Batmobile
The Batmobile is a vehicle that features in DC Comics.
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History
Pre-Crisis, Earth-2
The Batmobile
During a chase with the Joker, the Batmobile was extremely damaged after the criminal covered the vehicle with oil and set it on fire. To save their lives, Batman crashed the car against a fire hydrant. The water put out the fire, but the Batmobile was pretty much useless. Batman then had to use the spare Batmobile, which was a model of the previous version. (Detective Comics v1 #71)
Bruce decided to upgrade the Batmobile and included a television screen on the front board to enable a direct communication between the vehicle and the criminal profiles from the GCPD. (Batman v1 #53)
The Batmobile was majorly upgraded after the first model was damaged beyond repair. The new Batmobile's chassis was extended and it featured a lengthened wheelbase, which provided a larger inner space, which was used to carry along equipment. The design was modernized and the vehicle featured various capabilities that weren't present in the previous version. (Detective Comics v1 #156)
Pre-Crisis, Earth-1
Post-Crisis
After the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. The Batmobile
Master stuntman Jack Edison was noted for having built the Batmobile in gratitude after Batman saved his life. (Untold Legend of the Batman v1 #3)
It was built by Batman himself that was something that he needed since he first started his mission. Alfred Pennyworth first coined the term 'Bat-Mobile' in irony at the bat-theme which Batman was already considering. (Batman and the Monster Men v1 #5)
During the search for Cornelius Stirk, Batman used the on-board computer in the Batmobile to find the villain. (Batman v1 #494)
The Batmobile was later retired whereby a new model was made to replace it with Dick Grayson inscribing his initials on the frame of the old one. (Brave and Bold v1 #182)
Post-Flashpoint
After the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. The Batmobile
Overview
Notes
- The Batmobile was created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane where it made its first appearance in Detective Comics v1 #27 (May, 1939).
Alternate Versions
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In other media
Television
- In the DC Animated Universe, the Batmobile made a number of appearances in the shared continuity setting.
Films
- In Batman, the Batmobile appeared in the setting of the 1989 live-action film. Batman used the Batmobile to rescue Vicki Vale from the Joker. After he parked it out front of the entrance Flugelheim Museum, Batman instructed Vicki to get into the vehicle as Joker's Joker Goons gave chase in their own cars. After it completely outmatched the Goons' and the GCPD for pure speed, the Batmobile was caught in a bottleneck, unfortunately. With the road blocked by a construction crew, Batman and Vicki abandoned the Batmobile and continued their escape. Eventually, Batman used a Communicator to call the Batmobile to him after he dispatched Joker's Goons. In an attempt to kill Joker after the recollection that he was responsible for his parents' deaths, Batman used the Batmobile to lay siege to Axis Chemicals and effectively demolished the complex despite Joker's escape in his helicopter.
- In Batman Returns, the Batmobile returned in the setting of the live-action film sequel. Three years later, Batman drove the Batmobile into battle against the Red Triangle Gang. When Gotham City's central Christmas presentation was disrupted by an assault by the Red Triangle Gang, Batman entered the fray with the Batmobile, and systematically used the car's arsenal of abilities to deter the criminals from causing further damage. The Batmobile later became the target of a scheme by the Penguin to frame Batman as a criminal. After he sabotaged the Batmobile while Batman rescued the Ice Princess from Catwoman, Penguin gained control of the Batmobile, and used it in a destructive joyride throughout the civilian-filled Gotham streets before Batman managed to deactivate the receiver of the control signal. When the Batmobile was freed from Cobblepot's control, the incident caused the desired effect; and the public labeled Batman as a criminal. To narrowly escape from the GCPD, Batman was forced to eject the vehicle's side panels and transformed the Batmobile into the Batmissile. Bruce would later attempt to repair it.
- In The Dark Knight Trilogy, the Batmobile featured in the Christopher Nolan movies shared continuity setting.
- In Batman Begins, the Batmobile made its first appearance in the live action movie. It was originally a prototype military bridging vehicle known as the Tumbler and created by Wayne Enterprises Applied Sciences Division. However, it was never deployed and instead the division's head kept it stored away in secret alongside numerous other prototype equipment. When Bruce Wayne returned to Gotham City, he intended to free it from crime as the costumed vigilante Batman and took the Tumbler with it being repurposed as the Batmobile.
- In the DC Extended Universe, the Batmobile made a number of appearances in the shared continuity setting.
- In Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, the Batmobile made its first appearance in the live action movie.
- In Suicide Squad, the Batmobile made a minor appearance in the live action movie during a flashback sequence. Batman used it to pursue the Joker and Harley Quinn.
Video games
- In Batman: Arkham Knight, the Batmobile made an appearance in an expanded role in the Arkham universe.
- In Injustice: Gods Among Us, the Batmobile made a number of appearances in the fighting game and prominently in the background of the Batcave. It was also part of Batman's super-move where he sends it crashing into his opponent.
Appearances
- Detective Comics v1: (1939)
- Batman v1:
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