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| Batman | |
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 Artwork for the second printing cover of Batman #608 (Dec 2002). Art by Jim Lee. |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Detective Comics #27 (May 1939) |
| Created by | Bob Kane (concept) Bill Finger (uncredited) |
| Characters | Bruce Wayne Jean-Paul Valley Dick Grayson |
| See also | Alternate versions of Batman |
Batman is the alias of a number of DC Comics characters, the original and best-known being Bruce Wayne but others have adopted the role when he has been indisposed.
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Characters
Bruce Wayne
Bruce Wayne is the main character associated with the Batman alias.
Hugo Strange
Having discovered Batman's secret identity, Hugo Strange drugs Bruce Wayne and usurps the role for a time.[1]
Jean-Paul Valley
When Bruce Wayne's back is broken by Bane during the Knightfall storyline, Jean-Paul Valley, better known as Azrael, replaced him until he was deemed a poor replacement for Bruce Wayne and was subsequently replaced by Dick Grayson.[2]
Dick Grayson
Although best known as Batman's teen sidekick Robin and as his independent, adult persona Nightwing, Grayson became Batman twice. The first time was during Knightfall when Valley proved an unsuitable replacement[3] and the second time was following the apparent death of Wayne in the Batman R.I.P. storyline.[4] During the Battle for the Cowl storyline which followed Batman R.I.P. other characters briefly assumed the role, Jason Todd and Tim Drake, before the alias finally passed to Grayson. Grayson has also donned the costume on least one other occasion, although it was merely for one issue.
Tim Drake
Tim Drake briefly assumed the role of Batman before Batman: Battle for the Cowl, and then again during the event itself.
Jason Todd
Jason Todd usurped the identity of Batman during Battle for the Cowl, but was defeated by Dick Grayson, who became Batman following.
See also
- Alternate versions of Batman, for the Batmen of other dimensions in the DC Multiverse
Notes
References
- Batman (Bruce Wayne, Golden Age) at the Comic Book DB
- Batman (Bruce Wayne, Earth 1) at the Comic Book DB
- Batman (Bruce Wayne, Post Crisis) at the Comic Book DB
- Batman (Jean-Paul Valley) at the Comic Book DB
- Batman (Dick Grayson) at the Comic Book DB
External links
- Batman at the DC Database Project
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