Man-Bat
Hybrid nocturnal creature
Man-Bat is a DC Comics supervillain—a scientist who transforms into a monstrous bat-human hybrid after experimenting with bat DNA.
The name inverts Batman, whose heroic identity he mirrors as a tragic, often uncontrollable creature.
Man-Bat has appeared in comics, animated series, and video games since his 1970 debut.
Permanent DNA alteration
- serumBlood's watery portion
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- transformationThorough change in form
- splicingConnecting by interweaving ends
experiment · formula · laboratory · transgenic · biotechnology · mutagen · metamorphosis · Hyde
Unidirectional electrical flow
- BatmanGotham's masked vigilante
- villainWicked story antagonist
- GothamNew York City nickname
- antiheroMorally ambiguous main character
serum · transformation · Arkham · supervillain · origin · writer · illustrator · issue
mutation
Permanent DNA alteration
- serumBlood's watery portion
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- transformationThorough change in form
splicing · experiment · formula · laboratory · transgenic · biotechnology · mutagen · metamorphosis · Hyde · scientist
DC
Unidirectional electrical flow
antihero · serum · transformation · Arkham · supervillain · origin · writer · illustrator · issue · series
wings
Limbs for flight
- echolocationNavigation through reflected sound
- nocturnalActive during darkness
- fangsSharp piercing teeth
claws · monster · beast · grotesque · savage · sonar · flight · screech · cave · predator