History ComicBook / DetectiveComicsNumber33

Batman then visits one of Kruger’s men the following night and is led to his hideout. Batman attempts to sabotage the dirigible, but he is shot--only his bullet-proof vest saves his life. When Kruger attacks the city in his dirigible again, Batman crashes his new vehicle, the Batplane, into it, causing them to crash. Batman escapes death, but Kruger dies as his plane is brought down in the river.

* CoolAirship: The Dirigible of Doom is certainly an eye catching vehicle, looking akin to a Flash Gordon spaceship mixed with a blimp, rocking a bold yellow and red color scheme to go with it.

** Also, like in the previous comic, Batman is seen using a ''gun'' here (though he doesnt directly shoot anyone with it--instead using it to blow up a machine that kills some of Carl's mooks instead), which is odd since it later became established that Batman [[DoesntLikeGuns hates guns]] and will [[ThouShaltNotKill not take a life]] unless he has [[BatmanGrabsAGun absolutely no other options.]]

* DreadZeppelin: The Dirigible of Doom, which is used as the weapon and base of the stories villain, Carl Kruger.

* OriginStory: The opening pages of the book establish the origin of Batman for the first time; his parents were murdered in cold blood right in front of him, and using the vast wealth he inherited from them, he spent the following years learning and training how to live a life fighting crime. This culminates in a night where Bruce, trying to come up with an idea for something that will strike fear in the hearts of criminals, sees a bat flying through an open window in his study, which gives him the idea to become Batman.

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[[caption-width-right:219:"And thus is born this weird figure of the dark...this avenger of evil, 'The Batman'."]]

''Detective Comics #33'' is a early ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' story in ComicBook/DetectiveComics, notable for being the first one to cover the characters iconic origin.

* OriginStory: The opening pages of the book establish the origin of Batman for the first time; his parents were murdered in cold blood right in front of him, and using the vast wealth he inherited from them, he spent the following years learning and training how to live a life fighting crime. This culminaties in a night where Bruce, trying to come up with an idea for something that will strike fear in the hearts of criminals, sees a bat flying through an open window in his study, which gives him the idea to become Batman.

* KarmicDeath: After his Dirigible is destroyed, the mass murderer Carl Kruger tries to escape in a plane, but Batman, who had just patachuted out of the Batplane after crashing it into the blimp, latches onto his plane with his rope. Kruger notices him and tries to shoot him with a gas pellet, but misfires and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard ends up konking himself out]], causing him and his plane fatally crash into the waters below as Batman dives off just in time.

* KarmicDeath: After his Dirigible is destroyed, the mass murderer Carl Kruger tries to escape in a plane, but Batman, who had just patachuted out of the Batplane after crashing it into the blimp, latches onto his plane with his rope. Kruger notices him and tries to shoot him with a gas pellet, but misfires and [[HilariousInHindsight ends up konking himself out]], causing him and his plane fatally crash into the waters below as Batman dives off just in time.

* VillainOfTheWeek: Professor Carl Kruger, a dime a dozen egotistical mass murderer that Bats had to deal with in the tale.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The Batplane used here looks virtually nothing like it does in future stories, and on top of that, it isnt even a plane, more like a small Gyro-helicopter with bat wings.

Batman then visits one of Kruger’s men the following night and is led to his hideout. Batman attempts to sabotage the dirigible, but he is shot--only his bullet-proof vest saves his life. When Kruger attacks the city in his dirigible again, Batman crashes his new vehicle, the Bat-Gyro, into it, causing them to crash. Batman escapes death, but Kruger dies as his plane is brought down in the river.

[[caption-width-right:219:The moment Batman was born.]]

''Detective Comics #33'' is a early ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' story, notable for being the first one to cover the characters iconic origin.

''Detective Comics #33'' is a early Batman story, notable for being the first one to cover the characters iconic origin.

Besides the opening origin, the story is otherwise another typical night for the Bat as a dirigible, armed with a death-ray weapon, ruthlessly kills thousands. Batman jumps into action and investigates, believing that Professor Carl Kruger, a self-styled Napoleon, is responsible. Batman then breaks up a meeting between Kruger and his lieutenants, but he is nearly killed when the building is burned down.

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* OriginStory: The opening pages of the book establish the origin of Batman for the first time; his parents were murdered in cold blood right in front of him, and using the vast wealth he inherited from them, he spent the following years learning and training how to live a life fighting crime. This culminaties in a night where Bruce, trying to come up with an idea for something that will strike fear in the hearts of criminals, sees a bat flying through an open window in his study, which gives him the idea to become Batman.