Justin Kane

Bruce Wayne, Kate Kane, Elizabeth Kane, Bette Kane, Grant Wilson, Joseph Wilson (First Cousins, once removed)

## Biographical Information

### Residence

Kane Estate
1112 Shepherd Road
Crest Hill, Gotham, NJ

### Education

Bachelor's Degree, Information Science (Gotham University)

## Background

### 1993 - 2006: Justin Kane

Justin Kane was born the year after his older brother Jackson. Together, they are the grandsons of Nathan Kane, the eldest son of Kane Chemicals' CEO & President, Roderick Kane. Nathan had one son named Damien when he was at the age of nineteen. When Damien graduated college, he moved to California with his future wife, Lily Collins. After the two got married, they welcomed Jackson & Justin into the family.

As a member of the Kane family, Justin had an extremely easy-going life. What he wanted, he would get. However, their mother did not grow up in wealth. She did not want her sons to center their lives around their privilege & to not take advantage of their connections. Justin & his brother were given many tutors for various subjects as their mother made sure the boys were well-rounded. They also took sword-fighting training lessons, which was both of sons' favorite activity. The sessions were taught by a good friend of their mother. She taught them in the ways on warrior techniques & during their down time, she told them stories about ancient Japanese warriors.

### 2006 - 2011: Justin Kane

One night, Jackson & Justin were both awakened by screaming from downstairs. Believing it to be one of their parents' random arguments, they both ignored it & tried to go back to sleep until they heard a gun go off & more screaming to follow. Rushing down the stairs, they found their mother bleeding out in the living room with their father holding her body & an unknown man standing with a gun pointed. Seeing the kids spooked him & Damien, believing he would hurt them, attacked the man but ended up shot himself. The man soon ran out of the house as Jackson & Justin rushed to try to save their parents. Neither made it.

Their parents' killer was eventually found months after their deaths. He was a former employee of their father's that wanted revenge after getting fired for what he felt was a mistake. By the time of his capture & imprisonment, the Kane sons had moved across the country to the city of Gotham to live with their uncle, Cameron Kane.

Gotham was very much different from their hometown. While Van Nuys was surrounded with luxurious nature of palm trees & flowers, Gotham was a dark city filled with polluted air & endless crime. Justin later said that the city shaped him more as a man than his hometown did.

### 2011 - 2016: Justin Kane

Upon graduating from high school, Justin decided to stay in the city & attended Gotham University. He majored in information science, allowing himself to get an internship in the Wayne Enterprises' subsidy, WayneTech. Though his grades & teacher recommendations would have easily got him a job at WayneTech, it didn't hurt that he was cousins with the company's Owner & Chairman of the Board, Bruce Wayne.

Life became stagnant for Justin, which wasn't necessarily a bad thing. He had himself a good job with a good salary but he still found himself wanting more. After working late one night, Justin became the victim of an attempted robbery. When the man pulled out his gun, Justin used some of the old moves he had learned & took down the guy, leaving him for the police. He came out, feeling a rush like no other. He began going out after work, in an all black outfit & mask, taking down muggers preying on people at night. After two weeks of combatting street criminals, he decided to make himself an official costume. Wanting to pay homage to his teacher, he created a costume with inspirations of from feudal Japan then wore traditional Jingasa hat to cover majority of his face.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Hand to Hand Combat/Martial Arts:** Justin is highly skilled combatant, having been trained as a child & continuing to hone his skills into adulthood. He was able to take down a man with a gun before he event thought to take the shot.
* **Sword Fighting:** As a child, him & his brother were taught sword fighting by their mother's friend.
* **Wealth:** He is a member of the Kane family, giving him access to a multitude of wealth.
* **Jingasa:** It is a traditional Japanese hat. His is painted black with mon marks on them. The hat is very similar to a straw hat, it is overlarge & in a bowl or mushroom shape. The hat covers the upper half to two thirds of the face, thereby helping to mask the identity of the wearer.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown

**TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* Jackson & Justin were taken in by their Uncle Cameron following their parents' death. Though the youngest of their grandfather's siblings, he was actually very close with their father due to Cameron just being four years older than Damien.
* His relationship with Nikki is an interesting one. Technically, he is her boyfriend. The two will spend the night together & the next few weeks, she will ignore him.

## Notes

* Justin Kane is an original character of Earth-44.