![]() ![]() Batman also had a crime laboratory hidden in the mansion itself in "Detective Comics" #33 (November 1939). Early stories had the Batgyro kept in a secret hangar whose location is unspecified, and the Batmobile was kept in a barn on Wayne Manor's grounds, connected to the mansion by a secret underground passageway, noted in "Batman" #3 (Fall 1940). The Batcave, Batman's renowned headquarters, was not an original part of the Batman concept, and didn't debut in comics until after it was introduced in the Batman movie serials. ![]() Wayne eventually regains control of the property. In the "Batman Eternal" maxiseries (April 2014-April 2015), the villain Hush engineers Bruce Wayne's bankruptcy and the financial demise of Wayne Enterprises, leading to Wayne Manor being seized by Gotham City and converted into Arkham Asylum. Wayne Manor was destroyed in "Batman" #553 (April 1998), during the earthquake in the "Batman: Cataclysm" crossover storyline, but was rebuilt. Wayne Manor also housed an early crime lab, shown in "Detective Comics" #33 (November 1939), before the Batcave was established.īatman closes Wayne Manor and moves to downtown Gotham City in "Batman" #217 (December 1969), but returns in "Detective Comics" #470 (June 1977). However, the greater body of stories over time have established that Wayne Manor has been in the Wayne Family for generations. ![]() "Detective Comics" #205 (March 1954) tells us that Bruce Wayne bought the property as a young man, just as he was launching his career as Batman. It first appeared in "Detective Comics" #28 (June 1939). Wayne Manor is the ancestral home of Bruce Wayne, and a fixture of the Batman titles. Issue #3 of "The Untold Legend of the Batman" miniseries (August 1980), written by Len Wein and drawn by Jim Aparo, reveals that the Batmobiles are custom-built by racecar driver Jack Edison, whom Batman once rescued from a fiery crash. Most versions of the Batmobile are coupes, but the car gained a back seat in the 1973 animated TV series "Super Friends," owing to the need for Batman and Robin to carry passengers Wendy, Marvin and Wonder Dog. A large shield on the front grille that resembles a bat's face is on the car in "Batman" #5 (March 1941), along with a scalloped fin on the back hood. The name "Batmobile" is first used in "Detective Comics" #48 (February 1941), but before then, the various cars that appear in the series display the Bat motif, and the car's color changes from red to midnight blue. Up to 1986, the belt's exterior was outfitted with a number of cylindrical chambers, but it was shown with military-style pouches in "The Dark Knight Returns" miniseries, which became the standard.īatman drives a red sports car in his first story in "Detective Comics" #27 (May 1939), but it is not called the "Batmobile" and doesn't bear any of the characteristics associated with the vehicle. The assortment includes a rebreather, lock picks, explosives, a camera, a miniature torch, a fingerprint kit and more. The Utility Belt holds an insane array of weapons and tools, which are swapped out by Batman as needed. Batman started carrying the Batarang in the belt in "Detective Comics" #32 (October 1939). Batman began carrying his rope hanging from the belt in "Detective Comics" #28 (June 1939), but developed a way for the rope to unspool from one of the chambers in "Batman" #67 (October-November 1951). It is an unnoticed part of Batman's costume in the first Batman tale in "Detective Comics" #27, but in "Detective Comics" #29 (July 1939), Bruce Wayne prepares for his evening's adventure by loading "glass pellets of choking gas" to the belt's chambers, in a story written by Gardner Fox and drawn by Bob Kane. The Utility Belt is one of the most crucial tools in Batman's arsenal, being a miniature arsenal in and of itself. ![]()
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