Analysis of the Super Hero Series Batman

The purpose of this paper is to provide the reader with an insight into the Super Hero Series Batman. This crime fighter originally appeared in Detective Comics issue #27 in 1939. It later became a comic book series, a TV series and a movie series. The character Batman is second only to Superman as a Super Hero. Amazingly Batman has no super powers, but he does have a lot of neat crime fighting gadgets. In this paper, we will explore the creation of Batman, his supporting cast of characters both good and bad and the gadgets he used.

Batman was created after Detective Comics (D.C.) wanted a new super hero to follow-up after Superman. In May of 1933, Bob Kane and Bill Finger created Batman. Bob was born on October 24, 1915 and died November 3, 1998. Bill was born February 8, 1914 and died January 1974. Bill always loved comics as a child and still when he went to high school at DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx New York. He and Bob went to the same high school but never socialized because they were in different classes. Bob meet Bill when Bill was working as a shoe salesman. They worked on many comics together for kids comic books and local newspapers. When they found out that Detective Comics (D.C.) wanted a new super hero they went to work. One day Bob came to Bill with a character, Batman. Bill liked the idea but said it looked too much like Superman. The original illustration had a Robin style mask and red outfit. So Bob took a Webster’s Dictionary and found a picture of a bat. He added bat ears to the mask, giving the full mask a more mysterious look. He changed the colors to black and yellow and added a cape that was cut like bat wings. When writing the comics Bill made Batman’s personality a...

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...l hole in the fenders, tripping poles that swing out from the revive of the upper fenders or beltline, and from beneath the sides of the car, bat wing-like fans spread open. Multiple parts of the siding of the batmobile pop and slide out. A set of wheels on both sides of the car pop out from the engine to support the weight of the car. The original batmobile exterior was made of massive amount of plumbing, vents, outlet sand fans throughout occasional lights inset liberally going on and off. The lights are both bulbs and thin neon like strips. Beneath the vents are four sections that smoothly slide up. They are made up of a mixture of pipe plumbing with solid state circuitry and multi size CRT screens throughout, with plug ports, pull handles and switches. The batmobile has always changed to stay up to date with time and has always been advanced in technology.