Batman (Bruce Wayne)

Bruce Thomas Wayne, also known as Bruce Wayne, Batman, Dark Knight, Jack Shaw, Matches Malone and Insider, is one of the major characters from the DC Comics series.
== Charactah Account ==
Bruce, who witnessed the murder of his billionaire parents as a child, swore to avenge their deaths. He trained extensively to achieve mental and physical perfection, mastering martial arts, detective skills, and criminal psychology. Costumed as a bat to prey on the fears of criminals, and utilizing a high-tech arsenal, he became the legendary Batman.
His dedication to fighting crime has gradually turned into a sort of obsession, something with which Batman himself has come to terms. He has vowed to end the evil that took away his parents permanently and is willing to do everything he can to accomplish this goal. This obsession is balanced with his strong ideals of justice and moral values, which were instilled in him by his humanitarian parents. His dedication is backed up by his indomitable will and his strong resolve.
Despite his lack of powers, Batman's immense will, combined with his inventive mind and resourcefulness has allowed him to hold his own against more powerful foes. However, the biggest aspect of Batman's personality is his moral code. Despite his inventiveness, he refrains from killing as he believes that will make him no better than the criminals he puts behind bars. Batman knows that he walks a very thin line between sanity and insanity, and he believes that the only thing that keeps him from crossing that line is that he will not kill. He has vowed to never take a life under any circumstances because he fears what he would become in case he ever did kill. When confronted by Jason Todd on why he never killed the Joker after all the atrocities that he has committed, Batman responded that, despite his desires to do so, he will never do it because that would cause him to go to a dark place and become what he has always fought against, and he would never be able to come back. 
== Appearance ==
=== Comics ===
* Action Comics
* Action Comics Annual
* Action Comics Special
* Adam Strange/Future Quest Special
* Adventures of the Super Sons
* All Star Section Eight
* All-Star Batman
* All-Star Western
* Aquaman
* Aquaman Giant
* Aquaman/Justice League: Drowned Earth
* Aquaman: The Becoming
* Are You Afraid of Darkseid?
* Arkham Manor
* Bane: Conquest
* Bat-Mite
* Batgirl
* Batgirl and the Birds of Prey
* Batgirl and the Birds of Prey: Rebirth
* Batgirl: New Hero of the Night
* Batgirls
* Batman
* Batman & Robin Eternal
* Batman 2021
* Batman 2022 Annual
* Batman and Robin
* Batman and Robin Annual
* Batman and the Outsiders
* Batman and the Signal
* Batman Annual
* Batman Beyond
* Batman Black and White
* Batman Eternal
* Batman Giant
* Batman Incorporated
* Batman Incorporated Special
* Batman Secret Files
* Batman Secret Files: Huntress
* Batman Secret Files: Peacekeeper-01
* Batman Secret Files: The Gardener
* Batman Secret Files: The Signal
* Batman Special Edition (FCBD)
* Batman vs. Bigby! A Wolf in Gotham
* Batman vs. Ra's al Ghul
* Batman/Catwoman
* Batman/Catwoman Special
* Batman/Elmer Fudd Special
* Batman/FaZe Clan
* Batman/Fortnite: Foundation
* Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point
* Batman/Superman
* Batman/Superman Annual
* Batman/Superman Authority Special
* Batman/Superman: World's Finest
* Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
* Batman/The Shadow
* Batman: Arkham Knight Annual
* Batman: Black and White
* Batman: Death by Design
* Batman: Fear State - Alpha
* Batman: Fear State - Omega
* Batman: Fortress
* Batman: Gotham City's Guardian
* Batman: Gotham Nights
* Batman: Joker's Daughter
* Batman: Killing Time
* Batman: Kings of Fear
* Batman: Lost
* Batman: Pennyworth R.I.P.
* Batman: Prelude to the Wedding - Nightwing vs. Hush
* Batman: Prelude to the Wedding - Red Hood vs. Anarky
* Batman: Rebirth
* Batman: The Dark Knight
* Batman: The Dark Knight Annual
* Batman: The Detective
* Batman: The Devastator
* Batman: The Knight
* Batman: The Knight Compendium Edition
* Batman: The World
* Batman: Three Jokers
* Batman: Universe
* Batman: Urban Legends
* Batwing
* Batwoman
* Batwoman Annual
* Batwoman/Supergirl: World's Finest Giant
* Batwoman: Rebirth
* Birds of Prey
* Birds of Prey Giant
* Bizarro
* Black Adam: Endless Winter Special
* Black Hammer/Justice League: Hammer of Justice!
* Black Manta
* Black Mask: Year of the Villain
* Blue & Gold
* Blue Beetle
* Bug! The Adventures of Forager
* Catwoman
* Catwoman Annual
* Catwoman: Election Night
* Challenge of the Super Sons
* Convergence
* Convergence: Crime Syndicate
* Convergence: Supergirl: Matrix
* Craftsman Bolt-On System Saves the Justice League
* Cursed Comics Cavalcade
* Cyborg
* Cyborg: Rebirth
* Damage
* Dark Days: The Casting
* Dark Days: The Forge
* Dark Nights: Death Metal
* Dark Nights: Death Metal Legends of the Dark Knights
* Dark Nights: Death Metal Multiverse's End
* Dark Nights: Death Metal Rise of the New God
* Dark Nights: Death Metal Robin King
* Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last 52: War of the Multiverses
* Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last Stories of the DC Universe
* Dark Nights: Death Metal The Multiverse Who Laughs
* Dark Nights: Death Metal The Secret Origin
* Dark Nights: Death Metal Trinity Crisis
* Dark Nights: Metal
* DC Comics Essentials: Batman: Death of the Family
* DC Cybernetic Summer
* DC Festival of Heroes: The Asian Superhero Celebration
* DC Holiday Special 2017
* DC Love Is a Battlefield
* DC Nation
* DC Rebirth Holiday Special
* DC Universe Presents
* DC Universe vs. The Masters of the Universe
* DC's Crimes of Passion
* DC's Round Robin
* DC's Very Merry Multiverse
* DC's Year of the Villain Special
* DC: The Doomed and the Damned
* DCU: Rebirth
* Deadman
* Deathstroke
* Deathstroke Inc.
* Detective Comics
* Detective Comics 2021 Annual
* Detective Comics Annual
* Detective Comics: Endgame
* Dial H for Hero
* Divergence
* Dog Days of Summer
* Dollar Comics: Justice League
* Doom Patrol/JLA Special
* Doomsday Clock
* Event Leviathan
* FCBD Dark Crisis Special Edition
* Flash Facts
* Flash Forward
* Flashpoint
* Flashpoint Beyond
* Forever Evil
* Forever Evil Aftermath: Batman vs. Bane
* Forever Evil: Arkham War
* From Beyond the Unknown Giant
* Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men
* Future State: Gotham
* General Mills Presents Justice League
* Generations Shattered
* Ghosts Giant
* Gotham Academy
* Gotham Academy: Second Semester
* Gotham by Midnight
* Gotham City Villains Anniversary Giant
* Grayson
* Grayson Annual
* Grayson: Futures End
* Green Arrow
* Green Arrow Annual
* Green Lantern
* Green Lantern Corps
* Green Lantern/Space Ghost Special
* Green Lantern: New Guardians
* Green Lanterns
* Green Lanterns: Rebirth
* Harley Quinn
* Harley Quinn and Her Gang of Harleys
* Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy
* Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey
* Harley Quinn and the Suicide Squad April Fool's Special
* Harley Quinn Annual
* Harley Quinn Road Trip Special
* Harley Quinn Valentine's Day Special
* Harley Quinn's Villain of the Year
* Harley Quinn/Gossamer Special
* Harley Quinn: Be Careful What You Wish For Special Edition
* Harley Quinn: Black + White + Red
* Harley Quinn: Harley Loves Joker
* Harley Quinn: Make 'em Laugh
* Harley's Little Black Book
* Hawk and Dove
* Heroes in Crisis
* House of Whispers
* I, Vampire
* Infinite Frontier
* Infinite Frontier Secret Files
* JLA/Doom Patrol Special
* Justice League
* Justice League 2022 Annual
* Justice League Annual
* Justice League Dark
* Justice League Giant
* Justice League Incarnate
* Justice League International
* Justice League International Annual
* Justice League Odyssey
* Justice League of America
* Justice League of America Annual
* Justice League of America's Vibe
* Justice League of America: Killer Frost Rebirth
* Justice League of America: Rebirth
* Justice League vs. Suicide Squad
* Justice League vs. the Legion of Super-Heroes
* Justice League/Aquaman: Drowned Earth
* Justice League/Power Rangers
* Justice League: Endless Winter
* Justice League: No Justice
* Justice League: Rebirth
* Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis
* Justice League: The Darkseid War - Batman
* Legends of the Dark Knight
* Legion Lost
* Legion of Super-Heroes: Millennium
* Let Them Live!: Unpublished Tales from the DC Vault
* Leviathan Dawn
* Lois Lane
* Man-Bat
* Martian Manhunter
* Mera: Queen of Atlantis
* Mister Miracle
* Monkey Prince
* Mother Panic
* Mother Panic/Batman Special
* Mother Panic: Gotham A.D.
* Naomi
* New Suicide Squad
* New Super-Man
* New Talent Showcase
* New Talent Showcase 2017
* New Talent Showcase 2018
* New Year's Evil
* Nightwing
* Nightwing Annual
* Nightwing/Magilla Gorilla Special
* Nightwing: Rebirth
* One-Star Squadron
* Our Fighting Forces Giant
* Penguin: Pain and Prejudice
* Punchline
* Red Hood and the Outlaws
* Red Hood and the Outlaws Annual
* Red Hood and the Outlaws: Rebirth
* Red Hood/Arsenal
* Red Hood: Outlaw
* Red Hood: Outlaw Annual
* Red Lanterns Annual
* Resurrection Man
* Robin
* Robin & Batman
* Robin 2021 Annual
* Robin Rises: Alpha
* Robin Rises: Omega
* Robin: Son of Batman
* Robins
* Scooby Apocalypse
* Secret Origins
* Sensational Wonder Woman
* Shadow War: Alpha
* Shadow War: Omega
* Shazam!
* Sideways
* Sixpack and Dogwelder: Hard-Travelin' Heroz
* Stormwatch
* Strange Adventures
* Strange Love Adventures
* Suicide Squad
* Suicide Squad Most Wanted: El Diablo and Killer Croc
* Super Sons
* Super Sons/Dynomutt and the Blue Falcon Special
* Superboy
* Superboy Annual
* Supergirl
* Superman
* Superman Annual
* Superman Giant
* Superman Red and Blue
* Superman Unchained
* Superman vs. Lobo
* Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen
* Superman/Wonder Woman
* Superman/Wonder Woman Annual
* Superman: Doomed
* Superman: Heroes
* Superman: Leviathan Rising Special
* Superman: Lois and Clark
* Superman: Man of Tomorrow
* Superman: Rebirth
* Superman: Son of Kal-El
* Superman: Son of Kal-El 2021 Annual
* Superman: Up in the Sky
* Swamp Thing
* Swamp Thing Giant
* Swamp Thing Winter Special
* Talon
* Task Force Z
* Teen Titans
* Teen Titans Academy
* Teen Titans Annual
* Teen Titans Giant
* Telos
* The Batman Who Laughs
* The Batman's Grave
* The Brave and the Bold: Batman and Wonder Woman
* The Fall and Rise of Captain Atom
* The Flash
* The Flash 2021 Annual
* The Flash Annual
* The Flash Giant
* The Flash/Speed Buggy Special
* The Flash: Fastest Man Alive
* The Flash: Rebirth
* The Green Lantern
* The Hellblazer
* The Human Target
* The Immortal Men
* The Infected: The Commissioner
* The Infected: King Shazam
* The Joker
* The Joker 2021 Annual
* The Joker/Daffy Duck Special
* The Joker: Year of the Villain
* The Kamandi Challenge
* The Man of Steel
* The Movement
* The New 52: FCBD Special Edition
* The New 52: Futures End
* The Riddler: Year of the Villain
* The Shadow/Batman
* The Silencer Annual
* The Swamp Thing
* The Terrifics
* Tis the Season to Be Freezin'
* Titans
* Titans Annual
* Titans Giant
* Titans Hunt
* Titans Special
* Titans: Burning Rage
* Trinity
* Trinity of Sin: The Phantom Stranger
* Truth & Justice
* Villains Giant
* We Are Robin
* Wonder Girl
* Wonder Twins
* Wonder Woman
* Wonder Woman and Justice League Dark: The Witching Hour
* Wonder Woman Annual
* Wonder Woman Giant
* Wonder Woman: Agent of Peace
* Wonder Woman: Black and Gold
* Wonder Woman: Come Back to Me
* Wonder Woman: Rebirth
* World's Greatest Super-Heroes Holiday Special
* Worlds' Finest
* Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen
* Young Gotham Sampler
* Young Justice
* Young Monsters in Love
* Young Romance: A New 52 Valentine's Day Special
== Trivia ==
* Originally named the "Bat-Man," the character is also referred to by such epithets as the Caped Crusader, the Dark Knight, and the World's Greatest Detective.
* In early 1939, the success of Superman in Action Comics prompted editors at National Comics Publications (the future DC Comics) to request more superheroes for its titles. In response, Bob Kane created "the Bat-Man". Collaborator Bill Finger recalled that "Kane had an idea for a character called 'Batman,' and he'd like me to see the drawings. I went over to Kane's, and he had drawn a character who looked very much like Superman with kind of ... reddish tights, I believe, with boots ... no gloves, no gauntlets ... with a small domino mask, swinging on a rope. He had two stiff wings that were sticking out, looking like bat wings. And under it was a big sign ... BATMAN". The bat-wing-like cape was suggested by Bob Kane, inspired as a child by Leonardo Da Vinci's sketch of an ornithopter flying device.
* Batman has become a pop culture icon, recognized around the world. The character's presence has extended beyond his comic book origins; events such as the release of the 1989 Batman film and its accompanying merchandising "brought the Batman to the forefront of public consciousness". In an article commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of the character, The Guardian wrote, "Batman is a figure blurred by the endless reinvention that is modern mass culture. He is at once an icon and a commodity: the perfect cultural artefact for the 21st century.
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== External Links ==
* Batman (Bruce Wayne) at DC Database
* Bruce Wayne (New Earth) at DC Database
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