20 Facts You Didn’t Know About Batman

Here we present 20 facts about the mysterious guy known by everyone, Batman.

1.  Ben Affleck is the only actor to wear both a Batman suit and Superman suit in two different films.
2.  The word “batman” is used to refer to someone’s personal servant – So, Alfred Pennyworth is actually Batman’s batman!?
   What if Alfred had his own batman? It would be Batman’s batman batman? That’s too much for me!
3.  It was the fans who killed Robin. In 1988 readers were asked their opinion about the end of Robin’s story, the majority (5343 out of 10000) voted for his death, so he was promptly killed. 
4.   Batman was once the name of a position in the military. It was a position of an officer’s orderly or servant
5.  Quentin Tarantino doesn’t like Batman, claiming he’s “not a very interesting character”. According to Quentin the best Batman could be played by Alec Baldwin in the ’80s.
6.  Batman fought ebola in the 90’s and Robin almost died.
7.  Batman was inspired by da Vinci, movies and masked men. Wings were taken from Da Vinci’s sketch of a flying device, the suit and the identity were inspired by the movie “Bat whisperers” 1930, the rich alter ego was inspired by the movie “The Mask of Zorro” 1920, the radio show character named the Shadow inspired the cloak of Batman, his dual identity and his sleuthing talent.
8.  Gotham is actually in Nottingham. The visit of the author Washington Irving to England before making the movie was rather inspiring.
9.  Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman) was in Batman Returns (1992) as Penguin’s Dad.
10.  Andy Warhol directed the first ever Batman film. His work, “Batman Dracula” was never officially released though.
11.  The secret Batman’s identity is not so secret. In fact eleven characters know (or have known) that Batman and Bruce Wayne are the same person.
12.  A version of The Beatles exists in the Batman universe. While saving the world Batman had some interest for popular culture as well.
13.  There’s a lost film called “Batman fights Dracula”.
14.  Batman outsmarts the Riddler so hard he goes insane. The Riddler made a “perfect trap” for Batman but the superhero managed to escape it. The shock and curiosity affected the mental health of the Riddler so much he was taken to Arkham Asylum.
15. Luke Skywalker is the voice of the Joker in Batman: The Animated Series.
16.  Batman is perpetually 34 years old. But he has a well-rounded history including Cambridge and Sorbonne education, FBI experience, martial arts training in Asia.
17.  The Dark Knight is the first Batman film not to incorporate the word “Batman” into its title. It was successful that Christopher Nolan decided to make another movie about the superhero without the word “Batman” (“The Dark Knight Rises”).
18.  Tom Hardy (Bane) needed 3 inch heels to be the same height as Christian Bale so he could “look him in the eyes” in Batman
19.  There’s a city called “Batman” in Turkey.
20. In 1996, both DC and Marvel comics published a crossover series where Batman and Wolverine were made into one character named Dark Claw.
    
    That character looked like this: