The History of the Batmobile

1973


Primary Appearance:
Comic Books
Base Car:
1972 Mustang
Color(s):
Blue exterior/Blue interior
1973 Batmobile

The "dealer stock" look stayed with Batman in early 1973, when he used this Ford Mustang. Like the 1972 Corvette, this Batmobile is drawn as an almost perfect rendition of a factory-stock automobile.

Batman himself is fairly ineffective in this story. First, he's run off the road into a snowbank. Next, he's knocked unconscious when he gets out to fight off the men who ran him off the road. Then, as a final insult, the bad guys leave their truck behind and steal the Batmobile. Batman triumphs in the end as usual, but the days of unmodified Batmobiles are over, as more custom vehicles return to Batman's garage.

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