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Batman is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the DC Comics superhero Batman as its protagonist. The character, created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, [2] first appeared in Detective Comics #27 (cover dated May 1939).
This category collects cover images that are scans, in whole or in part, from titles related to the Batman "family" of comic books as published by DC Comics.This includes titles such as, but not limited to:
Batman #1 (Spring 1940) Selina Kyle was one of Batman's early adversaries. In later years, she becomes his frequent love interest and a defender of Gotham City's East End. [3] One year after the events of Infinite Crisis, she retired (allowing Holly Robinson to take the mantle of Catwoman) and gave birth to a baby girl named Helena.
This category collects images that are scans, screen captures, photos, and/or illustrations of Batman and related characters and intellectual properties for which DC Comics holds the copyright and/or trademark.
The idea for World's Best Comics #1 originated from the identically formatted 1940 New York World's Fair Comics featuring Superman, Batman, and Robin with 96 pages and a cardboard cover. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The year before there was a similar 1939 New York World's Fair Comics featuring Superman but without Batman and Robin because Bob Kane and Bill ...
The Joker debuted in Batman #1 (April 1940) as the eponymous character's first villain, about a year after Batman's debut in Detective Comics #27 (May 1939). The Joker initially appeared as a serial killer and jewel thief, modeled after a joker playing card with a mirthless grin, who killed his victims with "Joker venom," a toxin that left ...
1940 (January) DC Gardner Fox, Dennis Neville Flash Comics #1 Professor Hugo Strange: 1940 (February) DC Bob Kane, Bill Finger: Detective Comics (vol. 1) #36 Doctor Sivana: 1940 (February) Fawcett Comics/DC Bill Parker, C. C. Beck: Whiz Comics #2 Lex Luthor: 1940 (April) DC Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster: Action Comics (vol. 1) #23 The Joker: 1940 ...
While he had received credit for other DC work since the 1940s, he began, in the 1960s, to receive limited acknowledgment for his Batman writing; in the letters page of Batman #169 (February 1965) for example, editor Julius Schwartz names him as the creator of the Riddler, one of Batman's recurring villains. However, Finger's contract left him ...