52 Fun Facts About Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice
By Steve Lam
The Batwing
The Batwing is probably the second most used vehicle in the Dark Knight’s arsenal. Hey, I’ve been stuck in San Francisco / Bay Area traffic, so I can imagine how bad Gotham City traffic can be. When you’re saving the world, you don’t have time for red lights and waiting. You need to rise above that — literally. In Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Batman once again deploys this flying spectacle of state-of-the-art technology.
Did You Know?
- The Batwing is also known as the Batplane, Batjet, or Batgyro.
- Batman’s aerial vehicle first appeared in Detective Comics #31 (September 1939) and it was known as the Batgyro. The Batgyro was later replaced by the Batplane, which made its debut in Batman #1 (Spring 1940).
- The original Batplane had a machine gun, which the Burton/Keaton Batman (1989) pays homage to in the film’s version of the Batwing.
- In live-action, the only times the Batwing has ever appeared was in Batman (1989), Batman Forever (1995), and The Dark Knight Rises (2012), where it was simply referred to as The Bat.
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