A Psychopath with a KAPOW!-Speech bubble

Batman was invented, when the world went to hell. To Frank Miller, one of the most influential authors of the figure, said. 80 years ago, on 30. In March 1939, shortly before the beginning of the Second world war, had the avenger with the black Cape in the number 27 of "Detective Comics," his first appearance. Black mask, dark shirt – optic Batman was the Antipode to Superman, in blue spandex shorts and red panties had come a year earlier.

In his heart, Batman is a torn, traumatized Boy. As a child, Bruce Wayne had to see how his parents during a robbery gunned down. Henceforth, he sees it as his Mission to rid the streets of Gotham from the crime: He trains in martial arts, criminology, engineering, and transforms into Batman. The bat costume is not only hides his true identity, but has a second function, as he explains in the first Batman: "Criminals are a superstitious bunch. Therefore, in my disguise to strike terror into their hearts."

Bob Kane and Bill Finger, the Creator of Batman, were of characters such as Zorro, Dracula, Sherlock Holmes and Leonardo da Vinci's sketches inspired wings of a flying machine with bat. Batman soon developed an icon that was in the past 80 years, the mirror and the projection surface of American society – and, depending on the era, different transformations through. During the Second world war, he hunted Nazis, in 1943, he campaigned for war bonds. In the 60s series with Adam West. in the role of an icon of counter-culture, the flashy colorful TV Format, with the noise-speech bubbles to Trash-cult: POW, BAM, KAPOW The series brought Batman on the Cover of "Life Magazine".

Its origin medium, the Comic Strip, Batman has long since left behind.

Batman should never be a flawless hero figure. Much of the Batman Mythos is problematic: As a privileged white man is above the law and citizens ' rights, to punish the physically and mentally disabled with gross violence. Batman is a Hero for people who don't believe in heroes anymore.

Its origin medium, the Comic Strip, has left Batman a long time ago. Meanwhile, thousands of Comic books from the Batman cosmos on the market, seven cartoon series, more than two dozen films and similar to many computer games in which the bat-man plays the main role. Super heroes are always commercial products.

A new Chapter in the history of Batman was added in the Era of Trump, now Batman is a freedom and light-hating agents of darkness who want to bring the Existing to collapse. Perhaps the Resemblance to the US President himself ensures. In August 2015, children Donald Trump, who had been invited asked, in his helicopter to fly: "Mr. Trump? Are You The Batman?" Trump replied: "I'm Batman." A Smile flitted from his face.

(editing Tamedia)

Created: 29.03.2019, 21:55 PM