Editing Batman Returns (section)

===Other media===
{{see also|Batman Returns (video games)|Batman '89 (comic book)|Batman: The Ride}}
[[File:Vertical Velocity (Six Flags Great America).jpg|thumb|alt=A distant shot of Batman: The Ride at Six Flags Great America|[[Batman: The Ride]] at Six Flags Great America was opened in 1992 with ''Batman Returns''.]]
About 120 products were marketed with ''Batman Returns'', including action figures and toys by [[Kenner Products]], Catwoman-themed clothing, toothbrushes, roller skates, T-shirts, underwear, sunglasses, towels, beanbags, mugs, weightlifting gloves, throw pillows, cookie cutters, commemorative coins, playing cards, costume jewelry, cereal, a radio-controlled Batmobile, and tortilla chips shaped like the Batman logo.<ref name="AFICatalog"/><ref name="LATimesMarketing120"/><ref name="NYTimesMarketing"/> Although there were about the same number of products marketed for ''Batman'', there were fewer licensees so Warner Bros. could have more oversight.<ref name="LATimesMarketing120"/><ref name="NYTimesMarketing"/> The release of ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'' later in 1992 was anticipated to extend merchandising success long after ''Batman Returns'' had left theaters. Warner Bros. used holographic labels developed by American Bank Note Holographics to detect counterfeit products.<ref name="LATimesMarketing120"/>

The film's novelization, by [[Craig Shaw Gardner]], was published in July 1992.<ref name="CastTheCobblepots"/><ref name="AmazonNovel"/> A roller coaster ([[Batman: The Ride]]) was built at [[Six Flags Great America]] at a cost of $8{{nbsp}}million, and was later replicated at other Six Flags parks with a Batman stunt show.<ref name="AFICatalog"/><ref name="LATimesMarketing120"/> Several video-game adaptations titled ''[[Batman Returns (video games)|Batman Returns]]'' were released by a number of developers on almost all available platforms; the [[Batman Returns (SNES video game)|Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] version was the most successful.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="IGNVideoGameLynx"/><ref name="GRadarVideoGame"/><ref name="IGNVideoGame"/><ref name="VentureBeatVideoGame"/>}}

To celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Penguin's first comic-book appearance, DeVito wrote "Bird Cat Love" a 2021 comic book story about the Penguin and Catwoman falling in love and ending the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="CatBirdLovePolygon"/><ref name="CatBirdLoveGuardian"/> ''[[Batman '89 (comic book)|Batman '89]]'', a comic-book series first released in 2022, continues the narrative of Burton's original two films and ignores the Schumacher sequels. Set a few years after the events of ''Batman Returns'', ''Batman '89'' depicts the transformation of district attorney Harvey Dent into Two-Face and introduces Robin. The series was written by Hamm, with art by Joe Quinones.<ref name="DOGBatman89"/> The Red Triangle Gang made their first appearance outside ''Batman Returns'' in the 2022 comic book ''Robin'' #15.<ref name="RedTriangleComics"/><ref name="RedTriangleComics2"/> A holiday book was released in 2022, ''Batman Returns: One Dark Christmas Eve: The Illustrated Holiday Classic'', by Ivan Cohen.<ref name="ChristmasBook"/>