The book will follow his perspective as he goes on a rampage throughout gotham and focuses on the struggles of kirk langstrom as he is challenged by the gotham city police department, and, of. Langstrom hates turning into a monster, and constantly works to cure himself. A collective of fictional characters appear in american comic books published by dc comics featuring the superhero batman as the main protagonist since batmans introduction in 1939, the character has accumulated a number of recognizable supporting characters. In really nice condition, any issue of this rare comic book series is worth good money. Manbat article about manbat by the free dictionary. One of the most iconic fictional characters in the world, batman has dedicated his life to an endless crusade, a war on all criminals in the name of his murdered parents, who were taken from him when he was just a child.
Manbat appeared three times in the cartoon the batman. Charles chuck dixon is an american comic book writer, perhaps bestknown for long runs on batman titles in the 1990s. These titles have been handled or coordinated through a single editorial section at dc comics. Its chapter book, but every so often a page full of action will be done as a comic book page instead of a prose page. Manbat comic book hero action figures for sale ebay. Manbat the manbat was a creature resulting from crossing of human and bat dna. This has made him a formidable adversary to batman. Not to mention that she is also batmans love interest. This also extends to his supporting cast and his rogues gallery, not. Batman is an ongoing american comic book series featuring the dc comics superhero batman as its main protagonist. Kirk langstrom, the manbat serum was a horrifying concoction that altered the humanity of the person consuming it and warped it to become a vicious, feral halfman, halfbat creaturethe manbat.
The evil baron tyme has taken control of manbats wife francine, forcing her to try to kill one of his colleagues. This mini book nrecord set was published by power records, an imprint of peter pan records in 1976. Kirk langstrom, a scientist studying bats who develops an. Since batman s introduction in 1939, the character has accumulated a number of recognizable supporting characters. Since batmans introduction in 1939, the character has accumulated a number of recognizable supporting characters. Batman, one of the most influential comic book characters to be penned, was created by artist bob kane and writer bill finger, though kane, who designed the character, often receives credit as the. See more ideas about batman artwork, batman and comic art. Dc is coming out with a brand new comic series centered around a batthemed character, but its not who you might first expect.
Batman has been gothams protector for decades, ceo of wayne enterprises, patriarch of the bat family and veteran member of the justice league. And other comic book legends revealed and why does batman carry shark repellent. Kirk langstrom, a scientist studying bats who develops an extract intended to give humans a bats sonar sense. See more ideas about batman, batman universe and comic character. Arkham knight video game comedy delirious funny h2o h2o delirious face h2o delirious face reveal h2o delirious fan art h2odelirious h2odelirious real name harley quinn comic book character.
Upon her return in the modern age kate kane returned to the fold as red haired crime fighter most affiliated with batman incorporated and spyral. Every batman villain in the lego batman movie comic book. This page is about the original comic book character. This section also generally handles titles that have spun off of the core batman titles to feature related characters. Afflicted with a disease that threatened to leave him deaf, dr. Batman has been featured in many ongoing series, limited series and graphic novels published by dc comics. Wikipedia states he is a fictional character in comic books published by dc comics who was initially one of the more colorful and camp supervillains to join batmans growing roster of enemies in the mid1960s. The book will follow his perspective as he goes on a rampage throughout gotham and focuses on the struggles of kirk langstrom as he is challenged by the gotham city police department, and, of course, batman himself. Manbat robert kirkland kirk langstrom is a fictional supervillain and antihero appearing in comic books published by dc comics, commonly as an adversary of the superhero batman. Great deals on manbat comic book hero action figures. And because of this the artwork in this comic is unbelievably,good done in. Apr 22, 2020 and other comic book legends revealed and why does batman carry shark repellent. Get the best deal for manbat comic book hero action figures from the largest online selection at.
See more ideas about marvel comic books, comic book artists and comic art. The animated series has become the defining batman series, and you might be surprised to see where those now iconic designs started. Brave and the bold 119 comic, batman, manbat, team up book. The animated series, mister freeze was little more than a clist batman villain with a cool ice gun. Comic book characters comic character comic books art comic art gotham villains comic villains i am batman batman art catwoman what others are saying raz al ghul, scarecrow and catwoman in their comics versions, animated serie and nolan movie. She isnt an antagonist, but she isnt a heroine either. The first batman supporting character was commissioner james gordon, who first appeared in the same comic book as batman in detective. Batmans villain the manbat is getting his own comic. Not to mention that she is also batman s love interest. Gotham villains comic villains comic book characters comic character character design comic books batman hero im batman superman manbat by mikemahle on deviantart heres my next entry into the villains of gotham series. His motivations ranged from weak to nonexistent, and he effectively served as a walking icepun dispenser. Characters who inspired the creation of batman screenrant.
In 1995 comic book artist neal adams who created many memorable stories in batman helped in excelling to create a two sided tragic story of batman dubbed and called manbat throughout the 1970s in which it was about a two sided character in direct oppositon to the batman in the form of a winged parasite called manbat. Arkham knight, with kirk langstrom voiced by loren lester, and his manbat persona voiced by liam obrien. It was first advertised in early april 1940, one month after the first. Manbat, the famous villain of batman, is officially getting his own comic. Kirk langstrom, a scientist specializing in the study of bats, develops an extract intended to give humans the bats sonar sense and tests the formula on himself because he was becoming deaf. Batman is a superhero cocreated by artist bob kane and writer bill finger and published by dc comics. Who can name all these batman villains just based on one. Robin meets man bat, a 1976 batman narrated comic book from power peter pan records, featured neal adams art and a partial reprint of. Feb 17, 2020 manbat, the famous villain of batman, is officially getting his own comic.
His first appearance was in the man who would be bat. Bruce wayne has become close friends with langstrom and helps fund his research. Robin meets manbat book and record set dc database. Kirk langstrom is a fictional supervillain who appears in comics published by dc comics, usually as an adversary of batman. Originally devised as a love interest for batman, batwomans series was soon cancelled. Female batman characters heroes and villains the girls. Kate kane is an openly gay batman family character and a lesbian icon for many comic book fans. Manbat is kirk langstrom, a scientist who developed a serum that transforms him into a batcreature. Some of the most important and rare comic books to be published in the golden age appeared as part of allamerican comics full article. Who can name all these batman villains just based on one picture. This batman comics price guide will help you to value all the early issues of batman comics, the series which began in 1940. However, the episode heart of ice completely rewrote the character, turing him into a tragic, vengeancedriven villain who is quite possibly the most empathetic of all of. Since that tragic night, he has trained his body and mind to near physical perfection to be a selfmade super hero. In the name of his murdered parents, bruce wayne wages eternal war on the criminals of gotham city.
Kirk langstrom devised an experimental cure that merged the dna of humans and bats. The character has been featured in various media adaptations, such as feature films, television series and video games. Arkham knight arkham asylum fictional setting arkham knight batcoon batman comic book character batman. Batman proved to be so popular that a selftitled ongoing comic book series began publication with a cover date of spring 1940. Gotham shows the young selina, and might i add, she is my favorite character. His earliest comics work was writing evangeline first for comico comics in 1984 then later for first comics, who published the ongoing series, on which he worked with his thenwife, the artist judith hunt. For decades, the character rarely appeared in comic books, as batman stories returned to darker themes.
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