Batman begins in the detective comics issue No 27 from the late 1930s and was called " The Batman" and was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger and Bruce Wayne has never looked back. The Batman was, from the start a different type of superhero as he possess no superpowers at all he has is his intellect and super honed powers of crime deduction and with that and his great wealth and scientific technology it is with these powers that batman uses in his power struggle with the forces of evil in Gotham city. Batman always appears in public in his batman costume with his trusty side kick Robin the boy wonder by his side to fight the villains of Gotham city Which include such distasteful and despicable characters as the Joker, the Riddler, the Penguin and Cat Woman the mad hatter just to mention but a few.