O le uluaʻi tala o Batman, "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate", na lomia i le Detective Comics #27 (Me 1939). Na taʻua e Finger, "O Batman na tusia muamua i le faiga o pulps", ma o lenei aafiaga na manino lava i le Batman e leʻi faʻaalia ai se salamo i le fasioti poʻo le faʻaleagaina o tagata solitulafono. Na faʻamaonia e Batman se tagata taʻalo, ma na ia mauaina lona lava ulutala solo i le 1940 a o faʻaauau pea ona avea ma fetu i Detective Comics. I lena taimi, o Detective Comics o le sili ona faʻatau atu ma sili ona taʻutaʻua faʻasalalau i le alamanuia; Batman ma le isi toa autu a le kamupani, Superman, o maatulimanu ia o le manuia o le kamupani. O tagata taʻitoʻalua na faʻaalia faʻatasi o fetu o le World's Finest Comics, lea na faʻaigoaina muamua o le World's Best Comics ina ua paʻu i le 1940.
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