The Batman first appeared in Detective Comics

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• The Bat-man first appeared in Detective Comics
  27 in May 1939.

Batman was created by artist Bob Kane and writer
Bill Finger.
The first drawing of Batman looked very much like
Superman with reddish tights, boots, no gloves,
no gauntlets, with a small domino mask, swinging
on a rope. He had two stiff wings that were
sticking out, looking like bat wings.
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Early Batman

• The first Batman story was "The Case of the
  Chemical Syndicate," The early Batman showed
  little remorse over killing or maiming criminals
  and was not above using firearms.

After WWII Batman was instead portrayed as a
respectable citizen and paternal figure that
inhabited a "bright and colorful" environment
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Paired with Superman

• In the story "The Mightiest Team In the World"
  in Superman 76 (June 1952), Batman teams up with
  Superman for the first time and the pair
  discovers each other's secret identity.
• Batman, unlike Superman is one of the few
  Superheros without any supernatural powers
  instead he relies on wealth physical prowess
  deductive abilities and obsession.

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60s revamping

• Following a decline in sales The Batmobile was
  redesigned and characters of the 1950s such as
  Batwoman, Ace, and Bat-Mite were retired.
  Batman's butler Alfred was killed off and
  replaced with Aunt Harriet.
• Starting in 1969 artists made a deliberate
  effort to distance Batman from the campy
  portrayal of the 1960s TV series and to return
  the character to his roots as a "grim avenger of
  the night."

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Batman on TV

• The Batman television series, starring Adam
  West, premiered in January 1966 on the ABC
  television network. Inflected with a camp sense
  of humor, the show became a pop culture
  phenomenon.
• The series ran for 120 episodes, ending in
  1968. In between the first and second season of
  the Batman television series the cast and crew
  made the theatrical release Batman (1966).

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Modern Batman on the tube

• In 1992 Batman returned to television in the
  critically-acclaimed Batman The Animated Series,
  which was produced by Warner Bros. and was
  broadcast on the Fox television network until
  1997. After that it moved to The WB Television
  Network and was reworked into The New Batman
  Adventures.
• These were followed by the futuristic Batman
  Beyond and Justice League series.

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Batman in Film

• Tim Burton's Batman 1989 feature film brought
  the character back to the public's attention,
  grossing millions of dollars at the box office,
  and millions more in merchandising.
• In the same year, the first issue of Legends
  of the Dark Knight, the first new solo Batman
  title in nearly fifty years, sold close to a
  million copies.

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More Batman film

• Tim Burtons Batman spawned three sequels
  Batman Returns (1992), Batman Forever (1995) and
  Batman Robin (1997), the last two of which were
  directed by Joel Schumacher instead of Burton,
  and replaced Keaton with Val Kilmer and George
  Clooney, respectively.

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Batman movies

• In 2005 Christopher Nolan directed Batman
  Begins, a reboot of the film franchise starring
  Christian Bale as Batman. Its sequel, The Dark
  Knight (2008), set the record for the highest
  grossing opening weekend of all time in the U.S.,
  pulling in approximately 158.4 million and
  became the fastest film to reach the 400 million
  mark in the history of American cinema
  (eighteenth day of release). An animated
  anthology feature set between the Nolan films,
  Batman Gotham Knight, was released the same
  year.

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The newest Bat-suit

• The new Bat-suit for Dark Knight was
  constructed from 200 individual pieces of rubber,
  fiberglass, metallic mesh, and nylon. The new
  cowl was modeled after a motorcycle helmet and
  separated from the neck piece, allowing Bale to
  turn his head left and right and nod up and down.
  The cowl is equipped to show white lenses over
  the eyes when the character turns on his sonar
  detection, which gives Batman the white eyed look
  from the comics and animation. The gauntlets
  have retractable razors which can be fired. The
  gloves also possess hydraulics for Batman to
  crush objects. The original suit was also worn
  during part of the film.

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Michael Keaton in Batman
Adam West and Burt Ward in Batman TV
Batman the Animated Series
Batmans Debut
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Batman Beyond
First Batman and Superman team appearance
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Created byBonnie Sizer, Resident
Assistant,Colorado State University