Bruce Wayne, Sr.

Bruce Thomas Alan Patrick Wayne, Sr. is a human American philanthropist, business magnate, special agent, politician and vigilante from Gotham City, New Jersey. As the Batman, he is one of the world’s most well-known and respected superheroes, being a leader of the Justice League and having trained other popular heroes, most notably the Robins. 
== Biography ==
===Early life ===
Bruce is born in 7A Birthday For Batman [comic], Issue 91 (1949) Star-Spangled Comics [comic book] October,Issue 5, Legends of The Dark Knight Volume 2 (2021) [comic book] 1958 to Martha and Dr. Thomas Wayne in Gotham City, NJ, in the United States of America, delivered by Thomas himself and his friend, Dr. Douglas Dundee.The Amazing Secret of Dr. Dundee [comic] , Issue 304 (1978), Batman Volume 1 [comic book] A photograph is taken of Martha with newborn Bruce.The Batman Files (2011) [book] He resides in Wayne Manor Estate, in Bristol Township, along with his parents and servants, including the butler Jarvis Pennyworth.Here Comes Alfred [comic], Issue 16 (1943), Batman Volume 1 [comic book]
Bruce's parents are the co-owners of Wayne Enterprises, a massive corporation that participates in several businesses. As such, Bruce has a very fortunate and lavish upbringing. Thomas is an EpiscopalianComic Book Religion [website] Catholic, and raises Bruce as one, taking him to church every week since his infancy.DC Rebirth lore as recounted by the fan site Batman Chronology Project. 
In the 25th of December, 1958, Bruce's parents take him to Christmas mass in a Christian church.Issue 4 (1990) Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight [comic book]
In 1959, Bruce takes his first steps, walking into the arms of Alfred Pennyworth, who is visiting his father, Jarvis, in Wayne Manor.Issue 83 (2020), Batman Volume 3 [comic book] In the Summer, Thomas and Martha take Bruce in a vacation a away from Gotham, next-door to family friend, Dr. Thomas Ellison."Batman, Son of Krypton" [comic], Issue 146 (1964), World's Finest Comics [comic book] December, Bruce goes to the Annual Wayne Foundation Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration for the first time.Issue 1018 (2020), Detective Comics [comic book]
In 1960, the Waynes go to a Major League Baseball game, a picture is taken which will be framed and put in Wayne Manor."The Murder Club, Part 2 of 4" [comic], Issue 21 (2022), Batman: Urban Legends [comic book]
In the 7th of October, 1961, Bruce has a 3rd birthday party. Thomas tucks him to bed and writes a letter for him to receive when he's older."Good Evening, Midnight" [comic], Issue 3, Batman: Black and White (1996) [comic book]
Him, Thomas and Martha watch Wet Side StoryTeen Beach Movie (2013) [movie] at the theater. There he meets Kirk Langstrom; they hit it off.The Secret Origin of Batman [comic], Issue 6 (1986), Secret Origins Vol. 2 [comic book]Since the events of West Side Story happened in the UCU, Wet Side Story from Teen Beach Movie takes its place as a fictional tale.
The Waynes take a vacation in the Lanesborough Hotel, in London. While Martha is making a painting, Bruce gets red paint on his palm and marks the painting. The painting is signed “Martha & Bruce” and hanged in the hotel.Annual #1 (2013), Batman and Robin Volume 2 [comic book]
Around 1962, Bruce begins attending Sunday school.Batman: Shaman (1989) [comic book]
Jarvis plays with Bruce, who draws him with crayon. Sometime later, Jarvis is driving Bruce and Martha, who is pregnant with Thomas Wayne, Jr., and gets in a car crash. Martha loses the baby."The Fall of The House of Wayne" [comic], Issues 9 through 11 (2012), Batman Volume 2 [comic book]
Midsummer of 1962, the Waynes are vacationing in their summer home. For several weeks, Bruce wanders to Dr. Thomas Ellison's house, where Ellison, who has been observing the planet Krypton for years with his high-tech telescope, shows little Bruce live feeds of the alien planet, tells him about Kryptonian culture, and takes photographs of Bruce in traditional Kryptonian garb simulating superpowers. Ellison observes the destruction of Krypton. When they return to Gotham, the Waynes take part in a funeral for one of their servants, who was secretly assassinated by The Court of Owls in Wayne Manor Estate.In the original story, the servant killed was Jarvis Pennyworth. This is changed because it contradicts stories where Jarvis is alive much later.
Bruce falls in a hole in the Wayne Manor garden into the cave beneath. Thomas comforts Bruce, and Martha gets him to make a drawing to work out his trauma. He draws evil bats and the word "No".The Dark Knight Returns (1986) [comic book]
31st of October, 1962, Bruce, who has become overly concious of his nutrition, eats a single piece of candy in the darkness of his closet.Issue 3 (2021), Let Them Live! Unpublished Tales From the DC Vault [comic book]
Bruce hurts himself accidentally, which leads to a permanent scar; Jarvis helps him.Scars [comic], Issue 2 (2023), Batman: The Brave and The Bold Vol. 2 [comic book]In the original story, Alfred does this instead of Jarvis. This is changed to have Alfred be more of a newcomer in Bruce's life as Batman, as he was originally; and to fit depictions of Jarvis as Bruce's childhood butler, such as in Superman & Batman: Generations.
The Waynes go to Paris.Issue 45 (2015), Detective Comics Volume 2 [comic book] Bruce learns to ski.Annual #4 (2019), Batman Volume 3 [comic book]
In 1963, Bruce is enrolled into Hudson Academy.
Thomas and Martha start setting up playdates for Bruce to make new friends.Issue 2 (2001), JLA Incarnations [comic book] Bruce becomes friends with Erin and Shannon McKillen.The Big Burn: Parts One and Two [comic] (2013, 2014), Batman and Two-Face [comic book]
Thomas tells Bruce of Gotham's new vigilante, The Reaper, which scares Bruce. Around this time, Bruce meets Rachel Caspian and her recently widowed father, Judson Caspian. Unbestknown to them, Judson, who is Thomas's friend, is The Reaper himself.Annual #2 (2019), Detective Comics [comic book]
==Miscellaneous ==
*Bruce's favorite bedtime stories as a four-year-old are Alice In WonderlandMadness [comic], Issue 2 (1994), Batman: Legends of The Dark Knight Halloween Special [comic book] (an account of the real adventures of Alice Lidell in the strange realm of Wonderland,Alice's Adventures In Wonderland (1865) [book] as told by her friend, Lewis CarrollAlice In Wonderland (1949) [movie]) and The Animals and The PitBeasts of Burden: Conclusion [comic], Issue 57 (2018), Batman Vol. 3 [comic book] (Alexander Afanasyev's grim recounting of events talking animals once went through in Russia). Bruce repeatedly asks Thomas to reread The Animals and The Pit, secretly hoping he will make up a happy ending, which he never does.
==Notes==
==Sources==
The website Batman Chronology Project compiled most of the information currently referenced to make Bruce Wayne’s biography.