Question about pre-batmobile Batman.

[Converge]

How did Batman get from the batcave to downtown Gotham City before he had the batmobile?

Did he call a bat-taxi? Or did he just grappling-hook all the way there.

And yes, I did just use "grappling-hook" as a verb.

[Slam_Bradley]

How did Batman get from the batcave to downtown Gotham City before he had the batmobile?

Did he call a bat-taxi? Or did he just grappling-hook all the way there.

And yes, I did just use "grappling-hook" as a verb.


He drove a sedan.

And here's a pic of one of them.

http://www.batmobilehistory.com/1941-pre-batmobile.gif

[Smell]

Didn't Bruce also have a downtown pad.

I believe it was resurected after the Quake.

Dom

downtown smells

[Grant]

He used to car pool with the Green Arrow and The Question.

[Forsaken_One]

He used to car pool with the Green Arrow and The Question.
Then the Question realized he was under a seperate publisher and faded away...

[C.O. Jones]

Maybe he just changed into Batman right on the spot behind closed doors before they developed ideas for the cave and the car.

[Ruthless_Pryde]

Batman: legends of the DarkKnight, the story arc was Prey.

He got around on a glider t and from the Batcave. He was working on a car at the time and finished it towards the end of the book.

[literally exaggerated]

Gotham public transportation is heavily underrated, and at just $80 a month for a monthly pass, Batman cheaply and conveniently got around via the subway and bus, striking fear into the hearts of subway vagrants and people who slip under the bar.

[Cei-U!]

The straight answer is a) there was no Bat-Cave in the comics until after it appeared in the second movie serial, b) Bruce Wayne's early digs were an apartment, c) the name "Gotham City" wasn't used until Batman #4 in late '40 (the series was set in New York prior to that) and d) Batman had a car from his first appearance.

Cei-U!
I summon the bat-history!

[Converge]

The straight answer is a) there was no Bat-Cave in the comics until after it appeared in the second movie serial, b) Bruce Wayne's early digs were an apartment, c) the name "Gotham City" wasn't used until Batman #4 in late '40 (the series was set in New York prior to that) and d) Batman had a car from his first appearance.

Cei-U!
I summon the bat-history!

Well I'm talking about the modern stuff like Long Halloween, and Dark Victory. Where he has a fully functional batcave, yet no batmobile, but manages to get from the batcave to downtown Gotham City with ease.

[Sean Whitmore]

In the Shadow of the Bat "Year One" annual, Batman made it from the cave to the city on a motorcycle, and commented to Alfred on the need for a car.

And in a few different Legends of the Dark Knight stories, Alfred would chauffeur Bruce around in a limo or towncar with tinted windows.


SEAN

[Grant]

Then the Question realized he was under a seperate publisher and faded away...

I'm talking post crisis DCU. Earth 2 Batman, Green Arrow and Doctor Midnight would carpool.

[glennsim]

No, the real question is, how did Speedy get from the West Coast to the East Coast for Teen Titans meetings?