Bruce Wayne (Earth 1) - Smallville Extended Universe

The **Batman**. After witnessing the murder of his parents at the hands of a mugger as a child, Bruce waged a war on crime in Gotham City for over 20 years before the Battle of Metropolis. Over the years, Bruce encountered numerous foes, most notably the Oswald Cobblepot and the Joker. He also mentored Jason Todd Garmadon to aid him as Robin, though Todd was eventually 'kidnapped', 'tortured' and 'killed' by the Joker and his doctor-turned-partner, Harley Quinn. Batman later apprehended Deadshot and Harley, as well as chased an up and coming Killer Croc out of Gotham during his attempt to form yet another criminal empire in the city. After the death of Robin resulting in his son Damian becoming Robin, Bruce became an increasingly ruthless guardian of Gotham City, as criminals grew wary of his now brutal reputation.

Batman is the father of Damian Wayne and a member of The Avengers.

## Powers and Abilities

### Abilities

Batman is a highly skilled martial artist having been trained by the League of Shadows and Ra's al Ghul personally in ninjutsu and other martial arts, Batman has achieved such feats as single handedly subduing a swat team and taking out a group of the league of shadows ninjas with minimal injury; even before his training with Ra's al Ghul. Bruce Wayne was able to fight an entire gang of convicts in a prison brawl with the guards locking him in solitary for the other inmates "protection".

Batman is also highly intelligent, being a brilliant detective (known by some as "the world's greatest detective"), and an expert planner. He has proven himself exceptionally good at stealth being able to disappear in the middle of people's sentences and sneaking up on others unexpectedly. With his vast wealth and company Batman has access to some of the world's greatest equipment and technology to improve his performance. Relying on intellect, detective skills, science and technology, wealth, physical prowess, and intimidation in his war on crime, Batman is a force greatly feared by Gotham's underworld.

## Personality

Bruce Wayne is very dedicated and determined to his work of crime-fighting, sometimes employing illegal and morally dubious tactics (like torture) but ultimately for the good of Gotham. Despite his dark past and serious work, Bruce has displayed a sense of humor around his butler Alfred and a romantic side around his love-interest Rachel and other love interests, such as Miranda Tate and Selina Kyle. Although possessing great hate and anger towards criminals, he has proven himself a very caring and selfless person, constantly putting his life on the line to save innocent lives and bringing the most dangerous criminals to justice for society's protection.

Perhaps Bruce's strongest characteristic is his strong moral code to never kill, believing all men deserve a trial and to do so makes him no better than his enemies, because of this he was been noted by the Joker as being "incorruptible". Although he did let Ra's al Ghul die, coldly saying "I won't kill you, but I don't have to save you", he has shown compassion for his enemies, such as when he saved his employee Mr. Reese from getting killed, who was just about to sell him out by telling the public he was Batman. Bruce Wayne has also shown himself to have a good deal of faith in people as evidenced in *The Dark Knight* when he was confident that the people on the ferries wouldn't blow each other up (which they didn't), which is contrast to the Joker believing people to be just as bad as him when under enough pressure.

To the public, Bruce Wayne takes on the facade of an irresponsible, fun-seeking playboy in order to avoid suspicion of his alter-ego, while as Batman he reveals his dark, intimidating personality in the form of a bat (his childhood fear for his enemies to dread) to frighten the criminals he stands against, believing theatricality to help him seem more than a man, but a symbol. Bruce Wayne's ultimate goal is to bring order and justice to Gotham city, as opposed to the Joker who's ultimate goal is to bring chaos and anarchy.

## Powers and Abilities

### Abilities

* **Aviation**: Batman can fly the bat with ease.
* **Driving**: Proficient at combat driving. Has learned improved vehicle designs. Was trained and proficient in basic vehicles operations.
* **Throwing** Through his training, the Batman has become skilled in throwing projectiles weapons, archery as well as a gun that shoots out bombs.
* **Genius Level Intellect**: Bruce is highly intelligent in multiple fields. He was able to reprogram and fix the autopilot switch. He changed the concept of Fox sonar, and scattered like a virus to all phones in town, as well as using the microphones, which were connecting them to a generator of high frequency receiver, thus creating a sonar capable of mapping the entire Gotham.
* **Indomitable Will**: He has no known superhuman powers, but he does have an extreme, almost superhuman "Force of Will". He has also been described as "truly incorruptible." After his first fight against Bane, Bruce needed all concentration to recover himself and try to save Gotham City again, in special to escape of The Pitch.
* **Interrogation**: Using his intimidating appearance and voice he is able to get information out of people as well as tactics such as hanging people upside down from a building or even pushing them off a building.
* **Intimidation**: Batman has the ability to instill fear in others, even the people that know him best are intimidated by him. He also uses theatrics such as smoke and the Batsuit to strike fear following his training from the League of Shadows.
* **Investigation**: Bruce is a brilliant detective and highly skilled at gathering evidence, such as the ballistics and fingerprints from a Joker crime scene.
* **Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced)**
	+ **Martial Arts**: Trained by Henri Ducard and the League of Shadows, Batman is a living weapon, having mastered Western forms of both armed and unarmed martial combat.
* **Weaponry**: Through his martial arts training, he has become an expert on many types of weaponry.
	+ **Swordsmanship**: As part of his League training, Bruce also received training in sword fighting with Ra's himself.
	+ **Throwing** Through his training, the Batman has become skilled in throwing projectiles weapons.
	+ **Archery**
	+ **Firearms**: Although Bruce never used a live ammunation he was fluent with guns that used other kind of projectiles such as a gun that shoots out bombs.
	+ **Demolitions**
	+ **Gadgetry**
* **Stealth**: His training has made him a master at stealth capable of disappearing into the shadows and sneaking up on unsuspecting prey.

## Equipment

* Batmobile Tumbler
	+ Batpod
* Batglider
* The Bat
* Grey Lamborghini Murcielago LP 640 Roadster (*Batman Begins*)
* Black Lamborghini Murcielago LP 640 Coupe (*The Dark Knight*)
* Silver-Gray Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 Coupe (*The Dark Knight Rises*)
* Rolls Royce Phantom (Driven by Alfred in *Batman Begins*)
* Bentley Arnauge (Driven by Alfred in *The Dark Knight*
* Bentley Continental Flying Spur (Driven by Alfred in *The Dark Knight Rises*)

* Batarangs