Batman makes history as first superhero honored with Hollywood star

Jack Aylmer

AFTER 85 YEARS OF FIGHTING CRIME AND CAPTIVATING AUDIENCES, BATMAN HAS REACHED A NEW MILESTONE. 

THURSDAY, THE ICONIC HERO RECEIVED HIS VERY OWN STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME.

BATMAN BECOMES THE FIRST SUPERHERO TO RECEIVE THIS HONOR. 

TO TOP IT OFF, HE WAS ALSO AWARDED A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR BEING THE FIRST SUPERHERO TO GET A STAR ON THE WALK OF FAME. 

THIS ALL TRACES BACK TO 1939 WHEN BATMAN AKA BRUCE WAYNE WAS FIRST INTRODUCED TO READERS IN DETECTIVE COMICS. ALONGSIDE HIS LOYAL ALLY COMMISSIONER GORDON, BATMAN BECAME A FAN FAVORITE. 

THOUGH THIS IS BATMAN’S FIRST STAR, HIS CONNECTION TO THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME ISN’T NEW. ADAM WEST, WHO PORTRAYED THE HERO IN THE 1960s TV SERIES, WAS HONORED WITH A STAR IN 2012. HIS SIDEKICK ROBIN, PLAYED BY BURT WARD, FOLLOWED WITH HIS OWN STAR IN 2020.

BATMAN IS NOT THE FIRST FICTIONAL CHARACTER TO GET A STAR.

THAT HONOR BELONGS TO MICKEY MOUSE, WHO GOT ONEBACK IN 1978. 

BATMAN’S STAR IS THE 2-THOUSAND-790-TH TO BE PLACED.

AS FOR WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE DARK KNIGHT? A NEW COMIC BOOK SERIES, ABSOLUTE BATMAN, IS SET TO LAUNCH ON OCTOBER 9TH.

FROM COMICS TO THE BIG SCREEN, AND NOW WITH A STAR ON THE WALK OF FAME.. BATMAN’S LEGACY ONLY CONTINUES TO GROW

FOR SAN, I’M JACK AYLMER