The logo of Batman has evolved significantly, but its symbol is recognizable worldwide. It is feared by the villains of Gotham City, but it can also be seen in the real world on countless cups, backpacks, hats, and even t-shirts with the corresponding copyright of DC Comics. The peculiar thing here is that the Dark Knight was not the first to wear a bat on his chest, and that, by chance, ended up affecting the professional football team Valencia C. F. in 2019, in the middle of its centenary. Perhaps you don't know, or maybe you do, but the shield of Valencia C. F. is crowned by a bat. A bat with its wings spread wide. As is natural, for its fans and players, that image symbolizes above all else their passion for their football team. It is in the present and it was when it was founded in 1919. So, in effect, there were already footballers with the bat embroidered on their shirts twenty years before the first comic was published in which Batman appeared in Detective Comics in March 1939. In fact, and being fair, from 1921 the logo of Valencia looked more like the current logo of Batman than the four original logos that we saw in the comics: the bat that carried the comic character at first looked like a cartoon mustache and then it got ears. Later, from 1946, it would have a more defined appearance. Or, if you prefer, more like the one Valencia C. F. had been using for many years before. Logically, the interests regarding the use of the bat evolved over the years, and, as is natural, both entities exploited it in a different way, although in similar articles. Whether it was in pens or t-shirts. This being said, it is worth remembering that there are more football teams in Spain that have a bat, but it is that there are brands of rum drinks that use a similar logo. However, in 2019, there was a disagreement between Valencia and DC owners. If they had been coexisting for so many years with both bats and brands, what made DC Comics take the initiative in 1919? Despite what was stated in media such as Marca, in 2014, procedures had already been initiated between the owners of Batman and the football club, despite the fact that the latter had the registration of its logo for almost a century, including its subsequent revisions, the logo used by Valencia C. F. to celebrate its centenary did not please the offices of Warner. Or, at least, those that managed the rights of the superhero. What was the reason? You can see it right here: the logo used for the centenary of the club opted for minimalism, reducing everything to the figure of a yellow bat that, let's be honest, had round ears. But, of course, the bat of its shield was practically the same. Who was right here? Despite rumors of denunciations, the Valencia club officially denied that any further legal actions were being taken, and after 22 eternal months of negotiations between the two entities, in 2021, an agreement was reached in which Valencia C. F. could use its bat with total freedom on cups, hats, backpacks, and everything it wanted, with one exception: no fictional characters with the logo that remotely