Bat Boy (character)

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Bat Boy
Weekly World News character
Created by	Dick Kulpa
In-universe information
Alias	Bat child
Species	Half-bat, half-human
Gender	Male
Family	Herbert Sr. (grandfather) Susan Boy (mother) Ruth Carter Cash Boy (sister)
Born	1982 (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.