Original sentence: Along the way, he joined Sal Valestra's criminal gang and served as one of the muscle for the group.When he emerged with new facial "improvements", he swore he'd do what he'd set out to do before he ran away: make the world know, and more importantly, Batman, how funny his criminal antics would be, and make them all laugh
Edited sentence: The credibility of this story is in question, as Batman had stated that he told multiple versions of this story to various people to gain sympathy.What is known for certain, however, is he joined Sal Valestra's criminal gang and served as one of the muscle for the group.When he emerged with new facial "improvements", he swore he'd make the world know, and more importantly, Batman, how funny his criminal antics would be, and make them all laugh