Batman Day is an annual event organised by

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to celebrate and promote

Batman Batman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in Detective Comics 27, the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on ...

. The first Batman Day was July 23, 2014. This was the year of the 75th anniversary of the first appearance of Batman in ''

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'' in 1939. The day was chosen to coincide with

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. Subsequent Batman Days have been on the third Saturday in September. The Batman Day was established by the DC Comics, Warner Bros and DC Entertainment after the very first Superman Day was celebrated on June 12, 2013, the day when

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's ''Man of Steel'' debuted in theaters.

Events

References

External links

Batman Day Global Celebration
– DC Comics page Recurring events established in 2014 Batman September observances {{comics-stub