The Batman Trivia
Scientist Kirk Langstrom was employed as a Zoologist
at the Gotham City Zoo where he experimented with bat mutigene to create
a serum to replicate the creatures' long life. After testing the serum
on himself, Langstrom was transformed into the vicious ManBat.
The original Batgirl (first introduced in Batman
#139) was Betty Kane, the niece of Batwoman (Kathy Kane). A later version
of Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) was the daughter of police Commissioner James
Gordon.
Catwoman made her first appearance in Batman #1
(Spring, 1940). The Penguin (1941), The Riddler (1948), and Mr. Freeze
(1959) were all introduced later.
After deducing Batman's secret identity and invading
the sanctity of Wayne Manor and the Batcave, Bane not only defeated Batman,
but broke his back, leaving him crippled and wheelchair-bound. Helpless,
Bruce Wayne left his costume and crime-fighting duties to Jean Paul Valley
and set out on an arduous quest to regain his strength and will to fight.
Eventually, after much rehabilitation and training with the beautiful
but deadly Lady Shiva, Wayne returned to Gotham to reclaim the mantle
of the Dark Knight. |