Robert Kirkland "Kirk" Langstrom was a well-respected scientist who worked at the Gotham Natural History Museum, whose area of expertise was in the study of bats. Constantly flipping between the light and dark, the Man-Bat remains one of the strangest and most tragic figures in Batman's rogue's gallery.ĭr. There were times that Man-Bat lost his sanity and any semblance of humanity and became a villain, and at other times, he maintained enough of his faculties as to use his powers to become a heroic figure, even working alongside the likes of the Justice League Dark. Unfortunately, the Man-Bat persona would continue to reemerge over the years, and at one point even Langstrom's wife and son were similarly transformed into monstrous human/bat hybrids. Losing his sanity upon becoming a sort of "were-bat," he came into conflict with Batman, who was able to restore him to human form once more. He unfortunately tested the formula on himself, which transformed him into a half man, half bat creature, with giant leathery wings and razor sharp claws.
Originally a renowned zoologist named Kirk Langstrom, he invented a formula which was intended to give a regular person the sonar sense of a bat, something that could help the vision impaired and the deaf. The most famous "creature of the night" in Gotham City might be Batman, but there is another who is far more fearsome and deadly – the Man-Bat.
Aliases: Robert Kirkland "Kirk" Langstromįirst Appearance: DETECTIVE COMICS #400, 1970
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