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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). 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.īat-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. 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'. 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. In 2005's Batman Begins, then-lieutenant James Gordon installs the Bat-signal on the roof of the police department himself. 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. 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 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. 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. The signal has several different origins in comics featuring post- Crisis continuity. The Bat-Signal first appeared in Detective Comics #60 (February 1942). The Bat-Signal's debut in Detective Comics #60 (February 1942).

lit the Bat-Signal in thirteen cities on September 21, 2019, starting in Melbourne and ending in Los Angeles. To celebrate Batman's 80th anniversary, DC Comics and Warner Bros.

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It doubles as the primary logo for the Batman series of comic books, TV shows, and films. The signal is used by the Gotham City Police Department as a method of contacting and summoning Batman in the event his help is needed, but also as a weapon of psychological intimidation to the numerous criminals of Gotham City. It is a specially modified searchlight with a stylized emblem of a bat affixed to the light, allowing it to project a large bat symbol onto cloudy night skies over Gotham City. The Bat-Signal is a distress signal device appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, as a means to summon the superhero, Batman.