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Alex Fitch, Lecturer and PhD Candidate in Comics and Architecture, University of Brighton

The Batman: the Dark Knight on screen has always reflected contemporary tastes

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A billionaire who dresses up as a bat to strike fear into the hearts of evildoers is back on the streets of Gotham. This time Robert Pattinson is in the batsuit in the sixth film featuring the caped crusader in the last decade alone.

Batman has been on screen in numerous iterations since the 1940s but audiences seem to not have had enough quite yet. The Batman sold US$8 million (£6 million) worth of tickets worldwide on the first day of sale and earned US$128.5 million on its opening weekend.

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