scarecrow Tales World's Finest Comics #3; Batman #189, #262; The Joker #8; Detective Comics #503, #571; Scarecrow (Villains) #1; Gotham Knights #23 January 2005
May 2005 		HC: 978-1415612569
SC: 978-1401204433
Batman: Strange Apparitions Detective Comics #469-476, #478-479 December 1999 SC: 978-1563895005
Batman: Tales of the Demon Batman #232, #235, #240, #242-244; Detective Comics #411, #485, #489-490; DC Special Series #15 February 1998 SC: 978-0930289942
Batman: The Demon Awakes Batman #232, #243-245, #255 October 1989 SC: 978-1852861438
Batman: The Frightened City The Brave and the Bold #79, #81-83 May 1990 SC: 978-1852862695
Batman: The Joker's Revenge Batman #219, #234, #251; World's Finest Comics #175-176 January 1990 SC: 978-1852862534
Batman: The Ring, The Arrow and the Bat Legends of the DC Universe #7-9; Legends of the Dark Knight #127-131 December 2003 SC: 978-1401201265
Batman: The Widening Gyre Batman: The Widening Gyre #1-6 December 2010 HC: 978-1401228750
Batman: Under the Cowl Stories from Legends of the Dark Knight #168; Batman #512, #666; Batman Beyond #1; Detective Comics #665; Teen Titans (vol. 3) #18 February 2010 SC: 978-1401226565
Batman: Unseen Batman: Unseen #1-5 October 2010 SC: 978-1401229269
Batman: Vow from the Grave Batman #237; Detective Comics #404, #408, #410, #439 August 1989 SC: 978-1852861421
The Complete Frank Miller Batman Batman #404-407 (Year One); The Dark Knight Returns #1-4; "Wanted: Santa Claus - Dead or Alive" from DC Special Series #21 December 1989 HC: 978-0681409699

Neal Adams

  • Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams (reprints all Neal Adams Batman stories and covers)
    • Volume 1 (reprints Batman #200, #203, #210; The Brave and the Bold #75-76, #79-85; Detective Comics #370, #372, #385, #389, #391-392; World's Finest Comics #174-176, #178-180, #182-183, #185-186; plus various covers), October 2003, HC: ISBN 978-1-4012-0041-1
    • Volume 2 (reprints Batman #219; The Brave and the Bold #86, #93; Detective Comics #394-395, #397, #400, #402, #404, #407-408, #410; plus various covers), September 2004, HC: ISBN 978-1-4012-0269-9
    • Volume 3 (reprints Batman #232, #234, #237, #243-245, #251, #255; plus others), March 2006, HC: ISBN 978-1-4012-0407-5
  • Batman: Cover to Cover, May 2005, HC: ISBN 978-1-4012-0659-8

Absolute editions

  • Absolute Batman: Hush (reprints Batman #608-619, plus extras), October 2005, HC: ISBN 978-1-4012-0426-6
  • Absolute Batman: The Long Halloween (reprints Batman: The Long Halloween #1-13, plus extras), April 2007, HC: ISBN 978-1-4012-1282-7
  • Absolute Dark Knight (reprints The Dark Knight Returns #1-4, The Dark Knight Strikes Again #1-3, plus extras), August 2006, HC: ISBN 978-1-4012-1079-3

Greatest Stories Ever Told

Title Material collected Publication date ISBN
The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told Batman #1, #25, #47, #61, #156, #234, #250, #312; Detective Comics #31-32, #211, #235, #345, #404, #429, #437, #442, #457, #474, #482, #500; World's Finest Comics #94; The Brave and the Bold #197; Star Spangled Comics #124; DC Special Series #15 October 1997
1988 		SC: 978-0930289669
HC: 978-0930289355
The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, Vol. 2 Batman #1, #62, #76, #169, #190, #197, #257, #345-346, #355, Annual #11; Detective Comics #58, #203, #473, #568 July 1992 SC: 978-0446394277
Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told, Vol. 1 Batman #5, #62, #156, #250-251; Batman: Gotham Knights #32; Legends of the Dark Knight #79; DC Special Series #15, #21; Detective Comics #33, #439, #574 May 2005 SC: 978-1401204440
Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told, Vol. 2 Batman #1, #108, #153, #246; Batman Chronicles #5, #21; The Brave and the Bold #184; Detective Comics #526; Batgirl: Year One #4; Secret Origins #6 February 2007 SC: 978-1401212148
The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told Batman #1, #4, #63, #73-74, #110, #159, #163, #251, #321; Detective Comics #168, #475-476; World's Finest Comics #61, #88; Batman Kellogg's Special #2; The Brave and the Bold #111; The Joker #3 October 1997
1988 		SC: 978-0930289362
HC: 0-9302-8936-6
The Joker: The Greatest Stories Ever Told Batman #1, #66, #73, #110, #321, #613; The Batman Adventures Annual #1; Batman: The Long Halloween #4; Detective Comics #332, #475-476, #826; Batman: Black and White, Vol. 2 June 2008 SC: 978-1401218089
Stacked Deck: The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told Expanded Edition Batman #1, #4, #63, #73-74, #110, #159, #163, #251, #321, #353; Batman Kellogg's Special #2, The Brave and the Bold #111; Detective Comics #475-476, #569-570; The Joker #3; World's Finest Comics #61, #88 November 1990 HC: 978-0681410152
Batman: Featuring Two-Face and The Riddler Detective Comics #66, #68, #140, #377; Batman #179, Annual #14; Secret Origins Special #1 August 1995 SC: 978-1563891984

Decade editions

Reprint the "best" stories of the decade in a trade paperback.

  • Batman in the Forties (reprints stories from Batman #7, #15, #20, #31, #37, #47-49; Detective Comics #27, #38, #49, #80; Real Fact Comics #5; Star Spangled Comics #70; World's Finest Comics #30), May 2004, ISBN 978-1-4012-0206-4
  • Batman in the Fifties (reprints stories from Batman #62, #81, #92, #105, #113, #121, #128; Detective Comics #156, #168, #185, #216, #233, #244, #252, #267; World's Finest Comics #81, May 2002, ISBN 978-1-56389-810-5
  • Batman in the Sixties (reprints stories from Batman #131, #144, #148, #155, #179, #181, #200, #217; Batman Kellogg's Special #6; Detective Comics #298, #341, #349, #369, #388-391), March 1999, ISBN 978-1-56389-491-6
  • Batman in the Seventies (reprints stories from Batman #232, #237, #260; The Batman Family #1; DC Super Stars #17; Detective Comics #407, #410, #442, #457, #481), January 2000, ISBN 978-1-56389-565-4
  • Batman in the Eighties (reprints stories from Batman #321, #348, #374; Batman Special #1; DC Sampler #3; Detective Comics #500, #518-519, #571; The New Titans #55), October 2004, ISBN 978-1-4012-0241-5

Animated Batman collections

  • The Batman Adventures (reprints The Batman Adventures #1-6), December 1993, SC: ISBN 978-1-56389-098-7
  • The Dark Knight Adventures (reprints The Batman Adventures #7-12), June 1994, SC: ISBN 978-1-56389-124-3
  • The Batman Adventures: Dangerous Dames and Demons (reprints The Batman Adventures Annual #1-2; The Batman Adventures: Mad Love; Adventures in the DC Universe #3), June 2003, SC: ISBN 978-1-56389-973-7
  • Batman: Gotham Adventures (reprints Batman: Gotham Adventures #1-6), June 2000, SC: ISBN 978-1-56389-616-3
  • Batman Adventures:
    • Vol 1: Rogues' Gallery (reprints Batman Adventures #1-4; Batman: Gotham Adventures #50), July 2004, Digest size: ISBN 978-1-4012-0329-0
    • Vol 2: Shadows and Masks (reprints Batman Adventures #5-9), July 2004, Digest size: ISBN 978-1-4012-0330-6
  • The Batman Strikes!:
    • Vol. 1: Crime Time (reprints The Batman Strikes! #1-5), June 2005, SC: ISBN 978-1-4012-0509-6
    • Vol. 2: In Darkest Knight (reprints The Batman Strikes! #6-10), September 2005, SC: ISBN 978-1-4012-0510-2
    • Vol. 3: Duty Calls (reprints The Batman Strikes! #11-14, #16-18), September 2007, SC: ISBN 978-1-4012-1548-4

Batman's career timeline

Golden Age

Main articles: Batman § Golden Age, Batman § Early years, and Batman (Earth-Two)

1930s

1939
  • May: Batman makes his debut alongside his ally, Commissioner James Gordon. (Detective Comics #27)
  • July: Dr. Death debuts as the first recurring Batman villain. Meanwhile, Batman's utility belt is first spotlighted. (Detective Comics #29)
  • September: Bruce Wayne's fiancée, actress Julie Madison, is introduced as Batman battles the Monk. Meanwhile, the Bat-Gyro, a precursor to the Bat-Plane, and the Batarang are introduced. (Detective Comics #31)
  • October: In order to end the Monk's reign of terror, Batman destroys him along with his ally, Dala, by shooting them with silver bullets. (Detective Comics #32)
  • November: In "The Batman and How He Came to Be", the murders of Thomas and Martha Wayne (Bruce's parents) are recounted. (Detective Comics #33)

1940s

1940
  • February: Batman battles the evil Professor Hugo Strange. (Detective Comics #36)
  • March: Batman dons night-vision goggles for the first time. (Detective Comics #37)
  • April: After his trapeze-artist parents are murdered by gangster Tony Zucco, Dick Grayson joins Batman's war on crime as Robin the Boy Wonder. (Detective Comics #38)
  • Spring: The Joker and Catwoman (then referred to as "The Cat") debut in the launch of Batman's own, self-titled series. Meanwhile, a Bat-plane armed with a machine gun is also unveiled. In another tale, Batman guns down the giants of Hugo Strange; hereafter, Batman vows to reject the usage of firearms. Batman is referred to as "The Dark Knight" for the first time. (Batman #1)
  • June: Thespian Basil Karlo takes on the role of serial murderer Clayface. (Detective Comics #40)
  • July: Robin tackles his first solo adventure/case, which Batman (nevertheless) winds up helping him wrap up. (Detective Comics #41)
  • Fall: Catwoman first appears in costume in Batman #3. Meanwhile, Batman shares top-billing with Superman in the debut of World's Best Comics (later becoming World's Finest Comics with the publication of its second issue). (World's Best Comics #1)
1941
  • Winter: Batman's home base, Gotham City, is first named. (Batman #4)
  • February: Hinting at the Batcave to come, Batman and Robin race through a secret tunnel beneath Wayne Manor to a barn concealing Batman's roadster, referred to as "The Batmobile".[5] (Detective Comics #48)
  • March: Julie Madison calls off her engagement to Bruce Wayne because of his playboy lifestyle. Meanwhile, using the name Portia Storme, Julie dons a Robin costume as the Dynamic Duo battle Clayface. (Detective Comics #49)
  • April: Robin acquires a pair of rocket-powered roller skates. (Detective Comics #50)
  • Spring: The Batmobile[6] roars into action while sporting its own bat-headed battering ram. (Batman #5)
  • Summer: Bruce Wayne's latest fling, Linda Page, first appears. (Batman #6)
  • Fall: The fear-mongering villain, Scarecrow, is introduced. (World's Finest Comics #3)
  • December: The Penguin is introduced. (Detective Comics #58)
1942
  • February: The Bat-Signal summons Batman for the first time. (Detective Comics #60)
  • August: District Attorney Harvey "Apollo" Kent (later "Dent") and his devilish alter-ego, Two-Face, make their debuts. (Detective Comics #66)
  • August/September: A cavern beneath Wayne Manor is revealed as Batman's "secret underground hangars." (Batman #12)
1943
1944
  • January: Batman's undergrounded lair is called "The Bat Cave" for the first time. (Detective Comics #83)
  • August/September: Batman and Robin journey to ancient Rome in their first time travel adventure. (Batman #24)
  • October/November: In the first major Batman villain team-up, the Joker and Penguin join forces to take on Batman. (Batman #25)
1945
  • December 1944/January 1945: The Bat-Sled enables the Dynamic Duo and Alfred to enjoy some winter fun. (Batman #26)
1946
  • April: Scotland Yard provides Batman and Robin with the first official Bat-Boat to speed their search for the evil Professor Moriarty. (Detective Comics #110)
  • June/July: A blonde Catwoman appears in a prototype of her classic purple, cat-eared costume. (Batman #35)
1947
  • June/July: Aliens appear for the first time on a Batman comic book cover. (Batman #41)
1948
  • June/July: The first detailed origin of Batman is published. In this tale, Batman tracks down Joe Chill, the man who murdered his parents. (Batman #47)
  • October: The Riddler makes his debut. (Detective Comics #140)
  • October/November: The Mad Hatter joins Batman's rogues gallery. Meanwhile, photographer Vicki Vale, Batman's most enduring love interest (1948–1962), is also introduced. (Batman #49)
1949

1950s

1950
  • February: After the Batmobile is destroyed, Batman and Robin design a new model[7] with a bat-headed grille. (Detective Comics #156)
  • June/July: Deadshot first takes aim at Batman. (Batman #59)
  • October/November: Coinciding with the dawn of the Jet Age, Batplane II[8][9][10][11] is revealed. (Batman #61)
1951
1952
  • June: Batman and Robin battle the Firefly. (Detective Comics #184)
  • July/August: Batman and Superman finally meet. (Superman #76)
  • August: The Flying Batcave takes to the air for the first time. (Detective Comics #186)
1953
  • February/March: In Batman's first ape-themed cover, the Caped Crusader grapples with "The Gorilla Boss of Gotham City". (Batman #75)
1954
  • March: The origin of the Batcave is revealed. (Detective Comics #205)
  • July/August: Batman and Superman begin a series of team-ups in World's Finest Comics. (World's Finest Comics #71)
  • September: The underwater Bat-Marine surfaces. (Batman #86)

Silver Age

Main articles: Batman § Silver Age, and Batman § The 1950s and early 1960s

1950s

1955
1956
  • June: The 100th issue of Batman is published.
  • July: Former circus acrobat Kathy Kane debuts as Bat-Woman. (Detective Comics #233)
  • September: The origin of the Batsuit is revealed in a tale featuring Thomas Wayne as the "first" Batman. (Detective Comics #235)
1957
  • September: Professor Milo renders Batman terrified of bats and briefly forces him to adopt a new identity: "Starman". (Detective Comics #247)
  • December: The Signal-Man makes his first appearance. (Batman #112)
1958
  • March: The Terrible Trio (the Fox, the Shark, and the Vulture) take on Batman and Robin. (Detective Comics #253)
  • April: The Bat-Copter is added to Batman's vehicle fleet. (Detective Comics #254)
  • July: Personal mini-copters called Whirly-Bats are deployed by Batman and Robin. (Detective Comics #257)
  • September: The Calendar Man challenges Batman. (Detective Comics #259)
  • November: Batman and Robin do battle with Doctor Double X. (Detective Comics #261)
1959
  • February: Mr. Freeze (then called "Mr. Zero") makes his debut. (Batman #121)
  • May: Batman first meets the inter-dimensional imp Bat-Mite. (Detective Comics #267)

1960s

1960
  • April: In an imaginary tale, a married Batman and Batwoman appear with their son Robin. Meanwhile, Dick Grayson assumes the role of the Dark Knight. (Batman #131)
1961
1962
  • May: On its cover, Batman becomes a Bat-Baby in a tale declared "The Story of the Year!" (Batman #147)
1963
  • January: The Cat-Man takes on Batman and Robin. (Detective Comics #311)
1964
  • May: Batman's "new look" debuts. (Detective Comics #327)
  • June: Alfred is temporarily "killed off." (Detective Comics #328)
  • June/July: Robin forms the Teen Titans with fellow superhero "sidekicks" Kid Flash and Aqualad. (The Brave and the Bold #54)
  • December: The otherworldly menace The Outsider first appears. (Detective Comics #334)
1965
  • November: Batman and Robin encounter Mark Desmond, otherwise known as Blockbuster. (Detective Comics #345)
1966
  • January/February: Robin and his Teen Titans associates (now including Wonder Girl) gain their own comic book series. (Teen Titans #1)
  • May: Cluemaster first confounds Batman. (Detective Comics #351)
  • June: The alluring Poison Ivy makes her debut. (Batman #181)
  • August: Batman meets the hypnotic Asian crime lord Dr. Tzin-Tzin. (Detective Comics #354)
  • October: Alfred returns to Wayne Manor, restored to normalcy after he is revealed to be the evil Outsider. (Detective Comics #356)
  • December: Batman first encounters Spellbinder I. (Detective Comics #358)
1967
  • January: Barbara Gordon dons a cape and cowl to become Batgirl. (Detective Comics #359)
  • October/November: Batman joins forces with the Metal Men. (The Brave and the Bold #74)
1968
  • January: The Batmobile from the 1966 Batman TV series briefly becomes the official Batmobile[12] of the comics. (Detective Comics #371)
  • March: To celebrate the 200th issue of his self-titled series, Batman does battle with the Scarecrow in "The Man Who Radiated Fear". (Batman #200)
1969
  • May: Batman celebrates his 30th anniversary in Detective Comics. (Detective Comics #387)
  • October: Private investigator Jason Bard is introduced. (Detective Comics #392)
  • December: In "One Bullet Too Many", Dick Grayson leaves the Batcave for Hudson University. Meanwhile, Bruce Wayne and Alfred decamp to the penthouse of the Wayne Foundation building. In the process, a new Batcave is established beneath the Wayne Foundation skyscraper. (Batman #217)
    • Batman abandons his previous Batmobile in favor of a turbo-charged sports car.[13] (Detective Comics #394)

Bronze Age

Main article: Batman § "New Look" Batman and camp

1970s

1970
  • January: Under the guidance of writer Dennis O'Neil and artist Neal Adams, the campy hi-jinks of the past two decades' worth of Batman tales are retired. In its place comes a more present-day tone and mood to the series. (Detective Comics #395)
  • June: Zoologist Kirk Langstrom transforms into Man-Bat, to the horror of his fiancée Francine Lee. Meanwhile, Robin and Batgirl team up for the very first time. (Detective Comics #400)
  • November: After debuting in the pages of Strange Adventures #215, the League of Assassins first appears in a Batman title. (Detective Comics #405)
1971
  • January: In "Marriage: Impossible", Kirk Langstrom's bride, Francine Lee Langstrom, becomes She-Bat. (Detective Comics #407)
  • May: Predating the debut of her diabolical father, Ra's al Ghul, Talia al Ghul makes her first appearance. (Detective Comics #411)
  • June: Ra's al Ghul makes his debut. (Batman #232)
  • August: After 17 years, Two-Face makes his return to Batman's rogues gallery. (Batman #234)
1972
  • August: On the cover of his 400th appearance in Detective Comics, Batman holds a gun to his temple, having written a suicide note to Robin, Batgirl, and Superman. (Detective Comics #426)
1973
  • April: The Spook makes his debut. (Detective Comics #426)
1974
  • October/November: Batman joins forces with Manhunter Paul Kirk for the only time when Kirk sacrifices his life to destroy the evil cabal known as the Council. (Detective Comics #443)
1975
  • April/May: The debut of Richard Dragon: Kung-Fu Fighter features the title character and Ben Turner (also known as Bronze Tiger), martial artists who will cross paths with the Batman family.
  • May: The Joker appears in his own monthly series of misadventures, which lasts only nine issues. (The Joker #1)
  • September/October: The Batman Family, a series spotlighting the cast of Batman characters, debuts (lasting for 20 issues before its cancellation in 1978). (The Batman Family #1)
1976
  • December 1975/January 1976: Man-Bat flies solo in his own monthly series, which lasts only two issues. (Man-Bat #1)
  • January: Lady Shiva, both a friend and foe to the Batman family in later years, is introduced. (Richard Dragon: Kung-Fu Fighter #5)
  • February/March: Cult leader Kobra, who soon will be a frequent foe of Batman, appears in his own series. (Kobra #1)
  • March: Dr. Leslie Thompkins, a kindly adult who befriends a young Bruce Wayne, debuts in "There Is No Hope In Crime Alley". (Detective Comics #457)
  • June: Pirate rogue Captain Stingaree first appears. (Detective Comics #460)
  • September: Batman battles Black Spider for the first time. (Detective Comics #463)
1977
  • May: Dr. Phosphorus makes his debut. (Detective Comics #469)
  • June: Platinum blonde bombshell Silver St. Cloud is introduced as Bruce Wayne's latest short-lived love interest. (Detective Comics #470)
1978
  • April/May: Rebecca "Becky" Langstrom, daughter of Kirk and Francine Langstrom, is born. (The Batman Family #17)
  • July/August: Acromegalic Preston Payne becomes Clayface III. (Detective Comics #478)
1979
  • January: Lucius Fox is introduced as the financial wizard who guides Wayne Enterprises' day-to-day business operations in Bruce Wayne's absence. (Batman #307)
  • April/May: In the 40th anniversary issue of Detective Comics, gangster Maxie Zeus first appears. (Detective Comics #483)
  • August/September: Kathy Kane is murdered by the Bronze Tiger. (Detective Comics #485)
  • October: The pyromanic Firebug makes his debut. (Batman #318)

1980s

1980
1981
  • January: The Electrocutioner makes his debut. (Batman #331)
  • March: In the 500th issue of Detective Comics (in a tale entitled "To Kill a Legend"), Batman and Robin visit an alternate reality where they prevent the murders of Thomas and Martha Wayne.
1982
  • February: The illusory villain Mirage debuts. (Detective Comics #511)
  • March: Dr. Death makes his return in the 45th anniversary issue of Detective Comics. (Detective Comics #512)
  • October: Batman battles Colonel Blimp. (Batman #352)
1983
  • March: Both young circus acrobat Jason Todd and reptilian villain Killer Croc make their first appearances. (Batman #357)
  • May: Batman celebrates his 500th appearance in Detective Comics. Meanwhile, the murders of Jason Todd's circus aerialist parents (mirroring Dick Grayon's own origins) by Killer Croc lead to Jason inheriting the role of Robin from Dick. (Detective Comics #526)
  • July: Slovenly Gotham police detective Harvey Bullock makes his debut. (Batman #361)
  • August: After Batman quits the Justice League of America, he assembles his own team of superheroes called the Outsiders. (Batman and the Outsiders #1)
    • Siblings Anton and Natalia Knight (aliases Nightslayer and Nocturna) make their debuts. (Detective Comics #529)
  • December: Jason Todd makes his official debut as Robin. (Batman #366)
1984
  • February: Dick Grayson quits the role of Robin. (The New Teen Titans #39)
  • July: Dick Grayson dons the guise of Nightwing in order to rescue his fellow Titans from Deathstroke the Terminator and the H.I.V.E. (Tales of the Teen Titans #4)
1985
  • April: DC Comics' 12-issue series Crisis on Infinite Earths begins. In the process, Batman's history is radically altered. As a result, Bat-Mite, Ace the Bat-Hound, and other Batman related characters are forgotten in the new mainstream continuity. Meanwhile, Jason Todd's origin story is revised.
  • August: Crime lord Roman Sionis, otherwise known as Black Mask first appears. (Batman #386)

Modern Age

Main articles: Batman § Modern Batman, and Batman § The Dark Knight Returns and later

1980s

1986
1987
  • February: Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli's four-part series "Batman: Year One", which redefines the early days of Bruce Wayne's crime-fighting career, is published.
  • March: On the cover of the 50th anniversary issue of Detective Comics, Batman matches his sleuthing skills with Sherlock Holmes. (Detective Comics #572)
    • Detecive Sarah Essen, future police commissioner and wife of James Gordon, first appears as "Batman: Year One" continues. (Batman #405)
  • June: Jason Todd makes his first post-Crisis appearance as a troubled orphan of Crime Alley. (Batman #408)
    • Besides introducing the Reaper, "Batman: Year Two" reaffirms Bruce Wayne's vow to never take up firearms in his war on crime. (Detective Comics #575)
  • August: Kobra creates Lady Clayface. (The Outsiders (vol. 1) #21)
  • October: Batman encounters the malevolent Mime. (Batman #412)
    • In the graphic novel Batman: Son of the Demon, Batman and Talia al Ghul's affair leads to the birth of a son. However, their relationship ends before Batman learns of his child.
1988
1989
  • February: As the "A Death in the Family" storyline draws to a conclusion, readers are asked to vote to decide Jason Todd's fate. By a slim margin, readers decree that Jason should perish. So in the end, he dies at the hands of the Joker. (Batman #428)
    • Catwoman gains her own four-issue mini-series. (Catwoman #1)
  • April: The Huntress (Helena Bertinelli) debuts in her own monthly series. (The Huntress #1)
  • May: In the 600th issue of Detective Comics, the three-part, Sam Hamm written "Blind Justice" storyline (which introduced Bruce Wayne's mentor, Henri Ducard) concludes. (Batman #436)
  • August: As the four-part "Batman: Year Three" storyline begins, Tim Drake makes his first appearance.
  • September: The surviving Clayfaces unite to form the Mud Pack. The Mud Pack are part of Basil Karlo's scheme to usurp their powers as the Ultimate Clayface. (Detective Comics #604)
  • November: Billed as "the first new 'solo' Batman book since 1940," Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight is published.
    • Gotham sees a new masked vigilante in the form of Lonnie Machin's authority antagonizing alter-ego, Anarky. (Detective Comics #608)
  • December: The five-part epic "A Lonely Place of Dying" is highlighted by Tim Drake's first official appearance, leading to his debut as the new Robin. (Batman #440-442; The New Titans #60-61)

1990s

1990
  • February: Barbara Gordon takes on the role of the all-seeing information broker Oracle. (Suicide Squad #38)
  • May: The mute engineer-savant Harold Allnut makes his debut as one of the Penguin's henchmen. (Batman #447)
  • July: The voodoo chieftain Obeah Man is introduced in a plot that leads to the death of Tim Drake's mother. (Detective Comics #318)
  • November: In the first of three mini-series chronicling the new Robin's adventures, Tim Drake battles British crime lord Sir Edmund Dorrance, also known as King Snake. (Robin (vol. 1) #1)
  • December: Tim Drake officially joins Batman's war on crime as the third Robin. (Batman #457)
1991
  • January: Harold Allnut starts making his home in the Batcave as the resident mechanic. (Batman #458)
  • February: The evil Abattoir makes his first appearance. (Detective Comics #625)
  • October: In Tim Drake's second mini-series, the new Robin does battle with the Joker. (Robin II: The Joker's Wild! #1)
1992
  • May: Gotham police officer Renee Montoya makes her debut as well as the electrically-challenged Galvan. (Detective Comics #644)
  • June: In the first issue of the monthly title Batman: Shadow of the Bat, Arkham Asylum administrator Jeremiah Arkham and serial killer Mr. Zsasz make their first appearances.
  • August: Stephanie Brown becomes the vigilante known as the Spoiler in order to thwart her father, Cluemaster. (Detective Comics #647)
    • The hulking man-child Amygdala makes his debut. (Batman: Shadow of the Bat #3)
  • October: Jean-Paul Valley and his alter-ego, the avenging angel called Azrael, first appear. (Batman: Sword of Azrael #1)
  • December: In Tim Drake's third mini-series, he is teamed with the Huntress. (Robin III: Cry of the Huntress #1)
1993
  • January: Bane makes his debut. (Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1)
    • Ulysses Hadrian Armstrong, also known as the General, makes his debut. (Detective Comics #654)
  • February: The multi-part "Knightfall" storyline begins as Bane sets out to destroy Batman. (Batman #492)
  • July: As "Knightfall" continues, Bane manages to paralyze Batman after breaking the Caped Crusader's back. As a result, Bruce Wayne is forced to relinquish his role as Batman to Jean-Paul Valley (albeit, for a brief and tumultuous time). (Batman #497)
  • August: Catwoman gains her own series. (Catwoman (vol. 2) #1)
  • September: The mentally-unbalanced Tally Man first appears. (Batman: Shadow of the Bat #19)
  • October: In order to defeat Bane, Jean-Paul Valley adopts more formidable Bat-armor. (Batman #500)
  • November: Tim Drake's own ongoing series is launched. (Robin (vol. 2) #1)
1994
  • June: The Huntress returns in her own four-issue mini-series. (The Huntress (vol. 2) #1)
  • July: In "KnightsEnd", Bruce Wayne must battle to reclaim the Batman mantle from the maddened Jean-Paul Valley. (Batman #509)
  • August: As the "KnightsEnd" storyline ends, Jean-Paul Valley returns the guise of Batman to Bruce Wayne. (Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #63)
  • October: Batman's origins are recounted in zero numbered editions of his four flagship titles. In this revised history, Bruce Wayne never discovers the identity of his parents' murderer. (Batman #0; Detective Comics #0; Batman: Shadow of the Bat #0; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #0)
  • November: As the multi-part storyline "Prodigal" begins, Dick Grayson assumes the role of Batman while Bruce Wayne is busy attending to a secret agenda. (Batman #512)
1995
  • January: As "Prodigal" concludes, Bruce Wayne once again takes up the mantle of Batman. (Robin (vol. 2) #13)
    • MacKenzie "Hardback" Bock joins the Gotham police force as Batman first encounters the bloodthirsty Steeljacket. (Detective Comics #681)
  • February: In the launch of Azrael's own ongoing series, Jean-Paul Valley begins an odyssey to discover his true place in the world. (Azrael #1)
    • The deadly Silver Monkey first appears. (Detective Comics #685)
  • July: Quarterly anthology The Batman Chronicles makes its debut.
    • Modern-day privateer Cap'n Fear first appears. (Detective Comics #687)
  • September: Dick Grayson makes his solo debut with a four-issue mini-series. (Nightwing #1)
  • October: Firebug II sets Gotham City ablaze. (Detective Comics #690)
  • November: Killer Moth, previously identified as a perennial loser, forsakes his soul to become the insectoid monster Charaxes. (Underworld Unleashed #1)
  • December: Incarceration expert Lock-Up begins to inflict his own brand of justice on Gotham City's criminals. (Robin (vol. 2) #23)
1996
  • January: The Allergent targets Gotham's flora, making enemies of Poison Ivy and Batman in the process. (Detective Comics #693)
  • February: The schizoid known as Schism makes his debut. (Batman #527)
  • March: As the epic storyline "Contagion" begins, hundreds of thousands die as the Ebola Gulf-A virus (otherwise known as "The Clench") is let loose upon Gotham. (Batman: Shadow of the Bat #48)
  • April: "Baby-Bat" Aaron Langstrom, the son of Kirk and Francine Langstrom, first appears. (Man-Bat #3)
  • May: The nefarious Narcosis, who uses gas to put his victims into a state of bliss, first appears. (Batman: Shadow of the Bat #50)
  • August: As the multi-part "Legacy" storyline concludes, Batman races to stop Ra's al Ghul from unleashing yet another plague. (Detective Comics #700)
  • October: Dick Grayson graduates to his own monthly series of adventures with the launch of Nightwing.
  • December: Commissioner James Gordon appears in his first solo mini-series. (Batman: Gordon's Law #1)
    • The Elseworlds story Kingdom Come offers a glimpse of a troubled future for Batman. (Kingdom Come #1-4)
1997
  • March: Bruce Wayne's latest flame, radio host Vesper Fairchild, makes her debut appearance. (Batman #540)
  • May: Anarky stars in his own four-issue mini-series. (Anarky (vol. 1) #1)
  • November: In the 100th issue of Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, Dick Grayson's origin as Robin is retold.
1998
  • January: Cassius Payne, the fifth Clayface debuts. (Batman #550)
    • Kidnapper Nathan Finch returns with robotic prosthetics and a hunger for revenge as Gearhead. (Detective Comics #717)
  • April: Gotham City is devastated by an earthquake, thus beginning the "Cataclysm" storyline. (Batman: Shadow of the Bat #73)
  • July: The killer known as Brutale first appears. (Nightwing #22)
  • October: Bat-rogues Ferak and the Answer first appear. (Batman Villains Secret Files #1)
    • Azrael's ties to the Batcave are reestablished, resulting in the title change of his series. Also, the evil Nicholas Scratch debuts. (Azrael: Agent of the Bat #47)
1999
  • January: Barbara Gordon (as Oracle) starts appearing in her own monthly series, joining forces with Black Canary in the process. (Birds of Prey #1)
  • March: As the "No Man's Land" storyline begins, Gotham City is now made up of fiefdoms ruled by escaped Bat-rogues. (Batman: No Man's Land #1)
    • As Gotham slowly disintegrates, Nightwing joins a regrouped and older incarnation of the Titans. (The Titans #1)
  • May: Anarky stars in his own eight-issue series. (Anarky (vol. 2) #1)
  • July: Martial arts prodigy Cassandra Cain, who would ultimately inherit the mantle of Batgirl, makes her first appearance. Also debuting is the assassin Cain. (Batman #567)
    • The covert agent known as Echo first appears. (Legends of the Dark Knight #119)
  • October: Harley Quinn (who first appeared on Batman: The Animated Series) makes her official Batman comic book continuity debut. (Batman: Harley Quinn #1)

2000s

2000
  • January: After a year of "No Man's Land", Metropolis mogul Lex Luthor spearheads the rebuilding of Gotham City. (Batman #573)
  • February: In "Endgame", the penultimate chapter of the "No Man's Land" storyline, the Joker murders James Gordon's wife, Sarah Essen-Gordon. (Detective Comics #741)
  • March: Batman: Gotham Knights is launched. The series features back-up black-and-white stories.
    • The stability of a rebuilt Gotham is threatened by the patriotic zealot known as the Banner. (Batman #575)
  • April: The new adventures of Batgirl (Cassandra Cain) begin with the publication of her own ongoing series. (Batgirl #1)
  • May: Batman encounters the undead spirit Samsara. (Batman: Gotham Knights #3)
  • July: Batman battles Orca. (Batman #579)
  • November: In the 750th issue of Detective Comics, Batman faces off with Ra's al Ghul yet again.
  • December: The Joker's henchwoman Harley Quinn gains her own ongoing series, lasting 38 issues. (Harley Quinn #1)
2001
  • March: As the multi-part storyline "Officer Down" begins, Commissioner Gordon is nearly killed by a mysterious gunman. (Batman #587)
  • June: Batman first encounters the murderous Matota. (Batman: Gotham Knights #17)
  • July: The optically enhanced villain known as Zeiss makes his debut. (Batman #591)
  • August: Gotham City gains a new hero in the form of Orpheus, in the first issue of the five-part mini-series Batman: Orpheus Rising.
    • Bruce Wayne confronts his bodyguard Sasha Bordeaux over her knowledge of his secret identity of Batman. (Detective Comics #759)
  • November: Following the publication of the hardcover graphic novel Catwoman: Selina's Big Score, Selina Kyle adopts a new costume and lease on life.
    • Sasha Bordeaux dons a mask and costume alongside Batman to continue serving as personal protection to Bruce Wayne. (Detective Comics #762)
  • December: After 15 years, writer/artist Frank Miller follows up his best selling Batman: The Dark Knight Returns with the three-issue mini-series The Dark Knight Strikes Again.
    • The six-issue mini-series Joker: Last Laugh begins. In it, the Joker falsely believes that he is dying from a brain tumor and leads a break-out of "Jokerized" villains from the Slab.
2002
  • March: The brutal killing of Bruce Wayne's love interest Vesper Fairchild in Batman: The 10 Cent Adventure serves as a prelude to the multi-part "Bruce Wayne: Murderer?" storyline. (Detective Comics #765)
  • April: In the 600th issue of Batman, the storyline "Bruce Wayne: Fugitive" leads off with Bruce escaping from prison. Bruce later goes underground to prove himself innocent of the murder of Vesper Fairchild.
  • May: Batman first feels the fiery touch of the crazed vigilante known as Nicodemus. (Batman #601)
    • Robin reaches its 100th issue.
  • June: Batman meets the Mortician, a foe who is capable of raising the dead. (Batman: Gotham Knights #28)
  • October: The Tracker is the first of five new friends of Batman to be introduced in the eight-part Batman: Family mini-series.
  • December: As the epic "Hush" storyline begins, Batman faces old enemies who are enabled and embodied by a diabiolical new foe. (Batman #609)
2003
  • January: The Huntress acquires a provocative new costume and updated weaponry courtesy of Hush. Meanwhile, Bruce Wayne's childhood friend Tommy Elliot first appears. (Batman #609)
  • February: Barbara Gordon's beginnings as Batgirl are revealed in the launch of a nine-issue mini-series entitled Batgirl: Year One.
    • An all-new ongoing comic book series focusing on the detectives of the Gotham City Police Department entitled Gotham Central makes its debut.
    • The six-issue storyline "Dead Reckoning" introduces Paul Sloan, also known as Charlatan. (Detective Comics #777)
    • Batman meets the tortured tattoo artist known as Pix. (Batman: Gotham Knights #36)
  • June: After manipulating Batman and his adversaries for months, Hush finally appears. (Batman #614)
  • July: Batman reveals his secret identity to Catwoman. (Batman #615)
  • August: After being infected by the bats of the Batcave, Alfred succumbs to a form of "the Clench" and nearly dies. (Batman: Gotham Knights #42)
    • Nyssa Raatko, a previously unknown daughter of Ra's al Ghul first appears in the "Death and the Maidens" feature within Detective Comics #782.
  • September: The Huntress joins Black Canary and Oracle as a new "Birds of Prey" operative. (Birds of Prey #57)
  • October: The "World's Finest Team" of Batman and Superman are once again battling injustice in the debut of the monthly, ongoing series Superman/Batman.
2004
  • January: As the three-part storyline "Veritas Liberat" begins to commence, Bane learns that Sir Edmund Drake, also known as King Snake, is his father. (Batman: Gotham Knights #47)
  • March: Batman meets the Japanese gangsters known as Fatman and Little Boy. (Batman #623)
  • June: At his father's urging, Tim Drake quits the role of Robin. (Robin (vol. 2) #125)
  • July: Stephanie Brown, also known as the Spoiler, takes up the mantle left by Tim Drake as the first female Robin. (Robin (vol. 2) #126)
  • October: Batman: The 12 Cent Adventure, a prelude to the "War Games" storyline, is published. It is a multi-part epic that pits Batman and his allies against Black Mask and the gangs of Gotham. (Detective Comics #797)
2005
  • January: The publication of the landmark 800th issue of Detective Comics makes Batman's flagship comic book one of the longest-running titles in comic book history.
    • Stephanie Brown dies after being tortured by Black Mask. (Batman #632)
  • February: The Nightwing title reaches its 100th issue.
  • March: The six-part storyline "Nightwing: Year One" appears twice monthly in the pages of Nightwing. (Nightwing #101)

References

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  5. ^ "1941 Prebat Batmobile". Batmobile History. Before the familiar bat-finned cars, the title 'Batmobile' was first used on a red convertible in Detective Comics #48 in February 1941. Most of the design was based on the 1936 Cord, though the nose of the car looked more like that of a Lincoln or similar car. The bat mask did not exist yet, but the car did sport a small 'bat' hood ornament. Several 'Proto-Batmobiles' had appeared in comics by this point, though this was the first to use the name. It was also the last car used before the now famous Batmobiles with the bat-masks and roof fins.
  6. ^ "1941 Batmobile". Batmobile History. Throughout the 1940s, the Batmobile was generally drawn as a late 1930s/early 1940s two-door sedan with a bat-mask over the front grille, and a large vertical bat fin on the roof of the car. Beyond that, there have been several variants of the car, including the presence (or absence) of front and rear bumpers, front and rear fender skirts, a horizontal stripe at the headlight level, exhaust headers, a roof-mounted spotlight, and vertical grille openings on either side of the mask. In addition, the shape of the car varied, and was shown with headlights both on the front and on top of the fenders (1940 Ford/1940 Chevrolet styling, respectively). The car was also sometimes drawn as an earlier 1930s sedan with wider, more sweeping fenders, a boxier midsection, and a longer hood. A 'standard' Batmobile design wouldn't be adopted by the majority of artists until 1944.
  7. ^ "1950 Batmobile". Batmobile History. In February 1950, Detective Comics #156 showcased an all-new Batmobile. After the previous car was destroyed pursuing a gang, Batman revealed that he had plans for a new Batmobile, one that was going to be 'ten years ahead of anything else on wheels.' Though the shape of the car (the nose in particular) resembled a Studebaker, it was as long as a Chrysler Imperial; inside was a complete laboratory with cabinets, a work stool, and a counter. Other features on the car included a steel 'knife edge' nose to cut through barriers, a roof mounted searchlight that could double as a Bat-Signal projector, a plastic canopy/windshield, rocket thrusters, and on-board television and radar screens. Carryovers from earlier designs included the vertical roof fin and bat mask, though both were more integrated into the design. Though the basic design would carry on for several years, the specific details of the car would evolve through several permutations throughout the 1950s.
  8. ^ "TEC 108 (2/46): Batman and Robin upgrade the Batplane to jet propulsion, adding at least '100 miles per hour' to its maximum speed. ?/DS". [dead link‍]
  9. ^ "WF 25 (11-12/46): Batman and Robin equip the Batplane with engineer Frank Folland's 'aeraquamobile' devices, allowing the Batplane to travel on land and as a speedboat as well as an airplane. DC/WM". [dead link‍]
  10. ^ Daniels, Les (October 1995). DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes. Virgin Books. p. 78. ISBN 978-0821220764.
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  12. ^ "1968 Batmobile". Batmobile History. The Batman TV series had a meteoric rise in popularity, and quickly made its way into every facet of the Batman universe. The comics were no exception, and the first Futura-inspired Batmobile made its appearance in January 1968's Detective Comics #371. The transition was not exact, and a few artistic liberties were taken. Overall, the car was much simpler: the scalloped fin edges were now simple curves, and many of the hood & rear deck features were eliminated altogether. The complex red pinstriping and door bats were also dropped, opting for a monochromatic look. Finally, the nose was shorter and taller, making the comic car look more like toys based on the TV Batmobile than the actual TV car. The design did not last long, however, and after only four months it evolved again.
  13. ^ "1969 Batmobile". Batmobile History. The comic books of the late 1960s continued to move Batman back toward his detective origins, becoming darker and more serious. With this change, all of the campy elements of the TV show were finally lost, including the larger-than-life Batmobile. In 1969's Batman #217, Robin moved away to college while Bruce & Alfred locked up Wayne Manor and the Batcave to move into the heart of Gotham. The new Batmobile is a 'nondescript' sports car with Diplomatic plates and mirrored windows. Batman refers to it as a car that will blend in to the background, but the yellow stripe and roof accessory still lack real subtlety. Though not as outrageous as previous cars, a truly nondescript Batmobile wouldn't appear for another couple of years.
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