The Batmobiles of Batman
Batman's Ride
"A black thunderbolt on wheels, a swift nemesis to lawbreakers, a mighty machine of justice... that's the batmobile!" - from Batman #98, March 1956
Bat-Mobile Car Photos and artwork from various issues of DC Comics and Batman Movies
A "Tumbler" from the Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Original TV-Show Batmobile sells for $4.2 million
Feb 2013: Custom-built from a 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car, the Adam West-Burt Ward Batmobile set records for the auction house of Barrett-Jackson in Scottdale, Arizona.
Auto-Weeks Website has photos and more info.
Batmobile Design Contest Winner
The Car Design Fetish web site had a Batmobile design contest recently, with a number of good looking designs submitted to the competition.
"Honorable Mention" design winner by Leonardo Magana [image below]
Contest with images of other entries at cardesignfetish
Mick McMahon, Batman "Fat City" 2007
Art from "Fat City" in Batman Black and White Volume 3, 2007 DC Comics. See entire page enlarged here.
The "Tumbler" Batmobile from Batman Begins (2005) and The Dark Knight (2008)
Click to enlarged Batmobile Images.
[Below] The "Alaska Batmobile". Click to see enlarged image.
[Below: DC Comics - Detective Comics #40, June 1940. Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson artwork.]
For a further reading of the Batmobile as a vehicle, see the Car and Driver article that pits various famous movie cars against each other (TV-show Batmobile comes in first, though with caveats). Article has many photo, too. Click to follow link from screenshot.
This was funny (From the same car and driver article):
[Below: DC Comics - Batman #5, Spring 1941. Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson artwork.]
1989 Batmobile
[Below: The Batmobile from the Tim Burton Batman movies. Designed by Anton Furst.]
See more images and info about the Anton Furst Batmobile from the 1989 Tim Burton film
See these additional Batmobile images, extra-large pageBatmobile getting stripped by Jason Todd
Original page June 2006 | Updated Feb 2013
