Man-Bat
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Man-Bat (Kirk Langstrom) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Introduced in Detective Comics #400 (June 1970) as an enemy of the superhero Batman, the character belongs to the collective of adversaries that make up his rogues gallery. Originally portrayed as a supervillain, later incarnations show the Man-Bat as a sympathetic villain or antihero.
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- (As Langstrom): Genius-level intellect Proficient biochemist and zoologist (As the Man-Bat): Superhuman strength, durability, speed, and agility Flight Echolocation Razor-sharp claws and fangs
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- Man-Bat
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- The Man-Bat from ''Who's Who in the DC Universe'' #12,art by Michael Golden
- Comics character <! Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics >.real_name
- Dr. Robert Kirkland "Kirk" Langstrom
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- Metahuman
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- DC Comics
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- Detective Comics #400(June 1970)
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- Frank Robbins (writer)Neal Adams (artist)Julius Schwartz (concept)
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- Dr. Kirk Langstrom
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- NYCC 2014 - Man-Bat (15324593919).jpg
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- birth name
- Robert Kirkland Langstrom
- name in native language
- Man-Bat
- inception
- 1970-00-00
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24 sectionsContents
- Publication history
- Fictional character biography
- ''Infinite Crisis'' and beyond
- ''The New 52''
- ''DC Rebirth''
- Powers and abilities
- Other characters named Man-Bat
- Francine Langstrom
- Man-Bat Commandos
- Abraham Langstrom
- Robert March
- Other versions
- Gotham by Gaslight
- Flashpoint
- JLA: The Nail
- In other media
- Television
- Film
- Video games
- ''Lego DC series''
- Other games
- Miscellaneous
- See also
- References
Man-Bat (Kirk Langstrom) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Introduced in Detective Comics #400 (June 1970) as an enemy of the superhero Batman, the character belongs to the collective of adversaries that make up his rogues gallery. Originally portrayed as a supervillain, later incarnations show the Man-Bat as a sympathetic villain or antihero.
In the original version of the story, Kirk Langstrom was a zoologist who tried to give humans a bat's acute sonar sense. He managed to develop an extract that could supposedly do this. Upon testing it on himself, he transformed into an anthropomorphic feral half-bat hybrid, lacking sapience and acting purely on instinct. Batman managed to reverse the effects, but Langstrom would return as the Man-Bat time and time again, albeit not necessarily as a villain, as Langstrom would sometimes retain enough sanity to use his powers for good. Several other characters have since appeared as similar Man-Bat creatures, including Langstrom's wife Francine, his father Abraham Langstrom, and some League of Assassins operatives that make up the Man-Bat Commandos.