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In the annals of comic book story , there are a plethora of incredible vehicle . From the Fantasti - elevator car , to Wonder Woman ’s inconspicuous Jet , to the X - Men ’s Blackbird jet-propelled plane , they have ranged in size of it and capableness in all the element , from air to sea to even space itself . But no other eccentric has planned and train for every possible mode of transport ( although some are … less hard-nosed than others ) more so than the Dark Knight himself : Batman . While the Batmobile is perhaps his most far-famed vehicle , DC Comics has recently reintroduced one of his wildest and ingenious vehicle designs , one that has precedent in a report over 65 year old .
In the late issue ofBatman#92 , Batman has his hands full : he ’s taking on Deathstroke , while , simultaneously , the Riddler has used laser grids to transform the entirety of Gotham City into a elephantine crossword puzzler . Racing against time to not only sole as many clues as he can , Batman also has to sail an increasingly - blockade Gotham City in rescript to triangulate the Riddler ’s placement . With the streets freeze off and time run out , what ’s the World ’s Greatest Detective to do ? Plan far ahead of fourth dimension and uncover his hole-and-corner railroad train system .
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Hinted at during James Tynion IV ’s run onDetective Comics Rebirth(as inspire by Tim Drake , who suggest pretend use of the abandoned Gotham metro system ) , and follow up here with Tynion ’s tenure onBatman , the appearance of the train comes as a bite of a surprisal to Deathstroke , who is take along for a ride in it as Batman chase after down the source of Riddler ’s transmission . The train is fundamentally a fluid Batcave : linked to the Bat - data processor , and able to get at any CCTV tv camera and calculator in the stallion , Batman has complete fluid admission to every electronic imagination . Most importantly , by utilizing the long - forgotten and abandon Gotham subway system system , Batman is able to bypass the Riddler ’s laser control grid , and arrive underneath the Riddler ’s transmission system location undetected , and subjugate him with a ataractic agent … but not before solving the scoundrel ’s crossword mystifier ambuscade with considerable ease .
This is not the first time the Bat - Train has made an appearance , just one of it former return . One of the stories in the 1955 issue ofBatman Vol 1#95 is titled simply , " The Bat - Train " . The game of the story revolves around police department throughout the country requesting Batman ’s appearance at lectures in various cities for discourage people from offense . To add on their request , the emcee cities pool their resourcefulness and construct a railroad connecting each city , and outfit a steam engine to active as a mobile Batcave between travels through each metropolis . The active Duo stop several crimes in between lecture , and finally break a crew from rob the actual Batcave of several prize , and uses their comeupance as an example in another public lecture .
The Bat - Train would be facetiously hinted at inBatman Vol . 2#35 , by Alfred , who allege it might still exist … but it is n’t until recently the engine has made its glorious return in action . give the various vehicle Batman already apply at his disposal , a full - shoot a line trainmakes about as much good sense as , say , a Bat - Transformer , but at least here its size and comparative impracticality is compensated with its abilities . More a roving base than a manoeuvrable infiltration fomite , the Bat - wagon train is just one of a long transmission line of tools atBatman ’s administration . And since Batman ’s source of assist has decreased a bitdue to the recent death of Alfred , he ’ll need every and any aid he can get … no matter how giddy it might at first seem .
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