註釋 This essay sheds light on how the Batman franchise became a global phenomenon, explicates how the Batman franchise changed people’s lives, demystifies the future outlook of the Batman franchise, and expounds upon how to earn revenue as a producer of content about Batman video games. The Batman franchise became a global phenomenon during its genesis in 1939. The Batman franchise became a global phenomenon for a multitude of reasons. Batman was introduced to the world in 1939 with the advent of “Detective Comics issue #27”. The Batman franchise is not limited to comic books even though over 1,064 issues of Detective Comics have been released in the market as of October of 2022. The Batman franchise is comprised of an exorbitant amount of video games, movies, comic books, novels, soundtracks, and television series episodes. Batman is a prevalent character in a myriad of comic book series. The Batman franchise is comprised of an exorbitant amount of book book series. Some of the comic book series that Batman is featured in encompass “Detective Comics, Batman, World's Finest Comics, Star Spangled Comics, The Brave and the Bold, The Joker, Batman Family, Batman and the Outsiders, The Outsiders, The Adventures of the Outsiders, The Huntress, Legends of the Dark Knight, Batman: Shadow of the Bat, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, The Batman Adventures, Robin, Azrael, The Batman Chronicles, Batman & Robin Adventures, Nightwing, Batman: Gotham Adventures, Azrael: Agent of the Bat, Birds of Prey, Batman Beyond, Batman: Gotham Knights, Batman: Arkham Unhinged, Batman, Incorporated, Batman Beyond Unlimited, Legends of the Dark Knight, Superman/Batman, The Batman Strikes!, Batman: Streets of Gotham, Batman and Robin Eternal, and Batman: Urban Legends”. It is estimated that Batman characters have been featured in over 17,000 issues of comic books as of October of 2022. As Of October of 2022, it is estimated that 484,000,000 copies of Batman comic books have been sold which is trumped by the sales volume of copies of Superman comic books. DC Comics publishes both Superman comic books and Batman comic books. Even though Spider-Man, Captain America, and the X-Men are popular superheroes, copies of Batman comic books managed to outsell copies of Spider-Man comic books, copies of Captain America comic books, and copies of X-Men comic books. As Of October of 2022, it is estimated that 387,000,000 copies of Spider-Man comic books have been sold which is trumped by the sales volume of 484,000,000 copies of Batman comic books. As of October of 2022, it is estimated that 260,000,000 copies of X-Men comic books have been sold which is surpassed by the sales volume of 484,000,000 copies of Batman comic books. As Of October of 2022, it is estimated that 210,000,000 copies of X-Men comic books have been sold which is eclipsed by the sales volume of 484,000,000 copies of Batman comic books. As Of October of 2022, the sales volume of 484,000,000 copies of Batman comic books even outperforms the combined sales volume of 260,000,000 copies of X-Men comic books and 210,000,000 copies of Captain America comic books by 14,000,000 sale of copies of comic books. The popularity of the Batman franchise can be partially attributed to the popularity of the Batman comic books. As of October of 2022, it is estimated Batman characters as an aggregate are featured in more issues of comic books than characters from other specific media franchises, such as the X-Men franchise or the Spider-Man franchise. It is estimated that Batman characters have been featured in over 17,000 issues of comic books as of October of 2022 which thereby provides far more lore about them than characters from other specific media franchises who are not featured in as many issues of comic books. Characters from other specific media franchises who are not featured in as many issues of comic books as Batman characters have fewer stories about them relative to Batman characters. The Batman comic books are appealing to fans of the fantasy genre. The Batman franchise was able to obtain immense popularity during its advent also because it has been a content-rich media franchise since its genesis. A substantial amount of content that has been able to expand the Batman franchise has been produced. 