In 1941,The Bat sets about modernising the backward Duchy of Stahl,over which his dynasty has ruled since 1410 A.D..
The Bat is soon involved in experiments with the infamous Count Cogliostro. One of these experiments involves suspended animation;The Bat deciding he will be the test subject.
When he wakes,The Bat finds that not days have gone by but 51 years!
Worse,his kingdom is in ruins and an enclave of Kamora. The Bat tries politics to win back his homeland and when that fails he decides to fight for it!
However,he is unaware that some old,and new,enemies are lying in wait to stop him and all of them want one thing:The Bat dead!
Originally a back up strip in Black Tower Adventure in 1994,The Bat proved very popular as an anti-hero. The story was never completed. It is now.
And there was another Bat. 1952 saw George McQueen's Bat appear to fight any and all supernatural menaces. This book contains an original strip plus a new one drawn in 2007.