The Batman’s biggest riddle has been solved – and it might set up a sequel

Spoilers for The Batman ahead! Turn around now if you have not seen the latest incarnation of The Dark Knight.

So you’ve seen The Batman. You might have even sat through The Batman post-credits scene to find a hidden message on www.rataalada.com. But amid the code and cryptic symbols, you may not have realized that there’s a secret message hidden within – and it’s already been solved by the world’s greatest detectives: the internet.

Reddit user (the aptly-named) vengeance22 has cracked the code. After putting the answers in on the tie-in site – which you can see for yourself here – you’ll get a message from Riddler in the style of the cipher found in The Batman.

It reads, "You think I'm finished, but perhaps you don't know the full truth. Every ending is a new beginning. Something is coming."

"You think Im finished but perhaps you don't know the full truth. Every ending is a new beginning. Something is coming." #TheBatman pic.twitter.com/7QnLpNHUa1March 4, 2022

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That ‘something’ is open to interpretation, but the answers may be lying in the code you see when you first enter the website.

They aren’t just random lines of Matrix-style code. Each points to a key moment in Bat-History. 27.05.19.39, for example, is May 27, 1939 – the first appearance of Batman. The rest refer to, in order, the introduction of Catwoman and Joker; Penguin’s first appearance; Riddler’s first appearance; Falcone’s first appearance, and Alfred’s first appearance.

They’re all key players in The Batman. But it’s the last code, in reference to Two-Face breaking out of Arkham, that feels like the biggest tease for a sequel. Something is coming, indeed, and The Batman might have already given the game away. For more answers to the movie's biggest questions, check out our guides to DC's gritty reboot of the Caped Crusader.

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