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DC Comics character

Man-Bat
The Man-Bat from Who's Who in the DC Universe #12, art past Michael Golden
Publication data
Publisher	DC Comics
Get-go appearance	Detective Comics #400 (June 1970)
Created by	Frank Robbins (writer) Neal Adams (artist) Julius Schwartz (concept)
In-story information
Change ego	Dr. Robert Kirkland "Kirk" Langstrom
Species	Metahuman
Team affiliations	Surreptitious Society of Super Villains Justice League Dark
Notable aliases	Kirk Langstrom
Abilities	Every bit Kirk Langstrom: Genius level intellect Proficient biochemist and zoologist As Human-Bat: Superhuman force Flight Sharp claws Echolocation Speed Sound manipulation

Human being-Bat (Dr. Robert Kirkland "Kirk" Langstrom) is a supervillain actualization in comic books published by DC Comics. Introduced in Detective Comics #400 (June 1970) as an enemy of the superhero Batman,^[ane] the character belongs to the commonage of adversaries that make upward his rogues gallery. Originally portrayed every bit a supervillain, after incarnations prove Human-Bat as a sympathetic villain or antihero.

Homo-Bat originated as an anthropomorphic, feral, bat-like beast, lacking sentience and acting purely on instinct; the outcome of Langstrom testing a serum that could supposedly give humans a bat's astute sonar sense on himself. Batman managed to contrary the effects, only Langstrom would return as Man-Bat time and time once more, albeit not necessarily as a villain, as Langstrom would sometimes retain enough sanity to utilise his powers for practiced. Several other characters have since appeared as similar Homo-Bat creatures, including Langstrom'southward wife Francine and father Aaron.

Since his debut at the end of the Silver Historic period of Comic Books, Homo-Bat has been featured in various media adaptations, including television series and video games. In 2017, Man-Bat was ranked equally IGN 's 16th best Batman villain.^[ii]

Publication history [edit]

The grapheme made his start advent in Detective Comics #400 (June 1970) and was created by Frank Robbins and Neal Adams in collaboration with editor Julius Schwartz.^[3] The Man-Bat was the star of his own eponymous series in 1975–1976,^[four] which proved to exist unpopular and was cancelled after just two issues.

Fictional grapheme biography [edit]

Batman fighting Man-Bat in the textless embrace of Man-Bat (vol. 3) #3 (Baronial 2006). Art past Mike Huddleston.

Dr. Kirk Langstrom, a zoologist who specialized in chiropterology, developed an extract intended to give humans a bat's acute sonar sense and tested the formula on himself.^[5] The extract worked, only it had a horrible side effect: it transformed him into a monstrous human/bat hybrid creature.^[vi] This side issue made him and then distraught that it temporarily affected his sanity and he went on a mad rampage until Batman found a way to reverse the effects.^[7] Later, Langstrom takes the concoction again and the Human-Bat returns. He also coaxes his wife, Francine Langstrom, into drinking the serum and she goes through the same transformation, becoming the She-Bat. Together, they terrorize Gotham Urban center until Batman once again restores them to normal.^[8]

On some occasions, Langstrom takes the serum and retains plenty sanity to work for the forces of good. During 1 of these periods, he works with the detective Jason Bard. On another occasion, in Action Comics #600, Jimmy Olsen inadvertently puts Superman into a cave occupied by the Man-Bat to protect him from kryptonite radiation that had reached Earth following the explosion of Krypton. The Man-Bat calms the maddened Superman and so summons Hawkman, who helps Superman overcome the radiation. Kirk and Francine have a daughter, Rebecca ("Becky"), and a son, Aaron. Because of the furnishings the serum had on Aaron'south Deoxyribonucleic acid, he is born with a deadly illness. Francine turns him into a immature Man-Bat to save his life. This occurred in upshot #3 of the Homo-Bat miniseries by Chuck Dixon.

Infinite Crisis and beyond [edit]

Francine Langstrom equally she appears in Batman and the Outsiders (vol. 2) #9 (September 2008). Art past Julian López.

The Man-Bat is sighted in Alexander Luthor Jr.'s Secret Society of Super Villains during the events of the 2005–2006 storyline Space Crisis.^[nine]

In the aftermath of that storyline, both Kirk and Francine are shown to be alive in the 2006 "One Year Later" storyline. Talia al Ghul binds and gags Francine, and then threatens to poisonous substance her if Kirk does not give her the Human-Bat formula. After Langstrom gives her the formula, she releases Francine as promised. Talia utilizes the Man-Bat to plow some generic members of the League of Assassins into Man-Bat Commandos.^[10]

In Gotham Underground, the Man-Bat is apprehended by the Suicide Squad.^[11] He is one of the villains seen in Conservancy Run.^[12] Francine has appeared in Batman and the Outsiders, serving as the team'due south technical advisor, and her assistant Salah Miandad operates the "bare" OMAC drone known as ReMAC. In issue #10 of that series, Kirk appeared, seemingly healthy and also aiding Francine.

In the 2008 miniseries Final Crisis, the Man-Bat has been turned into a Justifier and was shown attacking Switzerland'due south Checkmate Headquarters.^[13] During the 2009 "Boxing for the Cowl" storyline, following Batman'due south apparent death, Kirk is haunted by nightmares of becoming the Man-Bat and killing his wife. When Francine disappears, he takes the serum and tries to follow her. After an altercation with the Outsiders, he returns to his human form and is captured past Physician Phosphorus, who reveals that the serum is non necessary to trigger the change. Kirk discovers that Phosphorus has too captured Francine and becomes the Man-Bat to save her.^[14]

During the 2009–2010 Blackest Night storyline, Francine tracks down Kirk (as the Man-Bat), having created a cure, and revealed that Kirk'south adjacent transformation would be permanent if he did not beverage information technology.^[fifteen] Kirk attempts to have the cure, but his Man-Bat persona will not let him. Merely as Kirk is most to drink it, Francine is wounded in the crossfire of the battle between Black Lantern Solomon Grundy and Bizarro (the latter of whom is already at the scene, trying to forestall Kirk from taking the cure). Distraught at Francine's injuries, Kirk transforms into the Homo-Bat, seemingly permanently.^[16] In Batgirl (vol. 3) #10-11, the Human being-Bat is seen nether the control of the Calculator as a techno-zombie.^[17] In the "Collision" storyline of Red Robin, following Red Robin's actions against Ra'southward al Ghul and the League of Assassins, the latter attempts to murder people related to the Bat-Family. The Man-Bat, post-obit Red Robin's orders, protects Julie Madison, a former lover of Bruce Wayne, against Ra's al Ghul'due south assassins.^[18]

The New 52 [edit]

The Homo-Bat in Batman: The Dark Knight (vol. 2) #28 (April 2014). Art by Ethan Van Sciver.

In The New 52 (a 2011 reboot of the DC Comics universe), the bulk of Kirk Langstrom'southward history is rebooted. The Human-Bat serum showtime appears in Detective Comics (vol. two) #eighteen (May 2013). Ignatius Ogilvy also comes into possession of the Homo-Bat serum, which he uses equally an airborne virus to spread throughout Gotham Urban center'southward "900 Block".^[19]

In Detective Comics (vol. 2) #19 (June 2013), Kirk Langstrom start appears where he and his wife Francine are escorted past Batwoman to Batman's location. Langstrom reveals that he is the creator of the serum, intending to help deaf people. Taking responsibility equally the creator of the serum, he uses a sample of the serum Batman had obtained to inject himself. This creates an anti-virus which also spreads through the air. Langstrom is turned into a Man-Bat (the last remaining Man-Bat) as his anti-virus cures the remaining citizens of Gotham. It was later on revealed that Emperor Penguin was the i who released the virus.^[twenty] Emperor Penguin later made utilise of Langstrom's Homo-Bat serum when he combined it with the Venom drug and one of Poison Ivy's plant concoctions to empower himself.^[21]

Langstrom re-appears in Batman Inc. (vol. two) #10 (June 2013) apparently giving Batman the serum. He claims to exist working on an aerosol antidote to the serum as well.^[22] The backup feature of Detective Comics (vol. two) #21 (August 2013), focuses on Langstrom and his wife. He changes from the Man-Bat grade into his man grade and becomes fond to the Human being-Bat serum, taking it every dark. He manifestly does not remember his deportment from the previous night, notwithstanding worries that a cord of reported killings are his fault.^[23]

During the "Forever Evil" storyline, the Man-Bat is amid the villains recruited past the Criminal offense Syndicate of America to join the Secret Club of Super-Villains.^[24] The Scarecrow and the Human being-Bat attempt to steal the frozen Talons (assassins that are associated with the Court of Owls) from Blackgate while the Penguin is having a meeting with Blight. Bane arrives at Blackgate as the Man-Bat and his beau Man-Bats are attempting to transport the Talons to Mr. Freeze and is able to keep 1 from leaving.^[25] The final issues of the Batman: The Dark Knight series would establish that Kirk is the son of a corrupt wealthy pharmaceutical man of affairs named Abraham Langstrom, who considers his son as a failure when compared to Bruce Wayne, the son of his business rival Thomas Wayne. Abraham would steal his son's serum, make some of his own improvements and utilize it to target the homeless (because no ane would miss them) before beingness stopped by Batman, though he is able to plead temporary insanity to avoid going to prison.^[26]

DC Rebirth [edit]

In the "Watchmen" sequel "Doomsday Clock", the Human-Bat is featured on the news as an example of the "Superman Theory" where the government has been experimenting on humans to requite them superpowers.^[27] The Human-Bat afterwards accompanied Black Adam in his attack on the White House.^[28]

In Harley Quinn Rebirth, Langstrom'due south wife goes on a rampage against Harley and her friends, turning Harley and her friend Tony into Man-Bats as part of the Penguin'southward plan to interruption Harley's spirit. Their other friends go Langstrom released and he helps them notice the antidote before predictably escaping himself.

Man-Bat was later a founding fellow member of the second incarnation of the Justice League Night.

Powers and abilities [edit]

By taking his bat-gland formula, Kirk Langstrom can transform himself into a bat-like creature. By taking an antidote or if the bat-gland formula wears off, he tin can return to homo class. As the Homo-Bat, his forcefulness, speed, agility and endurance are all enhanced to superhuman levels. Kirk possesses an extra set up of digits that course leathery bat wings that let him to fly, super-sensitive hearing, and sonar. He emits high-pitched sound waves and can hear the echoes they make when they bounce off nearby objects, enabling the Man-Bat to navigate perfectly in pitch black darkness. If in the Homo-Bat form for a prolonged time, he loses control over his bestial side and works purely on instinct, making him prone to harm friend and foe alike.

In man form, he is a highly intelligent scientist in the fields of biochemistry and zoology (particularly chiropterology and mammalogy).

Other characters named Man-Bat [edit]

Francine Langstrom [edit]

Man-Bat Commandos [edit]

Equally mentioned above, Talia al Ghul captured Kirk Langstrom and threatened to poisonous substance Francine if he did not give her the Man-Bat formula. Kirk gives in to Talia al Ghul's demands where she uses the Human-Bat formula on some generic members of the League of Assassins to plough them into the group'southward Man-Bat Commandos.^[ten]

During the "Batman R.I.P." storyline, Talia al Ghul sends the Man-Bat Commandos to destroy Jezebel Jet'southward airplane.^[29]

In 2011, "The New 52" rebooted the DC universe. Various Man-Bats have appeared under the control of Talia al Ghul in her plot to destroy Batman.^[30] It is later explained that Talia al Ghul had an agent steal the serum from Langstrom's laboratory to use on her soldiers to create the Human being-Bat Commandos.^[20]

During the "Forever Evil" storyline, some Man-Bat Commandos were used to assistance the Offense Syndicate chase downward the Rogues. The Mirror Master managed to trap some of them in the Mirror World. When a Human being-Bat snatches upwards the Weather Wizard, the other Rogues members chase afterwards it until it crashes into a solid wall of ice upon arriving in Mr. Freeze'southward territory.^[31]

Abraham Langstrom [edit]

Back when Thomas and Martha were still alive, Kirk Langstrom had a father named Abraham whose company Patriarch Biopharmaceuticals competed with Wayne Enterprises. Years after the death of Thomas and Martha, Abraham continued his shady deals which involved exploiting his son'southward Homo-Bat serum which he plans to make a profit on information technology. He soon became addicted to the upgraded serum. When he became Man-Bat, Abraham targeted the homeless people of Gotham Urban center and draining them of his blood. This caused Batman to team up with Kirk Langstrom to fight Abraham.^[32] Because the skin of Abraham's Man-Bat form was tough, Batman injected himself with the cure and tricked Abraham into drinking his blood enough to regress back to normal. Batman so handed Abraham over to the law. Afterwards evading incarceration by challenge that he had no knowledge on what his Human-Bat form did, Abraham returned to his company, though he is weary over the fact that Batman will take hold of him when he makes a mistake.^[33]

Other versions [edit]

Countdown to Last Crisis [edit]

In Inaugural to Final Crisis: The Search For Ray Palmer, an alternate version of the Human being-Bat was shown. He is from Gotham by Gaslight (Globe-nineteen), and has experimented with bats similar to his mainstream counterpart. He is later defeated by the Blue Beetle and Batman.

Flashpoint [edit]

In the alternate timeline of the Flashpoint event, the Man-Bat is killed by Miranda Shrieve, the granddaughter of Matthew Shrieve.^[34] In a flashback, the Man-Bat was invited by Lt. Matthew Shrieve to be a new fellow member of the Creature Commandos, but the Homo-Bat then betrays him, killing his family.^[35] Information technology is revealed that the Homo-Bat had been working with General Sam Lane, who is responsible for the deaths of Miranda'southward family.^[36]

JLA: The Smash [edit]

In the Elseworlds story JLA: The Nail, a captured Man-Bat makes an appearance in Professor Hamilton'due south Cadmus Labs.^[37]

Batman Beyond [edit]

In the Batman Beyond comic series set decades subsequently Batman: The Blithe Series, information technology is revealed that soon after Batman cured Francine of the Man-Bat serum, she and Kirk started to live a peaceful life as they started studying sonics and had two children. However, Francine developed an aggressive form of Parkinson'south and had a brusk life expectancy, leading Kirk to try and perfect the Homo-Bat serum to salvage her life, but by the fourth dimension he did it, it was too late. Following this, his children left him, angered that he did not spend as much fourth dimension with her during her final days. Devastated past "losing" his family unit, Kirk turned to the serum, which has been perfected to the point where he is able to talk and command his actions, and had been living in secret as the Human-Bat ever since. Three years prior, he rescues a girl named Tey, who was a hostage of the Jokerz, and injects her with the Homo-Bat serum, leading the two to fall in love. In the present, Kirk, now equally a white-bearded Man-Bat, tries building his own cult of Man-Bats, plans to employ Kanium to help his cult command themselves better in their Man-Bat forms and sets up a destructive weapon that concerns the police. Bruce tries to reason with Kirk, but it just results in Kirk viewing both of them as monsters and setting up his bomb to destroy the two of them. However, Batman rescues Bruce in time. The Man-Bat tells Bruce to use his second gamble wisely as he detonates the bomb to kill himself.

Smallville Flavour Xi [edit]

The Man-Bat appears in the Smallville comic Smallville Season 11. In Gotham City, the yellowish rings of Parallax caput to Arkham Asylum. There, Batman and Nightwing are doing their best to contain the newly powered inmates of Arkham, including the Man-Bat, who accept already been transformed into Yellow Lanterns. Luckily, Superman arrives just in fourth dimension to offer assistance to Batman and Nightwing. Superman is fighting with the Man-Bat and before taking him downwards, Superman says to the Homo-Bat that, if at that place is more man than bat inside of him, then he takes no joy in this. Emil Hamilton succeeds into finding a way to reboot the rings, so when he does, all the Yellow Lanterns, including the Man-Bat, are released from the influence of fear and lose their powers, with the rings turning black. After their rings go rebooted and they lose their powers, the inmates of Arkham fall from the sky, unable to do anything to escape from their eventual death, but Superman manages to save them all. Afterwards Parallax'southward defeat, all the now-depowered criminals return to Arkham Asylum.

Injustice: Gods Among Us [edit]

In the Injustice: Gods Amidst Us prequel comic, the Human being-Bat appears in the villain's sectional bar World's End, attempting to enjoy a drink when Wonder Woman and the Wink arrive in their search for Mirror Chief. In Year Five, the Man-Bat meets with Black Mask, the Statuary Tiger, the Mad Hatter, the Scarecrow, and Tweedledum and Tweedledee until their meeting is crashed past Damian Wayne. When the villains start to overwhelm Damian, Deadman arrives where he possesses the Bronze Tiger and knocks out the villains earlier calling for help.

Injustice 2 [edit]

In the prequel comic to Injustice 2, Man-Bat is shown to be a member of this universe's Suicide Squad. He is eventually murdered when Grodd usurps Solivar and Ra'south al Ghul, who previously held custody of the Squad.^[38]

In other media [edit]

Television receiver [edit]

DC Animated Universe [edit]

The Human being-Bat as depicted in Batman: The Blithe Series.

Kirk Langstrom / Man-Bat appeared in serial fix in the DC Animated Universe, voiced by Marc Singer while Frank Welker provided vocal effects for Homo-Bat:

• The grapheme kickoff appeared in Batman: The Animated Series. This version is a zoologist at the Gotham Urban center Zoo who adult a formula that would allow humans to "evolve" past granting them bat-like traits. The concept of the Man-Bat serum started from Langstrom's begetter-in-law, Dr. March, who helps to go on the Man-Bat'due south identity hidden from the authorities later Langstrom's transformation. Introduced in the episode "On Leather Wings", the Homo-Bat commits a serial of chemical thefts and is mistaken for Batman, who investigates the appearance of this homo-bat hybrid creature. He eventually discovers that the Homo-Bat is Langstrom and captures him after a battle across the Gotham Metropolis skyline before taking him to the Batcave to cure him. The cured Langstrom after appears in the episode "Tyger, Tyger", wherein he helps Batman analyze a chemical that Dr. Emile Dorian used for his experiments. In the episode "Terror in the Sky", Langstrom is believed to have taken the Human-Bat formula again when a new bat-like fauna appears in Gotham. Nevertheless, it is eventually revealed that Langstrom's married woman Francine became "She-Bat" after she was accidentally exposed to a different Man-Bat serum created by Dr. March, who was trying to alter Langstrom's piece of work. In the end, Francine is cured by Batman and reunited with her husband.
• Kirk Langstrom makes a cameo appearance in The New Batman Adventures episode "Chemistry", in which he attends Bruce Wayne'south wedding.
• In Batman Beyond, a new trend dubbed "splicing" involves fusing bestial and human DNA. The new Batman ends up captured by the Splicers' leader, Abel Cuvier, and injected with vampire bat Dna, which transforms Batman into a Human-Bat. He is later returned to normal by Bruce Wayne.

Other shows [edit]

The Man-Bat in The Batman.

• Kirk Langstrom / Human-Bat appears in The Batman animated series, voiced by Peter MacNicol while the Homo-Bat's song effects were provided by special sound effects. This version is an employee at Wayne Enterprises who conducted research on bats and appeared to have albinism. In the episode "The Man Who Would Be Bat", Bruce Wayne begins to cutting off the funding for his project. Langstrom claims that he needs the project to cure his niece's deafness, simply when Wayne discovers Langstrom was lying, he goes to the latter's part and learns of the scientist's obsession with Batman. When Langstrom arrives, he reveals that he wants to exist feared like Batman and created a formula to assistance him achieve that. He drinks it, transforms into the Human-Bat, attacks Wayne, and escapes. Batman later confronts the Homo-Bat in Gotham City'southward skies and brings him downward, where he reverts to Langstrom and Batman destroys one of the scientist's serum vials. However, Langstrom drinks another vial, transforms back into Homo-Bat, and kidnaps GCPD Detective Ethan Bennett. Batman confronts Man-Bat one time more earlier the latter turns back into Langstrom and is taken to Arkham Asylum, where he attempts to recreate his serum. In the episode "Pets", the Penguin attempts to utilise a sonar device to proceeds control of a giant condor, unaware he has ane that only works on bats. When he uses information technology, remnants of the Man-Bat serum in Langstrom's body cause him to transform into the Human-Bat and fly to the Penguin'due south side. While the Man-Bat proves to be the Penguin's loyal retainer, Langstrom is furious at being used and threatens retaliation. Batman later foils the Penguin's plans with his ain sonar device, causing the Man-Bat to revert to Langstrom, who is taken to Arkham alongside the Penguin. As of the episode "Set on of the Terrible Trio", Langstrom has renounced his Human-Bat identity and helps Batman develop an antidote for a mutagen that the Terrible Trio adult using his enquiry.
• A race of Homo-Bats appear in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold blithe series episode "Last Bat on Earth!". They are highly-intelligent, anthropomorphic inhabitants of Kamandi's postal service-apocalyptic future. Batman travels to this hereafter to finish Gorilla Grodd, who has taken command of an army of apes. When Batman goes to the Batcave with Kamandi and Dr. Canus, they encounter a colony of "Man-Bats" and defeat their leader to drive them off. Having gained respect for Batman, the Man-Bats later assistance him and Kamandi in defeating Grodd.
• Kirk Langstrom / Man-Bat appears in the Beware the Batman blithe series, voiced past Robin Atkin Downes. In the episode "Doppelgänger", Dr. Langstrom was working on a cure for diseases using bat Dna before Professor Pyg and Mister Toad raid his laboratory and forcefulness him at gunpoint to have a corrupted version of his formula, which mutates him into a man/bat hybrid. Pyg and Toad use a drug-filled mechanical collar to control the Homo-Bat and forcefulness him to rob chemicals and so that they tin recreate Dr. Langstrom'south formula and turn more than humans into human/beast hybrids. However, Batman and Katana free the Man-Bat, who helps them defeat Pyg and Toad before leaving to find a cure for his condition. In the episode "Alone", Katana recruits the Human being-Bat, among others, to help Batman fight Deathstroke.
• The Man-Bat appears in the animated special Lego DC Comics: Batman Exist-Leaguered, with song effects provided by Dee Bradley Baker.
• The Human-Bat appears in the Scooby-Doo and Gauge Who? animated serial episode "What a Night for a Dark Knight!" Afterwards the Man-Bat kidnaps Alfred Pennyworth, Batman and Mystery Inc. bring together forces to save him. At starting time, the quondam suspects Kirk Langstrom, simply rules him out upon realizing he is incarcerated at Arkham Aviary. After rescuing Pennyworth, the heroes observe the Joker had dressed up as Human-Bat as part of a plot to get the password to Bruce Wayne's banking concern accounts.

Motion picture [edit]

Alive-action [edit]

• The Man-Bat was considered to appear in one of the unproduced scripts for a tertiary Joel Schumacher Batman flick, the unmade Batman Unchained, simply was dropped in favor of the Scarecrow and Harley Quinn. The Man-Bat was also meant to appear in an alternate proposal, Lee Shapiro'southward Batman: DarKnight script, aslope the Scarecrow^[39] and due to exist played by Mark Linn-Baker or Martin Short. Still, both projects never came to laissez passer.
• Man-Bat was mentioned in the series, The Big Bang Theory, and besides appeared on a comic embrace in the same episode.

Animation [edit]

• An alternating universe version of the Human being-Bat hybridized with Catwoman chosen She-Bat made a cameo appearance in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, as a bottom fellow member of the Crime Syndicate.
• Kirk Langstrom and the Man-Bat Commandos appear in Son of Batman, with the former voiced by Xander Berkeley and the latter's vocal effects provided by Dee Bradley Baker. Langstrom works with Ra'southward al Ghul in an endeavor to create a Man-Bat army to strengthen the League of Assassins. To ensure his complicity, Deathstroke captures Langstrom and takes the latter'due south wife Francine and girl Rebecca hostage as leverage. However, Batman and Damian Wayne rescue the Langstroms. While the mutagen is completed, Langstrom creates an antidote to terminate the Human being-Bat commandos.
• Kirk Langstrom appears in the Batman Unlimited serial of films.
  • Kirk Langstrom / Man-Bat appears in Batman Unlimited: Fauna Instincts, voiced past Phil LaMarr. This version was working on a serum to assist the deafened and bullheaded, only accidentally turns himself into the Man-Bat. The Penguin uses this to his advantage, giving Langstrom cures in exchange for the Man-Bat's help with crimes and Langstrom creating robotic beasts to bolster the Penguin's "Animalitia". However, Red Robin manages to get Langstrom's mind to surface in the Man-Bat, allowing him to aid defeat the Penguin and defend Gotham confronting the Midas falling star, burning out the formula and turning him back into Langstrom in the process.
  • Langstrom appears in Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Mutants, voiced by Phil LaMarr. As of this flick, he now works as a robotics expert for Bruce Wayne.
• An alternate universe version of Kirk Langstrom appears in Justice League: Gods and Monsters, voiced by Michael C. Hall. While in college, this version became a pseudo-vampire in an endeavour to cure his cancer, with his best friend Volition Magnus carrying out additional enquiry to develop a split up cure for his transformation. Langstrom went on to go his universe'south "Batman" and joined forces with Hernan Guerra / Superman and Bekka / Wonder Woman to class their universe'south Justice League.
• The Man-Bat appears in the direct-to-video film Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom, with song effects provided again past Dee Bradley Baker. He is among the villains that audition for a spot on the Legion of Doom, just to eliminated by Lex Luthor.
• The Man-Bat appears in The Lego Batman Movie.

Video games [edit]

Lego DC serial [edit]

• The Human-Bat appears as a boss and an unlockable playable character in Lego Batman: The Videogame, with vocal effects provided by Chris Edgerly.^[40] In the Nintendo DS version, the Human-Bat is unlocked through the "Villain Hunt" mini-game. In all other versions, he tin can be purchased from the Batcomputer after he is defeated in the story mode. He, amid others, breaks out of Arkham Aviary and joins the Penguin's group. The Man-Bat later attacks Batman and Robin at the Gotham Zoo to buy the Penguin and Catwoman enough time to carry out their programme, though the heroes subdue Human-Bat, who is re-incarcerated at Arkham.
• The Man-Bat appears equally an optional boss and unlockable playable character in Lego Batman ii: DC Super Heroes, with his vocal effects provided by Fred Tatasciore.
• The Man-Bat appears as an unlockable playable character in Lego Batman three: Beyond Gotham, with his vocal effects provided by Liam O'Brien.
• The DCAU version of Human-Bat appears as a playable character in Lego DC Super-Villains, via the "Batman: The Animated Series Level Pack" DLC.^[41]

Other games [edit]

• The Man-Bat appears in the SNES version of The Adventures of Batman & Robin.
• Kirk Langstrom / Man-Bat appears in Batman: Arkham Knight, voiced past Loren Lester. Following an encounter on Gotham City's Miagani Island, Batman begins investigating the Man-Bat. Afterward catching up to him, Batman collects a blood sample and eventually learns of Langstrom. While investigating the scientist's lab, Batman learns of Langstrom'southward experiments in using vampire bat Dna to cure deafness and how his first endeavor resulted in him transforming into the Man-Bat and accidentally killing his married woman Francine. Batman synthesizes an antidote and administers it to Langstrom before taking him to the Gotham City Police Department'south headquarters, where he is left crying over Francine's fate. If the player returns to Langstrom's lab after this, they volition find Francine's body gone and a broken television screen with the words "forever my dearest" written on it in an unknown cloth. If the console or calculator'due south engagement is changed to October 31 afterward capturing Langstrom, Batman will re-encounter the Man-Bat while gratuitous-roaming, but will non have the option to pursue him. If Batman returns to the GCPD headquarters after this, he volition observe 2 police officers looking into Langstrom'south destroyed cell, commenting that he transformed into the Man-Bat once more and escaped.

Web series [edit]

• Kirk Langstrom / Batman appears in the Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles animated web serial episode "Twisted", voiced again by Michael C. Hall. He tracks and confronts deranged murderer Harlequin earlier bitter her neck and drinking her blood.
• Man-Bat makes cameo appearances in the DC Universe animated serial Harley Quinn. In the episode "L.O.D.R.South.V.P.", he is established every bit a member of the Legion of Doom. In the episode "There's Nowhere to Get But Down", Man-Bat is selected to represent Harley Quinn and Toxicant Ivy in a kangaroo court held by Ii-Confront and Blight, though no one can understand what he is saying. In the episode "The Runaway Bridesmaid", Man-Bat attends Ivy and Kite Man's nuptials and afterwards takes part in the fight between the attending supervillains and the Gotham City Police force Department.

Miscellaneous [edit]

• The Man-Bat appears in issue #28 of the Super Friends comics.^[42]
• The DCAU incarnation of Kirk Langstrom / Man-Bat appears in outcome #21 of The Batman Adventures. He is forcibly transformed into the Man-Bat and recruited by Dr. Emile Dorian, who hopes to apply his assistance to form a "House of Dorian". Additionally in another event, Dr. Stefen Perry steals the Human being-Bat serum from Langstrom and transforms into his ain Man-Bat before he is defeated by Batman and arrested by the Gotham City Police force Department.
• The Man-Bat appears in effect #12 of the All-New Batman: The Brave and the Assuming comic series spin-off of the Batman: The Brave and the Assuming animated series.
• A new incarnation of Human being-Bat appears in outcome #iv of the Beware the Batman animated series' comic book spin-off. Tim Quan, an acquaintance of Barbara Gordon'south, sneaks into Kirk Langstrom's laboratory and ends up mutating into a Human-Bat. Having become more unstable than Langstrom, Quan goes on a binge and kidnaps Barbara. Batman teams up with Langstrom to notice and cure Quan, at the expense of Langstrom'due south ain cure.

Run across also [edit]

• List of Batman family enemies

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External links [edit]

• Homo-Bat at Comic Vine

zambranowhernswille.blogspot.com

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-Bat

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