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Not impressed with this article. Much of it is copied word for word from the oringal entry for Batman. Either this page needs to be redone, or what little extra information it has should be encorporated into the main entry, and this page deleted.
I've taken the time to reorganize the data and expand the information on the batsuit. Some of the links need fixing, though, and I could use a bit of help on that. -Dallan007
In reference to the Batman Begins version, I remember hearing (posssibly in the DVD somewhere) that the black coating on the suit was some kind of latex or other material meant to defeat thermal sensors. Can anyone else confirm this? Violet Grey
I'm sorry, but "Unlike most, Batman wears his underwear on the outside; contrasting," is totally not needed. First, a lot of superheroes do that (please don't make me make a list...), secondly, it's not his underwear at all. It's a costume. Maybe it's a reinforced batgroinprotector. Who knows. I also removed the image, since you can see his contrasting shorty-shorts in the other picture. -- Ipstenu ( talk| contribs) 20:02, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
Okay, are Batman's crotch coverings shorts or briefs? Shorts seems the most applicable, as it runs the gamut of the more shorts like version he wore in the 60s strip. Briefs implies underwear, which they are not. -- Ipstenu ( talk| contribs) 19:08, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
; both Superman and Batman are consistently depicted with skimpy, speedo-type groin coverings hugging, defining, and displaying the genital region, worn over skintight, sheer, opaque catsuits.
You seem to have a nearly obscene and phallic obsession with Batman's crotch. I'm not arguing that the man wears short-shorts, but the way you're presenting it is in an unseemly light, and it implies that Batman wears the crotch-cover just to show off his lower parts. The basic description of what Batman's outfit looks like, including the historically accurate mention that the shorts have at times been tight briefs and also baggier, covers what you're trying to say in a more flattering light. -- Ipstenu ( talk| contribs) 14:19, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
I'm appealing to the Comics Project for a third party intervention -- Ipstenu ( talk| contribs) 18:18, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
I personally would agree with Ipstenu. Mention of the briefs is needed, and I would think that the word "briefs" is the right one. As a note, neither calling someone a fanboy nor saying they have an obsession with someone's crotch is particularly conducive to a civil discussion - but I'm not here to argue. The article currently says:
I can't find the quote that's causing the trouble in the article, so I would assume it's gone. I don't necessarily speak for the entire Comics Project, but I think that the above passage describes the suit accurately, not trying to skip over details or go into too much detail. Gamesmaster 20:47, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
Does Batman always carry a Kryptonite ring with him all the time? I doubt such an item would be standard in his utility belt. Given the difficulty of acquiring and even duplicating Kryptonite in post-Crisis continuity, makes more sense he would keep it safe in the Batcave and take it out only in an emergency. There've been several occasions where he lost the belt or is forced to ditch it. If he did claim to always carry one, it's more likely he's bluffing. -- Destron Commander 05:41, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
Should a note be made about it being replaced with a simple worksman utility belt with no locking protection during No Man's Land arc due to having more pockets? Sera404 13:59, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
Very much agree that there should be mention of the changes that the Utility Belt has undergone over the years in the comics. Key designs are the 'yellow bullets' design from the Infantino 'yellow-oval' costume, and the 'yellow pouches' design that followed 'Cataclysm'. Goalump 08:56, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Woah, we've got a lot of images here, and I'm thinking we're pushing past the fair-use on some of them. Do we really need all these images? Yes, they're cool and they add color, but ... the ear bugs? -- Ipstenu ( talk| contribs) 16:01, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
I put back the bat-belt images, since I think they're appropriate illustrations of the batbelt and very much static to the batsuit. -- Ipstenu ( talk| contribs) 13:38, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
To quote ChrisGriswold here: "The unitard/catsuit/body armor varies, but the other aspects do not"
I think we're best leaving the Body Suit section titled as is, since it encompases the armor variants as well as the skin tight outfits he also wears. -- Ipstenu ( talk| contribs) 13:59, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
Did the DVD say the nipples were inspired by the Greeks, or just that the suit/style was? There's a difference. -- Ipstenu ( talk| contribs) 17:49, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Are any other readers taken by the fact that Bob Kane - the designer of the original batsuit is not referenced anywhere in this article? In addition to his acknowledgement of Da Vinci's flying machine, and Zorro's mask, an interesting quotation from Kane might come from his description of the killer in the film 'The Bat'..."he wore a costume that looked a little like my early Batman's, with a black robe and a bat shaped head. This made him look like a bat - very ominous. The film not only helped inspire Batman's costume but also the bat signal".
Also...
Would readers like to know more about the introduction of the 'new-look' batsuit (i.e. the first 'yellow-oval' suit)? For example that it was designed by Carmine Infantino, introduced in a story entitled 'Mystery of the Menacing Mask', in Detective comics #237, May 1964, etc.
Would readers like to know which issue the post-knightfall suit (i.e. the all black suit with yellow-oval but no visible 'briefs') first appeared in (and the fictional reasoning behind its introduction)?
Would readers like to know something about the 'Batman Knight Gallery'? For example that this was a one-shot 'Elseworlds' title - which essentially presented a number of the proposed post-knightfall suit designs (as drawn by many of the 'bat-artists' of the mid 1990s).
Would readers like to know which issue the present suit (i.e. with visible 'briefs', without the yellow-oval, with utility belt pockets) first appeared in (and the fictional reasoning behind its introduction)? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.106.197.156 ( talk) 15:22, 14 February 2007 (UTC).
I agree that a timeline-based list of the main comic book Batsuits is definitely required, including dates and issue # of their first appearance. The 'post-knightfall' suit in all black, but retaining the yellow-oval is a key costume in Bat history. As is the post 'Cataclysm' suit which finally got rid of Infantino's yellow-oval. Fictional reasoning behind their introduction would add some 'meat' to the article. Goalump 08:48, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
I am no expirt when it comes to Batman, and I want to make that clear. Under the basic suit section it says "... ,light blue tights with peacock briefs, all black bodystockings with a black bikini bottom, ect." that just doesn't sound right, especially the latter of the two. As I said, I am no expirt when it comes to Batman so I could be wrong, and I was hoping some one, with more knolege on the subject could choose what to do. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.3.2.2 ( talk • contribs)
Should something about the bat-symbol be added? Y'know, how it's seen as a totem/symbol/fear icon, a giant target so villains tend to aim more at the chest than the head (as portrayed in Dark Knight Returns, etc? Sera404 ( talk) 14:58, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
The article claims that the eye make-up used in all the Batman movies is "used to make him less recognizable." That's not really true, is it? I know of no evidence to that effect. As far as I can tell (and in fact, this is well-known to be the case in many superhero movies), that eye make-up is just there to make the costume look cooler. That is, it would look silly if Batman had a black mask on, and then you could see his skin-tone all around his eyes; ergo, they paint the skin around his eyes black to create the illusion that the mask covers his eyes completely.
As far as I can tell, we the viewers are not even supposed to notice that Batman is wearing make-up at all--I, for one, was surprised to have that pointed out to me. Thus, it has nothing to do with making him "less recognizable," and in fact, for the purposes of the movie, it's not even there, so it shouldn't be considered part of the costume. (That is, it shouldn't be considered part of Batman's costume, though it IS part of Michael Keaton's costume.) If any doubt remained on this matter, it should be laid to rest by watching the climactic scene of Batman Returns, where Batman rips the mask off--In the shot where Michael Keaton actually removes the mask, he isn't wearing any eye make-up, because of course this would look silly without the mask. QED: we're supposed to believe that the black around his eyes is part of the mask, NOT make-up.
As is so often the case, the author seems to have made an effort to explain away an artifact of movie-making trickery by pretending it were part of the story. It's not. The make-up is there for aesthetic reasons, and it has no place in the story. It's a movie. Chalkieperfect ( talk) 10:19, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
It states that he no longer has the memory cloth cape. That is incorrect. In the high altitude scene he uses the stabilized form as suggested by Lucius, but he does have a normal cape. It can be seen when he is on the BatPod and in the jail scene with the Joker. MikeSims ( talk) 09:02, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
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There are two comic images, one composite comic image, and six live-action images of the Batsuit in this article. All of them look very similar, and the differences could as well be described with text. Most of the images thus fail WP:NFCC#1, #3a and 8. I therefore encourage discussion to find the keepworthy images (3?), and remove the rest; or I'll try to minimize the number of images myself with my best assessment skills alone. – sgeureka t• c 11:46, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
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I took the phrase "a bat-like cowl" out of the lede, because it can be grossly misunderstood. I don't dispute that Batman's mask is called a cowl in canon but, as I understand it, the word cowl usually means a loose hood. I replaced it with "a close-fitting hood (covering the upper half of his face) with ears to suggest a bat's head". — Tamfang ( talk) 21:47, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
Should a section about the Telltale Series' Bat suit be made and what suits are provided during Chapter 5 as a result of what happened at the end of Chapter 4? Jedi Striker ( talk) 07:15, 7 February 2017 (UTC)