Created by writer Bill Finger and artist Bob Kane, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 (1939) and is the secret identity of Bruce Wayne, who, after witnessing the murder of his parents as a child, trains himself to physical and intellectual perfection and dons a bat-themed costume in order to fight crime.
Batman has had countless legendary costumes over the years, but these ten iconic looks are the Caped Crusader's very best.
Polygon: Batman’s comic book costumes, ranked from Definitely Batman to the Most Batman
To say that Batman has one of the most iconic costumes in all of superhero comics — or in any fiction that has a visual component at all, really — is underselling things by a pretty significant amount ...
Batman’s comic book costumes, ranked from Definitely Batman to the Most Batman
Daily Press: Keeping it tight: Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman’s costumes through the years
Keeping it tight: Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman’s costumes through the years
Batman received a spin-off publication, Batman, in 1940. Kane and Finger introduced Batman as a ruthless vigilante who frequently killed or maimed criminals, but he evolved into a just, tempered superhero with a stringent moral code that prohibits killing during the 1940s.