Bat mite

Before the Crisis

Bat-Might regularly appeared in the Batman , Detective Comics , and World's Finest Comics' comics for five years. Bat-Might and Mr. Mksizptlk teamed up four times on the World's Finest Comics pages against Superman and Batman, also working on the team. In 1964 , however, when the new editor, Julius Schwartz, led the Batman series, Bat Might disappeared along with other family members, such as Bat Hound Ace, after which Bat Might only appeared three times in DC Universe before the Crisis: Bet united twice -Might / Mr. Mksizptlk appeared in World's Finest Comics No. 152 (August 1965 yes) and No. 169 (September 1967), whose editor was not Schwartz but Mort Weissinger, and in the history of Bat-Mite's New York Adventure of Detective Comics comic book No. 482 (February — March 1979), in which the imp visits DC Comics employees and insists on appearing in the comic strip, this story describes a picket yelling “We want Bat Mayt!” outside the Tishman building, where the DC editors office was located at that time. This comic was also provided with an editorial comment that the story was published specifically at the request of the character’s fans.

Bat-Might later appeared in a one-page story in the 200th issue of The Brave and the Bold .

After the Crisis

After changing the entire continuum in the 1985 crossover Crisis on Infinite Lands , Bat Might was almost completely removed from Batman's canon. He appeared in the comic book series The Legends of the Dark Knight , although he may have been a hallucination of a criminal named Bob Overdog. This comic claimed that Bat Might is one of many fans of superheroes of another dimension. This version of Bat-Might later appeared in the comic strip Mitefool , a one-part parody of the history of Knightfall (with the Overdog in the role of Jean-Paul Valley - the first Azrael). In the sixth episode of the World's Finest miniseries, Mr. Mksisptlk attacked Bat-Might, mistakenly mistaking him for Overdog. In the story after the Crisis, Bat-Might attacked Batman, but after Superman and Batman found out that Mksizptlk created it based on the description of Overdog in delirium.

Bat-Might appears in the one-episode special Elseworlds imprint comic strip Superman and Batman: World's Funnest , in which he fights Mr. Mksizptlkom, destroying Before the Crisis multiverse and After the Crisis universe, like all other universes, including the Elseworlds universe. The story did not continue and did not affect the subsequent comics.

Apart from World's Funnest, there was no connection between Bat Might and Mr. Mksysptlkom. In the anthology of Bizarro Comics, the native 5th dimension of Mksizptlku contains creatures similar to the Bat-Might and Lightning Johnny Thunder. None of these comics were recognized as canonical; be that as it may, in the crossover of the Justice League of America / Justice Society of America and in numbers 78-80 of each of these series it was said that both Mksizptlk and Lightning came from the 5th dimension. In interviews and responses to letters, it was suggested that Bat-Might also came from there, although this was not directly shown in the comics.

In Superman / Batman Post-Crisis Comic # 25, the Joker gained the powers of a 5th-dimensional occupant, borrowing them from Mr. Mksizptlka from the earlier released comic strip "Emperor Joker"; in the end, Bizarro was able to take them from him - turning them into Bat-Might, who literally crawled out of Joker’s head. So Bet-Might returned to the comics - as the powers of Mksysptlk who grew up in the head of the Joker. ^[2]

The first appearance of Bat Might after the Endless Crisis was in Batman No. 672, written by Grant Morrison . ^[3] Batman collides with Bat-Might right after a shot in the chest and a heart attack. Bat-Might, who has a green insect on his back, claims to have come from Space B at the Fivefold Expansion of Zrff ^[4] "). Only Batman sees Bat Might. Since Batman at that time was on the verge of death and could not really distinguish reality, it is quite possible that Bat-Might was just his hallucination.

In Batman No. 678, Bat-Might reappears, commenting on Batman's increasing hallucinations. No. 680 says that Bat Might is indeed a product of Batman’s imagination, reflecting its rational part. ^[5]

In issue No. 52 of the Superman / Batman comic, Bat-Might and Mksysptlkom again argue, and the result is similar to World's Funnest events . In this comic, Bat Might admires Batman, and Batman answers him gratefully. ^[6]

• Bat-Might was a regular character in the 1977 cartoon The New Adventure of Batman , in which he was voiced by Lou Skamer. He was portrayed as a well-intentioned superhero fan with magical powers. He tried to help Batman, but usually only multiplied the problem, shouting "All I want is to help!". One episode described Bat Might's home planet Ergo, as well as his personal adversary named Zarbor. He was also in love with Batgirl . ^{[7] [8]}
• The animatronic Bat-Might briefly appears in the 1992 animated series in the episode "Deep Freeze", voiced by Pat Freilly. Bat-Might enthusiastically congratulates Batman and Robin, saying: “Congratulations, Dynamic Duet! I am your biggest fan! ”Before kissing Robin, who clearly looks shocked. Later, he crashes and falls apart, saying “I just want to help!” Stuttering. Bat-mite was originally conceived only as a robot. Against his background, you can see the robots of Mr. Mksizptlka, Streaks Superkoshki and Crypto Superps.
• Bat-Might also appears several times in the animated series Batman: brave and courageous , voiced by Paul Rubens . This version of Bat-Might is powerful enough to regularly break the “fourth wall” and read Batman’s past, present and future, as well as ask Batman fans from their dimension their opinions on the events of the series. As in the comics, Bat-Might brings quite a lot of trouble to Batman, but in the end he leaves, correcting everything that he has done. What became special was his appearance in the last series of the series. In it, he deliberately spoils the events around Batman, so that in his dimension (in fact, which is our dimension) the show "Batman: the brave and the bold" was finally closed and a new, improved one was shot. And in the end, he succeeds, but along with Batman, he himself ceases to exist.