Bat-Signal
Sign in to saveThe Bat-Signal is a distress signal device appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, as a means to summon the superhero Batman. 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.
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- searchlight
- Subclass of
- flare
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- Batman and his cast
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- DC Universe
- present in work
- Detective Comics
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- Origins
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- 1949 Columbia serial
- 1960s
- ''Gotham''
- Arrowverse
- ''Titans''
- ''The Penguin''
- Live-action film
- Burton/Schumacher series
- Nolan series
- DC Extended Universe
- ''The Batman'' (2022)
- Animation
- DC Animated Universe
- ''The Batman''
- ''The Lego Batman Movie''
- ''Batman: Gotham by Gaslight''
- ''DC Super Hero Girls''
- ''Harley Quinn''
- Video games
- See also
- References
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. 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 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. A civilian organization employs a liaison to the Gotham Police Department to activate the Bat-Signal, owing to a legal precedent in which the police department would have to take responsibility for Batman's investigative tactics, should he be operating as their agent.
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