Debut of the Day: The Batmobile first appeared outside of DC comic books 80 years ago in Lambert Hillyer’s 15 chapter black and white serial film “Batman” released by Columbia Pictures in 1943. After “the Bat-Man”’s 1939 debut in ‘Detective Comics’, the character’s popularity continued to rise in National Allied Publications (today’s DC), receiving his own self titled book a year later in April 1940. As the adventures of Batman and his young sidekick Robin the Boy Wonder (Dick Grayson) evolved t

Batman’s Bat-signal in live action cinema and television (1943-2022). This important piece of Batman’s comic book iconography, that had its debut in 1942’s Detective Comics #60, hit the big screen for the first time 80 years ago in Columbia Picture's 15 chapter serial “Batman” (1943) starring Lewis Wilson as film’s first Dark Knight.🦇🔦🌃 | History of The Batman