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'''Batman''' is a fictional [[superhero]] first appearing in ''Detective Comics'' in May, 1939.  The creation of artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, Batman remains one of the most famous and recognizable of the superhero genre, resulting in the creation of several television series, motion pictures, and graphic novels.  The original comics are highly-prized by collectors and routinely fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars on the auction block.

'''Batman''' is a fictional [[superhero]] first appearing in ''Detective Comics'' in May, 1939.  The creation of artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, Batman remains one of the most famous and recognizable of the superhero genre, resulting in the creation of several television series, motion pictures, and graphic novels.  The original comics are highly-prized by collectors and routinely fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars on the auction block.

The Batman character is sometimes portrayed as a lapsed [[Catholic]]/[[Episcopalian]]. <ref>http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/comic_book_religion.html</ref>

The Batman character is sometimes portrayed as a lapsed [[Catholic]]/[[Episcopalian]].<ref>http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/comic_book_religion.html</ref>

==Comics lore==

==Comics lore==

==References==

==References==

*Kane, Bob (with Tom Andrae).  ''Batman & Me'', Eclipse Books, Forestville, California (1989).

*Kane, Bob (with Tom Andrae).  ''Batman & Me'', Eclipse Books, Forestville, California (1989).

*Goulart, Ron.  ''Comic Book Encyclopedia'', Harper Entertainment, New York (2004).  

*Goulart, Ron.  ''Comic Book Encyclopedia'', Harper Entertainment, New York (2004).  

[[Category:Entertainment]]

[[Category:Entertainment]]

[[Category: DC Comics Superheroes]]

[[Category:DC Comics Superheroes]]

[[Category:Comic Characters]]

[[Category:Comic Characters]]