Michael Keaton Batman"s 4 Different Timelines Explained

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The Michael Keaton Batman movies have led to numerous sequel and spinoff properties, taking place in as many as 4 different DC Universes. Critically, commercially, and culturally, 1989’s Batman was a huge success for DC and Warner Bros, cementing itself as a pop culture phenomenon and leaving a lasting impact on how major blockbuster films are marketed. The film’s 1992 sequel, Batman Returns, did not reach the same soaring heights as its predecessor, at least initially. Returns was a controversial film whose violent and sexual content – and significant deviations from the Batman comic source material – offended many viewers.
Batman Returns does hold up in many regards, however, especially with viewers looking back with fresh eyes, appreciating the live-action Batman movie and its bold choices and aesthetic qualities. Even with the film’s initial controversy, it was hardly the end of the original franchise. The story of Michael Keaton’s Batman continued in a variety of properties, with many taking place in separate universes and 1989’s Batman and Batman Returns being overlapping canon. Alternate timelines and overlapping continuity are common in superhero fiction, but each of the different Michael Keaton Batman universes has a different and fascinating reason for existing.

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