Batwing (DC Comics)
| Batwing | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance |
(David Zavimbe) Batman Incorporated #5 (May 2011) (Luke Fox) Batwing #19 (June 2013) |
| Created by |
Grant Morrison Chris Burnham |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Human |
| Place of origin | Earth |
| Team affiliations |
Batman Family Justice League Batman Incorporated |
| Partnerships | Batman |
| Notable aliases | Batwing |
| Abilities | Adept martial artist Flight via suit's wings Arsenal of weapons and high-tech gadgets Skilled detective |
| Batwing | |
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Cover for Batwing #1 (September 2011). Art by Ben Oliver and Brian Reber. |
| Series publication information | |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | September 2011 – August 2014 |
| Number of issues | 34 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) |
Judd Winick (#1–14) Fabian Nicieza (#15–18) Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray (#19–34) |
| Artist(s) |
Ben Oliver (#1–3, 5–6) ChrisCross (#4) Dustin Nguyen (#7–8) Marcus To (#9–14) Fabrizio Fiorentino (#15–18) Eduardo Pansica (#19–34) |
Batwing is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics. Within DC Comics internal continuity, Batwing is one of several superheroes patterned after the famous superhero Batman. Batwing, in particular, was conceived by Batman as his crime-fighting counterpart overseas, 'the Batman of Africa'.
The first Batwing is David Zavimbe, a Congolese police officer, created by writer Grant Morrison within the pages of Batman Incorporated prior to receiving his own eponymous series. Following later events within Batman Incorporated and Batwing, Zavimbe is replaced in the role by Luke Fox, an American mixed martial artist who had been Batman's first choice in the role, who is also the son of Batman's close associate Lucius Fox.
Batwing faces a roster of adversaries ranging from international super villains to the Democratic Republic of Congo's corrupt police force. Batwing expands the DC Universe by taking place in Africa, making David Zavimbe both the first (in continuity) black Batman and one of the few characters headlining a series outside the United States. Fox is also black, and becomes the first in-continuity African American Batman.
Batwing first appeared in Batman #250 and then in "Batman of Africa", in Batman Incorporated #5 (May 2011), written by Grant Morrison. He was designed by Chris Burnham, but was first drawn by Yanick Paquette.
Batwing has since gained his own monthly ongoing series as part of the 2011 DC Universe reboot, featuring art by Ben Oliver and written by Power Girl and Justice League: Generation Lost writer Judd Winick.
According to fellow Batman Incorporated artists, Chris Burnham told iFanboy that he designed the character first, while Paquette was the first to draw him in interiors. In line with Morrison's use of obscure continuity throughout his Batman stories, the character seems to be based visually on a minor character which appeared in Batman #250 in a story called "The Batman Nobody Knows". In this story, a young African-American boy tells his friends how he imagines Batman to be, and gives him the name "Batwings".
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