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Batman Returns: The Official Comic Adaptation of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture #1: The Official Comic Adaptation of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture

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Series: Batman Returns: The Official Comic Adaptation of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture
Issue number: 1
Cover date: 1992-08-01
Story arc: Movie Adaptations
ComicVine ID: 157978

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Batman Returns: The Official Comic Adaptation of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture #1: The Official Comic Adaptation of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture is cataloged as part of the Movie Adaptations reading path, giving readers a specific checkpoint in that storyline rather than a generic issue listing. Gotham Vault connects it to Batman (Bruce Wayne), Catwoman (Selina Kyle), The Penguin (Oswald Cobblepot), Alfred Pennyworth, Batman Returns: The Official Comic Adaptation of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture, and the broader 1992-08-01 Batman publication timeline.

Issue summary

Batman Family Group Editor and longtime Batman writer Dennis O'Neil adapts the Tim Burton-Michael Keaton Batman Returns. Steve Erwin pencils with Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez inks and Tom McGraw colors under a Dave Dorman painted cover.

Citation summary

Batman Returns: The Official Comic Adaptation of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture #1: The Official Comic Adaptation of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture is a Batman Returns: The Official Comic Adaptation of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture issue with cover date 1992-08-01. Gotham Vault links it to Batman (Bruce Wayne), Catwoman (Selina Kyle), The Penguin (Oswald Cobblepot), Alfred Pennyworth, Commissioner Gordon (James Gordon) and the Movie Adaptations story arc.

Characters listed for this issue

Batman (Bruce Wayne)The Dark Knight of Gotham. Billionaire by day, vigilante by night. No superpowers, just iron…VIEW APPEARANCES ›

Catwoman (Selina Kyle)The world's greatest thief with a heart of... well, sometimes gold. Walks the line between h…VIEW APPEARANCES ›

The Penguin (Oswald Cobblepot)Oswald Cobblepot runs the Iceberg Lounge and half the city's underworld. Never underestimate…VIEW APPEARANCES ›

Alfred PennyworthThe man who raised Batman. Ex-SAS, current butler, permanent father figure. The only one who…VIEW APPEARANCES ›

Commissioner Gordon (James Gordon)The one good cop in a corrupt city. Keeps the GCPD running and the Bat-Signal lit. Never los…VIEW APPEARANCES ›

Story arc / special series

Movie Adaptations — Comic adaptations and tie-ins for Batman films, preserving screen versions of Gotham in sequential-art form.

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Batman Returns: The Official Comic Adaptation of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture #1: The Official Comic Adaptation of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture is a Batman-related comic issue in Gotham Vault's database. It is listed under the Batman Returns: The Official Comic Adaptation of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture series as issue #1 with a cover date of 1992-08-01.

Who appears in Batman Returns: The Official Comic Adaptation of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture #1: The Official Comic Adaptation of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture?

Gotham Vault currently identifies these characters for this issue: Batman (Bruce Wayne), Catwoman (Selina Kyle), The Penguin (Oswald Cobblepot), Alfred Pennyworth, Commissioner Gordon (James Gordon).

Is Batman Returns: The Official Comic Adaptation of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture #1: The Official Comic Adaptation of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture part of a story arc?

This issue is tagged as part of Movie Adaptations. Comic adaptations and tie-ins for Batman films, preserving screen versions of Gotham in sequential-art form.

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