Bat Boy (character)

Bat Boy
Weekly World News character
Created byDick Kulpa
In-universe information
AliasBat child
SpeciesHalf-bat, half-human
GenderMale
FamilyHerbert Sr. (grandfather)
Susan Boy (mother)
Ruth Carter Cash Boy (sister)
Born1982 (age 41–42)

Bat Boy is a fictional creature who made numerous appearances in the American supermarket tabloid Weekly World News, beginning with a front page story in 1992. The character became a pop-culture icon. In 1997, the story of Bat Boy was turned into an Off-Broadway musical, Bat Boy: The Musical.