Ben Wan
- Jul 3
- 2 min read

The Unmade Batcycles & Batwings

We dive into the unmade versions of the Batcycle and Batwing on film, from the Batcycles associated with Batman 1989 to the unmade Batwing for Ben Affleck's The Batman!

Chapters:

0:14 Episode Introduction

2:07 The Kenner Batcycle- 1989

4:46 Batman 89 Batcycle- Drake Winston and the Kaneda Bike

10:16 Batfleck's Unmade Batcycle in Justice League

The images of the scrapped Batcycle come from here:

https://batman-news.com/2017/11/27/justice-league-batman-unused-motorcycle/

https://batman-news.com/2018/03/27/justice-league-concept-art-reveals-batmans-scrapped-batcycle/

13:51 The Canceled Batgirl Film's Batcycle

20:06 Break

Ben was on Table Read Tuesdays as the voice of Bruce Wayne/Batman in a live reading of the Sam Hamm 1986 draft for Batman 1989:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJLLBoHz9G8

Derrick Magnum, written & directed by Jeffrey Scott Richards, featuring us playing ourselves: https://gofund.me/ce216482

Check out our friends at Neuverse Creative, who will be producing Ben's adaptations of Batman 89: The Case of the Chemical Syndicate, Batman 89: Shadows comic and Batman 3, based on the early drafts of Batman Forever:

https://www.youtube.com/c/NEUVERSECREATIVE

Ben Wan's "Shortcut to Happily Ever After" available on the Metaphorosis website here: https://magazine.metaphorosis.com/story/2023/shortcut-to-happily-ever-after-ben-wan/

YouTube version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVhtbDpeTTQ

Our July charity here:

https://www.hftd.org/

Check out our link for Barkbox here.

34:40 The Original Versions of the Batman 89 Batwing

We covered the Batwings from Batman 89 in our episode with Rob Aling here:

41:02 The Flying Fox and Batjet in Justice League

45:51 The Unmade Batwing for The Batman (Ben Affleck)

51:23 Closing: Fan Comments and Shoutouts

Big thanks to our research assistant Dan Yamat for providing the visuals for this YouTube experience, as well as the usual QC and chapter time codes.

Thumbnail by Dan as well

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