* The top 15 highest-grossing film series of the decade are ( in order from highest to lowest grossing ): Harry Potter-film series, Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Pirates of the Caribbean-film series, Spider-Man-film series, Shrek-film series, Ice Age-film series, Transformers-film series, X-Men-film series, Batman-film series ' Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, Star Wars Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, The Matrix-film series ' The Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions, The Chronicles of Narnia-film series, Mission: Impossible-film series ' and The Mummy-film series.

In a story titled ' Cityscape ' in Batman Chronicles # 6 it is revealed that Gotham was initially built for the purpose of housing the criminally insane " I even have a name for it.

A sequel to the story was published in Batman Chronicles # 11.

( 1986 ), The Batman Chronicles # 21 ( May 2000, solicited as Elseworlds, but has no logo ), Bizarro Comics ( June 2001, which featured the story " Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter " from the cancelled Elseworlds 80-Page Giant ), Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again ( 2001 ), Batman: Digital Justice ( 1990 ), and Superman: Secret Identity ( 2004 ) were referred to as Elseworlds in the DC Universe without the name brand logo.

* The Chronicles of Sharon, Lois and Batman ( Spring 2006 )

* Batman Chronicles # 10 ( 1997 )

* Batman Chronicles # 13, 21 ( 1998 – 2000 )

* Batman Chronicles # 8, 13-14 ( 1997 – 98 )

* Batman Chronicles # 21: " Citizen Wayne " ( with Michael Gaydos, DC Comics, 2000 ) collected in Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told Volume 2 ( tpb, 208 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1214-X )

Previous designs include: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Elvis Presley, " Pirates of the Caribbean ", Flash, Green Lantern, Snoopy, Pokémon, Star Wars, " Chronicles of Narnia " and Disney's " Cars ".

** Hitman ( tpb collects # 1-3 + The Demon Annual # 2 + Batman Chronicles # 4, 1997 ISBN 1-56389-314-2 )

* Batman Chronicles # 7, 14 ( 1997 – 98 )

His video game credits include Fleet Admiral Lord Terrence Hood, who commands Earth's space defenses against the Covenant in the games Halo 2 and Halo 3, Jagger Valance in The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, and Batman in Justice League Heroes.

* Batgirl: The Greatest Stories Ever Told ISBN 978-1-4012-2924-5 ; collects various stories from Detective Comics, Batman Family, Legends of the DC Universe and Batman Chronicles.

Zsasz first appeared in Shadow of the Bat # 1 ( 1992 ) as part of the Batman: The Last Arkham four-part story arc, and his origin story was told in Batman Chronicles # 3 ( 1996 ); both stories were written by Alan Grant and drawn by Norm Breyfogle.

* Batman Chronicles ( cover ) # 6 ( 1996 )

" Batman Chronicles # 4 ( DC Comics, Spring 1996 )-( Huntress story )

In a story titled ' Cityscape ' in Batman Chronicles # 6 it is revealed that Gotham was initially built for the purpose of housing the criminally insane " I even have a name for it.

* The Batman Chronicles # 16-18

* 1939 – DC Comics publishes its second major superhero in Detective Comics # 27 ; he is Batman, one of the most popular comic book superheroes of all time.

Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson – panel from Batman # 84 ( June 1954 ), page 24

One notable example occurred in 2000, when DC Comics refused to allow permission for the reprinting of four panels ( from Batman # 79, 92, 105 and 139 ) to illustrate Christopher York's paper All in the Family: Homophobia and Batman Comics in the 1950s.

* The present-time scene where Batman / Bruce is cornered by Detective Bullock's SWAT Team adheres to a similar setting from the graphic novel as mentioned above ( the abandoned tenement fire from issue # 3 ).

* The Police hunting for the Batman and viewing him as Public Enemy # 1.

The themed anthology series would become a sensation with the introduction of Batman in issue # 27 ( May 1939 ).

In Justice League # 2, Batman notes that he and Superman have at least one thing in common: both of them speak openly of their distaste for Luthor.

* In Issue # 3 ( January 1976, shortly after Monty Python began being broadcast in the U. S .) of the comic book title Batman Family the joint exploits of Batgirl ( Barbara Gordon ) and Robin ( Dick Grayson ) the story " Isle of a Thousand Thrills " borrowed the scenario of a land where anything anybody thinks of is quickly brought to life.

And in issue # 676 of DC Comics, Batman R. I. P.

* A pre-Swamp Thing Alec Holland appears in Batman Adventures # 16 in a 5-page backup set in the Batman: The Animated Series universe.

IGN Comics ranked The Dark Knight Returns # 2 on a list of the 25 greatest Batman graphic novels, second only to Batman: Year One, also written ( though not drawn ) by Miller.

Later, a Batman and Joker Gift Set was released including both characters with new paint schemes to reflect earlier points in the story, as well as a 48-page prestige format reprint of The Dark Knight Returns # 1.

* In issue # 16 of Batman Adventures ( vol.

Superman: The Man of Steel Annual # 3-" Unforgiven "-an Elseworlds tale Jor-El convinces the Science Council to relocate selected Kryptonians to Earth, somewhat retold this same tale, with the introduction of Batman.

* Batman # 389-391

" 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.

Fox's " Remarkable Ruse of the Riddler " ( with art by Sheldon Moldoff ) in Batman # 171 ( May, 1965 ) not only updated and refreshed the character launched in 1948, but officially relocated the villain to the newly identified Earth-1 after his ( now retroactively labelled ) Earth-2 debut.

Eighteen issues later, Fox and Moldoff similarly resuscitated and relocated Professor Jonathan Crane, launching the Earth-1 Scarecrow in " Fright of the Scarecrow ", Batman # 189 ( Feb 1967 ).

McFarlane's cover for DC's Batman # 423 ( Sept, 1988 ).

In order to concentrate on the 1994 Spawn / Batman crossover ( with Miller writing ), he brought on Grant Morrison ( as writer ) and Greg Capullo ( penciller ) from issues # 16 -# 18.

* Detective Comics # 576-578 ( Batman: Year Two ) ( 1987 )

* Spawn / Batman # 1 ( 1994 )