When and why, in the DC universe, did Batman change the logo on his costume from just a black bat to a black bat set inside a yellow ellipse?  I ask because I remember the following story (see attachment) which shows Batman apparently too busy to go out with Robin. In the cover, there is a clue given "The tell tale clue is on this cover". In fact, the masked figure is not Batman but a criminal that has escaped but made the mistake that Batman had changed the logo from a black bat to one set inside a yellow ellipse.   I wonder if any reason was given for the change either in this story or one preceding this story. According to  "Robin, for his part, was able to instantly see through the "Batman's" deception due to the fact that the criminal's costume was out of date, and thus did not reflect the alterations Batman had made to his uniform, in the five years the other man had been incarcerated."
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Over the years of superheroes not many superheroes' symbols have changed as much as Batman (my opinion, not fact).  Why hasn't Batman had any concrete symbol?
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Would it be possible to change the gold badge shape/style or something. I have a monitor that is really f-in bright and with the new white background badges, I have a hard time distinguishing gold and bronze badges.    Some of you may not have a problem telling the difference, but I'm getting old and decrepit! Also I bet some colorblind people would appreciate it too!  whacks you with my cane for laughing when I said I was old and decrepit
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Not being a comics expert, I can't be sure, but I think this applies mostly to Marvel comics.  Why do so many characters have double initials?  There's Pepper Potts, Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Peter Parker and I think at some times there was Bruce Banner (when it wasn't David Banner).  Is this an inside joke or is there some reasoning for this?
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Lets say I write a blog post about the new Batman movie or a the new Grand Theft Auto game and i decide to use the boxart/poster or a wallpaper as the main image for the blog post,  can I be sued for breach of copyright on this image?  Im pretty sure Warner Bros are going to be hunting anyone down even if it is legal, but is this actually legal? If i buy the DVD or Game and take a picture of it, is this my copyright? When a trailer gets released and put on youTube, can i take a screenshot of this video and use this as an image?  It seems people can get rightly screwed for this, so I would like to know where i stand on this sort of thing.
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I've found reasons on this site for Lupin's battered 'Professor' briefcase even though he hadn't taught before, but are the descriptions of his clothes an inconsistency? Can wizards not fix clothing even though a child can fix a pair of spectacles and another has a good crack at fixing a nose? Perhaps Lupin isn't quite as embarrassed about his condition as we think and is crying out for help?   Slughorn's clothes are similarly described to show his fall from glory or decline into old age.  Apart from the characterisation, is there a reason that wizards can't fix clothes, or is there an alternative explanation?
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The nose of Tom Riddle (as a student) was fine, as I have seen in the movies. But, Voldemort's nose doesn't look like a normal human nose. What really happened?
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As the title says, when and what made Voldemort look the way he does (pale, snake-like etc) as opposed to how we've seen him in his earlier years as Tom Riddle? Is it just a side effect of his unnatural resurrection? Before he died attacking Harry as a baby did he look like a normal guy?
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I'm just wondering why Wolverine does not appear in his iconic costume when even in The Wolverine, there is apparently a deleted scene to show such a costume?    This deleted scene can be scene in the DVD/Home Release extras.
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Is there a way to keep the Rueful axe and get Clavicus's Mask?  I thought you could kill Barbas after receiving the mask, but he is a statue now.  Did I miss my chance?
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I received some sort of secret hat, the "Chuck Yeager". It says that it is a secret hat. What is the point of a secret hat, besides being fun?  Also it appears that he was the .  Would anyone like to take a guess at why I have this hat?  After reviewing @Michael Hampton's profile I think I know how it is achieved ... but it is still a secret.
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It seems as though, by the time of A New Hope Darth Vader's real identity was unknown by most people. Were Anakin and his alterations kept secret from everyone? Who knew who Darth Vader really was?  As far as I can tell these are the few:   Vader (of course) Obi-Wan Yoda Palpatine   I can't think of anyone else who specifically knows.  Who else knew, and was Vader's true identity (and past life as Anakin) kept secret?
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Why do the prisoners attack the guy with the bat brand in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice?  I'd think many of them are in there because of Batman.  Why would a person branded by Batman be especially in danger?
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I am looking for a canonical question and answer on this issue.   (see ) on  has prompted me to ask this question.        In all honesty I think we just don't need a comic strip to explain what a user is saying. Currently I edit out emoticons I see, but this post presents a whole new type of .... ? what I'm not sure.  Is there are community consensus on this either way?  These questions are related — but different:        Please try and answer sensibly (rolls eyes at the prospect of a flood of emojis in answers) — so we can actually have something that we can link to new users (or old users) when editing this stuff out — or (even worse), defending its existence.
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Two investigators were in the same location in Arkham. The first investigator drew an encounter 'A monster and gate appear!'. He resolved that encounter by fighting the monster and then getting drawn through the gate. The second investigator also got drawn through the gate before having an encounter.  We also said that the two investigators did not have an Other World encounter as they were 'delayed' as they were drawn in to the gate. This ended up with the second investigator not having any encounters on this particular turn.  Was that the correct ruling?
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The batcave, in any version of Batman, is large.  Plus there's the batmobile, which required special construction, plus the batcomputer and numerous other batwidgets.  How did a good sized batcave get built without the land above it being torn up and without requiring a huge construction crew?  And, after the cave was built, how was the batmobile built in secret, without someone involved in it being able to make the connection between the car they built and the one that shows up in the news when Batman is first seen?  (While he's in Gotham, a masked vigilante is news that would end up nation wide.)  There would also be the need for secrecy so vilains can't find out how it is built and what the specs are.  And then there's the continual supply of batwidgets.  Just as with the batmobile, there's the need for these items and how they work to be kept secret.  It'd take several factories to produce all that Batman uses and major construction for any batcave I've seen (which is in movies and on TV).  How is all this done in secret?  (Or is there a trail of bodies?)
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I just received my first  Secret Hat, so I decided to start the traditional Secret Hats and how to get them spoiler question.    Note: Please edit the primary list of secret hats with definitive answers only. If you'd like to discuss the hats further and/or work towards identifying what their triggers are, please do so in chat as the comments here are not meant for extended conversations about them.
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The image is broken in my  to the "favorite programmer cartoon" question. I'd be happy to fix this, but I can't (not enough rep? not a moderator?).  Here's the image in the Internet Archive: