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cowl

[koul] / kaʊl /


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Finding a suit and cowl made just for him, Damian transforms into Little Batman in order to safeguard Wayne Manor and Gotham City from villains, including a rather mischievous Joker.

From Salon Dec. 24, 2025

Batman — or “The Batman” as he’s called here, old-style — is pictured as Bob Kane first drew him, pre-Kevlar with tall pointy bat-ears sticking up from his cowl.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2024

But the point of his cowl hood droops behind his head, perhaps from the sheer weight of finding out he’s died.

From New York Times May 23, 2024

Batman’s cowl and Iron Man’s mask appear in Briscoe’s paintings, but another sort of comics character especially haunts “Thought Bubbles,” the artist’s DC Arts Center show.

From Washington Post Mar. 3, 2023

I should have pulled my cowl over my head to hide better, but I was fear-stricken.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

The collars this season were a nod to the past, evoking the ruffled cowls and buttoned neck fastenings of coats reminiscent of the 19th century.

From Seattle Times Jan. 20, 2024

Yet Serebrennikov wisely pivots to a more operatic approach in the second half with a large chorus of singers and dancers, all in black monk’s cowls.

From New York Times Jul. 14, 2022

They both had their cowls on, so Batman had his whole mask on, and so did Catwoman, and then I realized that they had actually taken them off a couple of pages earlier.

From Slate Sep. 18, 2017

Her weakness in combat, when compared to the capes and cowls around her?

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 7, 2016

All the while Abel’s women waited, their faces shadowed by their cowls.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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