batman (fictional character)

Describes the history of the Batman character, discussing its creation, development, popularity, and future. Includes black-and-white illustrations, sidebars, and a bibliography.

When Jason Todd, aka Robin, discovers that the woman he believed was his mother was not his real mother, he goes looking for his birth mother. When he tracks her to the Middle East, he ends up tangled up in one of the Joker's schemes, and it will be a fatal mistake.

After nine-year-old Bruce Wainwright, who is obsessed with Batman comics, loses his parents to a violent crime, he is sent to a private boarding school where he battles grief, rage, and revenge. Then a bat-like creature brings justice to his parents' killers, and proceeds to follow Bruce throughout the years. While Bruce wonders if this creature is good or evil, his long-repressed rage threatens to explode and destroy him and the city of Boston.

In the middle of summer, Mr. Freeze blankets Gotham City in a blizzard, and the reader must choose how Batman will thwart him and bring summer back to the city.

When the Riddler crashes a charity dinner, Batman, and the reader, must choose which path to follow--some paths will lead to rescue, other paths will prove fatal.

When Bruce Wayne catches up with the man who murdered his parents many years earlier, he chases the crook on his own while relating the story of how he became Batman.

When the penguins go missing from the zoo, Batman's crime-fighting canine Ace the Bat-Hound is on the case. Only his nose can solve the Ice Cream Caper.

Batman has gone missing, leaving Superman to guard Gotham City while Wonder Woman searches outer space for the Dark Knight and the reason why he disappeared.

Batman and Robin team up with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to protect New York City from the villains determined to wreak havoc on the citizens. The superheroes have their work cut out for them when the Joker, Harley Quinn, and Shredder join forces to unleash their evil plans.

Batgirl Cassandra Cain is being distracted by something as she prepares for her next battle with Lady Shiva and Batman and former Batgirl Barbara Gord struggle to find out what it is before it gets her killed.