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Batista regime
The Batista regime was the government of Cuba under Fulgencio Batista from his 1952 coup until Fidel Castro's revolution drove him from the island on January 1, 1959.
Batista's flight from Cuba
Batista's flight from Cuba was the pre-dawn departure of President Fulgencio Batista from Havana on 1 January 1959, ending his dictatorship as Castro's rebels advanced.
Batken
Batken Region (Баткен облусу) is Kyrgyzstan's southwesternmost oblast, capital Batken city, created after 1999-2000 incursions; 17,048 sq km, about 500,000 people, on the disputed Kyrgyz-Tajik border with enclaves and recurring clashes.
Batla House
Batla House is a 2019 Hindi action thriller directed by Nikkhil Advani, starring John Abraham, based on the controversial September 19, 2008 Operation Batla House police encounter in Delhi's Jamia Nagar; released August 15, 2019, earning about $13.1 million worldwide.
Batla House encounter case
The Batla House encounter (Batla House encounter case), a 19 September 2008 Delhi Police Special Cell raid on Flat 108, L-18, Jamia Nagar after the 13 September Delhi bombings, killed Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma and two Indian Mujahideen suspects, drew fake-encounter allegations, an NHRC clean chit, and murder convictions.
Batleika
Batleika is a Belarusian folk puppet theater named from Bethlehem, first recorded in the 16th century, whose two-tier stage and nativity plays resemble the vertep.
Batley and Spen (UK Parliament constituency)
Batley and Spen was a Labour-held borough constituency in Yorkshire, seat of Jo Cox and Tracy Brabin, abolished in 2024 and split between Spen Valley and Dewsbury and Batley.
Batllers
Batllers is a casino in Mbeya City, Tanzania, mapped in OpenStreetMap in the Sisimba/Maendeleo area near Mbeya Post Office and Equity Bank; it is not named on the Gaming Board of Tanzania's licensed casino register.
Batllism
Batllism (batllismo) is the reformist political current of Uruguay's Colorado Party initiated by José Batlle y Ordóñez, president from 1903 to 1907 and 1911 to 1915.
Batman
Batman, the DC Comics superhero Bruce Wayne, the Dark Knight of Gotham City, debuted in Detective Comics #27 (1939), created by Bob Kane with writer Bill Finger; no superpowers, origin in Detective #33, co-creator credit for Finger in 2015.
Batman (1966 film)
Batman (1966 film), also sold as Batman: The Movie, is the first theatrical Batman feature, a camp comedy spin-off of the Adam West ABC series, directed by Leslie H. Martinson, in which Batman and Robin fight the Joker, Penguin, Riddler, and Catwoman.
Batman (1989 film)
Batman, also known as Tim Burton's Batman, is a 1989 American superhero film directed by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson, and the highest-grossing film of 1989.
Batman (album)
Batman (album): Prince's eleventh studio album, the 1989 Warner Bros. soundtrack to Tim Burton's film Batman, distinct from Danny Elfman's score. Six weeks at Billboard number 1, over 11 million sold, Batdance a US number 1 single.
Batman (comic book)
Batman is the name of two long-running DC Comics series, the self-titled Batman launched in 1940 and Detective Comics, home of the character since 1939.
Batman (franchise)
Batman (franchise): DC Comics media property around Bob Kane and Bill Finger's 1939 vigilante, spanning comics, film (Burton, Nolan, Reeves), animation, and Arkham and LEGO games.
Batman (military)
Batman (military): a soldier assigned to a commissioned officer as a personal servant, also called an orderly; from French bât, pack-saddle, attested 1755; phased out after World War II; unrelated to the 1939 superhero.
Batman (serial)
Batman (1943) is Columbia Pictures' 15-chapter serial, the first screen appearance of Batman, starring Lewis Wilson and Douglas Croft against the wartime villain Dr. Daka; it introduced the Batcave and inspired the 1966 TV series.
Batman (Terry McGinnis)
Terry McGinnis, also called Batman Beyond, is DC's futuristic Batman successor, a teenager mentored by an elderly Bruce Wayne in Neo-Gotham, created by Burnett, Dini, and Timm for the 1999 animated series and later featured in DC comics.
Batman (TV series)
Batman (ABC, January 12, 1966 to March 14, 1968) was the first live-action Batman TV series, a campy Adam West and Burt Ward show in 120 twice-weekly cliffhanger episodes, which sparked 1966 Batmania, $75 million in merchandise, and revived the comic's sales.
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (1998) is a direct-to-video DC Animated Universe film directed by Boyd Kirkland, in which Mr. Freeze kidnaps Batgirl as an organ donor to save his wife Nora; it won a 1998 Annie Award.
Batman & Robin (film)
Batman & Robin (1997), directed by Joel Schumacher, written by Akiva Goldsman, is the fourth Warner Bros. Batman film, starring George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chris O'Donnell, Uma Thurman, and Alicia Silverstone; a campy critical and box-office failure that cancelled Batman Unchained and idled the franchise until 2005.
Batman and Harley Quinn
Batman and Harley Quinn is a 2017 Warner Bros. Animation DC film directed by Sam Liu from a Bruce Timm story, with Kevin Conroy, Melissa Rauch, Loren Lester, and Paget Brewster; Batman and Nightwing recruit Harley Quinn against Poison Ivy and the Floronic Man, scoring 50% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Batman and Robin (serial)
Batman and Robin (1949), also called The New Adventures of Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder, is Columbia Pictures' 15-chapter film serial starring Robert Lowery and Johnny Duncan against the Wizard, directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, produced by Sam Katzman, released May 26 to September 1, 1949.
Batman Begins
Batman Begins is a 2005 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne, who trains with the League of Shadows and returns to Gotham to fight crime as Batman.
Batman Beyond
Batman Beyond (1999–2001) is a Warner Bros. Animation series by Alan Burnett, Paul Dini, and Bruce Timm, set in Neo-Gotham 2039, where Terry McGinnis (Will Friedle) becomes Batman under an elderly Bruce Wayne (Kevin Conroy); three seasons, 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Batman Beyond (comics)
Batman Beyond comics: DC Comics titles featuring Terry McGinnis, the teenage Batman created for the 1999 animated series. Covers the 1999 tie-in, the 2010 Hush Beyond bridge, 2015 Tim Drake and 2016 Rebirth runs, and Batman/Static: Beyond.
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker is a 2000 American animated superhero film, the first feature-length movie based on Batman Beyond, directed by Curt Geda.
Batman Beyond: Year One
Batman Beyond: Year One is a 2024 live-action fan film, also called a proof-of-concept short, directed by Michael Yu for Lumis Entertainment; Ryan Potter plays Terry McGinnis fighting the Royal Flush Gang in Neo Gotham.
Batman Forever
Batman Forever (1995) is Joel Schumacher's third Warner Bros. Batman film, starring Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, and Chris O'Donnell; it earned $336.6M worldwide with mixed reviews (Metascore 54, Tomatometer 41%).
Batman Forever (soundtrack)
Batman Forever: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture is Atlantic's 1995 various-artists soundtrack for Schumacher's film, led by U2's "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" and Seal's "Kiss from a Rose," distinct from Goldenthal's score album.