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Batman| Comic-strip character created in 1939 by US cartoonist Bob Kane (real name Robert Kahn, 1915–98) and his collaborator Bill Finger. A crime-busting superhero, disguised by a black bat-like mask and cape, Batman and his sidekick Robin were long a staple of the DC Comics group. |
| Batman's secret identity is that of millionaire playboy Bruce Wayne. His youthful aide, former circus performer Dick Grayson, is known as Robin the Boy Wonder. Together they zoom around in their ‘batmobile’ and combat the criminal activities of (among others) the Joker, the Penguin, the Riddler, and the Catwoman. |
| Batman films appeared 1943, 1949, 1989, 1992, 1995, 1997, and 2005, and there was a pop-art-inspired Batman television series in the 1960s. |
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Armstrong, Craig
Bale, Christian
Basinger, Kim
Burton, Tim
Carrey, Jim
Clooney, George Timothy
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DeVito, Danny
Gough, Michael
Hall, Jerry Fay
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Kidman, Nicole Mary
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Nolan, Christopher Jonathan James
Nutter, Tommy
Palance, Jack
Pfeiffer, Michelle
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| It is interesting in this light to recall that Tolkien once said of Sam Gamgee that he was meant to be "a reflexion of the English soldier, of the privates and batmen I knew in the 1914 war, and recognised as so far superior to myself" (Carpenter 81). Responding to complaints from tourists, business owners and civic leaders, Shea about a month ago gathered 68 of the characters in a room (many in costume) and candidly informed the Supermen, Batmen and Darth Vaders about the laws that apply to them, which the LAPD vowed to enforce. 2) Big-league batmen Sammy Sosa of Chicago, left, and Mark McGwire of St. |