Batman (comic)
| Batman | |
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Cover of Batman #1 (Spring 1940); art by Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson.
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
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| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Publication date | Spring 1940 – August 2011 |
| No. of issues | 715 (#1–713 plus issues numbered 0 and 1,000,000) 1 Special and 28 Annuals |
| Main character(s) |
Bruce Wayne/Batman "Batman Family" |
| Creative team | |
| Created by |
Bill Finger |
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| Colorist(s) |
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| Collected editions | |
| Dark Knight Archive Volume 1 | ISBN |
| Batman (vol. 2) | |
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Cover of Batman vol. 2, #1 (Nov. 2011). Story by Scott Snyder; art by Greg Capullo and Jonathan Glapion
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Publication date | November 2011 –July 2016 |
| No. of issues | 57 (#1–52 plus issues numbered 0 and 23.1 through 23.4) and 4 Annuals) |
| Main character(s) | Bruce Wayne/Batman |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Scott Snyder Greg Capullo |
| Written by | Scott Snyder |
| Penciller(s) | Greg Capullo |
| Inker(s) | Jonathan Glapion Danny Miki |
| Colorist(s) | FCO Plascencia |
| Batman (vol. 3) | |
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Cover of Batman vol. 3, #1 (Aug. 2016)
Story by Tom King; art by David Finch and Jordie Bellaire |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Schedule | Twice Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Publication date | August 2016 |
| No. of issues | 23 (as of July 2017 cover date) Rebirth one-shot, and 1 Annual |
| Main character(s) | Bruce Wayne/Batman |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | Tom King |
| Artist(s) |
David Finch Mikel Janin |
| Colorist(s) | Jordie Bellaire |
Batman is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the DC Comics hero of the same name. The character first appeared in Detective Comics #27 (cover dated May 1939). Batman proved to be so popular that a self-titled ongoing comic book series began publication with a cover date of Spring 1940. It was first advertised in early April 1940, one month after the first appearance of his new sidekick, Robin, the Boy Wonder.
Though the Batman comic book was initially launched as a quarterly publication, it later became a bimonthly series through the late 1950s, after which it became a monthly publication and has remained so since. The original series ended in 2011 and was relaunched with a new first issue.
Using the end of the New 52 initiative as a launching point, DC Comics began a second relaunch of its entire line of titles called DC Rebirth in 2016. Batman (vol. 3) #1 (August 2016) was the debut bimonthly relaunch of the comic book series.
The character of Batman made his first appearance in the pages of Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. In Spring of 1940, Batman #1 was published and introduced new characters into Batman's pantheon, most notably those of Catwoman and Batman's eventual nemesis, the Joker.Alfred Pennyworth, the Wayne family butler, was introduced in issue #16 (April–May 1943).
Editor Whitney Ellsworth assigned a Batman story to artist Dick Sprang in 1941. Anticipating that Bob Kane would be drafted to serve in World War II, DC inventoried Sprang's work to safeguard against delays. Sprang's first published Batman work was the Batman and Robin figures on the cover of Batman #18 (Aug.-Sept. 1943), reproduced from the art for page 13 of the later-published Detective Comics #84 (Feb. 1944). Sprang's first original published Batman work, and first interior-story work, appeared in Batman #19 (Oct.-Nov. 1943), for which he drew the cover and the first three Batman stories, and penciled the fourth Batman story, inked by Norm Fallon. Like all Batman artists of the time, Sprang went uncredited as a ghost artist for Kane.
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