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Londyn relives 85+ yrs of the Dark Knight | @DCOfficial #DCAmbassador | IG/YT/TikTok/FB: historyofthebatman

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11 years ago today in 2015, the collector’s edition of ‘Batman Noir: The Dark Knight Returns’ was released by DC. Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, & Lynn Varley’s 1986 four issue series “Batman: The Dark Knight Returns” was released 40 years ago.🦇📚🎊 #Batman #DarkKnightReturns #DKR

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17 years ago today and published in 2009’s Batman and Robin #1, Dick Grayson and Damian Wayne begin their adventures as the new Dynamic Duo on Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely’s “Batman Reborn, Part One: Domino Effect”. #OTD 🦇🚗📚 #Batman #DickGrayson #Robin

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Bruce Wayne transforming into The Batman by Marshall Rogers, Terry Austin, and John Workman in Steve Englehart’s “The Dead Yet Live”, published in May 1977’s Detective Comics #471.🦇📚

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Use this tweet as an excuse to post your favorite comic page. 💥

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Poster concept for Tim Burton’s “Batman” (1989) by John Alvin starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson as #Batman and Jack Napier / the Joker, respectively.🦇🃏

Cinematic painter John Alvin (1948-2008) helped design Warner Bros. posters for the Burton / Schumacherverse films.

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After fans and critics alike were concerned about the casting choices of both Michael Keaton as Batman and Jack Nicholson as The Joker for Tim Burton’s “Batman” (1989), Warner Bros. in late 1988 rushed a trailer which played in theaters giving audiences a peek at the new #Batman.

[Matt Wagner @MattWagnerComic]

From out of the darkness...the Dark Knight of Gotham--The @Batman

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Behind the scenes of director Tim Burton on the set of “Batman” (1989) with Michael Keaton’s Batman & Jack Nicholson’s Joker and “Batman Returns” (1992) with Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman, Keaton’s Batman, and Danny DeVito’s Oswald Cobblepot.🦇🎬 #TimBurton #Batman #BatmanReturns

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Poison Ivy 60th Anniversary - Poison Ivy by @YanickPaquette, variant cover to 2024’s Poison Ivy #18 | DC.

Bat-Fact: Poison Ivy debuted 60 years ago in June 1966’s Batman #181 in Robert Kanigher and Sheldon Moldoff’s "Beware of—Poison Ivy!". 🦇🌹🎊 #PoisonIvy #Batman #DC

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On June 2, 1966, #PoisonIvy made her second appearance in #DC books in Robert Kanigher and Sheldon Moldoff’s “A Touch of Poison Ivy!”. Carmine Infantino, Joe Giella, and Gaspar Saladino’s cover to Batman #183 famously pays homage to the popular television series ‘#Batman’.🦇🌹📚

[James Gunn @JamesGunn]

They’re shaking up the summer. #Supergirl - only in theaters and @IMAX June 26.

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A brief retrospective of Kevin Conroy (1955-2022) as the Batman in television, film, and video games 🦇🙏🏽 #Batman #BTAS #KevinConroy

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Bat-Fact: According to @Batman co-creator Bob Kane, Marilyn Monroe (June 1, 1926 - August 4, 1962) was a heavy visual influence on Vicki Vale who debuted in Bill Finger, Kane, & Lew Sayre Schwartz’ “The Scoop of the Century!” published in 1948’s Batman #49. #Batman #MarilynMonroe

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Happy Pride Month, Gothamites! A recommended read to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community is 2022’s “Finding Batman”, a personal, at times heartbreaking, but overall inspiring tale of resilience and acceptance penned by #Batman himself, Kevin Conroy (1955-2022), and drawn by J. Bone.

[Supergirl @supergirl]

Nothing left to lose. Everything to save. #Supergirl - only in theaters June 26.

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This is what dreams are made of 🟪🟩 #Superman #ManofTomorrow

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Fit check. Live from the set of Man of Tomorrow.

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87 years ago, Gardner Fox and Bob Kane’s "The Batman Meets Doctor Death" was published by DC Comics in Detective Comics #29 on May 31, 1939. This story has one of the earliest examples of the Bat-Man implementing the usage of guns in his crusade. #OTD 🦇📚 #Batman #DC

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Catwoman Essential: Alan Brennert and Joe Staton's "The Autobiography of Bruce Wayne", published in April 1983's The Brave and the Bold #197 | DC. #Caturday 🐈‍⬛🦇📚

#Batman #Catwoman #DC

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What a thrilling WCF Game 7 tonight! The Spurs and Knicks are in the NBA Finals 🏀🏆

What were you watching the last time these two teams made it to the Finals? 🦇📺 #BatmanBeyond #Gotham #Batman #Spurs #Knicks

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Happy 74th birthday to writer Mike W. Barr. Co-creator of Damian Wayne (1987’s Batman: Son of the Demon), Barr began in the 1970s writing within DC’s ‘Detective Comics’ and was a major presence within Batman’s mythos throughout the 1980s to the early 2000s.🦇📚🎂 #Batman #DC

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Batman and Catwoman by @heyjenbartel, variant cover to 2021’s Batman / Catwoman #1 | DC. #Caturday 🦇🐈‍⬛🌃 #Batman #Catwoman #DCComics