The Essence of the Batman Creation

Rating: 10/10 (3 July 2005)

Bruce Wayne is the only one true human superhero.
The reason for his triumphs as Batman are primarily due to his personal tragedy at the loss of his parents to a criminal, following the crucial decision to prevent such tragedies while faced with nothing else.
During his self-destructive phase, Bruce Wayne sought training in the martial arts schools that could not be found in western civilization. By the age of twenty two, he acquired enough skill to take on six men at once. As Batman, he would later become the victor of nearly every battle with humans and non-humans alike, wherein, his own all-too-human flesh and blood vessel inevitably brushes death many times, saved mostly in part to his intellect and sagacity, as well as the care of a precious few. His much-too-close experience with victimization as a child, following the personal pain of his loss, has led him to make analytical observations and studies of the criminal element, thusly granting him the utmost awareness of their world. This is what primarily sets him apart from government officials and law-enforcement agents. It must be said that although he operates outside the bounds of the law, he remains within reason, which makes him different from the usual vigilante out for revenge. Hence, in his beginning years as the Batman, he is misunderstood by the law, which later becomes rectified through his friendship and trust in commissioner Gordon as well as his reputable actions. One of his greatest principles is that he will never take a life unless absolutely necessary or to save his own.
An atypical missionary, Bruce Wayne's initiation of the Batman identity was for detective work above all else. At first, he lived to save the city he has always known and to honor the names of his late parents. In the later years of his career, he lives to fight injustice more so than ever. This brought him to assist in the fights alongside real superhumans (with a diverse array of superhuman genetic resources as opposed to simply being a physically healthy, financially wealthy pretty boy with a post dramatic stress disorder) when called to. But the near victimization he experienced as a child and other survivals of smaller life-threatening proportions are the primary motives of what he fights against today as it is written in the books. It can be said that the powers of this particular "superhero" comes from within and manifests themselves physically and mentally.
Batman Begins is the only comic book adaptation that has captured the essence of the origins of Batman.