''New Look''
(1964-1995)
Detective Comics (Vol. 1) #327 - Introducing the ''New Look''
The yellow ellipse was introduced in 1964 as part of the "New Look" Batman stories as a way to copyright the symbol, and was meant to be a connection to the Bat-Signal.
In the continuity of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, the yellow ellipse design was deliberately meant as a target, attracting a potential gunman's aim to the heavily armored chestpiece, and away from Batman's unarmored face. A subsequent issue of Shadow of the Bat re-established the concept.
In the continuity of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, the yellow ellipse design was deliberately meant as a target, attracting a potential gunman's aim to the heavily armored chestpiece, and away from Batman's unarmored face. A subsequent issue of Shadow of the Bat re-established the concept.
