Batman - Batman Golden Midas 5-Star Vinyl Figure

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Batman keeps most of his field equipment in his utility belt. Over the years it has shown to contain an assortment of crime-fighting tools, weapons, and investigative and technological instruments. Different versions of the belt have these items stored in compartments, often as pouches or hard cylinders attached evenly around it.

Khouri, Andy (June 6, 2011). "Batman Relaunch: New #1s for Batgirl, Batman, Detective, Catwoman, Birds of Prey". ComicsAlliance. Archived from the original on March 19, 2012 . Retrieved April 21, 2012. Gustines, George Gene (July 1, 2018). "It Just Wasn't Meant to Be, Batman". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 13, 2023 . Retrieved March 13, 2023. Batman: The Dark Knight Archives Volume 5". DC Comics. March 9, 2012. Archived from the original on October 2, 2012 . Retrieved June 9, 2012. DC Comics ended the DC Rebirth branding in December 2017, opting to include everything under a larger DC Universe banner and naming. The continuity established by DC Rebirth continues across DC's comic book titles, including volume 1 of Detective Comics and volume 3 of Batman. [72] [73]

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Batman also has an aircraft called the Batplane (originally a relatively traditionally, but bat-motifed plane, later seen as the much more unique "Batwing" starting in the 1989 film), along with various other means of transportation. Gaiman, Neil( w), Kubert, Andy( p), Williams, Scott( i)."Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Part 1 of 2: The Beginning of the End" Batman,no.686(April 2009).

Pearson, Roberta E.; Uricchio, William (1991). "Notes from the Batcave: An Interview with Dennis O'Neil". The Many Lives of the Batman: Critical Approaches to a Superhero and His Media. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. p.18. ISBN 0415903475. Brubaker, Ed( w), McDaniel, Scott( p), Story, Karl( i)."Fearless Part 1" Batman,no.582(October 2000). Nagorski, Alex (July 2, 2012). "The Return of the Joker". DC Comics. Archived from the original on July 4, 2012 . Retrieved July 13, 2012. DC Comics began the DCYOU initiative in June 2015, which aimed to shake up the established status quo of the DC Universe. James Gordon thus took on the Batman mantle became the main character of the series for the next major story arc, Superheavy. Bruce Wayne was revealed to be alive but with no memories of his previous life, having started dating Julie Madison. Ultimately Bruce Wayne would regain his memories and become Batman again, with Gordon made Commissioner of the GCPD once again following the story arc's conclusion in issue #50. [117] Zachary, Brandon (November 20, 2018). "Tom King Assures, He's Still Writing His 100-Issue Batman Story". CBR.com . Retrieved March 13, 2023.Manning "2010s" in Dougall (2014), p. 320: "Scott Snyder was paired with superstar artist Greg Capullo for this new series." Once the Batman series returned to the present day, its next major story arc was " Batman: Endgame", in which the Joker returned as the main antagonist. The storyline ran from October 2014 to April 2015, with the series Batgirl, Detective Comics, Gotham Academy and Arkham Manor releasing tie-in one-shots over March and April. Endgame concluded with the apparent deaths of both Batman and the Joker in issue #40. [116] Moench, Doug( w), Manley, Mike( p), Rubinstein, Joe( i)."Part Seven: Return of the Bat Knights End" Batman,no.510(August 1994). Batman: Gotham Shall Be Judged". DC Comics. March 9, 2012. Archived from the original on May 5, 2012 . Retrieved August 1, 2012. No one has brought Bruce Wayne to the big screen quite like Robert Pattinson, who plays the billionaire orphan with a dark secret like a true weirdo. His Bruce is a cold, unkempt recluse who wants nothing to do with Gotham City by day. But when the sun goes down and the Bat signal lights the night sky, well, that’s a different story.

With Batman proposing marriage to Catwoman in issue #24, [131] the following year of storytelling in Batman placed strong emphasis on their engagement. In the lead-up to the characters' wedding, DC Comics published a series of tie-in one-shots titled Batman: Prelude to the Wedding in 2018. Issue #50, "The Wedding", [132] ended with Catwoman leaving Batman at the altar. The twist ending was spoiled by The New York Times three days before the publication of issue #50, [133] prompting criticism of the newspaper from comic book retailers. [134] Manning "1980s" in Dougall (2014), p. 139: Batman #340 "Writers Gerry Conway and Roy Thomas collaborated with artist Gene Colan for the dramatic return of the Mole, an old Batman villain given a serious upgrade." Batman: The Dark Knight Archives Volume 2". DC Comics. March 9, 2012. Archived from the original on October 2, 2012 . Retrieved June 9, 2012. Wallace, Daniel (2010). "1940s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p.31. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. The first issue of Batman's self-titled comic written by Bill Finger and drawn by Bob Kane, represented a milestone in more ways than one. With Robin now a partner to the Caped Crusader, villains needed to rise to the challenge, and this issue introduced two future legends: the Joker and Catwoman. These are crossovers that include most—if not all—of the Batman-related titles published at the time.Grant Morrison temporarily returned to the Batman title for issues #700-702. The milestone issue #700 (August 2010) was set during the past, present and future of Batman, with different eras drawn by an art team consisting of Tony Daniel, Frank Quitely, Andy Kubert, and David Finch. [99] Issues #701-702 (September – October 2010), titled "R.I.P.: The Missing Chapter", retold the events from the end of Batman: R.I.P. through to the end of Final Crisis from Bruce Wayne's point of view, leading into the miniseries Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne. [88] Batman has no inherent superhuman powers; he relies on "his own scientific knowledge, detective skills, and athletic prowess". [28] Batman's inexhaustible wealth gives him access to advanced technologies, and as a proficient scientist, he is able to use and modify these technologies to his advantage. In the stories, Batman is regarded as one of the world's greatest detectives, if not the world's greatest crime solver. [120] Batman has been repeatedly described as having a genius-level intellect, being one of the greatest martial artists in the DC Universe, and having peak human physical and mental conditioning. [121] As a polymath, his knowledge and expertise in countless disciplines is nearly unparalleled by any other character in the DC Universe. He has shown prowess in assorted fields such as mathematics, biology, physics, chemistry, and several levels of engineering. [122] He has traveled the world acquiring the skills needed to aid him in his endeavors as Batman. In the Superman: Doomed story arc, Superman considers Batman to be one of the most brilliant minds on the planet. [123] Things would almost come full circle in 1970 when West was offered the role of James Bond in Diamonds Are Forever. West declined, later writing in his autobiography that he believed Bond should always be played by a Brit. Holy bad career moves, Batman!

Manning "1990s" in Dougall (2014), p. 224: "Writer Doug Moench and artist Kelley Jones introduced a pair of new villains into Batman's world with the Ogre and the Ape." For the comic book superheroine, see Fantomah. For the cigarette brand with a similar name, see Golden Bat (cigarette). Ōgon Bat as seen in a kamishibai Following the 2016 DC Rebirth continuity reboot, Batman and Catwoman work together in the third volume of Batman. The two also have a romantic relationship, in which they are shown having a sexual encounter on a rooftop and sleeping together. [116] [117] [118] Bruce proposes to Selina in Batman vol. 3 #24 (2017), [119] and in issue #32, Selina asks Bruce to propose to her again. When he does so, she says, "Yes." [118]Len Wein became the writer of the series with issue #307 (January 1979) and in his first issue, created Wayne Foundation executive Lucius Fox, [33] later portrayed by Morgan Freeman in the movies Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises. Julius Schwartz ended his tenure as editor of the series with issue #309 (March 1979). [20] After Wein, Marv Wolfman briefly wrote Batman and co-created the Electrocutioner in issue #331 (Jan. 1981). [34]