na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na bald mouse man!

Ok… I’ll admit it… I’m kind of a… a…well, a nerd. Yes… yes it’s true… all because I love batman. (*note* batman would make it onto the ok to love list). I do know that I’m not the only nerd out there, and many more nerds have joined

our ranks since the release of the recent Batman franchise. Let’s face it, Batman is a bad boy; we ladies love him, and men want to be him. There is just something about batman that puts him far above all of the other super heroes… I’m guessing it’s the fact that he doesn’t have any corny super powers. (you know what I mean: the ability to fly faster than a speeding bullet, wield a magical lasso, talk to fish, etc). Batman is justan average Joe (not to be confused with Joe the Plummer…). Actually, I lied, the caped crusader is more than an average Joe… he’s a bad ass mother f***er! I mean, honestly, the man fills out a pretty impressive skin-tight, spandex singlet, drives a sweet (albeit sometimes phallic) car… in fact its more than a car it’s a…. mobile? That’s pretty sweet right!?! He also, in MacGyver fashion, relies exclusively on the materials he can carry in his utility belt (a little string here, a couple of steel hooks there, some screws, and hey we’ve got a grappling hook). Lets take a look at some of the accessories that make Batman the Dark Knight we all know and love… a lot…

The toys (because he’s just a normal guy who doesn’t possess any stupid super

powers):

The Batcopter

The Bat-sub

The Bat suit

The utility belt

The Batmobile

The Batboat

The Batplane

The Batcycle

…. In fact Batman has an arsenal that includes such "bat-" named items as the bat-computer, bat-scanner, bat-radar, bat-cuffs, bat-pontoons, bat-drinking water dispenser, bat-camera with polarized bat-filter, bat-shark repellent bat-spray, and bat-rope… hmmmm if you’re going to pick a theme, you probably better go all out.

Batman could rely solely on his super sweet toys, but he chooses to let some friends help him:

Supporting characters:

The Robins:

1. Dick Grayson: grows up, leaves his mentor and become the hero: Nightwing
2. Jason Todd: he is beaten and then killed in an explosion set by the Joker… but then somehow he returns as an adversary
3. Tim Drake: is the third Robin… and he eventually gets his own series!

Alfred

Lucius Fox (business manager and unwitting armorer)

Commissioner James “Jim” Gordon

Barbara Gordon (Batgirl): the Joker puts her in a wheel chair

Azrael the assassin

Cassandra Cain: the new Batgirl… you know to replace the injured one…

Ace the Bat-Hound!

And his super friends…. Bad pun…I know…

And just to try to make things difficult for Mr. Bat there are a couple of the world most creative villians ever invented....

The Villains:

The Joker: stands for everything B-man opposes... he's a crazy be-yoch!

Catwoman: the sexy feline love interest... do bats and cats mix? At least they rhyme

The Scarecrow: Boo!

The Penguin: Hahahah, Danny Devito!

Two-Face: don't trust a man with one side of his face ripped off

The Riddler: Maybe Johnny Depp will be scarier than Jim Carey... or at least more muscular...

Mr. Freeze: I'll be back!

Poison Ivy: Creepy plant lady!

Ra’s al Ghul: It's too bad he's never been in any of the movies, he's a pretty ba dude

And, as you know Bruce Wayne the millionaire playboy loves the ladies here is a list of some ofthe women he gets with:

Julie Madison, Vicki Vale, Silver St Cloud, Wonder Woman, Sasha Bordeaux, and Catwoman

Ok, so at this point you probably have a pretty vivid image of Batman in your head... but which image is it? You know there are so many versions of gothem's most wanted it's hard to keep them all straight!

Concerning the different types of batman:

*The comic strip/book batman began in1943

*Lewis Wilson: was the first actor to portray Batman in 1943 as part of a 15 part serial batman series

* Robert Lowery started in a second movie serial- Batman and Robin in 1945

*The Adam West portrayed the winged one on The Batman television series premiering in January 1966. He also voiced some of the later cartoon adaptations of Batman

*Olan Soule voiced Batman on the cartoon series: Super Friends.

* Michael Keaton played the man bat in Tim Burton’s Batman (1989), and Batman Returns (1992)

*Val Kilmer: was the Batman of Batman Forever (1995) directed by Joel Schumacher

*George Clooney: is best know for his role as Batman in the acclaimed film, Batman and Robin (1997) also directed by Schumacher

*Batman returned to television in 1992: Batman: The Animated Series, this sparked several more TV series starring: Kevin Conroy, Rino Romano, and Diedrich Bader as the Dark Crusader.

*Christian Bale: Brought Batman back (and maybe sexy too?) in Batman Begins (2005), and The Dark Knight (2008) directed by Christopher Nolan

*Il y avait aussi un certain mec français qui avait son proper costume Batman... mais on ne va pas parler plus sur ce sujet...

So, there you have it everything you wanted to know (and more) about one of the studliest dudes out there. If you'll excuse me I'm going to go put myself into dangerous situations and hope he comes and rescues me!