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A refined version of my previous Batmobile concept. Here I took my fondness for the old '66 TV Batmobile and mixed in some more of that retro-Golden Age goodness with another idea that had occurred to me years ago but I had never followed through with it, at least as a drawing, anyway - which was the notion of the Batmobile being able to disguise itself in a pinch. As I had noted in my previous Batmobile Concept, the car's outer body would probably have special UV-reactive modifications to change its color to black when needed. I figure normally it'd be sports-car red, as an homage to the original color of the Lincoln Futura before George Barris, "King Of The Kustomizers", pimped that ride Gotham City-style.

Speaking of Barris, I give credit where credit's due here: I imagine the car - like the Tumbler in "Batman Begins" - was something developed by Wayne Enterprise's automotive division which Bruce appropriated for himself in typical bored-playboy fashion, at which point he, Alfred and Babs made some additional "customizations". Incidentally, the head of Wayne Motors would be none other than a certain Mr. Earl Cooper (also owing to B:TAS and the origins of the Batmobile as depicted there), hence the subsidiary name of Barris-Cooper Automotive.

The model name is derived from the name of Zorro's horse - also acknowledging the influence of Zorro in-story in Batman's origin (recall that in the comics his parents werre murdered when they came out of a showing of "The Mark Of Zorro"), as well as also providing significance for the distinct "T"-shaped venting in the car's nose that helps distract from its retractable ram-ready "modifications". Plus, the Futura Edition not only gives it the notation of being a conceptual design (not being FULLY mass-produced, anyway), but of course pays a nod to the original TV Batmobile as well.

Description
Batman and the rest of the crew are property of DC/Warner Bros., etc.

A refined version of my previous Batmobile concept. Here I took my fondness for the old '66 TV Batmobile and mixed in some more of that retro-Golden Age goodness with another idea that had occurred to me years ago but I had never followed through with it, at least as a drawing, anyway - which was the notion of the Batmobile being able to disguise itself in a pinch. As I had noted in my previous Batmobile Concept, the car's outer body would probably have special UV-reactive modifications to change its color to black when needed. I figure normally it'd be sports-car red, as an homage to the original color of the Lincoln Futura before George Barris, "King Of The Kustomizers", pimped that ride Gotham City-style.

Speaking of Barris, I give credit where credit's due here: I imagine the car - like the Tumbler in "Batman Begins" - was something developed by Wayne Enterprise's automotive division which Bruce appropriated for himself in typical bored-playboy fashion, at which point he, Alfred and Babs made some additional "customizations". Incidentally, the head of Wayne Motors would be none other than a certain Mr. Earl Cooper (also owing to B:TAS and the origins of the Batmobile as depicted there), hence the subsidiary name of Barris-Cooper Automotive.

The model name is derived from the name of Zorro's horse - also acknowledging the influence of Zorro in-story in Batman's origin (recall that in the comics his parents werre murdered when they came out of a showing of "The Mark Of Zorro"), as well as also providing significance for the distinct "T"-shaped venting in the car's nose that helps distract from its retractable ram-ready "modifications". Plus, the Futura Edition not only gives it the notation of being a conceptual design (not being FULLY mass-produced, anyway), but of course pays a nod to the original TV Batmobile as well.