"It's Not Who I Am Underneath, But What I Do That Defines Me". This shows that he is not Bruce Wayne, he is in fact and always was Batman. Another example is from Dark Knight Returns also by Frank Miller where Bruce Wayne 'dies' but he continues to live the life of the dark knight at the end. going so far as creating an army. He never was really Bruce Wayne after his parents died, he just didn't know who he was to become before he donned the suit. Sorry if this doesn't answer your questions. I'm new to the Sci-Fi section so not 100% sure how to answer questions like these. If any "event" showed transition into Batman dominance is was the events follow his training shown in "Year One". Of course, I still think Batman is the most balanced ego-alter-ego character we have and that a flip never actually occurred. ...my take is that when Batman was born he became two men. Look at what Bruce accomplishes compared to other sub-egos like Kent, Parker, Summers, etc... -- Gorchestopher H Sep 28 at 23:26 In Batman Beyond, the DCAU series which was set in the future, featuring the next Batman (Terry McGuinnis) fighting crime in a futuristic Gotham, with Bruce Wayne as his mentor. The new Batman features a flying batmobile, an advanced batsuit which enhanced his strength, rocket boots and wings enabling flight, multiple vision modes, direct communication links, and more. He was sort of Batman, wearing Iron