Batman

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

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: 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.

Video games

Title	Developer	Release	System	Added to museum	Notes
View-Master Batman Animated VR	Blue Ribbon Content	2008	Android, iOS	September 29, 2017

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.

Films

Title	Developer	Release	Platform	Added to museum	Notes
Lego Batman: The Movie - DC Superheroes Unite	Warner Premiere	2013	Blu-ray	Not yet
The Lego Movie	Warner Animation Group	2014	Blu-ray	Not yet
The Lego Batman Movie	Warner Animation Group	2017	Blu-ray	Not yet
The Lego Movie 2	Warner Animation Group	2019	Blu-ray	Not yet

Video games

Title	Developer	Release	System	Added to museum	Notes
Lego Batman: The Videogame	Traveller's Tales	2008	Windows	April 16, 2015
Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes	Traveller's Tales	2012	Windows	October 28, 2017
Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham	Traveller's Tales	2014	Windows	January 2, 2020
The Lego Movie Videogame	Traveller's Tales	2014	Windows	Not yet
Lego Dimensions	Traveller's Tales	2015	Xbox 360 Wii U	November 10, 2017 November 20, 2017
Lego DC Super-Villains	Traveller's Tales	2018	Windows	Not yet	The first game in the series to not feature Batman as a primary protagonist.
The Lego Movie 2 Videogame	Traveller's Tales	2019	Windows	Not yet

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.

Films

Title	Developer	Release	Platform	Added to museum	Notes
Batman: Assault on Arkham	Warner Bros. Animation	2014	Blu-ray	Not yet

Video games

Title	Developer	Release	System	Added to museum	Notes
Batman: Arkham Asylum	Rocksteady Studios	2009 2016	Windows Xbox One	May 2, 2014 November 25, 2018
Batman: Arkham City	Rocksteady Studios	2011 2016	Windows Xbox One	May 2, 2014 November 25, 2018
Batman: Arkham City Lockdown	NetherRealm Studios	2013	Android	December 22, 2020
Batman: Arkham Origins	WB Games Montréal	2013	Windows	May 2, 2014
Batman: Arkham Knight	Rocksteady Studios	2015	Windows	January 2, 2021
Batman: Arkham VR	Rocksteady Studios	2016	PS4	June 10, 2017
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League	Rocksteady Studios Unbroken Studios	2024	Windows	Not yet	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.

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	Added to museum	Notes
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox	Warner Bros. Animation	2013	Blu-ray	July 30, 2013
Batman vs. Robin	Warner Bros. Animation	2015	Blu-ray	July 30, 2013

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	Added to museum	Notes
Batman: The Telltale Series	Telltale	2016	Windows Xbox 360	August 15, 2017 November 17, 2018
Batman: The Enemy Within	Telltale	2017-2018	Windows	March 27, 2018

Comics

Title	Publisher	Release	Added to museum	Notes
Batman: Sins of the Father	DC Comics	2018	February 21, 2020	Set between Batman: The Telltale Series and The Enemy Within.

Figures

Title	Publisher	Release	Added to museum	Notes
Bane, Batman, Catwoman, Harley Quinn, The Joker (and John Doe), Mr. Freeze, and The Riddler	Pogo	2019	November 6, 2020	Lego bootlegs