Batman Batman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on March 30, 1939. I ...

is a fictional superhero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Batman or The Batman may also refer to:

Art, entertainment, and media

Characters

Batman (Terry McGinnis) Batman (Terrence "Terry" McGinnis Wayne) is a fictional superhero appearing in media (communication), media published by DC Entertainment. The character was created by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini and first appeared in the pilot episode of the animat ...

Batman (Thomas Wayne) Batman (Thomas Wayne) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Geoff Johns (writer) and Andy Kubert (artist), he made his first appearance in '' Flashpoint'' #1 (July 2011). He is a hardened ve ...

Batman (Earth-Two) The Batman of Earth-Two is an alternate version of the fictional superhero Batman, who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was introduced after DC Comics created Earth-Two, a parallel world that was retroact ...

Batman of Zur-En-Arrh Batman of Zur-En-Arrh is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. In the Silver Age story, the character is an alien named Tlano from the planet Zur-En-Arrh who decided to become a version of Batman for his own planet. The character's re ...

* Batman (''Gotham'' television series character) * Batman (DC Extended Universe character) * Batman (''Dark Knight'' trilogy character) *

Batman (1989 film series character) Bruce Wayne, better known by his vigilante superhero alias Batman, is a fictional character who appears as the main protagonist in Tim Burton's ''Batman'' and ''Batman Returns'', which are part of the ''Batman'' film series (1989–1997), and ...

Batman (Jace Fox) Batman, also known as Jace Fox, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Len Wein and Irv Novick, he first appeared in ''Batman'' #313 (April 1979). Fox is the son of Lucius Fox, assuming the identit ...

Print media

* ''Batman'' (comic book), a comic book published from 1940 to the present, focusing on the mainstream version of the character * ''Batman'' (comic strip), in newspapers from 1943 to 1991 * ''Batman'' (manga), several comic series published in Japan

Films

* ''Batman'' (1966 film), based on the 1966 television series * ''Batman'' (1989 film) * ''Batman'' (serial), a 1943 film serial * ''The Batman'' (film), a 2022 film

Television

* ''Batman'' (TV series), 1966–1968 television series * '' Batman: The Animated Series'', a 1992 animated series * ''The Batman'' (TV series), a 2000s animated series * '' Batman: The Brave and the Bold'', a 2008–2011 animated series

Video games

* ''Batman'' (1986 video game), for Amstrad CPC, MSX, and ZX Spectrum * ''Batman'' (1989 video game), for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, MSX, and ZX Spectrum * '' Batman: The Video Game'', released in 1989 for NES and Game Boy * ''Batman'' (Sega Genesis video game), released in 1990 * ''Batman'' (1990 arcade game), released by Atari * ''Batman'' (2013 arcade game), released by Raw Thrills * '' Batman: The Telltale Series'', released by Telltale Games in 2016 ** '' Batman: The Enemy Within'', the sequel released by Telltale Games in 2017

Music

* ''Batman'' (album), an album by Prince * ''Batman'' (score), the film score by Danny Elfman for the 1989 film ** "The Batman Theme", theme to the 1989 film, appearing on ''Batman'' (score) * "

Batman Theme "Batman Theme", the title song of the 1966 ''Batman'' TV series, was composed by Neal Hefti. This song is built around a guitar hook reminiscent of spy film scores and surf music. It has a twelve bar blues progression, using only three chords u ...

", by Neal Hefti for the 1960s television show, and recorded by many artists since ** ''Batman!'' (Jan and Dean song), based on the theme by Neal Hefti * "Batman", a 2017 song by Jaden Smith from the album '' Syre'' * ''The Batman'' (soundtrack), the film score by Michael Giacchino for the 2022 film ** "The Batman", theme to the 2022 film, appearing on ''The Batman'' (soundtrack)

Toy line

* Batman (2003 toy line), six-inch model figures

Places

Australia

Division of Batman The Division of Batman was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It took its name from John Batman, one of the founders of the city of Melbourne. The division was created in 1906, replacing the Division of Northern Melbourn ...

, an electoral district in Melbourne, Victoria, named after one of the city's founders **

Batman railway station Batman railway station is located on the Upfield line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Coburg North, and it opened on 8 October 1889 as Bell Park. It closed on 13 July 1903, and reopened again on 1 October 19 ...

Iran

Batman, Iran Batman ( fa, باتمان, also Romanized as Bātmān) is a village in Razavar Rural District, in the Central District of Kermanshah County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. Geography The centre of Batman is located at a latitude of 34.7508 and lon ...

, a village in Kermanshah Province, Iran

Turkey

Batman, Turkey Batman ( ku, Êlih) is a Kurdish-majority city in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey and the capital of Batman Province. It lies on a plateau, above sea level, near the confluence of the Batman River and the Tigris. The Batı Raman ...

, a city in the Southeastern Anatolia Region **

Batman Province Batman Province ( tr, , ku, Parêzgeha Êlihê) is a province in the Southeast Anatolia Region of Turkey. It was created in May 1990 with the Law No. 3647 taking some parts from the eastern Province of Siirt and some from the southern Province ...

Batman (electoral district) Batman is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects four members of parliament (deputies) to represent the province of the same name for a four-year term by the D'Hondt method, a party-list proportional represe ...

** Batman River

People

* Batman (surname), a surname (and list of people with the name)

As nickname or stage name

Antonis Fotsis Antonis Fotsis (alternate spelling: Antonios, Greek: Αντώνης Φώτσης; born April 1 or 2, 1981) is a Greek professional basketball player for Ilysiakos. He was also the captain of the Greece men's national basketball team. He is a ...

(born 1981), Greek basketball player also known as Batman *

Haim Gozali Haim Gozali ( he, חיים גוזלי; born May 6, 1973), also known by the nickname The Israeli Batman, is an Israeli mixed martial artist who competed in the welterweight division. He is best known for his tenure in Bellator. Gozali is also a 5 ...

(born 1973), Israeli mixed martial artist also known as Batman *

Marques Houston Marques Barrett Houston (born August 4, 1981) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and actor. A member of the R&B group Immature/IMx from 1990 until 2002, Houston went solo in 2003. As an actor, he is best known for his role as Roger Evans ...

(born 1981), American entertainer also known as Batman *

Bershawn Jackson Bershawn D. Jackson (born May 8, 1983) is an American athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 m hurdles, but also is a 400 m runner. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Bershawn "Batman" Jackson won a bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles ...

(born 1983), American athlete also known as Batman * The

Batman rapist The Batman rapist is an unidentified English serial sex offender who committed at least seventeen sexual assaults on women in the city of Bath, Somerset, between 1991 and 2000. He is the subject of Britain's longest–running serial rape investi ...

, a UK murderer and rapist

Other uses

Batman (military) A batman or an orderly is a soldier or airman assigned to a commissioned officer as a personal servant. Before the advent of motorized transport, an officer's batman was also in charge of the officer's "bat-horse" that carried the officer's kit du ...

, a soldier assigned as a personal valet to a commissioned officer * Batman (truck), a monster truck that debuted in 2006 *

Batman (unit) The batman () was a unit of mass used in the Ottoman Empire and among Turkic peoples of the Russian Empire. It has also been recorded as a unit of area in Uyghur-speaking regions of Central Asia. The name is Turkic (Ottoman Turkish ; Chagatai ) ...

, a historical unit of measure * Batman: The Ride, a steel inverted roller coaster *

B.A.T.M.A.N. The Better Approach to Mobile Ad-hoc Networking (B.A.T.M.A.N.) is a routing protocol for multi-hop mobile ad hoc networks which is under development by the German "Freifunk" community and intended to replace the Optimized Link State Routing Pro ...

, a mesh network routing protocol *

Bayesian tool for methylation analysis Bayesian tool for methylation analysis, also known as BATMAN, is a statistical tool for analysing methylated DNA immunoprecipitation (MeDIP) profiles. It can be applied to large datasets generated using either oligonucleotide arrays (MeDIP-chip) or ...

, also known as BATMAN * ''Batman'', a junior synonym of the fish genus '' Cryptocentrus''