Tlano

Tlano is the Batman of Zur-En-Arrh, an alien hero from a distant planet who modeled himself after Earth's Dark Knight. When the real Batman visited his world, Tlano revealed he had studied and replicated Batman's methods, serving as his planet's protector.

Few characters capture the wild, imaginative spirit of Silver Age DC quite like Tlano, who burst onto the scene in Batman #113 in 1958 — an era when comics dared to dream big and strange. Created by Bob Kane, Tlano has shared the page with some of the most iconic figures in the DC universe: Batman, Robin, Bruce Wayne, Batgirl, and Dick Grayson, placing this character squarely within the gravitational pull of Gotham's greatest legends. With appearances stretching all the way from 1958 to 2024, Tlano has proven surprisingly enduring for a figure with a relatively modest footprint, popping up across more than six decades of Batman storytelling. If you love the offbeat, boundary-pushing corners of DC history where the Silver Age imagination ran gloriously unchecked, Tlano is a genuine hidden gem worth tracking down.