Dc Collectibles Batman the Animated Series Man Bat

The Man-Bat was a fauna resulting from crossing of human and bat DNA.

ane History
2 Abilities
3 Appearances
- 3.1 Batman: The Animated Serial
- 3.two Batman Beyond

History

Developed by Dr. Kirk Langstrom, the Man-Bat serum was a horrifying concoction that altered human genetic structure, and warped the user to become a brutal, feral half-human, half-bat animal—the Man-Bat. During the mutation, those afflicted would lose most of their mind and give in to their animalistic impulses, save in the direst of emergencies such equally when a strong enough mental shock was applied.

Also, during the transformation, they would proceeds greater stamina and the power to fly. Dr. Langstrom's male parent-in-constabulary Dr. March of the Gotham Zoo refined serum and perfected information technology so the new one would also increase the sensitivity of the ear to include echolocation, an ability only the second Human being-Bat demonstrated. The Man-Bat was the outset successful example of splicing, and was based upon a serum created originally past Emile Dorian and eventually modified past Langstrom towards bat-like mutative properties.

The first serum was taken by the aforementioned Langstrom, who immediately fell nether its influence and felt the animal's mind circumstantial with his own, continually demanding the chemicals necessary to make the transformation permanent. Nether the fauna'south influence, Langstrom continually raided chemic laboratories to acquire these substances. Thus, he came nether conflict with Batman and was ultimately knocked unconscious. Batman took the defeated Man-Bat dorsum to the Batcave, where Batman and Alfred worked on a means to cleanse the bat Dna and harmful chemicals. This apparently worked, equally Batman returned a reverted Kirk Langstrom to his married woman Francine.

Some fourth dimension later, all the same, Langstrom suspected he had unconsciously again taken the Human-Bat persona, as he suffered nightmares and his fears were fueled past news reports that a bat-like animal had been terrorizing the port in social club to aid itself to food. This gained the attention of Batman, who confronted Langstrom. Langstrom denied resuming the bat experiments and chalked it up to the possibility of merely a fractional cure. Batman ran a DNA exam to confirm, only before he could return with the results, Francine left her married man, challenge a render of her hubby every bit the Homo-Bat was too much for her. Batman later returned maxim that Kirk Langstrom was indeed free of bat DNA, thus a new Man-Bat was well-nigh. The guilty culprit turned out to be Dr. March, who covertly continued the bat experiments as he was still obsessed with the concept that humanity could not survive an evolutionary upheaval.

Langstrom attempted and succeeded in reasoning with his wife aboard an airplane leaving Gotham before she left him indefinitely, only shortly after, she succumbed to the mutagen herself after she had accidentally absorbed it through a piece of cut glass in an accident in Dr. March'southward laboratory. Turning into the She-Bat, she started a rampage through the plane, escaping with her unconscious hubby. Eventually, Batman confronted her atop one of the bridges surrounding Gotham. Injecting her with the cure, she was returned to normal.

Years later, Terry McGinnis was forcibly spliced past Abel Cuvier, who used a massive overdose of vampire bat serum to plow him into a feral creature similar to the original Human-Bat. As he began to transform, he returned to the Batcave to notice assistance, simply lost control and attacked his mentor, Bruce Wayne. Fortunately, subsequently a brief struggle, Bruce was able to contrary the process using an antidote.