All monies raised will be donated to the September 11th Victims Relief Fund raising money for the long term needs of the victims. A year later in 1940 Batman acquired a sidekick Robin, and his own title. As with Detective Comics, the title was drawn by Bob Kane and written by Bill Fingers. Since then Batman has appeared in thousands of comics, TV series, cartoons, films and has spawned thousands of toys, games, watches, sculptures, action figures and more.
Batman continues to be one of DC's top comic characters still featuring in several titles.
The main Batman title has had many directions and notable story lines such as Year One when Batman returned to his darker side and the comic featured some of its strongest and most powerful story lines, and in 1988 when 'a Death in the Family' caused headlines worldwide. It featured the death of Robin, the second Robin Jason Todd. Robin was killed by the Joker, the original Robin, Dick Grayson had moved on and was to become another character Nightwing. Strong villains and story lines have helped Batman endure and these characters especially The Joker have many collectible lines in their own right. Outside of comics, action figures are one of the largest collectible lines.