Batman

Real Name: Bruce Wayne

Aliases: The Dark Knight, Detective (by Ra's al Ghul), The Bat (by his enemies), Bats (by Joker)

Affiliation: Wayne Enterprises

Rank: C.E.O.

Father: Thomas Wayne

Mother: Martha Wayne

Likes: Justice, Fighting crime, Keeping citizens safe, and helping others.

Dislikes: Crime, killing, guns, and citizens getting hurt.

As a young child, Bruce Wayne would idolize masked heroes who fought crime and corruption, including Zorro. His personal favourite was the Gray Ghost, watching the television show with his father.

On the way home from seeing the film, The Mark of Zorro, Bruce Wayne watched as his parents were gunned down by a mugger. Young Master Bruce was taken home to Wayne Manor, where he was raised by the Waynes' faithful friend and butler, Alfred Pennyworth.

Bruce learned many arts and sciences toward the goal of eliminating the crime that took his parents from him. He learned from masters in their fields, such as escape artistry from Zatara and martial arts from Yoru Sensei. While he trained with Zatara, he and his mentor's daughter Zatanna became very close.

As he began operating as a vigilante, Bruce met and fell in love with Andrea Beaumont. Their relationship helped mend his pain, to the point where he was willing to give up becoming a vigilante to be with her. However, Andrea walked out of his life under mysterious circumstances, leaving him to become more determined to fight crime. Shortly afterwards, he chose to take up the symbol of the Bat, a creature of the night. Using it, he would strike fear into those who preyed on the innocent as "the Batman".

Using the caverns he discovered below Wayne Manor, Bruce built his secret headquarters, the Batcave. He gradually fought the underworld, targeting both low-level criminals and major players in the city's underworld. Bruce Wayne also took in Dick Grayson as his ward after witnessing his parents' murder. Batman eventually took Dick as his partner Robin, after catching him attempting to track down their murderer. He also gradually built a partnership with the Gotham City Police Department and Commissioner James Gordon, working with them to control crime in Gotham.

Over the years, new criminals began operating in Gotham, with many choosing costumes and themes for their crimes. These included the Penguin, Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze and the Scarecrow. Some of these criminals were also tied directly to his personal life, including Catwoman and Two-Face. Of the many "supervillains" he fought, Batman most frequently encountered the Joker, a clown themed criminal.

Through his years of intensive physical training, the Batman represents the peak of human physical conditioning. Batman is at peak human levels of strength, stamina, agility, coordination, reflexes, speed, and durability. Even well into old age, Bruce Wayne still demonstrated that he could manhandle other much younger men with ease. Batman's martial arts discipline was never mentioned, in Batman: Mask of the Phantasm Bruce Wayne mentions Ju Jitsu and has other times showed exceptional skill in Boxing, Wrestling, Karate, Judo and Ninjitsu,

Batman was also a master of stealth and infiltration (all the more remarkable given that he stands 6'2" and weighs 215 lbs), and often revealed himself to his enemies when they least suspected him to. This also allowed him to just disappear from allies in mid-sentence, a habit that frequently annoyed the likes of Commissioner Gordon ("one of these days I'm gonna nail his feet to the ground") and Harvey Bullock ("I wonder how the Commish puts up with that"). Batman was capable of incredible feats of agility.

During the Second Apokolyptian invasion, Darkseid commented with much surprise that Batman had been the first one to dodge his Omega Beams.

With his martial arts prowess, occasionally augmented by technology, Batman was usually more than a match for any foe he encountered, human or otherwise.

As the head of Wayne Enterprises, Bruce Wayne has access to cutting edge technology and Batman makes good use of it in his field equipment.

Batsuit- standard as well as heat-resistant, cold-resistant, and underwater versions.

Batarangs- of differing size and effect. These ranged from standard, to explosive, electric, remote, etc.
Grapple gun- This item assisted Batman in scaling the various buildings of Gotham City.

Utility Belt- Batman's Utility Belt has compartments to hold several items, the contents of which change according to his needs, and often include items such as flashlights, laser cutters, underwater rebreathers, binoculars, a fingerprinting kit, flashbangs, remote controls for his vehicles, acid/base compounds, anti-toxins, mini-computer, and smoke pellets.

Batman has used several vehicles in the course of his crimefighting career, including:

Batmobile
Batwing
Batcycle
Batboat

During the night, he is secretly Batman, but during the day, he's known as Bruce Wayne. As Bruce Wayne, he's a billionaire and CEO of Wayne Enterprises.

Batman wears the costume for the dual purpose of concealing his identity, and to frighten criminals. As Bruce's career as Batman continued, he evolved and updated the suit to keep ahead of technology in the streets of Gotham, using the resources of Wayne Enterprises to do so.

The cape, cowl, gloves, briefs and boots are colored black with blue highlights, while the body of the suit is grey with a yellow and black bat logo. Occasionally the cape and cowl are also shown to be one piece and when Batman's not fighting, the cape is usually seen covering Batman's entire body below his head. The costume lacks any armor qualities, instead being merely a body suit with no apparent special features and it often becomes torn in serious fights. It is occasionally seen packed in Bruce Wayne's luggage or in his vehicles.

The Batsuit's left glove houses a palmtop computer.
While most of Batman's weapons and gadgets are stored in his Utility Belt, the suit itself has a limited amount hi-tech features built in. Some tools are stored inside the boots.

A palmtop computer is stored in the left glove. After being forced to abandon his utility belt, Batman was able to link the Riddler's mechanical Hand of Fate to it. This is also presumably what he uses to communicate his own vehicles, the Batmobile & Batwing.

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