Bruce Wayne

* Bruce Wayne
* The Batman

Alan Wayne (paternal great-grandfather) †

Patrick Wayne (paternal grandfather) †

Jacob Kane (maternal uncle) †

Gabrielle Kane (maternal aunt) †

Elizabeth Kane (maternal first cousin) †

Kate Kane (maternal first cousin) †

Tony Stark (husband)

Howard Stark (father-in-law) †

Maria Stark **(née Carbonell)** (mother-in-law) †

Dick Grayson (adopted son)

Jason Todd (adopted son)

Lili Wayne (daughter)

Harley Stark (son)

Peter Stark (son)

Bea Wayne (daughter)

Edward Wayne (son)

Gemma Wayne (daughter)

Wayne Family

heart of a lion

hooked on you

in sickness & in health

master & a hound

merry & bright

the little man who wasn't there

this empty northern hemisphere

like father, like son

stupid is what stupid do

bump buddies

isn't it midnight

trick or treat

black and gold

like omither, like son

**Bruce Wayne** (legal name: **Bruce Thomas Wayne**) (b. February 19th, 1972), otherwise known by his vigilante persona **The Batman**, is the son of Thomas and Martha (née Kane) Wayne, the husband of Tony Stark, and the father of Dick Grayson (adopted), Jason Todd (adopted), Lili Wayne, Harley Stark, Peter Stark, Bea Wayne, and twins Edward Wayne and Gemma Wayne. Besides being Batman, he is currently the largest shareholder of Wayne Enterprises, although Lucius Fox is the CEO.

Born on February 19th, 1972, Bruce was a witness to the murder of his parents in Crime Alley, a street in the borough of Coventry in Gotham. He also was the childhood friend of Rachel Dawes, and attended St. Philomena's Preparatory Academy with her. It is there, after he presented as an alpha, that he met his other childhood friend, Harvey Dent. The three graduated high school together, although they later grew apart due to attending different universities (Yale for Bruce, where he received his BA in English and Juris Doctor degree at, and UCLA for Harvey and Rachel) and Bruce's growing desire to become a vigilante in Gotham because of his parents' deaths.

Bruce's desires for vigilantism led to him going to Nepal for the summer of 1991, where he was trained by Ra's al Ghul. Ra's was impressed with him enough in spite of the short time that Bruce spent with him that he offered for Bruce to become the next leader of the League of Assassins, which also meant that he would eventually marry Ra's' daughter, Talia al Ghul. But Bruce was disgusted at the notion of marrying Talia due to her being unpresented at the time that he refused and left Nepal entirely, and came to firmly view the summer as part of his past and nothing more.

In February of 1995, Bruce officially entered a betrothal contract for Tony Stark's marriage by brokering the deal with Howard Stark. Originally, this was meant to be solely for Tony's protection, so that Bruce would save him from a lifetime of abuse. However, after Bruce became Batman in May of 1995, over the course of the next year he and Tony became closer until they became romantic in September/October of 1996. On May 29th, 1997, he and Tony got married. They have six biological children: Lilibeth 'Lili' Mariane Wayne (b. February 1st, 1998), Harley James Stark (b. July 23rd, 1999), Peter Benjamin Stark (b. August 11th, 2001), Beatrix 'Bea' Katherine Wayne (b. November 12th, 2003), and twins Edward Thomas Wayne and Gemina 'Gemma' Louise Wayne (b. May 9th, 2007). Additionally, they have two adopted children: Richard 'Dick' John Grayson (b. March 21st, 1990) and Jason Todd (b. August 18th, 1993).

Bruce is the honorary/surrogate son of Alfred Pennyworth, brother of Selina Kyle as well as uncle of her son Felix, son-in-law of Ana Jarvis, and brother-in-law of Rhodey and Pepper Potts as well as uncle to their daughter Riri Rhodes. Bucky Barnes is another member of his honorary family, as is Happy Hogan. As of 2008, along with Selina Kyle and Dinah Drake as their personas of **Catwoman** and **Black Canary** and Dick as his persona of **Robin**, he is one of four vigilantes patrolling the streets of Gotham.

In 1997, Bruce and Tony adopted Dick Grayson after his biological parents were killed by Red Hood. He was their first and only adopted child for some time, until Tony's parents, Howard and Maria Stark as well as Ana Jarvis, were killed by **the Winter Soldier**, as revealed to Bruce and Tony by Phil Coulson. Bruce then went on a mission to track down the Winter Soldier, which led him to a HYDRA base in Siberia, where it was revealed that the Winter Soldier was Bucky Barnes, the alpha wife of Steve Rogers who had been presumed dead following her fall from the train in 1945. Also being held at the HYDRA base with Bucky was Jason Todd. In his quest to rescue them, Bruce was killed by HYDRA agents, but was soon revived by Bucky using a Lazarus Pit near the HYDRA base. Bruce then took Jason and Bucky back with him to the Glass House in Gotham; Jason was then adopted by him and Tony and Bucky was eventually accepted into the family as well, though it took some time.

Besides HYDRA and the Riddler, who Bruce faced off along with Catwoman in 1996, the next major foe that Bruce had to face was the Joker, the new persona of Red Hood following his fall into a vat of unknown chemicals, in 2003. The Joker enacted a reign of terror on the city of Gotham and killed many people, including Harvey, and severely maimed Rachel. Because of this, Rachel is still currently missing, although also possibly dead herself. Also in 2003, Bruce briefly reunited with Talia al Ghul, who offered to become his second spouse in order to get him to fulfill Ra's' plans for him. When he denied, she warned him that she and her father always get what they want and left, with the implication that they would meet again.