Aliases: [ Batmans, Batmen, The Caped Crusader, The Dark Knight ]
The hard-boiled superhero created by Bob Kane for Detective Comics in 1939. Also known as the 'dark knight' or, more camply, the 'caped crusader'. Batman's alterego is Bruce Wayne, a spoiled socialite and Playboy. Batman fights crime in Gotham City, a thinly veiled fictional counterpart of New York City.