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Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still sometimes as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. He has since become, along with Superman and Spider-Man, one of the world's most recognized superheroes. Batman was co-created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, although only Kane receives official credit for the character. Batman's secret identity is Bruce Wayne, billionaire industrialist, playboy, and philanthropist. Witnessing the murder of his parents as a child leads him to train himself to the peak of physical and intellectual perfection, don a costume, and fight crime. Unlike most superheroes, he does not possess any superhuman powers or abilities; he makes use of intellect, detective skills, technology, and physical prowess in his war on crime.

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• March 26: A Californian federal judge has ruled that the heirs of Jerry Siegel have a valid claim to a share in the United States copyright which Time Warner holds in the Superman character.^[1]

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• May 3 - June 3: "Comic Craze: curated by Sylvie Gilbert - contemporary Canadian Comics" at the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, Canada.
• May 20 - November 6: "She Draws Comics: 100 Years of America's Women Cartoonists" at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, New York City, USA.
• September 15 – January 28, 2007: "Masters of American Comics" at the Jewish Museum, New York City and Newark Museum, USA.
• September 15 - January 6, 2007: "Wunderground: Providence, 1995 To The Present" at the RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
• October 27 - 28 Stumptown Comics Fest at the Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon.

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• List of animal superheroes
• List of comic books
• List of comic creators
• List of comic strips
• List of male superheroes
• List of manga
• List of superheroines
• List of webcomics
• List of years in comics

• List of award-winning graphic novels
• List of Comics Journal interview subjects

• List of actors who have played comic book characters
• List of films based on comics
• List of comics based on films
• List of comics based on television programs
• List of films based on comic strips
• List of television series based on comic strips

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From the parent category Comics find:

• Formats
  • Comic books
  • Comic strips
  • Graphic novels
  • Webcomics
• People
  • Comics creators
• Country specific topics
  • British comics
  • Franco-Belgian comics
  • Hong Kong comics
  • Indian comics
  • Japanese Manga
  • Korean Manhwa
  • Swedish comics
• Genres
  • Comics featuring anthropomorphic characters
  • Superheroes

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Anniversaries for December 5

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• 1932: first appearance of Jane, a popular British comic strip by Norman Pett, in the Daily Mirror
• 1932: debut of Alley Oop, long running American comic strip created by V. T. Hamlin
• 1969: birth of Ron Regé Jr., American creator of minicomics
• 1972: birth of Anders Morgenthaler, Danish cartoonist known for Wulffmorgenthaler and Dolph
• 1999: death of Edvin Biuković, Croatian comics artist best known for his work on Grendel Tales

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... that Sergio Aragonés is the only cartoonist to have won National Cartoonists Society awards in six different categories?

... that Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters The Smurfs first appeared in the Belgian comic Johan and Peewit in 1958?

... that Stephen Duffy, the first vocalist of Duran Duran, played in the band Tin Tin, named after The Adventures of Tintin?

... that Patrick McDonnell, author of Mutts, is a member of the Board of Directors of The Humane Society of the United States?

... that Astro Boy, the fictional hero of the first real anime, obtained special citizenship from the Japanese city Niiza on April 7, 2003, his birthday in the comic?

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If you are interested in helping to develop our comics-related articles, please click here. Other tasks you can help Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics with are;

Please feel free to add or subtract from the list.

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• Comics "to better organize information in articles related to Comics."
• Comic strips "to organize data in articles about Comic strips."
• Anime and Manga "to normalize the standards for all anime and manga articles on Wikipedia."
• Webcomics "to improve the quantity and quality of articles on Webcomics."

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