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We're all geek culture collides I'm Shannon and today we're taking a look at the Batman character encyclopedia from DC Comics Discover all the powerful strange and crazy characters from the world of Batman Meet your favorite superheroes and learn about the most fearsome supervillains Every page features spectacular DC Comics art and is packed with fascinating facts about each character's origins equipment, skills and abilities copyright 2016 DC Comics Batman and all related characters and elements are trademarks of the of and copyright DC Comics WB Shield TM and Warner Brothers Entertainment Inc DK.com Let's take a look at this written by Matthew W Manning Batman created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger Delving to Batman's world and meet noble superheroes terrifying supervillains and everyone in between Discover honorable vigilantes deadly assassins heroes gone bad Humans that transform into animals honest cops and time-traveling warlords. Who is your favorite? Who wears the best costume and who has the strangest superpower? Turn the page and find out And comment contents here Every character in this book has his or her own role to play noble heroes use their powers and weapons to fight for justice The Dark Knight's allies might not have superpowers, but they help out when they can Neutral characters have been both friend and foe to Batman Whose side are they on now and of course the rogues dangerous villains who try to thwart the Dark Knight at every turn to find a character at superhuman speed Use the index at the book at the back of the book Then here's a list of all the characters and included in this book We got Batman here vital stats Bruce Wayne adopted the image of a bat in order to strike fear into the hearts of criminals everywhere This intimidating persona was inspired by Bruce's own childhood encounter with the bats living below Wayne Manor We got Bruce Wayne here Robin Of course, that's Damien Wayne Dick Grayson during his stint in spiral Red Hood Jason Todd red Robin Tim Drake Batgirl Batwoman Spoiler Azrael Alfred Pennyworth Julia Pennyworth Batwing Bluebird I'd like I've only seen her in a few appearances because I'm not a big Batman comic book collector I Really don't keep up on the newest comics. So I'd like to learn a little bit more about her. I May read this at some point Talon Hawk fire For those of you who don't know Hawk fire is the optimistic Robin to batwoman's more practical Batman Full of life and hope with more than a little skill of her own Hawk fire has proven herself as a true crime fighter Despite batwoman's concerns Catwoman there and the birds of prey black canary lady black Hawk Strix Condor the Condor turned his criminal life around to become the sole male member of the birds of prey He encountered the birds while in Japan and grew quite fond of black canary hoping for a romance with her There have been other male members of the birds of prey like Hawk from Hawk and Dove So Batman incorporated Elgato For those of you don't know Batman incorporated Batman incorporated succeeded in establishing official light officially licensed Batman around the world Protecting countries as diverse as France Japan and Russia the team even found an unofficial mascot in the form of bat cow Elgato is a member of the Batman incorporated So is the knight in squire Knight squire Which here's squire here Man of bats kind of a native American version of Batman Raven Red the Batman of Japan To become Batman Japan Hero faked his death as a hero mister unknown It was his way of starting fresh and beginning his own legacy He later set up his own base a hideout modeled after that of his hero and ally Batman a night runner When Batman and Dick Grayson helped curb riots in Paris caused by bizarre assassinations night runner Caught their eye He was soon deputized as a Batman incorporated member and later replaced the retired musketeer as the Batman of France black bat She was once known as Batgirl During the pre-new 52 era she had a full black mask Black bat is a natural fighter whose abilities were magnified when her father David Kane refused to teach her how to talk Instead she learned to communicate through body language and violence The hood kept his involvement in the clandestine Organization known as spiral a secret from his Batman incorporated cohorts. However, the hood was fighting on Batman's side all along Especially when it came to his opposition of Leviathan dark ranger batmite batmite is Very similar to mr. Mitsuplik Titus bat cow I'm not gonna read all these Thomas Wayne Martha Wayne James Gordon Maggie Sawyer Harvey Bullock Renee Montoya GCPD midnight shift 13th precinct the gut GCPD's most mysterious division precinct 13 is also referred to as the midnight shift When its methods came into question Sergeant Rook From internal affairs was assigned to assess the team Lucius Fox Jerry Powers Phillip Kane the brother of Bruce Wayne's mother Martha Wayne Phillip Kane had been trying to track Bruce down for years Kane eventually located Bruce at his base a townhouse near Crime Alley The street where the rain Waynes were killed Henry Ducard Duke Thomas there We eventually became signal Vicki Vale Mayor Sebastian Haiti dr. Leslie Tompkins the Huntress spiral Amadeus Arkham Jeremy Ark or Jeremiah Arkham Alan Wayne Jason Bard Gotham Academy students Gotham Academy faculty Haley Circus Barbara Keen Gordon which was Barbara Cain Gordon left her husband James Gordon and their two children Barbara Gordon and James Gordon junior after James junior Killed the family cat and threatened his sister, too Although James junior was just a child his mother believed his threats Years later she returned and attempted to rekindle a relationship with her daughter who had become bad girl Julie Madison Holly Robinson the Justice League Superman Part Kent Supergirl Wonder Woman that's a that's a damn fine picture of Wonder Woman right there. Kind of like that costume It's more futuristic You know, it's not very imminent Amazon-esque Like her other her other appearances, but I do really like it. It's more It's more armored. It's more practical Because I don't know many women who would want to go out and fight crime in a skirt or a thong Or even high heels for that matter like in the early appearances of Wonder Woman Anyway, Aquaman, I always thought I know they did this in Flashpoint, but I always thought instead of introducing Mara. They should have kind of Married those two together Wonder Woman and Aquaman to create an alliance a Greek alliance of Themyscira and Atlantis of course both are from The Greco-Roman world That's why I say a Greek alliance That way, you know It just makes sense But you know, I can understand They introduced Mara who had her own plot and everything all that it It was alright Green Lantern Hal Jordan Green Lantern John Stewart Cyborg the flash Green Arrow Martian manhunter. I do really like that design for Martian manhunter. I I Never understood the the trunks with the green legs and Practically practically being naked I actually also kind of like his pre-new 52 look where he's wearing the Full suit with you know, that was nice, too Lex Luthor black lightning Black lightning has been known to team with the magical hero blue devil Before the two were superhero partners. They were old high school friends who played on the same football team Interesting I didn't know that wonder if they'll eventually introduce blue devil in the black lightning television series Outsiders katana That guy kind of looks like blood spot That'd be a interesting to see katana versus blood spot Metamorpho Geo Force Halo Shazam Justice League of America team Titans Ragman outlaw Joker Harley Quinn Scarecrow penguin poison ivy riddler. Let's just flip through these signal man The signal man seems to join any club that will have him as a member So it made complete sense when he was an early supporter of the villain outsider and a member of the nefarious secret society Interesting he's kind of got a cool design, but I'm sure he's on the D lifts list for super villains This is actually the first time I've ever heard of him, so Darkside you had hush on the previous page secret society Suicide Squad deadshot as you can see this is a pretty thick book. It's got a lot of Content to it. I have not sat in red through read through the entire thing yet. I bought this a few years ago Actually is back in 2016 at a book fair At my daughter's school Saw it thought it was pretty look pretty cool. So There's the index artist acknowledgments Penguin Random House Senior editor Victoria Taylor project editor Sherry last editor Laura nickel Senior designer Robert Perry designers Chris Good Pilates You get the tears right here. I'm not gonna read it out. So there you have it guys Batman the character encyclopedia from DC Comics Copyright 2016 If you have a chance pick it up, it's pretty interesting If nothing else it'd be good to have for reference if say, you know you're a casual Batman fan, but don't know all the characters and Are worried about picking getting into Batman full-time Because there's been so many changes and everything and I'm sure since this There have been even more changes since you know the new 52 went into DC rebirth But this is a good starting off point Yeah, just look at that cover Got that gold shot sheen to the lettering Got Batgirl Superman Batman Wonder Woman Robin poison ivy two-faced Joker dark side and Harley Quinn It's really nice. There's the binding there. So, yeah, check it out. Pick it up and Read it for yourself Once again, I'm Shannon for come again TV the only place on YouTube Where all geek culture collides? Take care my friends