The signal has several different origins in comics featuring post- Crisis continuity. It is introduced as a new tool after Batman's first encounter with the Joker in the 2005 series Batman: The Man Who Laughs, and also during the 1990 " Prey" storyline in Legends of the Dark Knight. In the 2006 series Batman and the Mad Monk, Commissioner James Gordon initially uses a pager to contact Batman, but during a meeting with the superhero, Gordon throws it away, saying he prefers a more public means of contacting him. After Batman departs, Gordon looks out at the city and considers the exceptional view from his current position, hinting at the future creation of the Signal. In the 1989 Batman film, Batman gives the signal to the Gotham police force, enabling them to call him when the city was in danger. In 2005's Batman Begins, then-lieutenant James Gordon installs the Bat-signal on the roof of the police department himself. The film suggests Gordon was inspired to create the signal after Batman left mobster Carmine Falcone chained across a spotlight after a confrontation at the docks, Falcone's silhouette on the spotlight vaguely resembling a bat. On the 1992 television show Batman: The Animated Series, the signal is introduced in the episode "The Cape and Cowl Conspiracy", though a makeshift signal was used earlier in " Joker's Favor". In 2004's The Batman, Gordon invents it to summon Batman in "Night in the City", although the signal is also alluded to in an earlier episode.Īdditional appearances Bat-Signal's projection displaying onto the skies above Gotham City from its police department headquarters, summons Batman, provides hope to its people, and intimidates criminal elements. In the 1999 miniseries Batman: Dark Victory, after Batman asks for The Riddler to offer his insight into the riddles of the new villain the Hangman, the Riddler uses the Signal to summon Batman after he's finished his analysis.Catwoman uses the Bat-Signal in the 1996 special The Long Halloween.In issue #6 of the 1989 series Legends of the Dark Knight, a group of crime bosses projects the signal upside down to summon Batman to help them fight a killer they cannot defeat.In Detective Comics #466 (1976), the villainous Signalman traps Batman inside the Bat-Signal device.From Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #6 (April 1990).
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