"Wealthy Bruce Wayne, upright citizen of Gotham City, is no ordinary man - beneath his rather dull millionaire facade is a masked hero, defender of justice, crime fighter extraordinaire. One flash of the bat signal or call on the bat phone and 'Wham Bam' he transforms into action as the Caped Crusader - BATMAN. The true story of Batman was derived from an obscure bat image in the novel 'The Bat' by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Writer and illustrator Bob Kane developed this image into the hugely successful comic book creation known today. From this format it was a natural progression to TV and film.
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The original Batmobile was a creation of George Barris who modified the Lincoln Futura, a one-off styling exercise to produce one of the most famous custom cars ever produced. The films "Batman" and "Batman Returns" give rise to the magnificent Anton Furst Batmobile, a timeless brutal expression of a car as dark and secretive as is its hero. In the film "Batman Forever" the cars design returns to a more comic book appearance.
Cars of the Stars is proud to be the owner of one of each of these vehicles."