Bat Boy (character)
| 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 42–43) |
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.