The Golden Bat

Ōgon Bat (Japanese: 黄金 バット, Hepburn: Ōgon Batto; literally Golden Bat), known as Phantaman or Fantomas in various countries outside Japan, is a Japanese superhero created by Suzuki Ichiro and Takeo Nagamatsu in autumn of 1930 who originally debuted in a kamishibai (paper theater). Ōgon Bat is considered by some to be the world's first superhero, and is a precursor to later superhero characters such as the Japanese kamishibai character Prince of Gamma (debut early 1930s), and the American comic book characters Superman (debut 1938) and Batman (debut 1939).

Ōgon Bat later appeared in numerous Japanese pop culture media, including manga, anime, and Japanese films, as well as toys and postage stamps dating back to 1932. It was adapted into a popular anime television series in 1967, which was released in various European and Latin American countries.

The character is depicted as an ancient Atlantean who time-traveled 10,000 years to his own future and was time displaced to the 20th century. He has a skull-shaped head and uses a rapier as his primary weapon. His residence is a fortress located in the Japanese Alps. His main goal is to prevent the bat-themed masked villain Dr. Erich Nazō from achieving world domination.