Bruce Wayne

Bruce Wayne

Prototype Batsuit as seen in flashbacks

The Batsuit as seen in 'The Batman' season 6

Old man Bruce

### Other Aliases

The Dark Knight, The Caped Crusader, The Dynamic Duo (with Robin), Vengeance, The Shadows

### Relatives

Thomas Wayne (father; deceased), Martha Wayne (mother; deceased), Dick Grayson (adoptive son), Jason Todd (adoptive son; resurrected), Tim Drake (adoptive son), Damian Wayne (son), Cassandra Cain (adoptive daughter), Selina Kyle (wife)

### Base Of Operations

Gotham City, The Batcave (rebuilt), The Hall of Justice, The Watchtower

## Appearances

### Last Episode

Batman Beyond and Forever (Beyond episode 412)

> When you left... it broke me. I went from being a hero, to being a brutal monster. For months I thought I had failed you. But now I've realized I was wrong."
>
> -Bruce Wayne to Dick Grayson

**Bruce Thomas Wayne** (March 4, 2004) is the son of the late Thomas and Martha Wayne and the first Batman before Terry McGinnis took over.

## Biography

### Early life

#### The death of his parents

> They're gone. And it's all my fault."
>
> -Bruce Wayne to Alfred Pennyworth

Bruce Wayne was born in 2004 to Thomas and Martha Wayne; the owners of Wayne Enterprises, of which Thomas was the CEO. In 2013, after taking Bruce to see the stage play The Bat and the Canary, Thomas and Martha were murdered in cold blood by Joe Chill. Bruce, now orphaned, was adopted by the Wayne's butler, Alfred Penneyworth

#### Training in Tibet

When Bruce was 13, he traveled to Tibet and met Ra's al Ghul, the leader of the League of Shadows. Bruce lived with Ra's' daughter, Talia for about 4 months in Tibet until Bruce requested to be trained by the League so that he could return to Gotham City as a higher power, which Ra's agreed to do.

Bruce was trained by the League for 10 years in the most painful ways imaginable. Once Bruce was 23 he left Tibet and returned to Gotham as The Batman.

#### Relationship with Talia

During his time in Tibet, Bruce developed feelings for Talia al Ghul, Ra's' daughter. He finally acted on these feelings when he was 16, and Talia felt the same way. They slept together multiple times. The last time, unbeknownst to Bruce, he got Talia pregnant. Talia gave birth to this child, Damian, in 2023.

#### Adopting Dick Grayson

In his second year as Batman, he watched the assassination The Flying Graysons from a few buildings over. Bruce then decided to adopt Dick and train him to be his sidekick, Robin.

#### Meeting Green Arrow

Early into his second year, Batman intercepted chatter of a vigilante wearing a dark green jacket wielding a bow and arrow. Bruce met this other vigilante, the Green Arrow, and together they took down Tony Zucco.

Following Zucco's defeat, Bruce gave Oliver Queen his contact information and told him about an initiative known only as "Operation Justice"

### Knightfall

After adopting Dick, Batman took down a group of bank robbers who all had the League of Shadows branding on their necks. Back at the Batcave, Alfred intercepts chatter about a man known only by the name, "Bane." Batman, with the help of the GCPD, tracks down Bane's location and goes into the Gotham sewers to take him down. After a short scuffle, Bane gains the upper hand and lifts Batman above his head and brings Batman down onto his knee, breaking his backbone. After being broken by Bane, Bruce quits being Batman.

3 months after his fight with Bane, Alfred shows Bruce that Bane has taken over Gotham while the Batman has been gone. With this newfound knowledge, along with the knowledge that Bane gains his strength from the tubes in his head feeding him "Venom," Bruce gets back in shape and builds a back brace so he can get back on his feet. Alfred builds Bruce a mechanized Batsuit and Bruce wears it to take down Bane for good.

### Snow day

Batman and Robin track down Victor Fries and plead with him to quit his mascaraed as Mister Freeze. Instead, Victor declines and reveals his plans to build a massive ice bomb that, once detonated, would cover Gotham City from head to toe in snow. That night, Batman and Robin find the bomb and battle Mister Freeze until the bomb detonates, covering Gotham.

After 6 months, Bruce and Dick figure out a way to reverse the effects of the bomb. Batman and Robin take down Freeze and reverse the effects of the ice bomb, returning Gotham to it's previous state.