Photo Story: Celebrations of 80 years of Batman in Mexico City

A boy dressed as Batman look up as hundreds of people meet to observe the ‘Bat Signal’, as part of the celebrations of 80 years of the comic book character Batman, at the Paseo La Reforma in Mexico City, Mexico.

To celebrate 80 years since the first Batman comic was released in 1929, people in 11 cities around the world were be able to see the Bat Signal light up the sky in celebration. As well as New York, the birthplace of the Batman comics, London, Paris, Berlin and even Melbourne were among the other cities who got to see it, too.

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Hundreds of people meet to observe the ‘Bat Signal’ at the Paseo La Reforma in Mexico City, Mexico.

Hundreds of people meet to observe the ‘Bat Signal’, as part of the celebrations of 80 years of the comic book character Batman, at the Paseo La Reforma in Mexico City, Mexico.

epa07860358 A boy dressed as Batman look up as hundreds of people meet to observe the ‘Bat Signal’, as part of the celebrations of 80 years of the comic book charecter Batman, at the Paseo La Reforma in Mexico City, Mexico, 21 September 2019. EPA-EFE/SASHENKA GUTIERREZ