Batman

1. Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27, under the name “the Bat-Man”, in May 1939, created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane
2. Batman goes by the alter ego Bruce Wayne, who lives in Gotham City
3. When Bruce was a boy he watched his parents die from a mugging gone wrong in which Joe Chill shot them
4. Batman has went under other code names: The Caped Crusader, The Dark Knight, and The World’s Greatest Detective
5. Batman’s greatest enemy is The Joker; other notable villains include: Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Penguin, Bane, Catwoman, Riddler, Two-Face, Ra’s Al Ghul and etc
6. Some of Batman’s abilities include: Genius-level intellect, peak human physical and mental condition, martial arts master, expert in hand-to-hand combat, utilizes/invents high-tech equipment
7. Dicky Grayson took up the mantle of Batman twice; when Bruce had a broke back and when everyone believed he was dead
8. Bruce Wayne believes that criminals are superstitious and easily frightened and so he wanted something that would scare them and since he was terrified of bats as a child he used that for his persona.
9. Batman teams up with the local police department. Mainly cooperating with Commissioner Jim Gordon whenever they use the batsignal on top of the precinct.
10. Batman has been played on screen by many actors. Some of which include: Adam West, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale and Ben Affleck will do so in the 2016 film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Kevin Conroy is popularly known for voicing the character in Batman: The Animated Series