Historical Examples. 1  He had discarded his first instinct, which was to hide in the intricate Tetrahyde cloaca. 2  A perforation leading into the cloaca at the hind end of this. 3  Agrippa, who cleaned out the cloaca, navigated its whole length in a boat.
Batman is the superhero protector of Gotham City, a man dressed like a bat who fights against evil and strikes terror into the hearts of criminals everywhere. In his secret identity he is Bruce Wayne, billionaire industrialist and notorious playboy.
In the original pre-Crisis version of his history, Gordon is a police detective who initially resents the mysterious vigilante's interference in police business. He first appears in Detective Comics #27, in the very first Batman story, in which they both investigate the murder of a chemical industrialist.