Batman Day | |
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![]() The third Batman Day at Midtown Comics, where a person dressed as Batman meets writers and artists including Frank Miller and Greg Capullo. | |
Observed by | Batman fans |
Type | Secular |
Significance | Celebrating Batman |
Date | third Saturday in September |
First time | 2014 |
Batman Day is an annual event organized by DC Entertainment to celebrate and promote Batman.
The first Batman Day was July 23, 2014. It was a date selected by DC Comics and Warner Bros. to celebrate Batman's 75th anniversary and coincide with San Diego Comic-Con 2014. Subsequent Batman Days have been on either the third or fourth Saturday in September. [1] [2]
The actual anniversary date of the first appearance of Batman in Detective Comics #27 is March 30, 1939.
Batman Day was established by DC Comics, Warner Bros and DC Entertainment after the first Superman Day was celebrated on June 12, 2013.
Year | Date | Refs |
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2014 | July 23 | [2] |
2015 | September 26 | [2] |
2016 | September 17 | [3] |
2017 | September 23 | [4] |
2018 | September 15 | [5] |
2019 | September 21 | [1] [6] |
2020 | September 19 | [7] |
2021 | September 18 | [8] |
2022 | September 17 | [9] |
2023 | September 16 | [10] |
2024 | September 21 | [11] [12] |
2025 | September 20 | [13] |