Editing Man-Bat (section)

==In other media==
===Television===
[[File:Man-Bat (Batman-The Animated Series).jpg|150px|thumb|The Man-Bat as depicted in ''Batman: The Animated Series'']]
[[Image:Man-Bat TB.jpg|right|thumb|The Man-Bat as depicted in ''The Batman'']]
* Kirk Langstrom / the Man-Bat appears in series set in the [[DC Animated Universe]] (DCAU), voiced by [[Marc Singer]] while Man-Bat's vocal effects were provided by special sound effects.<ref name="btva2">{{cite web |title=Man-Bat / Dr. Kirk Langstrom Voices (Batman) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Batman/Man-Bat-Dr-Kirk-Langstrom/ |access-date=January 1, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
** First appearing in ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'', this version is a [[zoologist]] at the [[Gotham City]] Zoo who developed a formula that would allow humans to "evolve" by granting them bat-like traits, which originated from his father-in-law, Dr. Robert March, who helps keep his identity hidden from the authorities. In the episode "[[On Leather Wings]]", the Man-Bat commits a series of chemical thefts until he is defeated and cured by Batman. In later episodes, Langstrom helps Batman investigate Dr. [[Emile Dorian]] and help cure his wife [[Francine Langstrom|Francine]] after she becomes "She-Bat" after she was accidentally exposed to a different Man-Bat serum created by Dr. March.
** Kirk Langstrom makes a cameo appearance in ''[[The New Batman Adventures]]'' episode "Chemistry", attending Bruce Wayne's wedding.
** In the ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' episode "Splicers", a new trend dubbed "splicing" involves fusing bestial and human [[DNA]]. The new [[Batman (Terry McGinnis)|Batman]] ends up captured by the Splicers' leader Abel Cuvier and injected with [[vampire bat]] DNA, transforming him into a Man-Bat before Bruce Wayne cures him.
* Kirk Langstrom / the Man-Bat appears in ''[[The Batman (TV series)|The Batman]]'', voiced by [[Peter MacNicol]] while the Man-Bat's vocal effects are provided by special sound effects.<ref name="btva2"/> This version is an employee at [[Wayne Enterprises]] who conducted research on bats and appears to have [[albinism]]. Additionally, he can produce sticky slime from his mouth while in his Man-Bat form. In the episode "The Man Who Would Be Bat", Langstrom creates a serum in an attempt to gain a fearsome reputation akin to Batman's despite Bruce Wayne cutting off his funding. Following several fights with Batman, Langstrom is defeated and taken to [[Arkham Asylum]]. In the episode "Pets", Langstrom turns back into the Man-Bat due to remnants of the serum in his body and reluctantly serves the [[Penguin (character)|Penguin]] until he is cured by Batman and returned to Arkham. As of the episode "Attack of the Terrible Trio", Langstrom has renounced his Man-Bat identity and helps Batman develop an antidote for a mutagen that the [[Terrible Trio]] developed using his research.
* A race of Man-Bats appear in the ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'' episode "Last Bat on Earth!". They are intelligent, anthropomorphic inhabitants of [[Kamandi]]'s post-apocalyptic future who encounter Batman when he travels to the future to stop [[Gorilla Grodd]] and his ape army. They are initially hostile, but later gain respect for Batman and assist him and Kamandi in defeating Grodd.
* Kirk Langstrom / the Man-Bat appears in ''[[Beware the Batman]]'', voiced by [[Robin Atkin Downes]].<ref name="btva2"/> This version was forcibly mutated and mind controlled by [[Professor Pyg]] and [[Mister Toad (comics)|Mister Toad]], but is later freed by Batman and [[Katana (DC Comics)|Katana]] and becomes a founding member of the [[Outsiders (comics)|Outsiders]].
* The Man-Bat appears in the ''[[Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?]]'' episode "What a Night for a Dark Knight!". After the Man-Bat kidnaps [[Alfred Pennyworth]], Batman and Mystery Inc. join forces to save him. At first, the former suspects Kirk Langstrom, but rules him out upon realizing he is incarcerated at Arkham Asylum. After rescuing Pennyworth, the heroes discover the [[Joker (character)|Joker]] had dressed up as the Man-Bat as part of a plot to get the password to Bruce Wayne's bank accounts.
* The Man-Bat makes cameo appearances in ''[[Harley Quinn (TV series)|Harley Quinn]]'' as a member of the [[Legion of Doom]].

===Film===
* The Man-Bat was considered to appear in an unproduced script for ''[[Batman Unchained]]'', but was dropped in favor of the [[Scarecrow (DC Comics)|Scarecrow]] and [[Harley Quinn]]. The Man-Bat was also meant to appear in an alternate proposal, Lee Shapiro's ''[[Batman: DarKnight]]'' script, alongside the Scarecrow<ref name="shap">*{{cite news | first=Bill "Jett" | last=Ramey | url=http://batman-on-film.com/interview_lshapiro.html | title=Interview: Lee Shapiro | publisher=Batman-on-Film | date=2005-07-28 | access-date=2006-11-13 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925094024/http://batman-on-film.com/interview_lshapiro.html | archive-date=2008-09-25 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and due to be played by [[Mark Linn-Baker]] or [[Martin Short]]. However, both projects never came to pass.
* An [[Multiverse (DC Comics)|alternate universe]] variant of the Man-Bat hybridized with [[Catwoman]] called the She-Bat makes a cameo appearance in ''[[Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths]]'' as a member of the [[Crime Syndicate of America|Crime Syndicate]].
* Kirk Langstrom and the Man-Bat Commandos appear in ''[[Son of Batman]]'', with the former voiced by [[Xander Berkeley]] and the latter's vocal effects are provided by [[Dee Bradley Baker]].<ref name="btva2"/> The [[League of Assassins]] take Langstrom's family hostage to force him to create a Man-Bat army to bolster their ranks until Batman and [[Damian Wayne]] rescue the Langstroms. While the mutagen is completed, Langstrom creates an antidote to stop the Man-Bat Commandos.
* Kirk Langstrom / the Man-Bat appears in the ''[[Batman Unlimited]]'' series of films, voiced by [[Phil LaMarr]].<ref name="btva2"/>
** He first appears in ''[[Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts]]''. While working on a serum to help the deaf and blind, Langstrom accidentally turns himself into the Man-Bat. The [[Penguin (character)|Penguin]] subsequently exploits him into helping create robotic beasts to bolster the Penguin's "Animilitia" in exchange for cures until [[Tim Drake|Red Robin]] causes Langstrom's mind to surface in the Man-Bat's body, allowing him to help defeat the Penguin and defend Gotham against the Midas Meteor, burning out the formula and returning him to normal in the process.
** Langstrom returns in ''[[Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Mutants]]''. As of this film, he now works as a robotics expert for Bruce Wayne.
* An alternate universe variant of Kirk Langstrom appears in ''[[Justice League: Gods and Monsters]]'', voiced by [[Michael C. Hall]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Outlaw |first=Kofi |date=July 24, 2015 |title='Justice League: Gods and Monsters' Review |url=https://screenrant.com/justice-league-gods-monsters-movie-review/ |access-date=July 18, 2024 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref><ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Batman / Kirk Langstrom Voices (Batman) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Batman/Batman-Kirk-Langstrom/ |access-date=July 18, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref> While in college, this version became a pseudo-vampire in an attempt to cure his cancer, with his best friend [[Will Magnus]] carrying out additional research to develop a separate cure. Langstrom went on to become his universe's Batman and founding member of the [[Justice League]].
* The Man-Bat appears in ''[[Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered]]'', voiced by [[Dee Bradley Baker]].<ref name="btva2"/>
* The Man-Bat appears in ''[[Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom]]'', voiced again by Dee Bradley Baker.<ref name="btva2"/> This version is an aspiring member of the [[Legion of Doom]].
* The Man-Bat makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in ''[[The Lego Batman Movie]]''.
* The Man-Bat makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in ''[[Injustice (2021 film)|Injustice]]''.<ref name="btva2" />
* An alternate universe variant of Kirk Langstrom appears in ''[[Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham (film)|Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham]]'', voiced by [[Jeffrey Combs]].<ref name="btva2"/> This version is a professor who helped found Gotham centuries prior, gaining longevity through dark magic. In the present, Langstrom is killed by an unknown assailant, leaving Batman to investigate his work and its ties to [[Ra's al Ghul]]'s cult.

===Video games===
==== ''Lego DC series'' ====
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* The Man-Bat appears as a [[Boss (video gaming)|boss]] and unlockable playable character in ''[[Lego Batman: The Videogame]]'', voiced by [[Chris Edgerly]].<ref>''Game Informer'' features a two-page gallery of the many heroes and villains who appear in the game with a picture for each character and a descriptive paragraph. See "''LEGO Batman'': Character Gallery", ''Game Informer'' #186 (October 2008): 93.</ref> In the [[Nintendo DS]] version, he is unlocked through the "Villain Hunt" mini-game, while in all other versions, he can be unlocked from the Batcomputer after he is defeated in the story mode.
* The Man-Bat appears as an optional boss and unlockable playable character in ''[[Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes]]'', with his vocal effects provided by [[Fred Tatasciore]].
* The Man-Bat appears as an unlockable playable character in ''[[Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham]]'', with his vocal effects provided by [[Dee Bradley Baker]].
* The DCAU incarnation of Man-Bat appears as a playable character in ''[[Lego DC Super-Villains]]'', via the "''Batman: The Animated Series'' Level Pack" [[Downloadable content|DLC]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2018/08/lego-dc-super-villains-season-pass-details-revealed/|title=LEGO DC Super-Villains Season Pass details revealed|first=Andrew|last=Newton|work=Flickering Myth|date=31 August 2018}}</ref>

====Other games====
* The Man-Bat appears in the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] version of ''[[The Adventures of Batman & Robin (video game)|The Adventures of Batman & Robin]]''.
* Kirk Langstrom / the Man-Bat appears in ''[[Batman: Arkham Knight]]'', voiced by [[Loren Lester]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=VanOrd |first=Kevin |date=June 23, 2015 |title=Batman: Arkham Knight Review |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/batman-arkham-knight-review/1900-6416169/ |access-date=July 18, 2024 |website=GameSpot |language=en-US}}</ref> Following an encounter on [[Gotham City]]'s Miagani Island during the story mode, a side mission sees Batman investigating the Man-Bat. After catching up to him, Batman collects a blood sample and eventually learns of Langstrom. While investigating the scientist's lab, Batman learns of Langstrom's experiments in using vampire bat DNA to cure [[deafness]] and how his first attempt resulted in him transforming into the Man-Bat and accidentally killing his wife [[Francine Langstrom|Francine]]. Batman synthesizes an antidote and administers it to Langstrom before taking him to the [[Gotham City Police Department]] (GCPD)'s headquarters, where he is left crying over Francine's fate. If the player returns to Langstrom's lab after this, they will find Francine's body gone and a broken television screen with the words "forever my love" written on it in a red substance. If the console or computer's date is changed to October 31 after capturing Langstrom, Batman will re-encounter the Man-Bat but will not have the option to pursue him. If Batman returns to the GCPD headquarters after this, he will find two police officers looking into Langstrom's destroyed cell, commenting that he transformed into the Man-Bat again and escaped.
* Kirk Langstrom and the Man-Bat Commandos appear in ''[[Gotham Knights (video game)|Gotham Knights]]''.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} The former was a member of the [[Court of Owls]] who secretly conducted work with their enemies, the [[League of Shadows]]. After the Court discovered Langstrom's treachery and killed him for it, the League steals his research and combine it with Lazarus Pit chemicals to create an army of mutant Man-Bats, which are defeated by the Gotham Knights.

===Miscellaneous===
* The Man-Bat appears in ''[[Super Friends]]'' #28.<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=Super Friends #28 - The Spacemen Who Stole Atlantis (Issue) |url=http://www.comicvine.com/super-friends-/37-20080/ |access-date=December 29, 2010 |publisher=Comic Vine}}</ref>
* The [[DCAU]] incarnation of Kirk Langstrom / Man-Bat appears in ''[[The Batman Adventures]]'' #21.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Batman Adventures #21 - House of Dorian (Issue) |url=https://comicvine.gamespot.com/the-batman-adventures-21-house-of-dorian/4000-39166/ |access-date=July 18, 2024 |website=Comic Vine |language=en}}</ref> He is forcibly transformed into the Man-Bat and recruited by Emile Dorian, who attempts to work with him to form a "House of Dorian". Additionally, in a later issue, Dr. Stefen Perry steals the Man-Bat serum from Langstrom and transforms into his own Man-Bat before he is defeated by Batman and arrested by the [[Gotham City Police Department]].
* The DCAU incarnations of Kirk and Francine Langstrom appear in the ''[[Batman Beyond (comics)|Batman Beyond]]'' tie-in comic. In flashbacks, the Langstroms lived peacefully, studying sonics and going on to have two children. However, Francine developed an aggressive form of [[Parkinson's disease]] and was given a short life expectancy. In response, Kirk attempted to perfect the Man-Bat serum to save her, but she died before he could do so. Following this, his children left him, angered that he did not spend time with her during her final days. Devastated, Kirk turned to his perfected serum, became the Man-Bat once more, and lived in secret. During this period of time, he rescued a girl named '''Tey''' from the Jokerz, injected her with the serum, and fell in love with her. In the present, Kirk builds a cult of Man-Bats with the intention of using Kanium to help him and his cult control themselves more effectively. Bruce Wayne tries to reason with him, but Kirk views them both as monsters and attempts to use a bomb to kill themselves. After the new [[Batman (Terry McGinnis)|Batman]] rescues them, Kirk tells Wayne to use his second chance wisely before killing himself with his bomb.
* The Man-Bat appears in ''[[Smallville Season 11]]'' as an inmate of Arkham Asylum. After acquiring a yellow ring of [[Parallax (character)|Parallax]] and becoming a [[Sinestro Corps|Yellow Lantern]], Man-Bat and other empowered inmates battle Batman and [[Barbara Gordon|Nightwing]] until [[Clark Kent (Smallville)|Superman]] intervenes long enough for [[Emil Hamilton]] to reboot the rings and depower the inmates. Following Parallax's defeat, the inmates are returned to Arkham.
* The Man-Bat appears in ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold (comics)|All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'' #12.
* A new incarnation of the Man-Bat appears in issue #4 of the ''[[Beware the Batman]]'' tie-in comic book.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beware the Batman #4 - Son of Man-Bat (Issue) |url=https://comicvine.gamespot.com/beware-the-batman-4-son-of-man-bat/4000-443972/ |access-date=July 18, 2024 |website=Comic Vine |language=en}}</ref> '''Tim Quan''', an acquaintance of [[Barbara Gordon]], sneaks into Kirk Langstrom's laboratory and ends up mutating into a Man-Bat. Having become more unstable than Langstrom, Quan goes on a rampage and kidnaps Barbara. Batman teams up with Langstrom to find and cure Quan, at the expense of Langstrom's own cure.
* Kirk Langstrom / Batman appears in the ''[[Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles]]'' episode "Twisted", voiced again by [[Michael C. Hall]].<ref name="btva" />
* The Man-Bat appears in the ''[[Injustice: Gods Among Us (comics)|Injustice: Gods Among Us]]'' prequel comic.
* The Man-Bat appears in the ''[[Injustice 2 (comics)|Injustice 2]]'' prequel comic as a member of [[Ra's al Ghul]]'s [[Suicide Squad]] until he is killed amidst [[Gorilla Grodd]]'s betrayal.<ref>''Injustice 2'' #1. DC Comics.</ref>