Who were Batman's ancestors?
Published in Daily Trivia
Inspirations for Batman's personality, character history, visual design and equipment include movies such as Douglas Fairbanks' The Mark of Zorro, The Bat, and Dracula; characters such as The Shadow, The Phantom, Sherlock Holmes, Dick Tracy, Jimmie Dale, The Green Hornet, Spring Heeled Jack, and even Leonardo Da Vinci. Early Batman stories frequently use the grim tone of the film noir and gothic horror films of the day; a few stories even show Batman making use of firearms, and the vigilante shows little remorse over his enemies' deaths. Unsurprisingly, the body count in the first dozen or so published Batman stories is quite high.
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