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==Batman Beyond==
In ''[[Batman Beyond]]'', which premiered in 1999, Terry McGuiness takes over as Batman from an aging Bruce Wayne.
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Revision as of 02:54, 17 December 2023

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Batman
Developer Bill Finger, Bob Kane
Publisher DC Comics, various
Platforms As noted below
Released 1939-present
Added to
Museum 		As noted below

Batman is a character that is part of an American multimedia series consisting of books, comics, films, magazines, music, television shows, and video games.

Batman is a superhero created on March 30, 1939, by the DC Comics team consisting of the writer Bill Finger and the artist Bob Kane.

The character was spun off into the Justice League series. Batman was also one of the main characters in the Injustice series and in some entries in the Mortal Kombat series.

Fictional character biography

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Billionaire genius Bruce Wayne was orphaned at a young age when his parents were gunned down in front of him outside of a movie theater.

Vowing to avenge the death of his parents, he left home to train both his mind and body, learning various sciences as well as martial arts.

Upon arriving back in Gotham City, he donned the image of his childhood fear, the bat.

Using a sophisticated suit and high-tech armor purchased with his inherited wealth, he acted as the costumed vigilante known as Batman.

Batman was a founding member of the superhero team known as the Justice League.

Batman '89

In the 1989 Batman film, the Joker began as a low-level criminal named Jack Napier.

Films

Title Producer Release System Notes
Batman Warner Bros. 1989 Blu-ray, Digital, DVD, VHS
Batman Returns Warner Bros. 1992 Blu-ray, Digital, DVD, VHS
Batman Forever Warner Bros. 1995 Blu-ray, Digital, DVD, VHS
Batman & Robin Warner Bros. 1997 Blu-ray, Digital, DVD, VHS

Batman: The Animated Series

Batman: The Animated Series was introduced in 1992. This version of Batman is largely the same as the DC Comics version. The main difference is that, in this version, Jason Todd never met Bruce Wayne, thus he never became Robin.

Television series

Title Producer Release System Notes
Batman: The Animated Series Warner Bros. Animation 1992-1995 Blu-ray, Digital, DVD, VHS
The New Batman Adventures Warner Bros. Animation 1997-1999 Blu-ray, Digital, DVD, VHS
Batman Beyond Warner Bros. Animation 1999-2001 Blu-ray, Digital, DVD, VHS
Gotham Girls Warner Bros. Animation 2000-2002 DVD, Flash Web series
Justice League Warner Bros. Animation 2001-2002 Blu-ray, Digital, DVD, VHS
Justice League Unlimited Warner Bros. Animation 2003-2004 Blu-ray, Digital, DVD, VHS

Films

Title Producer Release System Notes
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm Warner Bros. Animation 1993 Blu-ray, Digital, DVD, VHS
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero Warner Bros. Animation 1998 Blu-ray, Digital, DVD, VHS
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker Warner Bros. Animation 2000 Blu-ray, Digital, DVD, VHS
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman Warner Bros. Animation 2003 Blu-ray, Digital, DVD, VHS
Chase Me Warner Bros. Animation 2003 Blu-ray, DVD, VHS Short film

Video games

Title Developer Release System Notes
View-Master Batman Animated VR Blue Ribbon Content 2008 Android, iOS

Batman Beyond

In Batman Beyond, which premiered in 1999, Terry McGuiness takes over as Batman from an aging Bruce Wayne.

Television series

Title Developer Release Platform Notes
Batman Beyond Warner Bros. Animation 1999-2001 Blu-ray, Digital, DVD, VHS

Films

Title Developer Release Platform Notes
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker Warner Bros. Animation 2000 Blu-ray, Digital, DVD, VHS

Batman Begins

In Batman Begins, which was released in 2005, Ra's Al-Ghul trained a young Bruce Wayne in martial arts.

Films

Title Developer Release Platform Notes
Batman Begins Warner Bros. Pictures 2005 Blu-ray, Digital, DVD
The Dark Knight Warner Bros. Pictures 2008 Blu-ray, Digital, DVD
The Dark Knight Rises Warner Bros. Pictures 2012 Blu-ray, Digital, DVD

Lego Batman

Lego Batman was introduced in 2006. Although he still has the same tragic backstory, thie version of Bruce Wayne is more comedic than most of his other incarnations.

Video games

Title Developer Release System Notes
Lego Batman: The Videogame Traveller's Tales 2008 Windows
Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes Traveller's Tales 2012 Windows
Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham Traveller's Tales 2014 Windows
The Lego Movie Videogame Traveller's Tales 2014 Windows
Lego Dimensions Traveller's Tales 2015 Xbox 360
Wii U
Lego DC Super-Villains Traveller's Tales 2018 Windows The first game in the series to not feature Batman as a primary protagonist.
The Lego Movie 2 Videogame Traveller's Tales 2019 Windows

Films

Title Developer Release Platform Notes
Lego Batman: The Movie - DC Superheroes Unite Warner Premiere 2013 Blu-ray
The Lego Movie Warner Animation Group 2014 Blu-ray
The Lego Batman Movie Warner Animation Group 2017 Blu-ray
The Lego Movie 2 Warner Animation Group 2019 Blu-ray

Batman: Arkham

Batman: Arkham was introduced in 2009. This version of Batman is close to the DC comics version. The main difference is that Arkham Asylum, which was later expanded into much of Gotham City as Arkham City, is a much more prominent fixture of his tenure as a vigilante.

Video games

Title Developer Release System Notes
Batman: Arkham Asylum Rocksteady Studios 2009 Windows, Xbox One
Batman: Arkham City Rocksteady Studios 2011 Windows, Xbox One
Batman: Arkham City Lockdown NetherRealm Studios 2013 Android
Batman: Arkham Origins WB Games Montréal 2013 Windows
Batman: Arkham Knight Rocksteady Studios 2015 Windows
Batman: Arkham VR Rocksteady Studios 2016 PS4
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Rocksteady Studios
Unbroken Studios 		2024 Windows First game in the series to not feature Batman as a protagonist. The protagonists are four members of Amanda Waller's Suicide Squad: Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Captain Boomerang, and King Shark.

Films

Title Developer Release Platform Notes
Batman: Assault on Arkham Warner Bros. Animation 2014 Blu-ray

New 52

New 52 was a DC Comics reboot that was introduced in 2011. Flash goes back in time to save his mother but ends up in a present where he is no longer the Flash. He manages to recreate the accident that gave him his powers, which allowed him to make sure his mother died, but when he arrived at the present, some things still were changed such as previously deceased heroes that were now alive.

Films

Title Studio Release Format Notes
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox Warner Bros. Animation 2013 Blu-ray
Batman vs. Robin Warner Bros. Animation 2015 Blu-ray

Batman: The Telltale Series

Batman: The Telltale Series was introduced in 2016. This version of Batman discovers that his parents weren't the altruistic billionaires of which that they portrayed themselves, and were instead a huge part of Gotham City's underworld.

Video games

Title Developer Release System Notes
Batman: The Telltale Series Telltale 2016 Windows, Xbox 360
Batman: The Enemy Within Telltale 2017-2018 Windows

Comics

Title Publisher Release Notes
Batman: Sins of the Father DC Comics 2018 Set between Batman: The Telltale Series and The Enemy Within.

Figures

Title Publisher Release Notes
Bane, Batman, Catwoman, Harley Quinn, The Joker (and John Doe), Mr. Freeze, and The Riddler Pogo 2019 Lego bootlegs
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