Francine Langstrom (née March) was the fiancée of scientist
Kirk Langstrom, also known as the Man-Bat. She has also occasionally transformed into a bat hybrid as well, known as the
She-Bat. The Langstroms had two children, Rebecca and Aaron, the latter being a mutant bat-creature due to his parents' mutant physiology. In 2011, "
The New 52" rebooted the DC universe. Francine Langstrom is reimagined as a more villainous character who only married Kirk to ensure the company that he would complete the serum and then have him killed so she could inherit a large sum of money. In the 2021
Man-Bat miniseries, Francine appears to no longer be a villain and has gotten back together with Kirk. However, she leaves him once again when she discovers he is still attempting to perfect the Man-Bat formula to cure his sister's deafness. Kirk ultimately accepts he and Francine cannot be happy together and promises not to interfere in her life as he willingly gives himself up to the police, eventually joining Wonder Woman's
Justice League Dark.
Francine Langstrom in other media • Francine Langstrom appears in media set in the
DC Animated Universe (DCAU), voiced by the late
Meredith MacRae. • Introduced in the
Batman: The Animated Series episode "
On Leather Wings", she, her father Robert March, and husband
Kirk Langstrom meet Bruce Wayne before she is caught in the battle between Batman and Kirk as Man-Bat. In the episode "Terror in the Sky", Francine is accidentally exposed to a
fruit bat-based serum created by March and transforms into She-Bat before Batman cures her. • Francine makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in
The New Batman Adventures episode "Chemistry". • Francine Langstrom appears in
Son of Batman, voiced by
Diane Michelle. • Francine Langstrom appears in
Batman: Arkham Knight. This version was seemingly killed by Kirk after his transformation into the Man-Bat, with Batman finding her corpse while investigating the Langstroms' laboratory. If he revisits the lab after curing and incarcerating Kirk, he finds Francine's body gone and a broken television screen with the words "Forever my love" written on it in an unknown substance, implying that she transformed and escaped. • Francine Langstrom / She-Bat appears in the
DC Super Hero Girls two-part episode "#NightmareInGotham", voiced by
Tara Strong. This version developed the She-Bat serum herself. She is forcibly transformed by the
Joker in a plot to destroy Gotham on Halloween, but is cured by
Bumblebee. ==Kirk Langstrom==