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The Batman Universe
- The Batman
- We get another reboot of the Bat as he takes on a nasty terroist with a penchanct for explosive traps in this grim dark entry.
- The Penguin
- This series focuses on the Penguin, a crime underboss, who fights his way, tooth and nail, up through those above him to try and rule the city.
Batman '66
- Batman '66 & Batman: the Movie
- Adam West takes over the title role as the Caped Crusader enters the campy, but fun, 1960s.
- Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders
- Adam West and Burt Ward return to their most famous roles for an aimated continuation that picks up as if the classic series never ended.
- Batman vs. Two-Face
- Adam West and Burt Ward come back again to take on a new dastardly demon, the rampaging ruler of ruckus, Two-Face.
Other Live Action Films
- Batman Returns
- Time Burton's grimmer and darker sequel pits the Bat against two villain, the Cat and the Penguin.
Other Animation
- Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
- A new vigilante arrives in Gotham, the Batwoman, and she's more than willing the kill the scum of the city, something Batman simply cannot abide. He'll have to figure out who this masked woman is and put her reign of terror to an end.
- Batman vs. Dracula
- Batman is forced to take on not only the scum of Gotham, including Penguin and Joker, but his worst foe yet: the immortal vampire Dracula.
- Batman: Assault on Arkham
- When Batman viciously takes a prisoner way from Amanda Waller, she calls in her favorite team of supervillains (forced to work with her due to bombs in their necks): the Suicide Squad.
- The Lego Batman Movie
- Batman saves Gotham and goes home to party alone, but both Alfred and Joker have other plans for the plastic caped crusader...
- Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Adapted from the similarly named comics, this animated movie features a team up two unlikely teams, the Batman family and the TMNT, as they're forced to take on the combined forced of Ras Al Ghul and the Shredder. It is also an absolute, goofy delight.
- Harley Quinn:
- Based on her solo-comic, Harley Quinn has just broken up with the Joker and is forced to find her own footing as a villain in Gotham City. Thankfully she has great friends, like Poison Ivy, to help her on her way.
- Batman: The Long Halloween
- A mystery killer is taking out the crime families of Gotham on the various holidays of the year, and Batman is unable to figure out who the killer is or why they're committing their spree.
- Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons
- Johnathan Kent and Damien Wayne are not the best of friends, but the two will have to team up when a powerful alien being attempts to take over the planet.
- Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham
- Batman accidentally unleashes a demonic force and accidentally brings it with him back to Gotham, and then acidentally fails to do anything useful in this pointless movie.
Other Specials
Video Games
- Batman: The Caped Crusader
- Ocean's follow-up title feels more like a traditional superhero video game while still, at the same time, not quite nailing the formula.
- Batman Returns (1992 SMS Game)
- Sega starts their run adapting Tim Burton's sequel with a solid platformer that brings classic action to the Sega Master System.
- Batman Returns (1992 Sega CD)
- Sega moves Batman's adventure over to the 16-bit era, and then expands it on the Sega CD, but the results are less than stellar.
- Batman Returns (1992 DOS)
- Konami takes their first swing at a Batman Returns game, developed for DOS, but it's just not very good.
- Batman Returns (1992 Lynx Game)
- The Atari Lynx gets its one beat-em-up take on this Batman sequel, but we legitimately wish it hadn't.
- Batman Returns (1993 NES Game)
- Batman gets an absolutely fantastic street-level beat-em up on the NES, courtesy of the masters over at Konami.
- Batman Returns (1993 SNES Game)
- Konami doubles down with a second beat-em-up based on the Burton sequel, but someone this one doesn't feel as fresh or interesting.
- Batman Returns (1993 Amiga Game)
- Konami takes us home with one last game based on Tim Burton's sequel, and, well, it's just another brawling game.
- Batman: The Animated Series (1993 Game Boy Game)
- Konami turns its attention to the Game Boy with an adaptation of the Bruce Timm created animated series with this decent little title.