Tony Quinn was a district attorney until an angry criminal threw acid into his face leaving him blinded and scarred. Quinn vowed revenge and began to train his other senses and his body. He later secretly received an eye transplant from a slain police officer. His new eyes allowed him not only to see, but he now had night vision due to his time spent as a blind man.

Tony decided to use his new ability to become a costumed hero known as the Black Bat. He carried twin .45s and often would leave a bat shaped scar on his victims. Black Bat used a secret crime lab and drove a heavily modified car. Law officers were against his vigilante activities and tried to deduce his identity. One officer in particular, Captain McGrath, believed Tony and the Black Bat were one and the same and tried to prove it.

Black Bat had night vision as well as superhuman senses of touch, smell, hearing, and taste. He was also a good shot with a gun and a skilled brawler.

*Black Book Detective

*The Nedor comics [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/cce/firstperiod.html were renewed] by Popular Library, which was eventually bought out by Fawcett Books. When Fawcett went out of business, Popular Library was sold to Warner Bros. A number of different publishers, however, are currently/have been using these characters without any lawsuits from Warner Bros., so any action over them is (probably) unlikely. They are still, however, "use at your own risk" characters.
*While in America, the Black Bat's adventures ceased publication in 1953 but, in Germany, he continued as "Schwarze Fledermaus" in about 700 German language adventures.
*Black Bat's origin was the inspiration for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-Face Two Face's] backstory.
*The Mask was initially created as a pulp character called the Black Bat. The comic version was changed in several respects because of the agreement between Nedor and DC Comics over how they may use their respective bat-themed characters.
*Black Bat was played by Jody Haucke in the 2012 film, [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2205589/ Rise of the Black Bat].
*A trademark on the name Black Bat is [https://www.trademarkia.com/search/trademarks?query=bat-black&country=us owned by Dynamite Entertainment].

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Bat Wikipedia]
*[http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/b/blakbat.htm International Hero]
*[http://www.dpccomics.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/theamericancomicshop/goldenagedatabase/index.php?search=black+bat Golden Age Heroes Directory]
*[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/black-bat/4005-18813/ Comicvine]
*[https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?48682 ISFBD]
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