10 Batman Sidekicks Everyone Forgets

You'd think the fact that Batman has a team all over the world who fight crime would be continually shouted from the rooftops within the larger Batman franchise, and yet the opposite is very much true. While they've appeared briefly in other series, the vast majority of these heroes are kept entirely obscure, despite the fact they're entirely fascinating.

Batman Inc. is a global organisation personally funded by Bruce Wayne, despite how suspicious this does make him appear. Having wanted to help people all around the world, the Dark Knight nominated a series of like-minded noble individuals to serve as the protector of certain countries, who had would check in on every once in a while.

Given this is a pretty huge gesture - and a huge money drain on Bruce - it fully deserves to get more recognition than it does - for the hero named Man-of-Bats if nothing else.