May 4, 201016 appreciated comments
The evolution of the Batman symbol
Some time back, I asked what your favourite logo was. Al Woods chose the Batman logo, so Al, this one’s for you.
The symbol used in Tim Burton’s Batman (shown around the 57 seconds mark) is the one I’ll always be most familiar with. Watch on YouTube.
Entrance to the Philly Bat Cave
History of the Batman logo
Here’s a five-part series showing the history of the logo: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
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Video via VIBE. History via Kottke.
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Val
That’s quite a coincidence, as I thought just yesterday, how interesting an article about super hero-logos and especially the batman symbol, would be :-)
May 4th, 2010
sean farrell
Hey David, this is awesome. Thanks for sharing. I would definitely say that the either Batman Beyond or Batman Begins are my favorites
May 4th, 2010
Chad Engle
David,
Thanks for sharing. Thats a really well done video that morphs from logo to logo. Pretty awesome.
May 4th, 2010
Nicole Phillips
Thank you so much for this video. It was very interesting to see the different logo designs of a timeless hero. I also would have to say that Batman Beyond & Batman Begins were my favorite designs.
May 4th, 2010
Derek
Love this video. We’d love to share this video with our website visitors.
May 4th, 2010
Chris
Thanks for the entertaining post David! …and wouldn’t you know: that’s one of the few songs by U2 I can tolerate ;)
Like you, the ’89 Batman logo from Mr. Burton will always hold a special place in my heart, but I was pretty impressed with the Nightfall logo from ’93, and I really like the Nolan logo from ’05.
I wonder is there another Superhero logo that has undergone this many transformations?
May 4th, 2010
rory
Great little video, 68 years of designers ‘ tweaking ‘ interesting to see the different versions, I think most of them kinda suit the era they were released.
Next week Spidey?
May 5th, 2010
Rachel
wonderful video..thanks for sharing..
May 5th, 2010
Valentino
Wow, not a single iteration I could complain about. What famous logo could change so much and receive no complaints? Maybe logo revisions every few years isn’t such a bad thing! If your basic logo shape is so memorable.
Not even Superman’s changes were this good. Although the best S is better than any bat. Maybe because it’s much more of a cherished symbol.
May 5th, 2010
Victor Zuniga
I had no idea there were so many… I only knew of some the earliest ones starting with the one from Tim Burton’s Batman.
May 5th, 2010
Paul Galbraith
David, that’s a great little video you found. I really enjoyed seeing the symbol morph through the various versions over the years, it gave a real sense of the changes made, some of which were quite a departure from what came before.
May 11th, 2010
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