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| | Batman - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Batman was inspired by a number of different sources, including but not limited to: Zorro, Doc Savage, The Shadow, The Bat, Dracula, Douglas Fairbanks, Superman and Dick Tracy. |
 | | In the Batman mythos, Batman is the alter-ego of Bruce Wayne, a millionaire industrialist who was driven to fight crime after his parents were murdered by a mugger when he was a child. |
 | | Batman Begins (To be released in USA in June 2005), directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale as Batman, a prequel that arguably reboots the film franchise by exploring Batman's origin. |
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