Which came first? · Tricky

Which came first: Batman or D-Day?

Batman came first, in 1939 (first appears). D-Day followed 5 years later, in 1944.

  1. First1939

    Batman

    character · first appears

    Batman first appeared in 1939, after DC's editors asked for more superheroes following the success of Superman.

    Checked against Wikipedia and Wikidata

  2. Second1944

    D-Day

    event · happened

    On D-Day, 6 June 1944, Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy.

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Years from Wikidata, each checked against the item’s English Wikipedia article on 2026-10-18. A year stands for what its label says: a founding, a first patent, a premiere.