Was there such a character as Bat Boy?!
Question: A character known as Batboy did appear in one story in either "Detective Comics" or "Batman" during the mid-fifties. He wore a baseball uniform and a mask and he carried a bat which was gimmicked up to shoot baseballs, and do other improbable things. The character was roughly Robin's age. I don't remember the exact details of the story, but Batboy wanted to be a hero and Batman and Robin were trying to convince him that he was too young to do something so dangerous. By the end of the story, Batboy decided to give up crimefighting and, as far as I know, he has never appeared again. He was only marginally more interesting than Bat-Ape (that's right, Bat-Ape, who was a gorilla dressed up in a Batman costume).
Answers: A character known as Batboy did appear in one story in either "Detective Comics" or "Batman" during the mid-fifties. He wore a baseball uniform and a mask and he carried a bat which was gimmicked up to shoot baseballs, and do other improbable things. The character was roughly Robin's age. I don't remember the exact details of the story, but Batboy wanted to be a hero and Batman and Robin were trying to convince him that he was too young to do something so dangerous. By the end of the story, Batboy decided to give up crimefighting and, as far as I know, he has never appeared again. He was only marginally more interesting than Bat-Ape (that's right, Bat-Ape, who was a gorilla dressed up in a Batman costume).
no its made up crap
Nop... there was Robin... and batwoman... but never "batboy"
no he was a fictional character-I think there was a west end play about him a couple of years ago-he should have been real !
p.s-it was a musical
batboy was based on a spoof newspaper story about a half bat half boy found in a cave
YES! He was on the Yankees team.
Robin?
Bat Boy has made several appearances in the defunct supermarket tabloid Weekly World News. The Weekly World News published patently fabricated stories which were purported to be factual. Within the pages of the paper, Bat Boy is described as a creature who is 'half human and half bat'. His pursuers, according to Weekly World News are scientists and United States government officials; he is frequently captured, then later makes a daring escape.
Bat Boy debuted as a cover story on June 23, 1992. The original front-page photo of Bat Boy, showing a creature with a grotesque screaming face, was the second-best selling issue in the tabloid's history, and he has since evolved into a pop-culture icon. The story of Bat Boy was turned into an acclaimed off-Broadway musical, Bat Boy: The Musical.
Hm, there's Batgirl, Batwoman, Ace the Bat-hound, Bat-mite, and even Batzarro...but no Batboy that I can recall. ;)
Yes. A few times in Batman, there have been stories about boys wanting to be Batman, and naming themselves Batboy.
Batmite is sometimes also misknown a Batboy.
According to Weekly World News, Bat Boy has a chaotic sense of morality. He has been said to steal cars but also to come to the aid of the needy. According to the mythos, the only person who cares about the chiropteran child is Dr. Ron Dillon, who discovered him in a West Virginia cave. At the time of capture, he was two feet tall and weighed nineteen pounds. By February 2001, he was 2' 6". In 2004, he was five feet tall and his weight was unknown.
He sheds his wings every three years, and regenerates a new pair.