Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 (May 1939), and since then has appeared in many of DC Comics’ publications. Originally referred to as " the Bat-Man " and still referred to at times as " the Batman ", he is additionally known as " The Caped Crusader ", " The Dark Knight " , " The Darknight Detective ", and " The World's Greatest Detective ". In the original version of the story and the vast majority of retellings, Batman's secret identity is Bruce Wayne , an American millionaire (later billionaire) playboy, industrialist, and philanthropist. Having witnessed the murder of his parents as a child, he swore revenge on crime, an oath tempered with the greater ideal of justice. Wayne trains himself both physically and intellectually and dons a bat-themed costume in order to fight crime....
