The Best Dark Knight Halloween Costumes of All Time

Batman has been a popular character since he was first introduced in 1938. The popular television show hit the airwaves in the late 1960s and has been a frequently watched rerun ever since. During these times, however, the comic book rose in popularity beyond imagination and eventually spawned the groundbreaking film by Tim Burton in 1989. Later, in the 1990s, well-known comic book artist and writer Frank Miller created his alternate Batman version, revealed in the edgy graphic novel titled The Dark Knight Returns. It was, of course, this graphic novel that inspired one of the highest grossing films of all time The Dark Knight. Throughout the rise of Batman's fame there was a single consistent factor, that being the Batsuit, or Dark Knight costume. Thousands of children, teenagers, and even adults, dark web links up as the "Caped Crusader" each year, but 2008 is likely to see the biggest number of Dark Knight Halloween costumes in recent memory. The iconic black cape and horned cowl are going to be donned by millions this Halloween season, and if you're going to join them it's important to know what parts of the Dark Knight Halloween costume are most valuable, and where to get the official version that not only looks great, but fits well as you go trick-or-treating. Before we get into the latest costume, let's look over where the Batman suit has arrived from. The Batman costume has changed throughout history and now you can get your own latest edition of the Dark Knight Halloween costume. Batman's original costume was a lighter blue-grey color combined with a dark blue cape and cowl. The Dark Knight has always had the upper part of his face, above the nose, concealed behind a mask. This color combination made up the Dark Knight suit for decades, until Tim Burton's redesign for the 1980s film. Batman, the movie, brought the Dark Knight into a new era with black and yellow. The latest Dark Knight movie, released in 2008, got rid of alternate colors entirely, revealing the darkest knight of all in a solid black costume.