shoulda been a costume in arkham city.

I really wonder why this never caught on?

I vote they make utility boxers next.

Did Batman just pulled a boner??

The article says there isnt a Zebra Batman figure yet, Booyah! I present Mattels Zebra Batman, shown at SDCC 2009, is suppose to be released later in the new allstar line but as you can see its been sculpted for grubby hands to enjoy.

I really wonder why this never caught on?

Japan has a Zebra Man too. =P

@DXmagma said:

It's his beatin' costume,. which is why Robin's so scared.

This made me laugh. I wonder if he has a matching set of gloves. This article reminded me of Unus the Untouchable from X-Men Vol 1 #8.

Legoo

To throw enemies off their game. If somebody came at you in a costume like that wouldn't it you?

That suit was suited to the craziness of the campy era of the Silver Age, and its in that muck of campiness that it shall stay lol. Still, I think its fascinating regardless of whether it would work in comics today or not.

Wow the stories they had in the 60's blew huh.

how is he able to stay on the ground then?

Even though I feel this looked absolutely ridiculous, you have to admire the purity, unlike many other crazy Batman costumes that were made in the name of selling an action figure, this was just done for the sake of being quirky and trying something new, in that sense I appreciate the zebra costume, it was not just a blatant merchandising attempt like so many current 1-shot costumes are in the here and now.

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i think i like this whole zebra batman thing. its to bad i'll get a lot of hate for it lol

A Zebra Batman action figure was actually planned at one point! A DCU Classics Batman was shown at a con once with the Zebra paint scheme and Mattel was surprised a tthe positive reaction it got and said it may get made in the future

It didn't, but it was thought of!

There's a japanese superhero movie called Zebraman.

I have to say, it looks as though Batman just wanted some camo for a mission on the African plains and Alfred just botched the project a little. However, I can't implore him enough the repercussions of looking like a mentally deranged, super buff zebra. I think he'd have to spend his time running from the local community of female zebra, before he'd catch that criminal. To who this day I am certain is still shouting from his cell that he was assaulted by striped biped horse...

Interesting story. Maybe if enough people ask for it then Rocksteady will put an unlockable Zebra suit in their next Batman game.

Turns out Zebra man's secret identity was actually:

@aztek_the_lost: Yessir, that's the guy.

@LaserLambert said:

are you telling me that 60's Batman didn't already have a Bat Zebra power neutralizer built into his utility belt for just such emergencies? MADNESS

Well he has one now after this happend I bet!

I completely forgot about this! HAHA

Reminds me a little bit of Unus the Untouchable from some the early X-Men books.