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The Batman Movie – only in theaters. The BATMOBILE™ – wherever you build it. | LEGO

The LEGO replica of the Batmobile from Tim Burton’s Batman (1989) features a sliding cockpit roof, hidden machine guns, and tires that turn with the steering wheel. | IGN

Debut of the Day: The Batmobile first appeared outside of DC comic books 80 years ago in Lambert Hillyer’s 15 chapter black and white serial film “Batman” released by Columbia Pictures in 1943. After “the Bat-Man”’s 1939 debut in ‘Detective Comics’, the character’s popularity continued to rise in National Allied Publications (today’s DC), receiving his own self titled book a year later in April 1940. As the adventures of Batman and his young sidekick Robin the Boy Wonder (Dick Grayson) evolved t