Taito DC Comics Batman High Stage Figure with 6" Statue
Batman made his first appearance in Detective Comics No.27 (May, 1939). Batman is the secret identity of Bruce Wayne. Witnessing the murder of his parents as a child leads him to train himself to physical and intellectual perfection and don a bat-themed costume in order to fight crime. Batman operates in Gotham City, assisted by various supporting characters including his sidekick Robin and his butler Alfred Pennyworth and fights an assortment of villains influenced by the character's roots in film and pulp magazines.