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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==