By d. emerson eddy — This past Saturday was this year's celebration of “Batman Day” and it had me thinking of combining my current search through some favorite European comics and Batman. Somewhat surprisingly, given the sheer number of Batman interpretations across the decades in the North American market, there isn't a huge selection of foreign language originals, but what is out there is very well done. Batman: The Dark Prince Charming was technically published simultaneously in English and French (and Dutch, I think) by DC Comics and Dargaud, but it's one of the few out there in association with a European publisher. It's also good, so you needn't worry that being originally published by a European publisher was my only criteria.