Today in Comics History, October 31: It's the Great Batman, Charlie Brown

Chris Sims, America's Most Popular Batmanologist™ has a lovely article today over at our friends, ComicsAlliance, that you oughta check out. (Go ahead, click here and read it and then come back. I'll wait for ya.)

Back? Good.

That was an excellent example of Batman dressing up as another hero. in contrast, I'm going to show you what Batman's usual and favorite Halloween costume is.

He dresses up as Batman.

from Batman: Gotham After Midnight #6 (DC, December 2008), script by Steve Niles, pencils and inks by Kelley Jones, colors by Michelle Madsen, letters by Pat Brosseau
(Click picture to Great Pumpkin-size)
Hey, did you spot the Little Cool Thing...a cameo appearance by the Peanuts gang?


Why does Bruce Wayne dress up as Batman on Halloween? Well, why not? (Also, he's already got the costume.)


Of course, some people just up and steal Batman's idea.


But in the end...it's all worth it. For the kids.


None of which explains, of course, the year Bruce went in drag as Madonna.