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See All of EW's 'Batman' Covers

By Madeline Boardman Updated September 16, 2016 at 01:50 PM EDT
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EW's Batman Covers Through The Years

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Break out your capes, crusaders, Batman Day is finally upon us. Celebrated this Saturday, Sept. 17, the DC Entertainment-approved day honors all things Dark Knight. In honor of Batman Day, we've compiled decades of Entertainment Weekly's Batman magazine covers — check them out, ahead.

 

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June 19, 1992

June 19, 1992
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Batman: Michael Keaton in Batman Returns

Best quote from the interview: "For three days you might do nothing but walk around a wall and look a certain way. Then you do half of a scene that is so important to your character and the plot. Then you might not come back to shoot the other half of that for months. You start to say, 'I don't know what the story is anymore — wait a minute, have I seen Catwoman yet? Does she know me yet? Did she try to kill me already?" — Michael Keaton

 

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June 30 / July 7, 1995

June 30 / July 7, 1995
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Batman: Val Kilmer in Batman Forever

Best quote from the interview: "I hate metaphysical mumbo jumbo, but you know when people say other people are old souls? There's just something about Val..." — Batman Forever director Joel Schumacher.

 

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May 16, 1997

May 16, 1997
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Batman: George Clooney in Batman & Robin

Best quote from the interview: "I'm just hoping not to screw up what's become a terrific franchise, but at this point Abe Vigoda could play Batman and it would still be cool." —George Clooney.

 

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June 25 / July 2, 2004

June 25 / July 2, 2004
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Batman: Christian Bale in Batman Begins

Best quote from the interview: "Batman's not a knight in shining armor, because of his personal need for revenge. There's a great struggle within him not to enjoy what he does too much." —Christian Bale.

 

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April 29 / May 6, 2005

April 29 / May 6, 2005
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Batman: Christian Bale in Batman Begins

Best quote from the interview: "It was strange to go into work every day. I frankly felt like a fool just standing there in a Batsuit, chatting and having coffee with somebody. You look like a drunken partygoer on Halloween or something. And the cowl was so damn tight. It gives you headaches and puts you in a foul mood. You're in a rage after an hour." —Christian Bale.

 

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July 11, 2008

July 11, 2008
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Batman: Christian Bale in The Dark Knight

Best quote from the interview: "[Heath Ledger] had serious nuts. What I needed was someone who wouldn't be afraid of the comparison with Jack Nicholson. And then I saw Heath's incredible performance in Brokeback Mountain. Such a lack of vanity. This was an actor who wasn't afraid to bury himself in his character — to a massive extent." —The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan.

 

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August 1, 2008

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Batman: Christian Bale in The Dark Knight

Best quote from the interview: "You look at this cast and it could just as easily do Shakespeare as a Batman film." —Chairman and CEO of Legendary Pictures Thomas Tull

 

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January 20, 2012

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Batman: Christian Bale in The Dark Knight Rises

Best quote from the interview: "It's a fascinating thing, that suit, don't you think? And since I am generally within it, I actually don't get to see it that often. Not the way that other people do." —Christian Bale.

 

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April 20 / 27, 2012

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Batman: Christian Bale in The Dark Knight Rises

Best quote from the interview: "The Joker didn't care — he just wanted to see the world burn, and he was a master of chaos and destruction, unscrupulous and crazy. Bane is not that guy. There is a very meticulous and calculated way about Bane. There is a huge orchestration of organization to his ambition. He is also a physical threat to Batman. There is nothing vague about Bane. No jokes. He's a very clean, clear villain." —Tom Hardy

 

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July 20, 2012

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Batman: Christian Bale in The Dark Knight Rises

Best quote from the interview: "These movies always start as small affairs, just me and Chris [Nolan], sitting across a table, talking. By this point, it starts to become this monster, just kind of roaring. For me, it's kind of exciting, but don't get too close, because it might devour you with its jaws." —Christian Bale

 

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July 10 / 17, 2015

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Batman: Ben Affleck in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Best quote from the interview: "Batman is basically the American version of Hamlet. We accept that he's played by actors with different interpretations... He's at the end of his run and maybe the end of his life. There's this sort of world-weariness to it." —Ben Affleck

 

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March 11, 2016

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Batman: Ben Affleck in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Best quote from the interview: "[Batman is] projecting his own sense of failure, his own sense of disillusionment, his own cynicism onto Superman." —Ben Affleck

 

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