Citations:Batverse

Noun: "(fandom slang) the fictional universe which serves as the setting for the Batman comics, films, and television series"

 * 2011, Tyler Brown, "'Batman: Noel' a dark tale, reversion of old classic", Kansas State Collegian (Kansas State University), Volume 117, Number 64, 18 November 2011, page 5:
 * In this hard-boiled version of the Batverse, the characters were gritty, tough and more realistic.
 * 2012, Tim Knight, "The Dark Knight Rises", Amaze, 3 August 2012, Edition 5, page 117 (approx.):
 * So overall in my mind at least this is a great film, the best of the trilogy by far, and even though they say it is the end of this perticular [sic] storyline arc, I hope it isn't the end of Christopher Nolan's Batverse, as I would be one very sad person…
 * 2012, "Batman: Across the ages", Tribune Hi Five!, 26 August 2012, page 3:
 * The show was a crowning achievement for the Batverse.
 * 2013, "A Midsummer's Dark Knight", Cult TV Times, Issue 00, April 2013, page 3:
 * It's a ballsy move to reject fan-favourite and mainstream recognisable elements of the Batverse such as Robin and The Joker, but fingers crossed Beware the Batman will finally return Bruce Wayne's animated shenanigans to the heights of the early 1990s.
 * 2014, Jack Mills, "Heroes and Villains", The Lancer (Belleville East High School, Belleville, Illinois), Volume 6, Issue 6, 21 March 2014, page 8:
 * Even though it changes up the canon of the Batverse, they [sic] changes do make sense and fit properly.
 * 2014, Darren Franich, "DC Comics launches 'Gotham Academy' and 'Arkham Manor' -- Exclusive", Entertainment Weekly, 30 June 2014:
 * DC Comics is expanding the Batverse in October, with two new ongoing series that promise to explore new corners of the Dark Knight’s twisted universe.