Gotham City

A fictional city modeled primarily after New York City, it is Bruce Wayne's home and Batman's base of operation. In early Batman comics, he was located in New York City; "Gotham" is in fact a nickname for New York. Gotham is generally thought to be located on the northeast coast, and is located in New Jersey in several sources. Its architecture is tall and Gothic, but it suffers from urban blight. It is generally portrayed as dirty, crime-ridden, and corrupt, in stark contrast to the bright, clean, futuristic feel of Superman's Metrop ...

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Batman, Batman - Publication history, Batman - Evolution of the character, Batman - Character history, Batman - Golden Age version, Batman - Silver Age version, Batman - Modern Age version, Batman - Personas, Batman - Bruce Wayne, Batman - The Dark Knight, Batman - Dual identities, Batman - Matches Malone, Batman - Gotham City, Batman - The Bat-Signal, Batman - Powers and abilities, Batman - Weaknesses, Batman - Equipment vehicles and weapons, Batman - The Batcave, Batman - Costume, Batman - Supporting characters, Batman - Enemies of Batman, Batman - Crossovers, Batman - Homosexual interpretations, Batman - Awards, Batman - Bibliography, Batman - Batman in other media, Batman - Trivia, Batman - Notes, Batman - Additional Batman information, Batman - Related information

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A fictional city modeled primarily after New York City, it is Bruce Wayne's home and Batman's base of operation. In early Batman comics, he was located in New York City; "Gotham" is in fact a nickname for New York. Gotham is generally thought to be located on the northeast coast, and is located in New Jersey in several sources. Its architecture is tall and Gothic, but it suffers from urban blight. It is generally portrayed as dirty, crime-ridden, and corrupt, in stark contrast to the bright, clean, futuristic feel of Superman's Metropolis. Thomas and Mar ...

See also:

Batman, Batman - Publication history, Batman - Evolution of the character, Batman - Character history, Batman - Golden Age version, Batman - Silver Age version, Batman - Modern Age version, Batman - Personas, Batman - Bruce Wayne, Batman - The Dark Knight, Batman - Dual identities, Batman - Matches Malone, Batman - Gotham City, Batman - The Bat-Signal, Batman - Powers and abilities, Batman - Weaknesses, Batman - Equipment vehicles and weapons, Batman - The Batcave, Batman - Costume, Batman - Supporting characters, Batman - Enemies of Batman, Batman - Crossovers, Batman - Homosexual interpretations, Batman - Bibliography, Batman - Batman in other media, Batman - Trivia, Batman - Notes and references, Batman - Additional Batman information, Batman - Related information

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According to Swamp Thing #53 (and various subsequent comic book stories), Gotham City was founded in 1635 by a Swedish mercenary and was later taken over by the Kingdom of Great Britain. During the American Revolutionary War it was the site of a major battle and various occult rites were rumored to have been conducted within the city. Perhaps for these reasons Gotham is a dark and foreboding place rife with crime, grime, and corruption. Despite this, Gotham City has maintained a thriving economy and is considered a major economic center of activity. See also:

Gotham City, Gotham City - History, Gotham City - Architecture, Gotham City - GCPD and corruption, Gotham City - Arkham Asylum, Gotham City - Recent events, Gotham City - Mayors, Gotham City - Residents, Gotham City - Notable areas landmarks institutions and businesses, Gotham City - Geography, Gotham City - Sources

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Batman Returns is both the second Tim Burton Batman movie and the second Batman film starring Michael Keaton as the title character. This time, Batman meets The Penguin (Danny DeVito), Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Max Shreck (Christopher Walken). It was released in theaters on June 19, 1992. The score by Danny Elfman creates gothic atmosphere by combining strings and children's choruses. The film is considered the darkest installment in the franchise and contains most of the artistic, theatrical, a ...

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• Batman Returns - Synopsis
• Batman Returns - Box office and reaction
• Batman Returns - On DVD
• Batman Returns - Trivia

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Batwoman, or (less commonly) Bat-Woman, is the name of a fictional character, the female counterpart to DC Comics' popular superhero Batman. She first appeared in Detective Comics #233 (July 1956). Batwoman's real name was "Kathy Kane". Batman co-creator Bob Kane later claimed that he created Batwoman, and indeed that he drew her to resemble his wife. The fact that Kathy Kane's name matches Bob Kane's supports his claim. On the other hand, in the 1950s Kane used "ghost pencillers" such as Sheldon Mold ...

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• Batwoman - Other characters named Batwoman

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Bill Finger (February 8, 1914 - January 24, 1974) was an American writer who is best remembered (though never officially credited) as the co-creator of the character Batman with artist Bob Kane and creator of Catwoman. Finger and Kane began to collaborate in 1938. In early 1939, the success of Superman in Action Comics prompted editors at the comic book division of National Publications (later DC Comics, now a subsidiary of Time Warner) to request more superheroes for their titles. Some books and articles say that Kane s ...

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The DC Universe (DCU) is the fictional shared setting where most of the comic stories published by DC Comics take place. Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman are well-known fictional superheroes from this universe. The concept of a shared universe in comics involves writers and editors, together with artists, who together create a series of titles where events in one book would have repercussions in another title and serialized stories would show characters grow and change. Headline characters in one title would make cameo ...

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• DC Universe - Multiple versions of the same characters
• DC Universe - Concepts
• DC Universe - DCU crossovers and major events
• DC Universe - DCU objects and places
• DC Universe - Cities
• DC Universe - Planets
• DC Universe - Realms
• DC Universe - Other locations
• DC Universe - Objects and elements

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The Batman Family is an informal name for a group of DC Comics superheroes associated with the costumed crime fighter Batman. These characters are generally masked vigilantes who were trained by Batman and/or operate in his home of Gotham City with at least his tacit approval. The Batman Family rarely operates as a proper superhero team, but more like a network of similarly-minded superheroes with Batman as its head. Although some of them occasionally resent Batman’s intrusion in their lives, the Batman family members conside ...

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• Batman Family - Current Famliy
• Batman Family - Deceased members
• Batman Family - Former Members: Villains?
• Batman Family - Other Uses

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Batman Art by Jim Lee The DC Comics hero Batman (originally and still sometimes referred to as The Batman or The Bat-Man) is a fictional character who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. He has since become, along with Superman, one of the world's most well-known comic-book characters, with The Guardian lauding him as "the perfect cultural artifact for the 21st century." [1] Although co-created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, only Kan ...

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• Batman - Publication history
• Batman - Evolution of the character
• Batman - Character history
• Batman - Golden Age version
• Batman - Silver Age version
• Batman - Modern Age version
• Batman - Personas
• Batman - Bruce Wayne
• Batman - The Dark Knight
• Batman - Dual identities
• Batman - Matches Malone
• Batman - Gotham City
• Batman - The Bat-Signal
• Batman - Powers and abilities
• Batman - Weaknesses
• Batman - Equipment vehicles and weapons
• Batman - The Batcave
• Batman - Costume
• Batman - Supporting characters
• Batman - Enemies of Batman
• Batman - Crossovers
• Batman - Homosexual interpretations
• Batman - Awards
• Batman - Bibliography
• Batman - Batman in other media
• Batman - Trivia
• Batman - Notes
• Batman - Additional Batman information
• Batman - Related information

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Day of Vengeance is a six issue comic book miniseries written by Bill Willingham, with art by Justiniano and Walden Wong, published in 2005 by DC Comics. It is one of four miniseries leading up to DC Comics' Infinite Crisis event. It focuses on The Spectre and other magical beings of the DC Universe. The series has tie-ins to other ongoing DC Comics series, including JSA #73-76 and Blood of the Demon #6. The series will be collected along with Action Comics #826, Adventures of Superman ...

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• Day of Vengeance - Plot summary
• Day of Vengeance - The Seduction of the Spectre
• Day of Vengeance - The Shadowpact
• Day of Vengeance - The First Battle
• Day of Vengeance - The Second Plan
• Day of Vengeance - Conclusion

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Batman was the title of an exceptionally popular 1960s TV series based on the comic-book character Batman that aired on ABC TV for 2 1/2 seasons from 12 January 1966 to 14 March 1968. Batman TV series - The series. The series was produced in the United States of America and debuted at 7:30, Wednesday evening, January 12, 1966 on ABC television, at a time when other popular TV series included The Monkees and Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. The Batman series set a standard that identi ...

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• Batman TV series - The series
• Batman TV series - Genesis of the series
• Batman TV series - Plot summary
• Batman TV series - Popularity
• Batman TV series - Trivia
• Batman TV series - Cast
• Batman TV series - Regular cast
• Batman TV series - Notable guest cast
• Batman TV series - Cameos
• Batman TV series - Bit parts before they were famous
• Batman TV series - Last appearances on screen
• Batman TV series - Parodies
• Batman TV series - External links

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Adam West (born William West Anderson on September 19, 1928 in Walla Walla, Washington) is best known as the actor who played the role of Batman on the original television program that ran from 1966 to 1968. Adam West - Biography. After attending Lakeside School, a prestigious high school in Seattle, he graduated from nearby Whitman College where he majored in literature and psychology and was married. He served two years in the United States Army. He worked as a disc jockey, truck driver, and cowboy ...

Including:

• Adam West - Biography
• Adam West - Filmography
• Adam West - Television Work
• Adam West - Quotes

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Captain Marvel (left), and his young alter ego, Billy Batson. Art by C.C. Beck, originally used for the cover of Whiz Comics # 22. Captain Marvel is a comic book superhero, originally published by Fawcett Comics and now owned by DC Comics. Created in 1939 by C.C. Beck and Bill Parker, the character first appeared in Whiz Comics # 2 (Feb, 1940). With a premise that taps into adolescent fantasy, Captain Marvel is the alter ego of Billy Batson, a youth who works as a radio news reporter and was chosen t ...

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• Captain Marvel DC Comics - Full history
• Captain Marvel DC Comics - Development and inspirations
• Captain Marvel DC Comics - Whiz Comics no. 2: origin story
• Captain Marvel DC Comics - Fawcett years: the Marvel Family allies and enemies
• Captain Marvel DC Comics - Captain Marvel vs. Superman
• Captain Marvel DC Comics - The Shazam! revival
• Captain Marvel DC Comics - Shazam! The New Beginning
• Captain Marvel DC Comics - The Power of Shazam!
• Captain Marvel DC Comics - Captain Marvel in the 2000s
• Captain Marvel DC Comics - Supporting cast
• Captain Marvel DC Comics - Marvel Family
• Captain Marvel DC Comics - Rogues gallery
• Captain Marvel DC Comics - Other characters
• Captain Marvel DC Comics - Cultural influences
• Captain Marvel DC Comics - Appearances in film and television
• Captain Marvel DC Comics - Notes

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Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne's butler, as seen on the cover to Gotham Knights #42, by Brian Bolland. Alfred, normally named in full as Alfred Pennyworth, is a fictional character who, in the series of Batman comics published by DC Comics, is the butler of Bruce Wayne. He first appeared in Batman #16 (May-June 1943). He introduced himself as the son of a butler named Jarvis, and the convention being that British butlers are known by their surnames, the implication may have been that his name ...

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• Alfred comics - In other media
• Alfred comics - Awards

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Static Shock is an animated series starring Virgil Hawkins as Static, a teenage African American superhero with electromagnetic powers. It is based on a comic book series by Milestone Comics (an independently-owned imprint published by DC Comics). It debuted in September 2000 on Kids WB, and ran for four seasons, a total of 52 half-hour episodes. It was later picked up for rebroadcast by Cartoon Network, and airs on the Miguzi block. The series was itself the basis for a Game Boy Advance game of the same name, ...

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• Static Shock - Background
• Static Shock - Characters
• Static Shock - Virgil Ovid Hawkins
• Static Shock - Supporting characters
• Static Shock - Other heroes
• Static Shock - Villains
• Static Shock - Other Bang-Babies
• Static Shock - Episodes
• Static Shock - Season 1
• Static Shock - Season 2
• Static Shock - Season 3
• Static Shock - Season 4

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Batman Begins (2005) is a American film based on the comic book character created by Bob Kane. The movie was first released on June 15, 2005, directed by Christopher Nolan, and written by Nolan and David S. Goyer. Although it is the fifth live-action Batman movie since 1989, the movie is neither a sequel nor a prequel to the previous Tim Burton/Joel Schumacher movies, but rather a complete revision or reboot of the series. It more closely follows the darker psychological theme of the Batman comics and graphic nove ...

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• Batman Begins - Plot summary
• Batman Begins - Reaction
• Batman Begins - Sequels
• Batman Begins - Cast
• Batman Begins - DVD
• Batman Begins - Trivia
• Batman Begins - Video game

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The Batcave is the secret headquarters of fictional DC Comics' superhero Batman, (the dual identity of millionaire playboy Bruce Wayne), consisting of a series of subterranean caves beneath his residence, Wayne Manor. Discovered and used long before by Wayne's ancestors as a storehouse as well as a means of transporting escaped slaves during the Civil War era, Wayne himself rediscovered them when he fell through a dilapidated well on his estate. Batcave - Use. Upon his initial foray into crime-fighti ...

Including:

• Batcave - Use
• Batcave - Design
• Batcave - Memorabilia
• Batcave - Other Batcaves
• Batcave - Other Media

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Batman Beyond (Batman of the Future in Europe, Latin America and Australia/New Zealand) was an animated television series created by WB Network in collaboration with DC Comics as a continuation of the Batman legacy. The series is part of the DC Animated Universe; kicking off the future time period of Bruce Timm's still continuing universe. The show began in 1999 and ended in 2002 with 52 episodes and one Direct-to-Video movie under its belt, and there are no plans to revive the series in the near future. However, there was a short lived spin-off, The Zeta Pro ...

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• Batman Beyond - Story
• Batman Beyond - Episode Guide
• Batman Beyond - Project Batman Beyond
• Batman Beyond - Movies
• Batman Beyond - DVD releases
• Batman Beyond - Comics
• Batman Beyond - Spinoffs

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Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the state of Queensland, Australia. As of 2005, the World Gazetteer estimated that Brisbane has a population of 1.8 million, making it the third most populous urban area in Australia, behind Sydney and Melbourne, and the largest municipality. The city's name is pronounced /ˈbɹɪz.bən/. Brisbane - History. The area now called Brisbane was inhabited before European settlement by the Turrbul and Ja ...

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• Brisbane - History
• Brisbane - Environment
• Brisbane - Geography
• Brisbane - Topography
• Brisbane - Climate
• Brisbane - Government and demographics
• Brisbane - Economy
• Brisbane - Universities in Brisbane
• Brisbane - Brisbane based universities
• Brisbane - Other universities with Brisbane tertiary centres
• Brisbane - TAFE institutes in Brisbane
• Brisbane - Colleges with specific focuses
• Brisbane - Heritage and landmarks
• Brisbane - Brisbane CBD and South Bank
• Brisbane - Brisbane suburban landmarks
• Brisbane - Notable Brisbane bridges
• Brisbane - Tourist destinations
• Brisbane - Theatre and the performing arts
• Brisbane - Creative arts
• Brisbane - Popular entertainment
• Brisbane - Shopping and restaurants
• Brisbane - Sport
• Brisbane - Transport
• Brisbane - Roads
• Brisbane - Airports
• Brisbane - Seaports
• Brisbane - Media
• Brisbane - Television
• Brisbane - Internet Radio and TV
• Brisbane - Radio
• Brisbane - Newspapers
• Brisbane - Trivia
• Brisbane - Notes
• Brisbane - List of Brisbane articles

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Bronze Tiger - Childhood. Ben Turner came from an upper middle class black neighborhood in Central City. Already at the age of 10, Ben Turner killed a man. A white burglar was assaulting his parents, when young Ben Turner went berserk, grabbing a kitchen knife and stabbing the man till he died. Ben Turner would later admit that he didn't feel sorry that he had killed the man, but that it had ended too soon. At 13 Ben Turner turned to martial arts in hopes of controlling those rages. Nonetheless, the confli ...

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Bronze Tiger, Bronze Tiger - Detailed History, Bronze Tiger - Childhood, Bronze Tiger - Controlling the anger, Bronze Tiger - Becoming the Bronze Tiger, Bronze Tiger - Running up against a Wall, Bronze Tiger - The Suicide Squad, Bronze Tiger - The Squad reformed, Bronze Tiger - Tiger and the Dragon, Bronze Tiger - Powers and abilities

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