About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 98. Chapters: 1939 comic debuts, Comics characters introduced in 1939, Batman, Phantom Blot, Namor, James Gordon, Jor-El, Blue Beetle, Jonathan and Martha Kent, Thomas Wayne, Homo mermanus, Ka-Zar, Joe Chill, Ultra-Humanite, Sandman, Martha Wayne, Doll Man, Top-Notch Comics, Lara, Superman, Doll Girl, Angel, Red Tornado, Marvel Mystery Comics, Julie Madison, Doctor Death, Wizard, Wonder Man, Monk, Samson, Invisible Hood, Flame, Stardust the Super Wizard, Eye, Fantastic Comics, Shock Gibson, Knockout, Smash Comics, Masked Raider. Excerpt: Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 (May 1939), and since then has appeared in many of DC Comics' publications. Originally referred to as "the Bat-Man" and still referred to at times as "the Batman," he is additionally known as the "Caped Crusader," the "Dark Knight," and the "World's Greatest Detective," among other titles. In the original version of the story and the vast majority of retellings, Batman's secret identity is Bruce Wayne, an American millionaire (later billionaire) playboy, industrialist, and philanthropist. Having witnessed the murder of his parents as a child, he swore revenge on crime, an oath tempered with the greater ideal of justice. Wayne trains himself both physically and intellectually and dons a bat-themed costume in order to fight crime. Batman operates in the fictional American Gotham City, assisted by various supporting characters including his crime-fighting partner, Robin, his butler Alfred Pennyworth, the police commissioner Jim Gordon, and occasionally the heroine Batgirl. He fights an assortment of villains such as the Joker, Penguin, the Riddler, Two-Face, Poison Ivy and Catwoman. Unlike most superheroes, he does not possess any superpowers; h...
