Editing Batcave (section)

===Design===
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 [[Barbara Gordon|Oracle]]. Despite the power of Batman's computers, the [[Justice League Watchtower]] is known to have more powerful computers, and Batman does occasionally use them if he feels his computers are not up to the task; on occasion, he also consults Oracle for assistance.
[[Image:Batman Shadow of the Bat 79.jpg|thumb|175px|The partially destroyed Batcave. Cover to ''[[Batman: Shadow of the Bat]]'' #79 (1998). Art by [[Glen Orbik]].]]

Additionally, the cave features state-of-the-art facilities such as a [[forensics|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, [[aircraft|air]]- and [[watercraft]] such as the [[Batplane]], a single-occupant [[Jet aircraft|supersonic jet]], and the Subway Rocket.

The cave is sometimes depicted as being powered by a nuclear reactor, but most often by a hydroelectric generator made possible by an underground river.

During the ''Cataclysm'' storyline, the cave was 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, the new 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 redesigned 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 (built on the spot where the Batmobiles' hydraulic turntable once was) with seven linked [[Cray]] T932 mainframes and a state-of-the-art hologram projector. There's 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,<ref name="dc-batc"/> Batman built retractable multi-walkway bridges, stairs, elevators, and poles to access its facilities.

There is a containment vault solely for Lex Luthor's [[Kryptonite]] ring.<ref>''Action Comics'' #654 (June 1990)</ref> However, it was later revealed that Batman built another containment facility within the cave for a variety of forms of Kryptonite.<ref>''Superman/Batman'' #44 to 49</ref>

What is allegedly the world's last Lazarus Pit was constructed inside the cave, although this has been contradicted by events in the pages of ''Batgirl'' and the [[Black Adam]] miniseries.