Fictional Secret Bases: Batcave, Asteroid M, Fortress of Solitude, District X, X-Mansion, Baxter Building, Power Chamber

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: Batcave, Asteroid M, Fortress of Solitude, District X, X-Mansion, Baxter Building, Power Chamber, Justice League Watchtower, Helicarrier, The Pit, Hall of Justice, Stark Tower, Titans Tower, Justice League Satellite, List of fictional secret bases in comics and animation, Honeycomb, Graymalkin Industries, Cloudbase, Skull Cave, Tracy Island, Government warehouse, Hydro-Base, Mimura's Lair, Maison Alpha, Monolith Base, Seattle Core. Excerpt: The Batcave is the secret headquarters of fictional DC Comics superhero Batman, the alternate identity of playboy Bruce Wayne, consisting of a series of subterranean caves beneath his residence, Wayne Manor. Originally, there was only a secret tunnel that ran underground between Wayne Manor and a dusty old barn where the Batmobile and Batmicrolite were kept. Later, in Batman #12 (August-September 1942), Bill Finger mentioned secret underground hangars. In 1943, the writers of the first Batman movie serial gave the Caped Crusader 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 movie set, mentioned this to Bill 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 itself 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 movie serial, th...