From old-school cape and cowl to Kevlar-covered suit for all occasions, Batman has had more wardrobe clear-outs than he’s had hot death threats.
Since his debut in 1939, he’s gone through plenty of changes with each subsequent decade presenting a distinct and different style for the Caped Crusader...
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Fifties Batman After the short-lived serial, Batman returned to his comic book roots where, after a decade of tweaks, his costume began to take a more recognisable shape. Gone was the huge black bat-wing cape in favour of a rather fetching blue-tinged number, while the cowl's long ears were given a trim and the ever-useful utility belt was fitted out with an ever-increasing array of handy gadgets. The introduction of the Comics Code (a regulatory authority installed in the wake of psychologist Fredric Wertham's scathing 1954 book Seduction Of The Innocent) and allegations of homosexual overtones arising from Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson's night-time shenanigans brought about a "sunnier" incarnation of the Batman and the introduction of Bat-Girl and Ace The Bathound - the very model of the nuclear crime-fighting family. |
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