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History of Batman
Bat-Man, is a fictional character, a comic books superhero. Batman is one of the most popular superheroes of all-time. Since his first dramatic appearance in Detective Comics in 1939, Batman has grown to become a pop-culture icon and has been thrilling his fans ever since. Batman, the Caped Crusader, the Dark Knight-whatever name he goes by, is recognized by millions of fans as the most enigmatic and complex character in the super hero pantheon. Bruce Wayne has loosed his shadow self on the villainy of Gotham City for 60 years, and has been in movie serials in the 40's, to a classic campy TV show in the 60's, to a solid animated series in the 90's, to batman theme merchandise.

Most fans already know the story of how wealthy Bruce Wayne billionaire loses his parents when they are slain during an attempted robbery. To avenge his parents' death, Wayne spends his youth traveling the world, learning a variety of crime-fighting skills

He wears a bat-like costume to frighten his enemies. The details of the costume have changed over the years and with different adaptations of the character, except for its most distinctive element: a dark scalloped cape, with a cowl covering most of his face, with a pair of pointed ears suggestive of those of a bat. He also wears a stylized bat emblem on his chest.
He guards his secret so well that his true identity is known only to a handful of individuals, including Superman.
Occasionally, a villain will be struck by the idea that Bruce Wayne is Batman, only to dismiss the possibility because Wayne apparent dim-wittedness and self-absorption.

Batman lives in Gotham City, a fictional city modelled after New York City and operates out of his secret crime laboratory, the Bat Cave located beneath Wayne Manor. He battles exotic supervillains including the Joker, Catwoman and the Penguin, and is often aided by a sidekick, Robin the Boy Wonder.

Bruce designs and builds his equipment, from his suits to his vehicles, to the James Bond-style arsenal of gadgets and weaponry. His designs often share a common theme of being dark-colored to suggest a bat.
A prime example of this is the Batmobile often depicted as long, black and having large tail fins to suggest bat's wings.

Whenever he is needed, the police send up a Bat Signal into the sky.
Unlike Superman and Spider-Man, Batman is a human with no supernatural powers.

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History of Superman
Superman is a fictional character and superhero created in 1938. Superman was born on the planet Krypton and was sent to Earth moments before the planet exploded.
His father, Jor-El, was a scientist and leader in Krypton society. One day, he learned that Krypton was doomed. Moments before Krypton exploded, Jor-El launched Kal-El (then 3 year old Superman) in a rocket ship, bound for Earth.
Kal-El was discovered in a field near Smallville by Jonathan and Martha Kent. They named him Clark, Martha Kent's maiden name. Claiming he was an orphaned relative of Martha's, the Kents raised him on their farm.
While growing up Superman discovered that he possessed superhuman powers - super strength, X-ray vision, super hearing, super breath, super speed and the power of flight.
His only weakness was the substance Kryptonite, which rendered him powerless.
Superman disguised himself as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter working at the Daily Planet. He kept his identity secret, changing into his Superman costume with the distinctive "S" on the chest whenever he set out to do good deeds. Superman's armour-like costume was made from blankets from his rocketship. Superman has a pet dog, Krypto, who has powers and abilities like his master's.
Other key characters included his love interest Lois Lane, his news editor Perry White, and the villainous Lex Luthor.

Traditionally Superman is "more powerful than a locomotive, faster than a speeding bullet and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound."

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History of Spiderman
Spider-Man a Marvel Comics superhero. Spider-Man is the alter ego of student Peter Benjamin Parker, an orphan who lives with his aunt and uncle, is on a high school class trip and visits a laboratory that is doing an experiment with radioactivity.
An accidental bite from a radioactive spider gives Parker an array of spider-like powers and agility plus a tingling "spider sense" for danger and superhuman strength.

After his Uncle Ben is killed, Parker determines to use his new powers to fight crime.

Parker designed a costume and adopted the identity of Spider-Man dressed in a mask and form-fitting fabric covering his entire body, with large red spider outline on his back, and a smaller black spider emblem on his chest and equipped with spider-like web slingers.

His new powers complicate his relationships and career as a photographer for the "Daily Bugle," but he hasn't forgotten the lessons of his youth: With great power, there must come great responsibility.

He is frequently described as "your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man."

Spider-Man is tremendously popular and is perhaps the most recognizable superhero alongside Superman and Batman.