Man-Bat (Robert Kirkland "Kirk" Langstrom) is a fictional supervillain
and anti-hero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics,
commonly as an adversary of the superhero Batman.[1]The character has
been featured in various media adaptations, such as feature films,
television series and video games.The character made his first
appearance in Detective Comics #400 (June 1970) and was created by
Frank Robbins and Neal Adams in collaboration with editor Julius
Schwartz.[2] The Man-Bat was the star of his own eponymous series in
1975â€"1976,[3] which lasted two issues before being cancelled.Dr.
Kirk Langstrom, a zoologist who specialized in the study of
chiropterology, developed an extract intended to give humans a bat's
acute sonar sense and tested the formula on himself.[4] The extract
worked, but it had a horrible side effect: it transformed him into a
monstrous human/bat hybrid creature.[5] This side effect made him so
distraught that it temporarily affected his sanity and he went on a
mad rampage until Batman found a way to reverse the effects.[6]
and anti-hero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics,
commonly as an adversary of the superhero Batman.[1]The character has
been featured in various media adaptations, such as feature films,
television series and video games.The character made his first
appearance in Detective Comics #400 (June 1970) and was created by
Frank Robbins and Neal Adams in collaboration with editor Julius
Schwartz.[2] The Man-Bat was the star of his own eponymous series in
1975â€"1976,[3] which lasted two issues before being cancelled.Dr.
Kirk Langstrom, a zoologist who specialized in the study of
chiropterology, developed an extract intended to give humans a bat's
acute sonar sense and tested the formula on himself.[4] The extract
worked, but it had a horrible side effect: it transformed him into a
monstrous human/bat hybrid creature.[5] This side effect made him so
distraught that it temporarily affected his sanity and he went on a
mad rampage until Batman found a way to reverse the effects.[6]
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