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| Super Name: | Batman |
| Real Name: | Bruce Wayne |
| Aliases: |
Jean-Paul Valley Terry McGinnis Caped Crusader Matches Malone Dark Knight Hemingford Gray World's Greatest Detective Bats Thomas Wayne Jr. Wayne Williams The Bat The Batman Nekhrun Batty The Prince of Gotham Masked Avenger Bat-Warrior Dick Grayson |
| Publisher: | DC |
| Gender: | Male |
| Character Type: | Human |
| 1st Appearance: | Detective Comics #27 |
| Appears in: | 4752 issues |
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Batman is the alter-ego of a distraught billionaire, Bruce Wayne, who, angered by the death of his parents, dons a costume inspired by his own fear of bats to fight crime in the DC Universe. Edit
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Publication History
Batman was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, though Kane, who designed the character, often receives credit as the sole creator. The character first appeared in Detective Comics #27, published in 1939, and later became popular enough to spawn his own books.Along with Superman and Wonder Woman, Batman has provided many of the core story arcs for the DC brand since his creation. He is unique for the simple reason that he has no super-human powers and is an ordinary human relying on intelligence, money, inventiveness, detective skills, and a terror-inducing M.O., or modus operandi, to beat his opponents.
A regular member of the Justice League Of America, though not a founder, he makes up for his lack of super-human powers with a library of information and weaknesses of numerous villains (and his teammates, should they ever go rogue).
In the modern era, the Batman "universe" puts out more monthly comic books than any other universe in comics, though Marvel's X-Men often rivals it in sheer size.
Some of his most famous and key books have come from Frank Miller, who revitalized the brooding vengeance of the character through his Dark Knight Returns series. Miller also re-imagined Batman's origin in the popular [[Batman: Year One:char:42224]] mini, setting the background for the way the character is described in the modern era and providing the basis for the 2005 film Batman Begins.
Origin
Golden Age Batman
The first appearance of Batman.
The Golden Age Batman.
He finished his training but realized that he alone could not rid the whole city of evil. He began to think of something that would strike terror in evil, when all of a sudden a bat flew through the window, scaring Bruce. He was inspired by the bat and would soon become Batman.
Later Batman would take in Dick Grayson (later to be known as Nightwing), who would become his sidekick Robin. Together the "Dynamic Duo" fought many enemies including the Joker, who was to become Batman's greatest enemy.
Batman eventually became one of the founding members for the Justice Society Of America. However it was later said that he and Superman were honorary members and only participated in limited JSA adventures. Batman would continue working with the Gotham City Police Department in fighting evil, and it later legally deputized Batman as a civilian police agent.
Later Alfred would arrive to work as their butler, and eventually learning their identities and began working for them. Vicki Vale was also introduced during the 1940s; one of the numerous girlfriends of Bruce Wayne, she was created to mirror Lois Lane of Metropolis. She often spent her time trying to figure out the identity of Batman. Whenever she got close to figuring out Batman was Bruce Wayne, Batman would often trick her into believing he was not Bruce Wayne.
Silver Age Batman
The Silver Age Batman changed little, but when DC Comics introduced the The DC Multiverse, it established that all the stories of Batman that were told in the Golden Age were actually Earth-Two Batman. It revealed that Earth-Two Batman had married Catwoman and fathered a daughter named Huntress. Earth-Two Batman would retire as Batman to take the job as Commissioner of the GCPD. It was revealed that Selina had been killed Silky Cernak, an old former henchman when she refused and attempted to arrest him. Eventually he died in his final adventure against a criminal named Bill Jensen who had acquired superpowers. The Silver Age Batman had his back story expanded upon such as his uncle Philip Wayne raising Bruce for a while after his parents’s deaths. He was also had an older brother named Thomas Wayne Jr. who had to be institutionalized after the death of his parents. It was revealed that his parents' killing had not been chance, but an assassination ordered by gangster Lew Moxon.
As a child, Bruce's father had worn a bat costume (similar to Batman's future costume) to a masquerade party, where he encountered and stopped the mobster. Moxon swore revenge against Dr. Wayne, and hired the criminal Joe Chill to arrange a mugging that would result in their deaths. Also at some point in his training, he wore a costume similar to the future Robin's and he was trained by Harvey Harris, a Gotham City Police detective.
The Silver Age Batman.
During the Silver Age Batman would regularly team up with other heroes to fight evil. They began publishing World’s Finest Comics from the 1950s through the 1980s for team ups with Batman and Superman and other heroes. This depicted that Batman and Superman were close friends. In the early 1960s Batman later became a founding member of the Justice League of America.
In the late 1960s, Robin began attending college because DC Comics wanted to revise Batman somewhat. Batman decided to move from Wayne Manor to one of his penthouse apartments on top of Wayne Foundation, so he could be closer to Gotham City and the crimes. Batman began to work solo during the 1970s and 1980s, but would occasionally team up with Robin and Batgirl.
This was the period where Batman started becoming a bit darker. Violent crimes were increasing, and there were many first appearances. The Joker finally made his first appearance since the Golden Age. The Joker was made extremely darker and more sadistic.
Ra's al Ghul also made his first appearance during this time period. Batman's older brother Thomas would reappear. Thomas had become an assassin, but his body had been taken over by the anti-hero Deadman. Batman was able to remove Deadman from his brother's body, but he soon died trying to save his brother from an assassin. Later Batman would quit the Justice League and formed his new group called the Outsiders. Batman was the leader of the group for a while, but he eventually quit it as well.
Modern Age Batman
After Crisis on Infinite Earths, the Earth-Two and the Batman that was on it was erased from history. DC Comics attempted to reboot many of the major character’s origins including Batman. The re-tooled history was recounted in Frank Miller’s run on Batman in the Year One story arc. This made Batman much darker and showed the corruption in the Gotham City Police Department, giving more of a reason for Gotham City to need Batman. They left Dick’s back story the same but changed Jason Todd's back story. They also got rid of Philip Wayne and had Bruce being raised by Alfred Pennyworth. Batman also was no longer a founding member of the Justice League.
The criminal called Bane breaks Batman's back.
Shortly after, in the story arc “A Death in the Family” Jason Todd wanted to find his biological mother. He traveled with Batman to the middle east. Eventually Jason found his mother, but the Joker bludgeoned him with a crowbar, then blew Jason up inside a building which killed him. After this tragic event, Batman became even darker and more violent when he battled crime. Later Tim Drake would become the next Robin in order to keep Batman sane and keep his humanity intact.
Later, during the Death and Return of Superman, Batman had his own crisis to deal with. In the Knightfall story arc, Batman was attacked in his own Batcave by his new enemy, a criminal called Bane. Bane broke Batman’s back, paralyzing him. Bruce decided to ask Azrael to take the role of Batman while he healed. As Azrael battled crime in his murderous stint as the Batman, Bruce Wayne healed and battled his own inner demons. Batman eventually fought Azrael and succeeded in defeating him. Bruce asked Nightwing to take the Batman mantle while he retrained himself.
Jim Lee's Batman.
Later during the “Hush” storyline, Hush was introduced. He was Bruce’s childhood friend and was a big influence for Bruce when they were young. Elliot had in fact been the enemy known as Hush and was attacking Batman by manipulating his enemies to attack him. He also tried to torture Batman by making him believe that Jason Todd was still alive. Batman fought the man who claimed to be Jason, but it proved to be Clayface. However, Jason was really alive and would eventually turn up later as the Jason Todd, reviving an early alias of the Joker.
Crisis after Crisis
Batman and his "son."
In retaliation, Batman creates the Brother Eye satellite surveillance system to monitor every crusading adventurer on Earth. Its eventual co-opting by Maxwell Lord, Black King of the government organization known as Checkmate, is one of the main reasons that leads to the Infinite Crisis miniseries.
In Infinite Crisis #7, Alex Luthor, Jr. mentions that in the newly-rewritten history of the "New Earth," created in the previous issue, the murderer of Thomas and Martha Wayne is captured, thus undoing the Retcon created after Zero Hour. Batman and a team of crusading adventurers destroy Brother Eye and the OMACs. Following Infinite Crisis, Batman, Nightwing, and Robin retrace the steps Bruce had taken when he originally left Gotham City, to "rebuild Batman."
In the "Face The Face" storyline, Batman and Robin return to Gotham City after their year-long absence. Also upon their return, Bruce adopts Tim as his son. The follow-up story arc in Batman, entitled: "Batman & Son," features Talia and a boy whom Talia claims is her son by Batman. His son, Damian, is a violent and spoiled child and is difficult to deal with at first, but despite his attitude he wants to become the next Robin and almost killed Tim to do it. Batman and Talia battle each other only to have Talia launch a missile at the Submarine that Batman, Talia, and their "son" are on. Batman had only found Damian's cape after the explosion. It was soon revealed that Damian had survived and had to have multiple organ transplants and a servant of Ra's Al Ghul tried to use Damian as a host for Ra's, but was defeated.
Damian Wayne
The combination of the worlds best detective (Bruce Wayne) and the daughter of the greatest criminal mind (Ra's al Ghul) should bring forth something special. The Ultimate Child. Bred in an artificial embryo which allowed Damian to grow up with genetic perfection, to kill and replace his famous father. from the moment of his birth Damian was trained in the Murder Society to be the warrior king of a new medieval age. But he rebelled... impelled by guilt and followed by his consciousness Damian Wayne now goes a lonely path... between good and evil... as Batman!
Ra's Al Ghul Returns
Ra's Al Ghul has returned back form the dead. Ra's is looking for a new host because his body's former host betrayed Ra's and poisoned his body with radiation. Ra's intended to use Damian as a host, but he has refused. After escaping from his grandfather's ninjas he left to tell his father about Ra's's return. He showed up at the manor looking for his father, but found Robin. Robin didn't trust Damian and the two started fighting. Damian fled and ran into Alfred, but before he could say anything he was attacked by Robin again. Meanwhile ninjas were getting close to the manor intending to capture Damian. Robin and Damianwere soon attacked by ninjas. Nightwing shows up to help the two,but the ninja's poison some lackey that were also sent to retrieve Damian. Nightwing leaves the boys to save the two women. Robin and Damian's bodies are brought to Ra's. The two soon reveal they they are awake and start fighting off the ninjas and amongst themselves, Damian soon leaves Robin during the fight. Ra's orders some women to care for Robin's wounds much to his surprise. However Robin refuses to allow Ra's to trick him. Ra's tries to tell Robin that he can bring his parents back and can teach and be a mentor. However Ra's reminds him of Batman, but Ra's says Batman cares more for Damian and he will soon be better than Robin. Ra's tells him that they can rule the world together, but Ra's knows he is trying to stall so he knocks him out. Batman and Talia survive a crash in the Bat-Plane and are soon attacked by ninjas and Talia is cut. However Batman's old friend I-Ching shows up to help him and beat the ninjas. Nightwing drops off Dragon Fly, Silken Spider, and Tiger Moth at Arkham, but their brains have been damaged by the poison and may not recover. Nightwing and Alfred travel to Tibet and are attacked by Ubu. Nightwing and Alfred are able to beat Ubu and leave. Batman, Talia and I-Ching are soon surrounded by ninjas after getting into Ra's lair. However the ninjas do not attack, because Ra's has not ordered them to. Ra's walks up to Batman after they are given swords and the two being to fight. As they fight Ra's says Batman has gotten faster, but Ra's has the edge, because his body cannot feel pain and plunges himself on Batman's sword. Ra's has Robin and Damian's body's pulled out and says he will need a new body to fight the Sensei and wants a young body to do it in. Ra's tells Batman that he can't decide so he wants Batman to choose for him. Batman surprises Ra's by coming up with a third option, taking Ra's to the Fountain of Life in Nanda Parbat. Ra's, who had been searching for the Fountain of Life for a long period of his life, agrees and the two head for Nanda Parbat alone. They arrive just outside of Nanda Parbat to discover that Sensei and his ninjas have arrived before them. Batman saves a monk and then defeats the Sensei's Men of Death by himself. The two of them then headed for the Fountain beyond the Temple of Rama Kushna. There, they confront the Sensei, who is revealed to be Ra's al Ghul's father. Sensei stabs Ra's and appears to have killed him, then he battles Batman. Although Sensei's skill is far superior to Batman's, he can only continue at full strength for two minutes due to his age. However, Batman would be able to last longer then two minutes and was able to defeat Sensei knocks him into the Fountain of Life which kills him because he is not a pure soul. The monks of Nanda Parbat check Ra's Al Ghul's body, but he takes over one of the monk's body and walks off. Batman, restored to full health and slightly de-aged after being soaked in the fountain, knows what Ra's has done and screams at him "RA'S!" Elsewhere, Robin is still haunted by Ra's offer to restore his loved ones to life. In the midst of a battle with Ra's ninjas, Tim breaks off in pursuit of the White Ghost, deciding that it is selfish of him to deny his parents and friends another chance at life. White Ghost tells robin he can restore them, but only if Tim swears his undying loyalty to Ra's Al Ghul and forsakes Batman. Tim agrees, and is sent to a chamber with a Lazarus Pit. There he is confronted by Nightwing, who swears to stop him. Meanwhile, the monk body Ra's possessed is rapidly decaying like the last one. As a symbol of his rebirth, he offers Batman his friendship, but Batman refuses. Ra's again attempts to take over Damian's body. However Batman stops him and badly damages Ra's body deciding not to hold back. Batman orders Damian to grab a weapon and they begin to fight Ra's ninjas. Soon Nightwing, Talia, Alfred and Robin arrive at Nanda Parbat and join the battle. Meanwhile White Ghost offers his body to Ra's Al Ghul and Ra's reveals that White Ghost is his son. Ra's agrees and takes over White Ghost body and due to White Ghost being his son and blood relative he is fully restored. Not wanting him to die Talia knocks Damian so she can take him to safety and leaves the battle. As Ra's joins the battle Batman, Robin, Nightwing and Alfred prepare to die fighting Ra's Al Ghul and his forces. However the monks invoke the power of their Goddess Rama Kushna and cause Nanda Parbat to sick into the ground giving Batman and his allies to chance to escape. Ra's men also escape the destruction. Nightwing pilots the plane back home while Batman hopes that Talia and Damian have gone some place where they can be safe. Alfred reminds everyone it's Christmas and they all have a toast to Family.
After the Resurrection
Two months after Ra's Al Ghul's resurrection Batman was back in Gotham attempting to capture a villain called the The Globe. The Globe has an obssession with globes and maps and had stolen a jewel-covered globe from British Museum. After Batman defeated the Globe Ra's Al Ghul and a group of his ninjas appeared. Ra's revealed that he was the real owner of the globe and had a receipt signed by Peter Carl Faberge for it's creation in 1901. Batman returned the Globe and Ra's revealed that the inside of the globe shows the location of every Lazarus Pit known on Earth. Ra's revealed he blamed Batman for Talia and Damian's departure and him being forced to live in The White Ghost's albino body which he deemed inferior. Batman battled Al Ghul's ninjas and was able to escape. Back at the cave Batman revealed he believed that a small part of White Ghost's consciousness is still present and is causing Ra's Al Ghul to act more violently towards Batman as he saw killing Batman as a way to gain his father's approval. Batman tracked Ra's down and spread knockout gas through the building putting all his ninjas to sleep. Batman battled Ra's and sent kicked him out a window. He survived and dressed as a guard he sent him to Arkham under the alias of Terry Gene Kase and stated that he has multiple personality disorder and has called himself Superman, Jesus and the "billionaire leader of a cabal of international assassins". He also has him under a prescription that will keep his speech slurred and give him zero mobility. He left Arkham welcoming him to Gotham with the hope that he will rot in there for decades.
Characteristics
Gender: MaleHeight: 6"2
Weight: 225 lbs.