A Letter from Lois Lane to Warner Bros.

[armitage]

Originally Posted by Primal

I've seen the 1926 silent movie, "The Bat" on DVD and was surprised by how many Batman elements are in it to the point that I was convinced that this was THE inspiration for the character.

Watch this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU10KI1ouGw

Character is dressed in a bat outfit
Batarang? @3:45
Swinging on ropes from the sides of buildings @3:50
Running around on rooftops! @4:30
The utility belt!...er "bag" @5:27
Getaway car (you could say inspired the Batmobile ) @6:36

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjJqYOqDYes

Bat-signal! @ 8:21

Wow thanks for posting that!
I've never seen this.
All the elements are there for sure.

[Primal]

Originally Posted by armitage

Wow thanks for posting that!
I've never seen this.
All the elements are there for sure.

No problem! Picked it up for $5 in the J&R bargain bin many years ago
It's not possible that there was any other influence towards the creation of Batman besides this movie as far as I'm concerned.

[joefixit2]

Originally Posted by Jesse321

You might as well start out with a new character altogether.

Sentry and we all know how well that turned out.