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Batman and Robin #6

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1st full appearance of Flamingo, a flamboyantly dressed assassin who dabbles in cannibalism

Cover art inspired by Purple Rain by Prince and the Revolution

Batman #656
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1st full appearance of Damian Wayne, in final panel

1st appearance of Jezebel Jet

Batman #156
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Iconic cover art by Sheldon Moldoff that pioneered many covers that followed including Crisis on Infinite Earths #7

1st appearance of Dr. Hurt, an ancestor of Bruce Wayne

Batman #417
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1st appearance of the KGBeast, a cybernetically enhanced assassin, formerly a Soviet agent

Batman: The Cult #1

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1st appearance of Deacon Blackfire

Detective Comics #300

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1st appearance of Polka-Dot Man

Batman #133
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1st appearance of Kite-Man

3rd appearance of Bat-Mite

The Kite Man animated series premiered on Max July 18, 2024

Batman #237
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1st appearance of the Reaper, Benjamin Gruener

Iconic horror cover and story concept inspired by Bernie Wrightson and Harlan Ellison

Cameo appearances by Marvel characters including Havok, Thor, Spider-Man and Captain America, as people in Halloween costumes

Real life comic creators drawn into the story: Bernie Wrightson, Gerry Conway and Alan Weiss

Detective Comics #1001

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1st full appearance of Arkham Knight, in DC mainstream continuity

Previously appeared in video game adaptations

Detective Comics #583

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1st appearance of Scarface & Ventriloquist

[August 2022 - rumored to appear in Penguin spin-off series on HBO Max]

Batman #59
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1st appearance of Deadshot, a mercenary

Detective Comics #230
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1st appearance of Mad Hatter II, an impostor who is renamed the Hatman in Batman #700

Batman #49
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1st appearance of the Mad Hatter, Jervis Tetch

1st appearance of Vicki Vale

Batman #6
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1st full team appearance of The Court of Owls

Batman #2
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1st appearance of The Talon, William Cobb, an assassin for the Court of Owls and the great-grandfather of Dick Grayson

Batman #619
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1st appearance of Hush, Tommy Elliot in costume

Detective Comics #259
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1st appearance of Calendar Man

Batman #188
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1st appearance of the Eraser

Birds of Prey #37

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1st appearance of Condiment King, a villain who weaponizes condiments

Detective Comics #36
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1st appearance and origin of Hugo Strange

Debut of Batman's finned gloves

Detective Comics #524

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1st full appearance of Killer Croc

Batman #357 is commonly cited as Killer Croc's first appearance but he appears no different in his first cameo appearance in Detective Comics #523 than he does in Batman #357. In this issue, it is revealed that the previously obscured figure has crocodile features

2nd cameo appearance of Jason Todd, in one panel, mentioned by name

Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1

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1st appearance, cover and origin of Bane

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Batman #484

[September 2024 - James Gunn’s DCU is developing a Bane and Deathstroke super-villain team-up film based on a script by Matthew Orton]

Batman Adventures #12

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1st appearance of Harley Quinn in a standard comic

[August 2022 - Lady Gaga confirmed to star opposite Joaquin Phoenix in the Joker movie sequel as Harley Quinn / March 2023 - a set photo from the Joker sequel provides a first look at Lady Gaga as Harley]

Detective Comics #58
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1st appearance of the Penguin

[March 2022 - Colin Farrell will reprise the Penguin in an HBO Max spin-off]

Detective Comics #66
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1st appearance and origin of Two-Face, Harvey Dent, a district attorney disfigured by acid

1st appearance of Gilda Dent, the wife of Harvey Dent

1st appearance of Salvatore Maroni, the mob boss who disfigured Harvey Dent

Detective Comics #411

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1st appearance and cover of Talia al Ghul, daughter of Ra's al Ghul

Detective Comics #405

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1st team appearance of the League of Assassins

Batman #232
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1st appearance of Ra's al Ghul

2nd appearance of Talia al Ghul

Batman #171
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1st appearance of the Riddler in the Silver Age

Prior to the publication of this issue, the Riddler hadn't appeared in comics for 17 years

Batman #181
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1st appearance of Poison Ivy, Pamela Isley

Interior pin-up poster of Batman and Robin included

Detective Comics #841

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1st team appearance of the Wonderland Gang: Tweedledum, Tweedledee, The Lion, The Unicorn, The Walrus, The Carpenter, The Mad Hatter and The March Harriet

Detective Comics #74
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1st appearance of Tweedledee & Tweedledum

Batman #38
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1st appearance and origin of Matthew Warner, a boy obsessed with Bruce Wayne to the point of having his own parents killed

Detective Comics #625

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1st appearance of Abattoir, a man who believed he could absorb the life force of those he killed including that of his own family

Batman #452

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First mention of Barbatos the Bat-God of the Dark Multiverse

Barbatos also claims to be the bat that Bruce Wayne saw on the night he decided to become Batman

Batman #43

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1st appearance of Mr. Bloom, a provider of seeds that are internalized, temporarily granting a person superpowers but at the cost of their lives

Batman #345
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1st appearance of Dr. Death in the Bronze Age, a scientist who develops biological weapons

Detective Comics #469

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1st appearance of Doctor Phosphorus, a villain who is perpetually on fire after being exposed to massive amounts of radiation

1st appearance of Rupert Thorne, a corrupt politician

Detective Comics #592

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1st appearance of Cornelius Stirk, a cannibal who believes he needs to feed on people's hearts to survive

Batman #189
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1st appearance of the Scarecrow in the Silver Age and 3rd appearance overall

Introduction of Scarecrow chemicals to elicit fear

[October 2023 - a Scarecrow project is rumored to be in development]

Detective Comics #298

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1st appearance of the second Clayface, Matt Hagen, a scuba diver who had come into contact with a clay-like substance that compromised his molecular structure

[October 2024 - Alan Tudyk will voice Clayface in Creature Commandos / November 2024 - a Clayface movie is rumored to be in development with writer Matt Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill House) - there are multiple characters who took on the name Clayface]

Batman #386
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1st appearance of Black Mask, a crime boss who wore a mask carved from the casket lid of his deceased father

Detective Comics #400

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1st appearance and origin of Man-Bat, a scientist whose experiment went awry after combining human and bat DNA to cure his own deafness

First solo Batgirl and Robin story

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1

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1st appearance of Victor Zsasz, a serial killer who carves a tally mark in his skin for every victim he claims

1st appearance of Jeremiah Arkham, later becomes the second Black Mask

Batman Streets of Gotham #2

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1st appearance of Jane Doe without a disguise, skinless

Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #6

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1st full appearance of Great White Shark, previously Warren White who was mutilated from frostbite after Jane Doe locked him in Mr. Freeze's cell

Batman #666
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Stand-alone story set 15 years into the future featuring Damian Wayne as Batman

1st cameo and only appearance of Professor Pyg, deceased in one panel - Pyg is later reintroduced with a different design and character profile

1st cameo appearance of Flamingo, briefly in one last episode, later introduced with a different design

1st appearance of Bat-Devil, Michael Lane in a possible future

Batman: Gotham Knights #28

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1st appearance of The Mortician, a villain with the ability to revive corpses

Batman: The Dark Knight #1

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1st appearance of White Rabbit, Jaina Hudson who has the ability to split into two separate bodies, previously introduced in Adventures of Superman #500 as Angora Lapin

1st appearance of Dawn Golden, a romantic interest of Bruce Wayne

Detective Comics #2

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1st appearance of Dollmaker, a serial killer who makes dolls out of the skin and body parts of his victims

1st appearance of Charlotte Rivers, a romantic interest of Bruce Wayne