DC Comics produces material featuring a large number of well-known characters, including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Robin, Aquaman, Hawkman, Green Arrow, Martian Manhunter, Green Lantern and the Flash, along with superhero teams Justice Society, the Justice League, the Teen Titans, and the Doom Patrol as well as antagonists such as Lex Luthor, the Joker, the Riddler, Mr. Freeze, Catwoman, Sinestro, the Penguin, Poison Ivy, Two-Face, General Zod, Brainiac and Darkseid .< ref > Benton, Mike.

National did not reimagine its continuing characters ( primarily Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman ), but radically overhauled them.

", in which he joins the Joker and Cheetah to battle the DC Trinity ( Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman ).

While Joker fights Wonder Woman and Cheetah Superman, Luthor easily defeats Batman with his battle suit, but Batman tricks him into teleporting them and the others back to their hideout.

* A motivation, such as a sense of responsibility ( e. g. Spider-Man ), a formal calling ( e. g., Wonder Woman ), a personal vendetta against criminals ( e. g. Batman ), or a strong belief in justice and humanitarian service ( e. g. Superman ).

Of the " Significant Seven " chosen by The Comic Book in America: An Illustrated History ( 1989 ), Marvel owns Spider-Man and Captain America and DC owns Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Captain Marvel and Plastic Man.

Batman, starring Adam West as the Caped Crusader and Burt Ward as his youthful sidekick Robin the Boy Wonder, helped establish ABC as a TV force with which to be reckoned.

Frank Miller's revamp of Batman with Batman: Year One, George Pérez's relaunching of Wonder Woman in Gods and Mortals, and John Byrne's reboot of Superman in The Man of Steel all took place shortly following Crisis on Infinite Earths, and changed substantial elements of the characters ' backstories.

In 1940 DC Comics introduced comics ' first teenage sidekick, Robin the Boy Wonder, created to soften the dark tone of the Batman comics and make the Batman more attractive to younger readers.

About a year after Batman's debut, Batman creators Bob Kane and Bill Finger introduced Robin the Boy Wonder in Detective Comics # 38 ( 1940 ).

Batman fired the Girl Wonder for not obeying his orders to the letter on two separate occasions.

The JLA consisted of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern ( John Stewart ), the Flash ( Barry Allen ), the Atom ( Ray Palmer ), Doctor Light ( Kimiyo Hoshi ), Hawkman, and Firestorm ( Jason Rusch ).

* The Adventures of Batman ( Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder ) ( 1968 – 1970 CBS )

* Mort Weisinger, editor ( Batman, Superman, Thrilling Wonder Stories )

While Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman continued to have their own adventures, most of the characters lay dormant for several years during the slump in superhero comic books in the early to mid-1950s.

This Earth featured an evil version of the Justice League known as the Crime Syndicate of America, whose line-up consisted of Superwoman ( an evil version of Wonder Woman ), Owlman ( an evil version of Batman ), Ultraman ( an evil version of Superman ), Johnny Quick ( an evil version of the Flash ), and Power Ring ( an evil version of Green Lantern ).

Among the changes, the Golden Age Superman, Batman, Robin and Wonder Woman ceased to exist, and the Earth-One / Earth-Two dichotomy was resolved by merging the Multiverse into a single universe.

One of Roy Thomas ' efforts to resolve the Crisis-created inconsistencies was to introduce some analogues to Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, in a sequel to All-Star Squadron entitled Young All-Stars.

During this time, modern comic books were first published and enjoyed a surge of popularity ; the archetype of the superhero was created and defined ; and many of the most famous superheroes debuted, among them Superman, Batman, Captain America, Wonder Woman, and Captain Marvel.

Between early 1939 and late 1941, DC and sister company All-American Publications introduced such popular superheroes as Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, the Atom, Hawkman, and Aquaman, while Timely Comics, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel Comics, had million-selling titles that featured the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner, and Captain America.

The characters of Superman and Batman were then spun off into a new animated series, Justice League, which also featured other popular DC Comics characters, including Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Hawkgirl and The Flash.

Her notable guest appearances on American television during the 1960s and 1970s included Batman, The Virginian, Mission: Impossible, Police Woman and the notable Star Trek episode, " The City on the Edge of Forever ".

The series also featured Die Fledermaus as a shallow, self-absorbed Batman parody ; Sewer Urchin, a Rain Man-like version of Aquaman ; and American Maid, a more noble superheroine featuring aspects of Wonder Woman and Captain America.

The fictional characters Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and Flash are well-known superheroes from this universe while it also contains well known supervillains such as Lex Luthor, the Joker and Darkseid.

Super Friends first aired on ABC on September 8, 1973, featuring well-known DC characters Superman, Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman.

Shortly before the Super Friends series was developed Superman and Wonder Woman also guest-starred in two episodes of The Brady Kids, while Batman and Robin appeared in two episodes of The New Scooby-Doo Movies.

The first half-hour of the program featured the established group of heroes: Superman, Batman and Robin, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, the Wonder Twins and Gleek.

Despite the Riddler showing a set of playing cards with ( from left to right ) Gleek, Zan, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Robin, Batman, and Superman he then burns to ashes in his introduction in " Wanted: The Super Friends ", the Wonder Twins and Gleek did not appear in Challenge.

This incarnation featured Superman, Batman, Robin, Wonder Woman, the Wonder Twins and Gleek, this time teamed up with Firestorm ( Ronald Raymond ).

Luthor even attempted to send a team of heroes after them under the leadership of Captain Atom-the team consisting of Major Force, Black Lightning, Power Girl, Starfire, Katana and Green Lantern, but this plan failed when Katana and Power Girl quickly sided with Superman and Batman and Major Force was apparently killed, Power Girl noting that Luthor had assumed in his arrogance that the heroes would obey him simply because he was President.

In the 1960s Batman television series, Preminger was the second of three actors who played Mr. Freeze, in the two-parter " Green Ice / Deep Freeze.

By most definitions, characters do not strictly require actual superhuman powers to be deemed superheroes, although terms such as costumed crime fighters are sometimes used to refer to those such as Batman and Green Arrow without such powers who share other common superhero traits.

Some superheroes, such as Batman, Green Arrow, Hawkeye and the Question possess no superhuman powers but have mastered skills such as martial arts and forensic sciences to a highly remarkable degree.

Many superhero franchises resemble crime fiction ( Batman, Punisher ), others horror fiction ( Spawn, Spectre ) and others more standard science fiction ( Green Lantern, X-Men ).

Having been warned of the government's plans by Oliver Queen, the former Green Arrow, Batman confronts Superman.

Batman defeats Superman ( with the help of Green Arrow and a kryptonite-tipped arrow ), but dies from a heart attack immediately afterward.

Some time afterward, Batman leads Robin, Green Arrow, and the rest of his followers into the caverns beyond the Batcave and prepares to continue his fight.

Batman and Green Lantern chase Chronos to the beginning of time, where they view a hand similar to the Anti-Monitor's holding the source spiral.

" homages the cover to Crisis on Infinite Earths # 7, with a sorrowful Aquaman holding the badly-injured body of Batman as Green Arrow, Plastic Man and Captain Marvel look on in shock.

The Green Lantern Corps appear in Batman: The Brave and the Bold in their home planet Oa.

His costume, gas gun, and flashy introductions are all reminiscent of pulp heroes and Golden Age superheroes such as The Shadow, Doc Savage, Batman, The Green Hornet, and the Julius Schwartz Flash.

In the early 1940s, the DC Comics line was dominated by super-power endowed male characters such as the Green Lantern, Superman ( its flagship character ), as well as Batman who became known for his high tech gadgets.

The mini-series leads directly into the formation of a brand new JLA roster with Green Lantern Hal Jordan, Donna Troy, Dick Grayson as Batman, Doctor Light ( Kimiyo Hoshi ), Mon-El, Cyborg, Starfire, Congorilla, Guardian, and Mikaal Tomas.

Additionally, characters such as Batman and the Green Hornet resemble Lamont Cranston's alter ego.

In the reality of Superman & Batman: Generations, the Guardians revealed that Alan Scott's power ring was actually a Green Lantern ring despite its apparent weakness to wood after Hal Jordan successfully harnessed it against Sinestro, realising that the ring actually had no weaknesses except what the user believed it possessed ; the Green Lantern Corps were vulnerable to yellow only because they believed the Guardians when they were told about this weakness, and Alan's ring's weakness to wood was caused when he was taken by surprise and struck on the back of the head with a wooden block during his first time using the ring.

Hence, Superman and Batman were only honorary members and Flash and Green Lantern's early tenures were brief, ending when each character was awarded his own book.

Unlike the other characters who had their own titles, she was allowed to appear in the book, but only as the JSA's secretary from # 11 onwards, and did not actively take part in most adventures until much later in the series, although she was excluded from the title due to the rules that had excluded Flash, Green Lantern, Superman and Batman from the title though in # 13 it was claimed she had become an active member.

In the episode, Speedy serves as Green Arrow's sidekick, and is possessed by both Deadman and the spirit of Batman, in order to recruit him and Green Arrow into a battle against the undead army raised by Gentleman Ghost.