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The Batmobile, 1989
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
The 1989 Warner Bros. motion picture Batman featured this Batmobile.
The masked hero Batman, first introduced by DC Comics in 1939, has become one of the nation's most popular fictional characters. Tim Burton's Batman film brought the legend of the Caped Crusader to the big screen, its success ushering in a wave of blockbuster superhero movies that continues to this day.
Fighting crime in his home city of Gotham, Batman compensates for his lack of superhuman abilities through formidable will, intellectual prowess, and technological inventions such as the Batmobile, an armored and weaponized car.
To many, superheroes are modern mythological figures. Audiences seek out their stories in comic books, films, television series, theatrical productions, and video games. Many use these narratives to reflect upon and understand moral, political, and social issues, while using their interest in superheroes to develop and proclaim their own identities and to find like-minded communities. |