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The Batcave is a fictional subterranean cave appearing in the Batman franchise, first created for the 1943 Batman film serial. It is the headquarters of the superhero Batman and his partners, and located beneath Wayne Manor, personal residence of Batman’s secret identity Bruce Wayne.^[1][2]

The Batcave first appeared in the Batman film serial chapter entitled “The Electrical Brain.” Bob Kane, who was on the film set, then portrayed the cave in the Batman dailies on October 29, 1943, in a strip entitled “The Bat Cave!” The Batcave made its comic book debut in Detective Comics #83 in January 1944.^[3] Over the decades, the cave has been expanded to include a vast trophy room, supercomputer,^[4] and forensics lab. There has been little consistency as to the floor plan of the Batcave or its contents. The design has varied from artist to artist and it is not unusual for the same artist to draw the cave layout differently in various issues.

The Batcave has also appeared in the film serial Batman and Robin (1949), Batman television series (1966–1968), films Batman (1966), Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Batman Forever (1995), Batman and Robin (1997), The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012), DC Extended Universe films (2016–2023), as well as The Batman (2022).

The Batcave first became part of the Batman mythos in the 1943 15-chapter serial Batman starring Lewis Wilson. In this version, as later in the comics, it is a small cave with a desk and rock walls lit up by candles. Behind the desk is a large black bat symbol. The cave is connected to a crime lab. Bats were depicted as flying around the cave, although only their shadows are visible. Batman uses these bats as a scare tactic to make an apprehended enemy reveal information. To prevent the enemy from escaping, an iron door covers the exit.

The comics originally only portrayed a secret tunnel that ran underground between Wayne Manor and a dusty old barn where the Batmobile was kept. Later, in Batman #12 (August–September 1942), Bill Finger mentioned “secret underground hangars”. In 1943, the writers of the first Batman film serial gave Batman a complete underground crime lab and introduced it in the second chapter, entitled “The Bat’s Cave”. The entrance was via a secret passage through a grandfather clock and included bats flying around.

Bob Kane, who was on the film set, mentioned this to Finger who was going to be the initial scripter on the Batman daily newspaper strip. Finger included with his script a clipping from Popular Mechanics that featured a detailed cross-section of underground hangars. Kane used this clipping as a guide, adding a study, crime lab, workshop, hangar and garage. This illustration appeared in the Batman “dailies” on October 29, 1943, in a strip entitled “The Bat Cave!”.

In this early version, the cave was described as Batman’s underground study and, like the other rooms, was just a small alcove with a desk and filing cabinets. Like in the film serial, Batman’s symbol was carved into the rock behind the desk and had a candle in the middle of it. The entrance was via a bookcase which led to a secret elevator.

The Batcave was also featured and expanded on in the 1949 serial Batman and Robin. In this serial, there are filing cabinets and the cave now has a crime lab built in. The cave also contains the first incarnation of a batphone.

The Batcave made its comic book debut in Detective Comics #83 in January 1944.^[5]

The cave was discovered and used long before by Bruce Wayne’s ancestors as a storehouse as well as a means of transporting escaped slaves during the Civil War era.^[6] Wayne rediscovered the caves as a boy when he fell through a dilapidated well on his estate, but did not consider it as a potential base of operations until returning to Gotham to become Batman. In addition to a base, the Batcave serves as a place of privacy and tranquility, much like Superman‘s Fortress of Solitude.

In earlier versions of the story, Bruce Wayne discovered the cave as an adult. In “The Origin of the Batcave” in Detective Comics #205 (March 1954), Batman tells Robin he had no idea the cave existed when he purchased the house they live in. He discovered the cave by accident when, while he was testing the floor of an old barn on the rear of the property, the floor gave way. This story also established that frontiersman Jeremy Coe used the cave as a headquarters 300 years earlier. Bruce Wayne discovering the cave as an adult remained the case at least through Who’s Who #2 in 1985.

Upon his initial foray into crime-fighting, Wayne used the caves as a sanctum and to store his then-minimal equipment. As time went on, Wayne found the place ideal to create a stronghold for his war against crime, and has incorporated a plethora of equipment as well as expanding the cave for specific uses.

The cave is accessible in several ways. It can be reached through a secret door in Wayne Manor itself, which is almost always depicted as in the main study, often behind a grandfather clock which unlocks when the hands are set to the time that Bruce Wayne’s parents were murdered, 10:48 pm.^[7] In Batman (1966), the cave entrance is behind a bookcase that hides firepoles which was opened when Bruce Wayne activated a control switch hidden in a bust of William Shakespeare, while Wayne’s butler, Alfred Pennyworth uses a separate service elevator. An entrance under Bruce Wayne’s chair in his office in Wayne Enterprises, as shown in Batman Forever, connects to a mile-long tunnel that Bruce travels through in a high-speed personal transportation capsule. In Batman Begins and The Dark Knight Rises, the cave is accessible through a secret door disguised as part of a large display case and is unlocked by pressing a sequence of keys on the nearby grand piano.

Another secret entrance, covered by a waterfall, pond, hologram, or a camouflaged door, allows access to a service road for the Batmobile. Another alternate entrance is the dry well where Bruce originally discovered the Batcave, highlighted especially during the Knightfall comic book storyline. At one point, Dick Grayson and Tim Drake use the dry well to get into the cave, which they had been locked out of by Azrael during his time as Batman, and Bruce Wayne used it to infiltrate the cave and confront the insane Valley in the final battle between the two men for the title of the Batman. Lured into the narrow tunnel, Valley was forced to remove the massive Bat-armor he had developed, thus allowing Wayne to force Valley to remit his claim to the title.

The location of the cave is known not only to Batman but to several of his allies. In addition to the so-called “Batfamily”, members of the Justice League and the original Outsiders are aware of the cave’s location. Essentially, anyone who is aware of Batman’s secret identity also knows the location of the Batcave, much like how people who have knowledge of Robin’s identity have knowledge of Batman’s; these, unfortunately, include such villains as Ra’s al Ghul, who makes occasional visits to the Batcave to confront his long-time nemesis, and David Cain, who infiltrated the cave during the Bruce Wayne: Fugitive comic book storyline when he framed Bruce Wayne for murder. During Batman: Dark Victory, Two-Face, the Joker, Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy discovered the Batcave while fleeing through the sewers to escape the attacks of the surviving mobsters, but they had lost their way and were never able to find the cave again after being defeated, with Batman reflecting that he would seal that entrance to prevent such a thing happening again.

The Batcave serves as Batman’s secret headquarters and the command center, where he monitors all crisis points in Gotham City, as well as the rest of the world.

The cave’s centerpiece is a supercomputer whose specs are on par with any of those used by leading national security agencies; it permits global surveillance and also connects to a massive information network as well as storing vast amounts of information. A series of satellite link-ups allows easy access to Batman’s information network anywhere around the globe. The systems are protected against unauthorized access, and any attempt to breach their security immediately sends an alert to Batman or Oracle.

Additionally, the cave features state-of-the-art facilities such as a crime lab, various specialized laboratories, mechanized workshops, personal gymnasium, parking, docking and hangar space for his vehicles as well as separate exits for each type, memorabilia of past campaigns, a vast library, a large bat colony, and a Justice League teleporter. It also has medical facilities as well as various areas used in training exercises for Batman and his allies.

The cave houses Batman’s vast array of specialized vehicles, foremost being the Batmobile in all its incarnations. Other vehicles within the complex include various motorcycles, air– and watercraft such as the Batplane, a single-occupant supersonic jet, and the Subway Rocket.

During the Cataclysm storyline, the cave is seriously damaged in an earthquake, with the Bat-family relocating most of the trophies and equipment in the cave to offsite storage to conceal Batman’s identity. During the later reconstruction, Wayne Manor incorporates additional safeguards against future quakes and even a potential nuclear catastrophe, outfitting the cave as a virtual bomb shelter or an enhanced panic room. The city’s earthquake alters the caverns of the Batcave, with eight new levels now making up Batman’s secret refuge of high-tech laboratory, library, training areas, storage areas, and vehicle accesses. It also includes an “island” computer platform with seven linked Cray T932 mainframes and a state-of-the-art hologram projector. There is also a selection of retractable glass maps within the computer platform. Kevlar shieldings are prepared to protect the cave’s computer systems from seismic activity. With the cave’s various facilities spread amid limestone stalactites and stalagmites,^[2] Batman builds retractable multi-walkway bridges, stairs, elevators, and poles to access its facilities.

The Batcave is rigged with a sophisticated security system to prevent all measure of infiltration. The security measures include motion sensors, silent alarms, steel and lead mechanical doors which could lock a person in or out, and a security mode which is specifically designed to stop if not eliminate all Justice League members in the event that any of them go rogue.

The cave stores unique memorabilia items collected from the various cases Batman has worked on over the years. Originally, these were stored in a room designed just for them; it was explained that Batman and Robin took one memento from each case. Later, the trophies were shown to be in the large main area of the cave, residing among the rest of the Batcave’s furnishings.

The most regularly featured trophies are a full-size animatronic Tyrannosaurus rex, a giant replica of a Lincoln penny, and an oversized Joker playing card. The T. Rex comes from an adventure on “Dinosaur Island” (Batman #35 1946); the penny was originally a trophy from Batman’s encounter with a penny-obsessed villain named the Penny Plunderer (World’s Finest Comics #30 1947), but was later retconned into being from an encounter with Two-Face. Other “keepsakes” in the cave come from “The Thousand and One Trophies of Batman!” (Detective Comics #158, 1950). These three stories were reprinted in Batman #256.

There is also a glass case display of Jason Todd‘s Robin costume as a memorial to him, with the epitaph “A Good Soldier”, which remains even after Todd’s resurrection. Barbara Gordon‘s Batgirl costume also remains on display.

After the Flashpoint comic book storyline, a letter written by a Thomas Wayne from an alternate timeline addressed to Bruce Wayne has lain in a display case, as a reminder of Thomas’s love for his son and encouraging him to move on from his tragic past.^[8] However, this letter was destroyed by the reborn Eobard Thawne as a way to hurt Bruce for Thomas’s attempt to kill him before Flashpoint ended.

The Outsiders were, for a time, based out of a Batcave in Los Angeles. When Jean-Paul Valley takes over the role of Batman, Tim Drake establishes his own safe house using an abandoned barn nearby Wayne Manor and his own house. After Bane‘s attack during the Knightfall story arc, Bruce Wayne swore that he would never be caught unprepared to defend Gotham City ever again. When Dick Grayson assumed the Batman role during the Prodigal storyline, Bruce established satellite Batcaves throughout the city on areas either owned by him, his company, or unknown or abandoned by the city, in the event that he needed a place to hide or resupply, which were pivotal during the No Man’s Land storyline. One such Batcave was given to Batgirl, below a house owned by Bruce Wayne himself, during a point where her identity was compromised after she saved a man from rogue government agents, meaning that she could not walk around without a mask.

Under the Wayne Foundation building, there is a secret bunker. As of Batman #687, Dick Grayson has taken to using this as his “Batcave”, stating that he wishes to embody the role of Batman in a way that is specific to him as well as getting closer to the action in the city. The bunker is as well-equipped as the original Batcave, including the Subway Rocket vehicle.

Other satellite Batcaves, introduced during No Man’s Land, include Batcave Central, located fifty feet below the bottom of Robinson Park Reservoir and accessible through a secret entrance at the foot of one of the Twelve Caesars statues at the north of the park, and ultimately put out of commission by Poison Ivy, her “Feraks”, and Clayface,^[9] Batcave South, a boiler room of a derelict shipping yard on the docks across from Paris Island that is accessible through a number of false manholes planted throughout Old Gotham streets,^[9] Batcave South-Central, a four-block stretch of track sealed in 1896 and forgotten in the Old Gotham prototype subway station,^[9] Batcave Northwest, located in the subbasement of Arkham Asylum, stocked with emergency rations, all-terrain vehicles, and battery-powered communication equipment,^[9] and Batcave East, an abandoned oil refinery owned by Wayne Enterprises that fell out of use during a gasoline crisis when the company moved all of its holdings offshore decades ago.^[9]

An abandoned submarine docked on the city’s harbors, introduced in 2002’s Fugitive story arc, is used by Batman as a full-time residence when he chooses to abandon his life as Bruce Wayne when framed for the murder of Vesper Fairchild.

• In Batman & Dracula: Red Rain, Batman destroys the Batcave to eliminate Dracula’s followers; having lured them into the cave after a prolonged pursuit through the sewers, he sets off explosive charges to destroy the Batcave’s walls at the moment the sun rises, destroying the vampires trapped within it, before setting off additional charges to collapse Wayne Manor to preserve his secrets. The first sequel, Bloodstorm, shows that a cellar beneath a brownstone owned by Alfred Pennyworth serves as a lair/laboratory for Batman after he becomes a vampire. Although Wayne Manor collapses into the remains of the cave, part of the tunnel system is still intact, with Batman establishing his lair there in the story’s second sequel, Crimson Mist. At the story’s conclusion, Commissioner Gordon sets off explosive charges to destroy the cave’s roof, letting the sun into the cave once again to kill Batman.
• In Batman: Brotherhood of the Bat, some years after Bruce Wayne’s death and humanity’s decimation by a virus unleashed by Ra’s al Ghul, Ra’s takes control of the Batcave and uses some of Bruce’s sketches of possible costumes to create an army of Bat-men based on Bruce’s rejected costume designs. Eventually, this ‘Brotherhood’ is infiltrated by Tallant, the son of Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul, who is able to destroy the Brotherhood from within.
• In the alternate reality of Flashpoint, the Batcave – here used by Thomas Wayne rather than Bruce – is far smaller and more run-down than the traditional version, containing merely a couple of tables for Thomas to work on his equipment and a medical area, with a conventional computer in the upper manor, reflecting Thomas’s more brutal and solitary M.O. as Batman as opposed to the more sophisticated training undertaken by his son.^[10]
• In the 31st century, the Batcave has been long abandoned, although Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl and Lightning Lad briefly infiltrate the cave while looking for evidence that Krypton existed.^[11]
• In the possible future of Detective Comics (vol. 2) #27, Bruce Wayne has used a machine to download his memories and training into a series of clones of himself, each one aged to a point where they can act as Batman for around twenty-five years before they need to activate the new clone. By the time that the tenth generation clone is created, the Batcave has become a vast workshop, including a flying Batmobile, a robotic shark as a trophy, and costumes in glass cases, but the older Batman informs the new one that the contents of the cave will be burned upon his death so that the new Batman can make room for his own things while using the recorded memories to keep track of anything important from the past.^[12]
• In Smallville: Season 11, the comic book continuation of the television series, Batman has a safe house in the form of a cargo ship, known as “Leviathan”, docked at a hub in Metropolis. It is registered to a shell corporation in the Caribbean, thus protecting Bruce Wayne’s secret. However, it is compromised by the Intergang, Prankster, and Mr. Freeze. Lex Luthor is also aware of Leviathan’s location due to his tracking of Superman‘s radiation signature with his satellites.^[13] Wayne is later shown in the Batcave itself with Alfred when Martian Manhunter infiltrates it to talk with Batman.
• In Batman Beyond 2.0, Terry McGinnis no longer uses the Batcave following an argument with Bruce. After arriving in the universe controlled by the Justice Lords, Terry encounters his alternate universe counterpart, T, who is a member of the Jokerz. Terry and T arrive at Wayne Manor to find that it had been destroyed by the Justice Lords. Following the defeat of Lord Superman, T and Dick Grayson of the Justice Lords universe begin rebuilding the Batcave.

The Batcave from the 1966 television series was portrayed in the corresponding film released after the first television season.

• In Tim Burton‘s 1989 Batman feature film, the cave is shown to house the Batmobile, which is parked on a turntable-like platform at the edge of a large chasm filled with pipes, looking somewhat like a sewer. The Batmoblie enters the cave from a rock cliff/door. The cave also features the Batcomputer, which is on a metal platform. There is also an office-like workstation, unspecified machinery, and a large vault for Batman‘s costume.
• The cave is once again seen in Batman Returns, and Bruce gains access to it via a tube/elevator like passage from Wayne Manor, the entrance to which is hidden in an iron maiden, and is activated by flipping a small switch. The cave has a forensics lab, a computer, unspecified machines, a closet for the costumes, the Batmobile, and its repair tools.
• In Batman Forever, the Batcave is accessed through a rotating shelf which led to a staircase in Wayne Manor’s silver closet, the only room in the mansion that is kept locked. The cave can also be reached via a secret tunnel system from Bruce Wayne’s office at Wayne Enterprises, through which he rides down in a capsule. The capsule has a communication device Bruce used to communicate with Alfred. The cave features the main computer, as well as a crime lab and canal, the latter of which provides sea access. The cave also includes a tunnel used to launch the Batwing, a rotating turntable that houses the Batmobile, and a large dome-like structure where Bruce’s Batsuit and gadgets are stored.
• The incarnation of the cave in Batman & Robin features a multitude of flashing lights, mostly in neon. On the whole, this Batcave is similar to that in Batman Forever, only more garish in its decoration. A capsule containing Robin’s Redbird motorcycle rises out of the floor, and a long tunnel lined with neon lights leads out of the cave. The turntable holding the batmobile returns, but in a more elaborate fashion. The cave features the area used to store Batman’s costume and a place to store Robin’s.

• In Batman Begins, the cave is still unfurnished, and the only things inside are a small workshop and a storage space for the Batsuit and its accessories, a medical area, and the Batmobile. The entrance and exit for the Batmobile are on a cliff, behind a waterfall. Alfred reveals to Bruce that during the Civil War, the Waynes used the vast cavern system as part of the Underground Railroad: after initially abseiling down a well to get into the cave, they discover a hidden Civil War-era mechanical elevator which is still functional and leads to a hidden entrance in the mansion, which they then use as the primary means of entrance to the cave. The elevator is accessed by tapping three keys on a piano.
• As Wayne Manor is still under construction in The Dark Knight, Batman‘s base of operations has been relocated to a large bunker beneath a shipping yard. One access point shown is through a shipping container which houses a secret hydraulic lift. The “Bat-bunker” also contains a wire mesh cage for the Batsuit, along with the associated weapons and tools, toolbox, and spare equipment for the Batmobile.
• The Batcave reappears in The Dark Knight Rises in full working condition. To access the cave, a similar way to Batman Begins, tapping three keys on the piano will reveal a now modernly built elevator which takes the passenger straight to the cave. The newest addition to the cave is “The Bat“, a flying tank aircraft built by Wayne Enterprises, and a Batcomputer as well as numerous landing pads and a locking case which contains the Batsuit. Added features included that the bridges used to gain access to different sections can be submerged as well as the platforms as a form of security measures in case anyone gains unauthorized access to the cave. While submerged the only visible object is a Batcomputer terminal which can only be accessed by either Bruce or Alfred’s fingerprints and an access code. The cave from The Dark Knight appears as well, which contains weapons, supplies, and a back-up Batsuit.

• In Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the Batcave is not located directly underneath Wayne Manor, but was originally in the woods on the manor’s outskirts, with Bruce discovering the cave when he fell into them after running away during his parents’ funeral. After Wayne Manor was destroyed in a fire, Bruce and Alfred relocated to a glass house built above the Batcave. The upper level includes the Batcomputer and a workshop where Bruce and Alfred can work on Batman’s various weapons, including the synthesiser used to distort his voice in the regular suit and the armour he uses to fight Superman.
• In Justice League, following Superman’s death, Bruce continues to operate out of the Batcave, which it is revealed also includes a large hangar where he has been working on a secret troop transport for the team he has been planning to create following Superman’s death. As he works on the transport, he is visited by Diana, and notes that the cave’s security cost him millions of dollars. Once the team of himself, Diana, Barry Allen, Victor Stone and Arthur Curry have come together for the first time to confront Steppenwolf, Bruce takes them to the Batcave to plan their next move, with Barry running all around the cave in seconds upon arrival.
• In The Flash (2023), the Batcave set was designed to be an exact replica of the one from the 1989 Batman film, which deeply affected Michael Keaton, as he was “emotional” upon seeing it. This was the largest Batcave set ever constructed for a film production, reflecting the significance of the Burtonverse in the film. The set was built entirely on the studio lot, offering a full, immersive experience for the actors and crew. It included the original 1989 Batmobile and other key elements from the Burton films.

A new version of the Batcave appears in The Batman. The Batcave is an old Wayne Terminus railway station into his hidden headquarters, accessed through a series of secret tunnels underneath Wayne Tower.

The Batcave is featured in The Lego Batman Movie. This version of the Batcave is larger and contains many versions of the Batmobile, Bat-themed vehicles and Batsuits. It is controlled by Batman’s sentient, HAL-9000-like, Batcomputer (voiced by Siri), nicknamed ‘Puter’.

The 1960s live-action Batman TV series featured the Batcave extensively, and portrayed it as a large but well-lit cavern containing an atomic power generator, a chemistry lab, punch-card computers,^[4] and other electronic crime-fighting devices, almost always prominently labeled with their function. In this incarnation, it primarily served as a crime lab and garage for the Batmobile. In this version, the Batcave is accessed from Wayne Manor via two Bat-Poles (one marked BRUCE and the other marked DICK), which are hidden behind a bookcase that can be opened by turning a switch hidden inside a bust of Shakespeare. When Bruce and Dick slide down these Bat-Poles, they are instantly outfitted in their costumes before reaching the landing pads at the bottom. The Bat-Poles can also be used to lift Bruce and Dick up from the Batcave to Wayne Manor by use of the steamjet-propelled landing pads. The Batcave is also accessible via a service elevator used by Alfred.

The Bat-Cave was first seen in animation in episodes of The Batman/Superman Hour, Super Friends, and The New Adventures of Batman. In these cartoons, the Batcomputer is present as usual. The voice of the Batcomputer was portrayed by Lou Scheimer in The New Adventures of Batman.

In the Batman: The Animated Series episode “Beware the Gray Ghost“, the Batcave is revealed to be a replica of the lair used by the Gray Ghost, a film character and Bruce’s idol. Bats are seen flying freely in the cave, with large naturally elevated platforms on which Robin practices balance. Batman’s numerous crime-fighting vehicles are seen parked in an adjacent compartment to the Batcave, with an adjoining subterranean garage which stores Bruce Wayne’s car collection.

The future Batcave of Batman Beyond houses replicas of Batman’s enemies (both as wax dummies and robot combat trainers), and a display case with the many permutations of costumes of Robin, Batgirl, Nightwing, and Batman himself,

The Batman features a much more high-tech Batcave, with large computer displays and flashing blue lights. Among these displays are the “Bat-Wave” warning signals, an alternate way of calling upon the Caped Crusader before the Bat-Signal went into service. As a throwback to the 1960s Batman series, the cave has assorted ‘Bat-poles’ for Batman and Robin which allow them to traverse faster. The episode “Joker’s Express” reveals that the Batcave is connected to some old mines beneath the city that were created during its past as a coal-mining town in the late 1800s. Unlike many other incarnations of the Batcave which only have one exit/entrance, the Batmobile and other vehicles exit the cave through a variety of concealed dead-ends and disguised construction sites scattered around Gotham City. Batman also established a series of satellite Batcaves across Gotham.

The Batcave appears in Batman: The Brave and the Bold. This version displays numerous trophies that reference the 1960s Batman series, namely a giant clam and slot-machine-themed electric chair. A future version appears in “Last Bat on Earth!”, where it is inhabited by a group of humanoid “Man-Bats”.

The Batcave makes a minor appearance in the Teen Titans episode “Haunted”.

The Batcave appears in the Young Justice episode “Downtime”.

In this version, the entrance to the Bat Cave is hidden behind a large fireplace in Bruce Wayne’s trophy room. Batman brings unconscious guests in, such as Man-Bat and Manhunter, for questioning. In the series finale, Deathstroke infiltrates the Batcave and attempts to destroy it until Batman stops him.

The Batcave appears in the Teen Titans Go! episode, “Sidekick,” where Robin is tasked with watching over the Batcave while Batman is away and the Teen Titans show up and start messing with the Batcave’s gadgets, costumes and trophies. The Batcave makes continuous appearances in later episodes.

In the TV series Batwoman, Bruce has a Batcave in Wayne Towers which is used by his cousin Kate, Luke Fox and later Ryan Wilder when she takes over the Batwoman position. It was later revealed that a Batmobile was stored behind a hidden wall which Ryan used during her tenure as Batwoman.

The Batcave appears in Titans.

The Batcave appears in Batwheels. It is overseen by the Batcomputer (voiced by Kimberly Brooks) and original character M.O.E. (voiced by Mick Wingert).

The Batcave appears as a level in Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe.

In the video game Injustice: Gods Among Us, the Batcave is a level in the game, where the fighters can use Batman’s various weapons and vehicles to damage their opponent; Green Arrow faces a villainous Wonder Woman and Black Adam in the Batcave when attempting to acquire a kryptonite weapon to defeat the corrupted Superman of an alternate reality, and the ‘true’ Batman faces the alternate Batman in a fight in the Batcave to convince him to go along with the plan of summoning the Superman of their world to defeat the villainous alternate Superman.

A new version of the Batcave appears as a level in Injustice 2. This version was originally the Gotham Underground Subway built by Bruce’s great-grandfather. It is also where Bruce keeps his communications and surveillance hub, Brother Eye.

The Batcave appears in Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes. It features three parking ‘areas’ for land, sea and air based vehicles and their appropriate exits from the cave, the Batcomputer, used to replay past levels and ‘warp’ to various landmarks in Gotham and other elements shown in Batman media such as a waterfall, a Lincoln Penny and an animatronic T-Rex.

In the 2009 video game Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman can access a secret auxiliary Batcave hidden within the cave system beneath Arkham Island after the Joker takes control of the asylum. This Batcave is small and fairly spartan compared to its comic counterpart, containing only two small platforms, a Batcomputer, and one of Batman’s Batwing planes. Near the end of the game this cave was partially destroyed by Poison Ivy.

Although not featured in the main story, the Batcave does appear as a downloadable challenge map in Batman: Arkham City. During the main story, Batman is able to access the Batcomputer’s database via his batsuit and can upload data to Alfred who can analyze it using the Batcomputer back at the Batcave.

The Batcave is accessible in the main campaign of Batman: Arkham Origins. From the cave, the player can use the Batwing fast travel system, switch to alternate skins and enter the challenge map rooms as opposed to selecting from the main menu as in previous Arkham games.

Although the Batcave is not accessible in Batman: Arkham Knight, Alfred coordinates all activity from it. He also activates the Knightfall Protocol from within the cave using Bruce’s voice authorization password “Martha”. When Wayne Manor was destroyed after Bruce activates the protocol, it is unknown if the Batcave survived.

• Movie Poop Shoot Article on Batman, including a Batcave section
• The Origin of the Bat Cave—A blog post by Bill Jourdain about the earliest comics appearances of the Batcave
• Top 10 Batcave Trophies (Archived November 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine)—Article on Comics Bulletin about the Batcave Hall of Trophies