10 Things You Didn’t Know About Batman

1. Batman only met Hitler once.
2. Robin was originally planned to appear in one issue, and then possibly disappear forever.
3. Some of Batman’s biggest villains were originally more animalistic.
4. Batman used to kill criminals all the time.
5. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller got horrible reviews.
6. A lot of key elements of the Bat-mythos weren’t introduced until the 1940s.
7. The crappiest Batman costume ever sold was part of the carton of Batman (TM) chocolate milk.
8. Gotham City was almost located in California.
9. Barbara Gordon only became Batgirl because the television show demanded it.
10. Batman fought Dr. Doom before the Fantastic Four ever did.

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