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BAT-MOUSE

Real Name: Unrevealed

Identity/Class: Extradimensional (Earth-8311/Larval Earth) anthrotoon bat

Occupation: Vigilante

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Boy-Robin, Duck Hope, Spider-Ham

Enemies: Duckster

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: New York City (later New Yolk City), USA

First Appearance: Marvel Tales II#239/2 (July, 1990)

Powers/Abilities: Bat-Mouse is a heroic criminal hunter who is fixated on making bat-themed gadgets, such as a bat-computer, a mini-bat-radar-set and a bat-rope for swinging (and possibly a bat-utility belt). He is athletically fit but a little clumsy with the direction of his rope-swinging, and enjoys window-shattering dramatic entrances and cape-trailing flair. He usually has one fang exposed. Onlookers have made fun of his overweight appearance, but this stocky build may be part of his bat-like body.

Height: 4'4"
Weight: 80 lbs.
Eyes: Unrevealed
Hair: Unrevealed

History:

(Marvel Tales II#240/2 (fb) - BTS) - Bat-Mouse remembered wordy dialog at the passing of Boy-Robin (likely his sidekick).

(Marvel Tales II#239/2 (fb) - BTS) - Bat-Mouse hunted the villainous Duckster, who had stolen the vault full of jokes by big-time TV comedian Duck Hope.

(Marvel Tales II#239/2) - Clumsy swinging on his bat-rope dropped Bat-Mouse through the bathroom skylight of Peter Porker (secretly the adventurer Spider-Ham). Bat-Mouse evaded Porker's naked demands to repair the damage and declared he was chasing the fiendish Duckster before swinging away again. Quickly changing into his superhero outfit, Spider-Ham caught up with Bat-Mouse, but the bat-rope and Spider-Ham's webbing tangled, leaving them suspended in the air. Coincidentally passing below, Duckster seized the opportunity to end Bat-Mouse, so he rocketed up and cut the webbed-up rope. The dynamic heroes fell toward the ground.

(Marvel Tales II#240/2) - Spider-Ham quickly cast a wide web that stopped their fall, but the Duckster had escaped. Spider-Ham repeated his demand to have his skylight fixed (inadvertently revealing his secret identity). Hope chanced by and the heroes dropped down and spoke briefly, but then went off to pursue Duckster's rocket smoke trail. A departing quip from Spider-Ham led Hope to discern the Duckster's real identity, and the comedian sped off to the villain's penthouse and knocked him out. The two heroes soon caught up, Bat-Mouse again smashing through a window and Hope revealed Duckster was really his comedy competitor Milton Bearle. The case closed, Bat-Mouse and Spider-Ham swung away.

Comments: Created by Alan Kupperberg.

Who should Bat-Mouse team up with next? Deadmule? (Or Pandapool has already been introduced elsewhere, so maybe that one (resurrected) against the dreaded Mr. Fleaze?) Or forage the zoo wastelands with Old Ram Logan (maybe against Mouse-stro, the hoarding gamma rodent)?

A few clarifiers: Bat-Mouse is, of course, a parody/homage of DC Comics' legend Batman (in this case with the classic Kelley Jones long bat ears on the cowl) with Boy-Robin (mentioned only in-story) as Batman's sidekick Robin, and the Duckster as Batman's nemesis the Joker. Duck Hope is Bob Hope and Milton Bearle is Milton Berle; both real-life comedians whose esteemed careers each spanned many decades.

Profile by Grendel Prime.

CLARIFICATIONS :
Bat-Mouse has no known connections to:

Duckster

Comedy great Milton Bearle, notorious for stealing jokes, took on the identity of the Duckster to further his criminal activities, making an enemy of heroic vigilante Bat-Mouse. The Duckster targeted comedy legend Duck Hope and stole the jokes from his vault, then went back and stole the script for the next night's TV special. While fleeing in his special car, the Duckster saw Bat-Mouse and Spider-Ham suspended accidentally in webbed-up rope, and rocketed up and cut it, causing the duo to fall, and then rocketed away to his penthouse. The heroes recovered and followed the rocket smoke trail; meanwhile, Hope had worked out the Duckster's secret identity and also sped to the villain's penthouse, where he knocked out the criminal. Bat-Mouse and Spider-Ham soon caught up and Hope unmasked the Duckster before them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

--Marvel Tales II#239/2 (240/2


Duck Hope

Duck Hope was a long-time comedian and keen golfer who had writers come up with scripts for his TV show. He drove a stylized "Hope-Mobile" with a giant duck beak. His jokes were stored in a vault but the villainous Duckster stole them. The thief struck again, stealing a fresh script for the next night's show, and Hope took the bad news out on his writer Rob. Hope went out (presumably looking for the Duckster) when he chanced upon Bat-Mouse and Spider-Ham. He offered them a lift but they swung away; a departing quip from Spider-Ham made Hope realize who the Duckster really was, so he sped off to the penthouse of his comedy competitor Milton Bearle where he knocked his foe out. Bat-Mouse and Spider-Ham soon turned up, and Hope unmasked the Duckster. The case closed, the heroes swung away. Hope's TV special with his characteristic jokes aired the next night, much to the elderly Aunt May's delight.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

--Marvel Tales II#239/2 (240/2

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Marvel Tales II#239/2, p2, pan3 (main image)
Marvel Tales II#239/2, p2, pan2 (headshot)
Marvel Tales II#239/2, p4, pan2 (bat-swinging)
Marvel Tales II#239/2, p3, pan1 (Duckster)
Marvel Tales II#240/2, p4, pan5 (Bearle revealed)
Marvel Tales II#239/2, p4, pan5 (Duckster's "Joke-Mobile")
Marvel Tales II#240/2, p2, pan1 (Hope)
Marvel Tales II#240/2, p2, pan3 (Hope's "Hope-Mobile")

Appearances:
Marvel Tales II#239/2 (July, 1990) - Alan Kupperberg (writer, pencils, inks), Jim Salicrup (editor)
Marvel Tales II#240/2 (August, 1990) - Alan Kupperberg (writer, pencils, inks), Jim Salicrup (editor)

First posted: 09/18/2025
Last updated: 09/18/2025

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