Updated: 22 January 2013 00:11 | By Sean Carson
PHOTOS: Batmobiles through the ages

Batman’s first Batmobile



Batman’s first Batmobile (© Rex Features)
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Batman’s first-ever Batmobile wasn’t actually all that special. He was first referenced driving in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939 – and so the legend was born. Although it was simply referred to as “his car” and was a boring old saloon, it soon began to gather more bat motifs and get rather more radical.

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