May 1939, in Detective Comics #27
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Batman was started as a part of detective comics in 1939. However, it gained immense popularity, so a self titled comic series was started in 1940 which is still ongoing.
Batman first appeared in a comic book in May of 1939 in Detective Comics #27. The comic book series Batmanstarted in May of 1940.
The comic book named "Batman" first came out in 1940, however that wasn't Batman's first appearance. His first appearance was in Detective Comics #27 which was published in 1937
The comic book for batman was first published in 1939 under Detective Comics number twenty seven. It is first appearance in this series. The Batman comic series has been popular ever sense.
Batman Forever was released in 1995
According to the Internet Movie Database (imdb.com) an Untitled Batman Project, starring Christian Bale as Batman, is supposed to come out at some point in 2011.
In the original Batman comic book series, Dick Grayson was a 10-year-old acrobat, the youngest of a family circus act called the "Flying Graysons". A gangster named Boss Zucco had been extorting money from the circus and killed Grayson's parents, John and Mary, by sabotaging their trapeze equipment as a warning against defiance. Bruce Wayne took Grayson in as his ward and, after having his Batman alter ego discovered, trained Grayson, who became his partner in fighting crime.
Harley Quinn (play on the word harlequin) first appeared in "Batman: The Animated Series" epidsoe "Jokers Favor". Since then she has appeared in many other series including comic books. Her first comic book was "The Batman Adventures: Mad Love", but it was written and drawn by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm (who were 2 producers in of the animated series and Harley's creators) the comic book revealed Harley's origins as an Arkham Asylum psychiatrist who fell in love with the Joker. The story was widely praised and won the Eisner and Harvey Awards for Best Single Issue Comic of the Year. Since then she has appeared in animated series such as "The Batman" and a small cameo appearance at the end of "Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker"
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