Bruce Wayne

## The Batman

***Bruce Wayne*** was the son of the richest family in Gotham City. His mother and father, Martha and Thomas Wayne, were gunned down in an alley, which lead to Bruce being scarred for life. He made it his mission to make sure no child will ever go through what he did. To do so he trained his body and mind everyday for years to become, ***The Batman***. He used the vast fortune his parents left him to fight the crime and corruption of Gotham City. Over time he made a new family, one that he will protect no matter the cost to himself.

## Personality

* Bruce is strategic in his decisions, always putting the mission first. The mission being, putting an end to all crime and wrongdoing in Gotham City/the Earth. He is obsessed with it.
* Bruce was traumatized by the death of his parents and thinks about them every day. Their death gave him his fear of guns and losing the ones close to him.

## Abilities

* **Acrobatics:** Bruce can perform nearly impossible gymnastic movements. He was taught by Peter Allison.
* **Acting/Disguises:** Alfred has taught him many tips on how to build a believable character.
* **Archery:** Bruce has been a master archer since the age of 9. He has taken up lessons with Oliver Queen to improve his skill.
	+ **Crossbow Archery**
* **Astral Projection:** Bruce can astral project his spirit from his body, but this leaves his body vulnerable to attacks.
* **Deception**
* **Escapology**
* **Equestrianism:** When Bruce was younger his father taught him how to ride horses.
* **Expert Driving**
* **First Aid:** Bruce is very handy with first aid from years of experience.
* **Genius Level Intellect**
	+ **Business Management**
	+ **Chemistry**
	+ **Eidetic Memory:** Bruce can remember almost everything he has seen.
	+ **Engineering**
	+ **Herpetology**
	+ **Investigation:** Bruce is a master investigator. He is widely known as the world's greatest detective, in fact his skills are so great that Ra's al Ghul only calls him "the Detective" because of how impressed he is with his ability.
		- **Crime Scene Analysis:** Bruce can piece together what happened at a crime scene very quickly.
		- **Lie Detecting:** Bruce can read tells.
* **Hangliding**
* **Highly Skilled Fighter:** Bruce is an expert in dozens of fighting styles. He uses them all to create his own way of fighting that is almost impossible to predict.
	+ **Aikido**
	+ **Boxing**
	+ **Capoeira**
	+ **Dim Mak**
	+ **Eskrima**
	+ **Gungdo**
	+ **Jiu-Jitsu**
	+ **Judo**
	+ **Karate**
	+ **Krav Maga**
	+ **Kuk Sool Won**
	+ **Kung Fu**
		- **Dragon Style**
	+ **Muay Thai**
	+ **Ninjitsu**
	+ **Silat**
	+ **Taekkyeon**
	+ **Taekwondo**
	+ **Tan Tui**
	+ **Wushu**
	+ **Yaw-Yan**
* **Indomitable Will**
* **Interrogation:** Bruce is a skilled interrogator.
* **Lip Reading:** Bruce can read lips with little to no fault.
* **Lock Picking**
* **Multilingualism:** Bruce can speak English, Spanish, French, Latin, German, Japanese, Russian, Greek, Portuguese, Arabic, Sanskrit, Farsi, Hindi, Thai, Swahili, Kryptonese, Mandarin Chinese, Kikuyu, Eskimo, Cantonese and Tibetan. He also knows American Sign Language and Morse Code.
* **Peak Physical Condition:** Bruce has body to be in the best condition it could possibly be in for years.
* **Sewing:** When he was younger, Bruce's mother taught him to sew.
* **Singing:** Bruce is surprisingly a beautiful singer.
* **Swordsmanship:** Bruce is a talented swordsman.
* **Throwing:** Alfred taught Bruce how to throw knives with precision. Along with his ninja training, this gave him the skills to throw Batarangs with extreme accuracy.
* **Tracking:** Bruce can find almost anyone. Taught by Henri Ducard.
* **Tummo Meditation:** Taught by Shihan Matsusa.
* **Vehicle Repair:** Bruce has been helping Alfred with their cars since he was little. His skills have grown over time.
* **Ventriloquism:** Bruce can speak while barely moving his mouth.
* **Voice Mimicry:** Bruce can mimic some voices well, but not exactly.

## Equipment

* **Batsuits**
* **Utility Belt**

### Transportation

* **Batmobile**
* **Batcycle**
* **Batplane**
* **Batsub**
* **Javelin**

## History

* **Events**

* Closed Tabs
* 1986
* 1989
* 1993
* 1994
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020

### June 7 - 8, 1986 (Age: 11)

Bruce wants to go see a movie called, “The Mask of Zorro”. Alfred drops off Thomas, Martha, and Bruce at the Monarch Theater. After the movie they walk outside into an alleyway. A man in a ski mask approaches them and pulls out a gun. The man demands Thomas’s wallet. He gives it to the man. He then orders for Martha’s necklace. Thomas asks him not to attack his wife then gets shot. Martha screams and Bruce watches in disbelief. The man grabs Martha’s pearl necklace as it breaks and falls in a puddle in front of Bruce. Martha screams for help and the man shoots her too. The man points his gun at Bruce but walks away. Bruce goes to his dead mother then to his dying father who struggles to say Bruce’s name then dies. Bruce falls to his knees and shrieks. A few minutes after midnight, the police start to show up. Rookie cop James Gordon appears and comforts Bruce. Gordon tells Bruce he will find the man who killed his parents and bring him to justice.

### June 10, 1986

Thomas and Martha's wake is held. Bruce feels as if no one cared that his parents were murdered. Everyone was focused on him and how he'll deal with it but he just wanted everyone to be as angry as he was at the world in that moment.

### May 1, 1989 (Age: 14)

Bruce starts taking boxing lessons from Ted Grant.

### July 19, 1989

Bruce begins learning gymnastics from Peter Allison.

### May 30, 1993 (Age: 18)

Bruce graduates from Gotham Academy as valedictorian of his grade.

### May 6, 1994 (Age: 19)

The police have Mario Pepper in custody who they believe is the man who killed Thomas and Martha Wayne almost 8 years ago.

### June 4, 1994

Mr. Pepper's trial is held and Bruce, having just bought a gun, prepares to kill Mario but is beat to it by a man hired by the head of Gotham's organized crime, Salvatore Maroni. Bruce goes to his aspiring cop friend Ethan Bennett and tells him what he was going to do. Ethan slaps him and says, "Your father would be ashamed of you." Bruce leaves and throws the gun in Gotham River. He goes to Maroni's Restaurant and tells Sal that he's not afraid of him. Sal tells him that Bruce isn't afraid because he thinks he has nothing to lose but Sal would not hesitate killing any of Bruce's friends and that he doesn't know what it's like to be desperate. Sal's guards throws him out and Bruce, having realized that he needs to understand what it's like to be desperate, decides to leave Gotham and learn the ugly side of life in order to understand Maroni and all the criminals of Gotham.

### June 7, 1994

Bruce says goodbye to Alfred and leaves for Korea where he will learn how to be a criminal in order to stop crime in the city he loves.

### February 9, 2003 (Age: 27)

Bruce returns to Gotham City privately and begins his operation as Batman.

### April 28, 2003 (Age: 28)

Batman saves the children the Sewer King was kidnapping and forcing to steal jewelry for him. This is the first time he is tempted to take a life as Batman. He throws the Sewer King out of a manhole in the middle of the street which grabs the attention of two nearby police officers. Batman then climbs out of the manhole with an abused looking child in his arms. The police believe that he his the one who abused the kid, but he then helps many more children out of the sewer without care that the police are holing him at gunpoint. The officers then help him get the children out and the kids explain that the "man in the mask" saved them from the Sewer King. Once all the kids are on the surface and in police custody, he kneels down to them and says, "It's going to be okay. You're safe with them." One of the kids runs over and hugs Batman. He hugs them back and vanishes to the rooftops.

### June 7, 2003

Bruce Wayne publicly returns to Gotham City on the 17th anniversary of his parents death.

### August 3, 2003

Batman puts a bullet-proof vest worn by Peter Rafferty in the Batcave.

### September 6, 2003

Pierre Antal did portraits of many Gothamites. Some of the portraits would eventually be defaced in a way that would tell of the way they would be murdered the next day. Batman caught onto this and had Pierre do one of Bruce Wayne. He discovered the murderer was Ben Wylie, the Painter of Death.

### September 29, 2003

Batman and Lieutenant Gordon work together for the first time to stop Humpty Dumpty from killing Rupert Thorne and many innocence Gothamites along the way.

### December 3, 2003

While on the rooftops, Batman hears gunshots at the Ace Chemicals building. When he arrives the guards have shot two gangsters with one left and escaping. But the last one wasn't some ordinary criminal, it was the Red Hood. Before Batman could do anything about the man he now had cornered, the Red Hood tripped on his cape and fell into a vat of acid beneath the rails. Batman believes him to be dead and grapples away.

### February 6, 2004

Early in the morning, Captain Jim Gordon arrives at the scene of the crime. There's a dead man outside of Ace Chemicals with a smile vaster than what seems possible. He goes inside and sees eight mangled corpses all across the room with the same grin. Batman arrives for Gordon to present him the room. Later that night, Bruce Wayne is drinking in a club with fellow billionaire Henry Claridge. The news report in the background begins to get louder as they hear the woman reporting cackle, with that same grin all of the victims at the factory had. She dies, behind her emerges a man in a purple tuxedo with chalk-white skin, emerald green hair, and a sinister scarlet smile. He introduces himself as The Joker and threatens everyone in Gotham by saying they're all going to die. Bruce sneaks out of the club unnoticed. The Joker says that Henry Claridge will be the first to go at the stroke of midnight. Batman arrives at the scene where the Joker was broadcasting and sees a poem stained on a wall with the woman's blood, which says, "One by one they'll hear my call, then this wicked town will follow my fall." Gordon arrives for Batman to shows him the poem. He says he'll get police on Claridge as soon as possible. An hour before midnight, Batman arrives at where the police are keeping Claridge and waits. Midnight comes, and nothing seems to happen.

### February 7, 2004

Batman notices Henry's wide grin and leaps down through the skylight to see if he can help, but he's already dead. Gordon gets a call and hears that the Joker released a handful of Arkham Asylum's inmates and gave them weaponry. Batman runs to the Asylum and knocks out all of the escaped inmates before they hurt anyone. Bruce then goes to the Batcave and studies a sample of the toxin Joker used on Claridge to see if he can find an antidote. While Bruce does this, Joker broadcasts himself again. He says James Gordon failed to protect his city and Jay W. Wilde is next. The feed cuts. Bruce begins searching for a connection between Henry Claridge and Jay W. Wilde. Soon after that, the police go to Wilde's place to keep him safe. Batman informs Gordon that Henry got exposed to a poison released at midnight that caused his death.

### February 8, 2004

When midnight comes, a police helicopter crashes in the yard of Wilde's home as smoke bombs come down the chimney. Batman puts on his gas mask and sees Joker walk-in shooting at the room. Batman throws a flash bomb at him to then tackle the clown. Joker and Batman fight hand-to-hand for a while before the police fire at both of them. Batman catches Joker in a grappling line, only to have the Joker headbutt him in the nose, slightly fracturing it. Joker then jumps out the window and grabs the latter of a new helicopter. As he escapes, he shoots Wilde in the face, killing him. Bruce discovers the connection between the two victims. They were both founders of Ace Chemicals. Bruce decides to go undercover as a reporter named Wayne Bristow and investigate Ace Chemicals. He speaks to a worker with white spots on his face, similar to the Joker's skin. The worker explains that he got exposed to chemicals that made his skin white and his hair green. Bruce returns to the Batcave to see if he can synthesis an antidote for the toxin. He remembers that the leader of the Red Hood Gang fell into an Ace Chemicals vat and was never seen again. Bruce is very sure that this unknown man is the Joker. Bruce speaks to Alfred about how he expected to deal with criminals but, in all his years investigating the criminal psyche, he has never seen a mind like the Joker's. To cut Bruce off mid-thought, Joker broadcasts himself once more. This time he plans to kill two people, judge Thomas Lake and socialite Bruce Wayne. The police arrive at Wayne Manor shortly after while Bruce acts as if he just now woke up and heard the news. The police stay close by all day while Bruce pretends he doesn't think the threat is that big. To himself, he knows that he needs to be looking for the Joker and can't just sit around and wait all day, but he has no choice. Midnight comes.

### February 9, 2004

The Joker's goons attack Judge Lake in his home and kill him. Bruce begins to laugh maniacally as he fights with the police officers at his home. They hold him down and inject him with a sedative which causes Bruce to pass out. Alfred says he'll take his master to the hospital, but in reality, he goes out back and injects him with the newly made cure. Bruce awakens minutes later to the sound of gunfire. Outside of Wayne Manor is Joker's men are firing at the police. Bruce suits up as Batman and knocks out all of the clowns. He takes the Batcycle out to Gotham and calls Gordon as he just now figured out what the Joker's plan is. He is angry at Gotham for allowing the chemicals that disfigured him to still be out there. Joker had maps of a reservoir bypass system yesterday. He tells Gordon to shut off the city's water reservoir because the Joker is going to put his toxin in the water supply and infect everyone in Gotham, killing the entire city. Gordon calls the Water Reservoir, but no one answers as Joker killed everyone that works there. Batman arrives and knocks out all of Joker's goons. He makes himself known to Joker. Joker says he's been a joy killer and doesn't understand why Batman cares so much about stopping his fun. Batman says he'll always be there to stop madmen like him. Joker says he's too late and is about to release the chemicals. Batman pulls out a detonator and presses it This blows up the dam, which means the chemicals have no way of getting to the water supply. Joker attacks him with a wrench as a fight ensues. After a while of the two fighting, the SWAT arrives with helicopters and opens fire on the two. One of the SWAT officers fires a rocket launcher near the Joker, which blows him off the rooftop. Batman jumps after the cackling Joker and catches him. He uses his grapple gun to stop their fall in time before the line disconnects but drops them at a survivable height. They landed near two of Joker's men, who have guns pointed at Batman. Joker is confused why he would save him. He reminds Batman that he's trying to kill him and then murders the two men with a gun. Joker says that they were bad men and deserve death just like him. Joker points a gun at his own head before Batman knocks him on the ground. Just then, the police arrive at their location. Batman pushes a button on his gauntlet, which calls the Batplane to pick him up. He grapples onto the plane and leaves the Joker in the custody of the GCPD. Joker thinks about why Batman would fall for him, why does this dark knight care so much about life. Joker no longer wishes to kill Batman. He finds him much too interesting now.

### June 13, 2004 (Age: 29)

Batman defeats Scarface and his dummy the Ventriloquist.

### August 12, 2004

Batman meets Superman for the first time and they team up to stop Lex Luthor and the Joker.

### September 30, 2004

Batman stops Mister Freeze from killing Ferris Boyle out of revenge.

### April 7, 2005

At nightfall, Joker sneaks onto the scaffolding of the Lady Gotham statue and sprays the Joker Putty on her face. Punch and Judy stretch the malleable face to look like the Joker's. **Batman** arrives to put a stop to his literal defacing of the nearly finished statue. Joker orders Punch and Judy to hold off Batman while he completes the face. Batman beats the henchmen before detectives Ethan Bennett and Ellen Yin show up to stop both Batman and Joker. The latter of the two takes offense to the thought that Commissioner Loeb thinks Batman is more of a menace to Gotham than he is. The detectives fight with Batman long enough for the Joker and his henchmen to getaway. Batman manages to evade the detectives and drives back home. He and Alfred discuss if they should let Ethan know the truth about him being Batman. They both think it would be beneficial. After work, Ethan is asked by Bruce to hang out at a diner and talk. When they meet, Ethan discusses the stress he's under to catch Batman and Joker. Bruce says that there's something he wants Ethan to know before both of their cell phones rings. Bruce gets Alfred's code message which means that Batman is needed. Ethan gets a call from Yin saying that Joker has been sighted once more. Bruce says that what he wanted to tell Ethan can wait, as they both leave to take on the Joker. Meanwhile, Joker has broken into an Art Gallery and is stealing a smiling drama mask while he uses his Joker Putty to shape the frowning one into a smile as well. Just after this, Ethan arrives and puts a handcuff on Joker's wrist. Joker says that he hopes this means that Loeb sees that he is a greater menace than Batman. Punch then knocks out Ethan and they escape. Not long after, the police arrive. Yin activates Ethan's tracker to find him. Batman sneaks in shortly after and looks for footprints. He finds Joker's which gave off sawdust and cotton candy. He deduces that he must have come from the Amusement Mile and is most likely there now. Meanwhile, Joker explains to a tied-up Ethan Bennett that he is now on his last batch of Joker Putty and can't make more because he forgot to write down the recipe. But with this last batch, he will show Commissioner Loeb that Joker is the greatest menace Gotham City has ever seen by breaking the mind of one of the best cops on the force. Joker then gives him a dose of Scarecrow's fear toxin that he modified. This makes Ethan see Commissioner Loeb talk down to him for being incompetent at his job. Ellen Yin shows up and puts Punch and Judy in handcuffs before coming in and pointing a gun at Joker. The clown points his Joker Putty gun at Ethan and threatens to shoot it on him. Yin drops her gun but Joker tempted his curiosity and says he wants to see what would happen if he did shot Ethan. Batman comes in just in time to throw a Batarang at the gun which causes it to break on the floor. Joker runs away and Batman chases after him. The gas from the Joker Putty gun is smelt by Ethan which makes him cough and breath heavily. Yin checks on him but he says to go and stop Joker. Batman chases after the Joker through the hall of puppets and hall of mirrors before knocking his lights out. Yin arrives directly after and says she's arresting Batman before changing her mind. She puts handcuffs on Joker and says that her not arresting him is a thank you for saving Ethan's life but next time, the mask will come off. The GCPD arrives and take away Joker, Punch, and Judy. Loeb says to a reporter that the GCPD took down the Joker by themselves. Ethan hears him say this and snaps at him. He tells him that Batman did everything again and the police were just providing clean-up. Loeb shuts down the reporter and takes Ethan aside and suspends him. Yin tries to defend him but Ethan's fine with taking a break from the badge. He then heads home.

### April 8, 2005

When Ethan gets home shortly after midnight, he starts a shower. Bruce calls him to see if he's alright and Ethan says he's not feeling great but he'll tell him about it tomorrow over a game of basketball at the East Gotham Gym. They both end the call and Ethan looks at his face in the mirror as it begins to melt, he then realizes his whole body is melting and turning into a gray blob. He freaks out and tries calling 911 but his fingers aren't solid enough to push the buttons. He then stumbles out of his apartment and to the streets where he scares everyone. He screams for help but his voice is so altered that no one can hear him. The police attack him but nothing is effective on him until they spray him with a fire hose, which causes him to meltdown a sewer drain. Batman gets to the scene in time to see him melt away. He goes to the sewer and in his investigation, finds a trail of clay with his thermal goggles. Meanwhile, Loeb tells the press about his zero-tolerance policy on all freaks. Which includes the Batman and this new Clayface creature. Ethan sees Loeb call him a freak and wants revenge. Meanwhile, Batman follows the clay trail to the GCPD. At this point, Loeb is attacked in his office by Clayface. Batman kicks through the window and knocks Clayface off of the Commissioner. Clayface then leaves through the window and is followed by Batman. Officers come in to see what happened to which Loeb tells them to get those two. Batman and Clayface fight one rooftop over from Gotham Police Headquarters. Batman leads the fight but Clayface isn't harmed by any of his attacks and discovers he can make his body harder. He uses this to transform his arms into spikes and tries to impale Batman. At this point, Yin and the police arrive. Clayface tries to tell Yin that he's Ethan but again no one can make out what he's saying. Clayface and Batman jump from the roof and glide away but Batman throws a Batarang at Clayface and gets a sample of his body. Batman returns to the Batcave to test the sample and finds that it contains Human DNA. He suggests that Clayface might not be a monster and is just a victim. Bruce finds that the sample has escaped. Meanwhile, Yin puts Loeb under high guard in case Clayface returns. Later, Ethan returns to his apartment and struggles to return to his original appearance but eventually does. At this point, Yin knocks on his door to see if he's alright. Ethan opens the door looking and sounding like his old self and says that he needs a break from everything for a while. Ethan slams the door and Yin is even more worried. Meanwhile back at the Batcave, Bruce and Alfred look for the missing sample. Bruce puts on his inferred goggles and finds a trail leading to Alfred as the clay jumps on Pennyworth's face. Bruce quickly uses cold spray to solidify the sample and remove it from Alfred's face. To which he remarks is a nasty pile of putty. Bruce then puts it together. Joker's putty could have affected Ethan, Clayface first showed up in Ethan's neighborhood, and Ethan and Clayface both have a grudge against Commissioner Loeb. Ethan is Clayface. Batman suits up and drives to Ethan's apartment. While driving, Yin calls for Bruce Wayne to ask him about Bennett. In this conversation, Yin remembers that Joker's putty made Ethan cough uncontrollably and that made him into Clayface. She doesn't tell Bruce this and hangs up. Meanwhile, Clayface disguises himself as Ellen Yin to enter Loeb's guarded house. He attacks Loeb and absorbs him into his body and leaves with him outback. The real Yin then arrives and the guards tell her that she just went in. She busts open the door and searches the house for Loeb and/or Clayface but can't find them. Clayface then takes the shape of a large police officer to sneak past the guards but they question him and Clayface then knocks them out. Yin sees this as Clayface takes Loeb again and escapes. Reports say that Clayface is heading for East Gotham. Batman and Yin figure out that he's going to the East Gotham Gym. Batman arrives there to see Loeb stuck to the wall of the gymnasium by Clayface. Yin shows up right after to tell Clayface that she knows he's Ethan Bennett. Clayface claims he's not anyone anymore, just a freak with a melted body and mind because of one bad day. Clayface then creates a crossbow from his arm and shoots it at Loeb. Batman intercepts the arrow and throws an ice pellet at the clay holding Loeb which causes it to instantly freeze. Clayface slithers away into the men's locker room and is chased by Batman. Yin breaks Loeb out of the ice with her gun. Clayface hits Batman through a wall and into the showers. Batman turns on the water in hopes it would melt him but Clayface remarks that the water pressure in this gym always sucked. Yin shows up in time to talk Clayface out of killing Batman. He shifts back into Ethan's appearance and says he's surprised to see Yin defending the Batman. "What's become of us?", Ethan says and tears up before reverting to Clayface and disappearing down the shower drain. Yin looks at an unconscious Batman and remembers what she said last night. "Next time, the mask comes off." She reaches for it but decides against it. Batman wakes up to see Yin sitting in front of him. She says that she didn't peak under his mask because Ethan was right. Gotham City needs the Batman. She sees that now because of the way he tried to help Ethan even when he was far gone. She thanks him then he leaves.

### April 9, 2005

Bruce and Ellen have coffee and talk about Ethan. They spot him outside and go to see him. Then he's disappeared into the crowd of people.

### May 4, 2005

Joker is put back in Arkham Asylum by Batman after his latest escapade. Batman thinks that after Joker's most recent incarceration, Ethan Bennett will try to go after Joker, so he disguises himself as a guard. Later that night, Clayface sneaks into Arkham as a doctor, enters Joker's cell, and reveals himself. Clayface says he will kill the clown for turning him into a monster, but Joker doesn't recognize him. Clayface begins attacking Joker. This is heard by Batman, who takes off his disguise and arrives at the fight. Batman pulls Joker away from one of Clayface's attacks and tosses an ice pellet at Clayface, to which the mud monster doesn't think performs anything but, he is quickly immersed in ice. Joker escaped from Arkham while Batman took down Clayface.

### August 3, 2005

Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman come together for the first time to stop Ra's al Ghul from destroying Themyscira. After this day they worked together as an unofficial team to combat large threats that they wouldn't be able to face on their lonesome.

### August 11, 2005

The trial of Ethan Bennett takes place with Harvey Dent as his lawyer. [[|Hugo Strange|Professor Hugo Strange]] states that after many therapy sessions with Ethan, he believes him to now be sound of mind. Dr. Mark Desmond says that after he and other scientists at Wayne Biotech tested his genetics, Clayface's powers cause him to become mentally unstable, so as long as he doesn't use them, he won't go insane. Bruce Wayne offers Ethan a job as head of security at Wayne Enterprise if he is released. The Judge puts Ethan on probation as long as he continues his therapy and never uses his Clayface powers again. Ethan Bennett is a free man.

### August 15, 2005

Ethan starts his new job as head of security for Wayne Enterprise. Ethan meets Weber, the day-shift supervisor, who claims that Bruce fixed Ethan's mistake for him.

### August 17, 2005

At nightfall, Ethan goes to the Gotham Observatory to stake out the Joker. He finds him there, robbing the place, and tries to stop the criminal. Joker grabs Bennett and jumps off the building with him. He uses his extending shoes to land while high in the air. Joker shakes Ethan out of his jacket and lets him fall to the ground. After Joker puts on Ethan's jacket, he notices that the splat on the road is grey and not red. Ethan then gets up and lunges at Joker. The clown now realizes that Bennett is Clayface. A fight ensues between the two while they are both on stilts. Joker gets away as Clayface is picked up by Batman and taken to a rooftop. Ethan says that it's not what it appears to be. He was trying to stop Joker as Ethan Bennett and Clayface reared his ugly head. Ethan just wanted to make sure Joker didn't harm anyone like him ever again. Batman understands this and tells Bennett to go home while he takes care of the Joker.

### August 18, 2005

Bruce calls Ethan to his office and explains that Dr. Desmond showed Bruce his test results. There was a possibility that he used his powers again. Ethan confesses that he slipped, but it won't happen again. Bruce makes sure Ethan knows he's speaking to him as a friend, not a boss. Soon after, Batman gives Ellen Yin an ice pellet and tells her that he thinks Clayface might rear his ugly head tonight and use this if he does. Later that night, Joker breaks into Wayne Enterprise while Ethan is working. He sees this and decides to take Joker into his own hands. At this time, Joker trips the silent alarm, which alerts Bruce, who suits up as Batman. Clayface finds Joker in the elevator shafts and tries to kill the clown, but Batman cuts in. Batman and Bennett break Joker's shoes and stick him in one place. Clayface says that he decided to fight Joker in the elevator shafts because they're the only place without cameras, and he thought he could get away just this once. He still believes he can; all he has to do is kill Batman as well. The two fight while Joker watches and roots for his son. Clayface realizes that Joker is right, and he made a super-villain in Ethan Bennett. He decides to steal the art Joker took for himself. Batman calls for Ethan to stop, but Clayface doesn't know who "Ethan" is anymore. On his way out, Clayface gets confronted by Yin. Clayface returns to Ethan's appearance, but she doesn't fall for it. Batman shows up and says that it's not too late for him to go back to being Ethan Bennett. Clayface says that being Ethan was always hard, but being Clayface is nothing but fun. As he begins to morph back to his putty appearance, he tells the two to say goodbye to Ethan Bennett, for this was the last time they'd see him. Yin throws her ice pellet at him, which catches him off guard and freezes him.

### August 28, 2005

The trio of heroes are dubbed the Justice League by Clark Kent from the Daily Planet.

### January 7, 2006

The Justice League help Green Lantern's Hal Jordan and John Stewart stop Evil Star from conquering Earth.

### October 14, 2006 (Age: 31)

The Riddler uses a giant hourglass in an evil scheme against Batman. He defeats Nygma and takes the giant hourglass back to the Batcave.

### February 9, 2007

Batman helps Simon Trent believe in himself again. He thanks Batman by giving him the original Grey Ghost costume.

### April 7, 2007 (Age: 32)

Bruce goes to Haly's Circus and watches the Flying Grayson's die and feels terrible for not stopping the event which left the son of the fallen circus preforms orphaned.

### April 9, 2007

Bruce pays for the Flying Grayson's funeral. He adopts the son of the late Graysons, Dick Grayson. Alfred picks him up and drives him to Wayne Manor where he is greeted by Bruce. Dick is happy he has someone else in his life but soon realizes that Bruce Wayne isn’t around much.

### April 24 - 25, 2007

Alfred notifies Bruce that Dick is very uncomfortable being alone in the Manor and needs him. Bruce decides to take down the picture of his parents from the fireplace room and replace it with a picture of John and Mary Grayson. Dick is thankful. Bruce tells Dick how he lost his parents too. After a while of talking, Dick falls asleep on the chair then Bruce leaves and goes into the grandfather clock in that room. Dick, who was pretending to sleep, saw this. He investigates and goes in too. He appears in the Batcave. Bruce and Alfred then explain to Dick that Bruce is Batman and he is tracking down Tony Zucco for him. Dick says he wants to help but Bruce says to leave it to him. Alfred takes Dick upstairs to his room. Dick can’t stop thinking about Tony Zucco now. He sneaks out of his room and listens in on Bruce and Alfred downstairs. They say that Zucco is probably hiding at his uncle’s mansion and Dick rushes back to his room and grabs the costume his mother made for him. Dick puts it on and makes his way down to the Batcave and takes some of Bruce’s gear and heads off on foot. Dick shows up and sees that Batman is handcuffed to a wall without his gear. Dick leaps down and frees Batman. Both of them start attacking a group of criminals and Tony Zucco runs away. Dick runs after him as Batman is swamped with enemies. Zucco pulls out a gun and Dick throws a baton at it knocking it out of his hand and pins him to the ground. Dick puts him in handcuffs and Batman comes rushing out to see Zucco captured by a boy in bright red and green. The police show up and Zucco is tied up. From the rooftop over Batman and Dick stand looking at Zucco being arrested. Bruce says he did the right thing. Dick says that he wants to do this again. Put away the people who make this world a worst place to live. While Batman is the fear in criminals, Dick wants to be the hope for civilians. Batman says that he will have to train as hard as he did and Dick says he is up for it.

### July 15, 2007

Joker uses a giant playing card in one of his schemes. It is confiscated by Batman and put in the Batcave.

### August 1, 2007

The Riddler challenges Batman to a giant chess game with the lives of Gotham's police officers in the balance.

### October 2, 2007

Joker uses giant dice in one of his schemes. They are confiscated by Batman and put in the Batcave.

### December 1, 2007

On Dick's 11th birthday, Bruce gives him a uniform of Grayson's own design and swears him in as the partner of Batman, Robin.

### December 18, 2007

Clayface disguises himself as a Joker goon and learns of the criminal's newest plan, to pour chemicals in every can of Waggie-Time Dog Food dog food that will make the hounds that eat it laugh like hyenas. He tips off the GCPD before helping him break into the dog food factory. Before the chemicals get poured, he reveals himself to be Clayface and attacks him. Batman and Robin crash in, Clayface then surrenders. He says he was just finishing up some old business before he turned himself in. At this time, the police arrive to arrest Joker and Ethan Bennett. That night, Bruce tells Dick about his relationship and history with Ethan.

### January 3, 2008

Bruce Wayne goes to see Ethan Bennett at Arkham Asylum. He tells him that Wayne Biotech is very close to developing a cure for his powers. Ethan thinks that's great but tells Bruce his thought. He wants to serve his time and rejoin the police force as Clayface. With his power, super-criminals like Joker don't stand a chance. Bruce reminds him that his powers would overwhelm his mind and make him go mad. Later that night, Bruce and Dick Grayson analyse the footage of the Clayface mutagen theft and match the thief to Basil Karlo, a one-time actor.

### January 4, 2008

That night, the new Clayface breaks into Gotham Bank and puts on a performance for the security cameras while he steals from the vault. Batman and Robin cut his act short and a fight ensues. Batman asks Basil why he would become a monster if he wasn't really one. Clayface explains that it was his dream to have the role of a lifetime, and Clayface is the perfect role. Basil traps Robin in a clump of clay and escapes with a large stack of money.

### January 9, 2008

Ethan Bennett talks to Bruce about letting him take down the new Clayface since he's the only one who can match his powers. Bruce says no. At night, Ethan disguises himself as the floor of his cell. This fools a guard into thinking he escaped and opening the door to look around his cell. Ethan leaves to take on Clayface II. Dick and Bruce get an alert from Arkham Asylum saying Clayface I has escaped. Just as this happens, Wayne Biotech completes their cure for Clayface. Bruce goes to pick up the antidote while Dick tracks Clayface II. Meanwhile, Bennett disguises himself as Batman to lure out Karlo. At the same time, Clayface II robs an art gallery, thinking it will get him on the national news. He sees the Bat-Signal, disguises himself as Robin, and crushes Batman with a clay hammer. Ethan reveals that he was Batman as a fight ensues between the two Clayfaces. The battle carries over to the construction site of a bridge. Batman and Robin show and freeze Karlo long enough to tell Bennett about the cure. Ethan says that he has control over his mind now and is trying to turn in Karlo. Batman still urges him to take the cure. At this time, Clayface II breaks out of the ice. Robin agrees with Ethan in that they could use his help in this fight. Batman comes around and the three work together to stop Basil. Their fight causes the bridge to collapse but Batman evades the fall. Ethan covered Robin in his body and saved him from the bridge. Karlo absorbs the steel beams and concrete into his body to make it larger. Bennett morphs into the mound that Clayface II has become and yells at Batman to inject the antidote now. Batman leaps onto the combined Clayfaces and stabs them with the drug. The two then morph down and revert to Human.

### February 10, 2008

Doctors at Arkham test both Clayfaces and find a complete lack of powers in Ethan, but Basil still has some traces. The cure did not fully work on Basil as his DNA was different enough from Ethan's. Clayface II is now the only Clayface left.

### March 12, 2008 (Age: 33)

Boris Rathbo comes to Gotham City to kill the cast of the "False Face" remake.

### March 20, 2008

Boris is stopped by Batman and Robin, who put him in Arkham Asylum.

### March 26, 2008

A Dinosaur Statue is added to the Batcave.

### April 1, 2008

Joker infiltrates Mount Justice and vandalizes it as an April Fool's joke. With the Justice League's hideout compromised, they need a new base of operations.

### April 4, 2008

Batman and Robin try to solve a crime that they discover never occurred.

### June 6, 2008

The Mad Hatter catches Batman off guard and traps him in a dream scenario of what Bruce believe's his perfect life would be. He loves his new life, believing the death of his parents and Batman being nothing more than a nightmare. Bruce eventually learns that something is off and his life is not real. Going against everything he wants in a life, he commits suicide in the dream and wakes up to the real nightmare. He arrests Mad Hatter and returns to his life as The Batman.

### August 4, 2008

The Justice League reveals their new headquarters, the Hall of Justice. Known to the public and located at the edge of Metropolis.

### September 27, 2008

Clark Kent's bachelor party is held at his apartment. It is attended by Jimmy Olsen, Bruce Wayne, Pete Ross, and Perry White. It is at this party in which Clark reveals himself as Superman to Jimmy and Perry.

### October 6, 2008

Clark and Lois Lane get married at Kent Farm in Smallville. Clark's best man is Jimmy Olsen, Lois's maid of honor is her younger sister Lucy Lane. The wedding is attended by Martha Kent, Samuel Lane, Pete Ross, Chloe Sullivan, Lana Lang, Perry White, Cat Grant, Ron Troupe, Steve Lombard, Bruce Wayne, and Dick Grayson. When Cat asks Lois how they know Bruce Wayne, she says they're old friends.

### October 28, 2009 (Age: 34)

Batman was given an Egyptian sarcophagus by the Gotham Museum of Natural History for saving their exhibits from Riddler. Notorious thief, Wendell Hamilton, Jr. saw this and snuck inside of the sarcophagus to infiltrate the Batcave and steal everything in it. He was opposed by Alfred. Hamilton would be accidentally crushed by the Giant Penny and the sarcophagus would be kept.

### June 1, 2010 (Age: 35)

Barbara Gordon becomes a solo hero who is referred to as Batgirl by Robin.

### June 16, 2010

Batgirl proves herself to Batman by taking down Killer Moth and Firefly on her own. Even though Batman doesn't trust Batgirl with their identities, he lets Robin give her gear to make sure she doesn't die trying to fight crime on her own.

### June 24, 2010

Superman helps the United Nations disarm all of the world's nuclear weapons. Unbeknownst to him, it was a plan to make Earth vulnerable to an invasion of a radical White Martian terrorist group named the Imperium.

### June 26, 2010

Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman locate other heroes to help them take down the invaders. Batman goes to Barry Allen, Superman recruits Jefferson Pierce, and Wonder Woman finds Arthur Curry. When they all meet at the Hall of Justice they are greeted by an ambush of Imperium soldiers. They fight back but get overwhelmed before Green Lantern shows up to help them. After reclaiming the Hall of Justice, Superman gets a psychic message from J'onn J'onzz, who he met years before he became Superman yet hasn't heard from till now. J'onn says he needs help and is locked up by the Imperium.

### June 27, 2010

The Justice League goes to J'onn and frees him. Just as they leave with J'onn they are surrounded by a fleet of Imperium soldiers. They fight together as Hawkgirl flies down and begins fighting on their side. Green Lantern asks who she is and Batman says he called her in but didn't expect her to be this late into the fight. After the fight, J'onn says he has a plan on how to infiltrate the Imperium mother ship and destroy it causing them to retreat. They sneak into the ship and destroy the engine, which blows up the ship. J'onn's plan goes well and all of the ships retreat. Superman says that now all of Earth's nuclear weapons are disposed of, their planet needs a new line of defense from other worldly attacks. Wonder Woman asks Flash, Aquaman, Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, Black Lightning, and J'onn to join the Justice League and help them in defending Earth. They all agree and journey across the world to help people effected by the invasion and announce to Earth that they are here to help them.

### October 5, 2010

Batman and Robin take down the Penguin. This is recorded by WGOB.

### February 7, 2011

Batman, Robin, and Batgirl put Clayface II in Arkham Asylum.

### September 31, 2011 (Age: 36)

Rex Mason gets on a train and it begins to pick up speed and fail to stop. It's halted from crashing by Green Lantern whom Rex recognizes to be his old war buddy, John Stewart. He invites John to stop by his penthouse and catch up. John asks him how he has so much money and says that he works for Stagg Enterprise and is also secretly engaged to Sapphire Stagg, the boss's daughter. John then gets a call from Batman who had just investigated the train malfunction. He tells John that the train accident was caused by an illegal mutagen that only someone from Stagg Enterprise could get their hands on. Rex claims he had nothing to do with it and John flies off, distrusting him.

### January 14, 2012

The Justice League stop the Thanagarian Invasion. Hawkgirl quits the League for her betrayal.

### February 9, 2012

Kite-Man and his henchmen break in Crawford Chemical Factory, but are spotted by Batman who begins to fight Kite-Man and the other henchman. Patrick O'Brian tries to slip away but sees the money they came to steal and carries as much of it as he can. He then flies away with his kite suit, but it gets ripped by a batarang thrown at him. This causes him to fall into a vat of acid below which causes all his clothes to melt other than his goggles. Batman pulls him out and rushes him to the hospital.

### February 15, 2012

O'Brian testifies at Kite-Man's court hearing which gets him off on parole under Batman's watch for rehabilitation.

### May 1, 2012

The Justice League creates The Watchtower as their new base of operations and invites 24 new heroes among their ranks. They agree that on this day every year, they will invite new heroes to join the Justice League.

### May 23, 2012

Harley Quinn breaks up with the Joker for the first time ever, she throws her jester costume at Batman. He keeps it thinking it would be a reminder of Harley's breaking free.

### February 2, 2013

Ramona McDunnagh breaks up with Plastic Man for being too irresponsible. This makes him feel like he needs to do more to truly be a great hero like Batman.

### February 14, 2013

Dick Grayson asks out Barbara Gordon on Valentines Day. The two begin dating.

### March 5, 2013 (Age: 38)

While patrolling Gotham City, Robin comes across a group of men beating up a German Shepard puppy. Robin knocks them all out and takes the puppy back to the Batcave for Alfred to nurse back to health.

### March 7, 2013

The puppy that Robin saved is now healthy and Dick decides he wants to keep him. Bruce allows this and Alfred ends up having the closest bond with the dog that Dick has named, Ace.

### March 27, 2013

Batman goes to Plastic Man and tells him that he's proud of the work he's made. He invites him to join the Justice League.

### September 19, 2013

Dick Grayson gets tired of the way Batman fights crime so brutally and leaves him, and in turn, Barbara.

### February 2, 2014

Jason Todd steals the tires off the Batmobile. He's found by Batman, who sees him as a troubled teen going down the criminal path. He offers to get Jason a meal of his choice. They put the tires back on the Batmobile and get Big Belly Burger from the drive-thru. The two sit on the hood of the Batmobile parked in a junkyard and eat their burgers while Jason tells Batman of his troubled life. Batman knows that Jason is a good kid and tells him that Robin abandoned him a few months ago. If Jason was interested, Batman says he would be fine with teaching the boy what he taught Robin. Jason takes him up on that offer and Batman gives him a communicator for them to plan where to meet.

### February 3, 2014

Jason and Batman train for the first time.

### March 1, 2014 (Age: 39)

Batman takes Jason to the Batcave and reveals that he is Bruce Wayne. He adopts the boy and he moves into Wayne Manor.

### August 16, 2014

Jason Todd becomes the second Robin and fights crime along-side Batman and Batgirl.

### December 22, 2014

Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn decide to use Ivy's mind control spores on Bruce Wayne and use his money to go on a wild Christmas shopping spree. The spores wear off after a while and Batman returns the duo to Arkham Asylum.

### February 14, 2015

Barbara Gordon is shot in the spine by the Joker to get back at her father.

### February 16, 2015

Batman reveals his identity to Jim Gordon. Later that day, Alfred puts Barbara's Batgirl uniform in a display case.

### May 26, 2015 (Age: 40)

Five powerful sorcerers: Klarion, Wotan, Felix Faust, Deimos, and Blackbriar Thorn, separate Earth into two dimensions. One with only people above the age of 18 and one with only people below the age of 18.

### May 27, 2015

Captain Marvel uses his powers to communicate between the two worlds and help the Justice League and Teen Titans work together to stop the sorcerers. Zatanna puts on the helmet of Nabu and becomes Doctor Fate to help her father, Zatara, unite the two worlds once more. After they win, Nabu says that he will not release Zatanna because the world needs Doctor Fate. Zatara sacrifices himself to Nabu in turn for his daughter to go free. Doctor Fate releases Zatanna, the father and daughter say goodbye, and Giovanni Zatara is trapped as Doctor Fate.

### June 28, 2015

A UFO crashes near Atlantis. A fleet of Atlantean soldiers are dispatched to analyse it, but they are all killed by the monster within. Aquaman investigates the the scene and tracks the monster's footprints to land. He calls the Justice League for back up and follows the footprints. Martian Manhunter sends Green Lantern, Vixen, Flash, and Static to help Aquaman stop the beast that is heading to Metropolis. The team is heavily injured and a larger B-Team is sent to stop the threat. B-Team consists of Batman, Firestorm, Red Tornado, Icon, Fire, Ice, Black Condor, and Booster Gold. Booster dubs the monster "Doomsday". Wonder Woman calls Clark and informs him of Doomsday, but tells him not to come as the League can take care of it and he should enjoy his family time. After the B-Team takes considerable damage, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, and Mister Terrific go to help them. They all fall to Doomsday, accept for Wonder Woman, who is the greatest threat to the mindless killing machine. At this time, Batman calls Clark and tells him the Justice League has been defeated and need Superman's help. At the end of the fight, Batman learns that Superman has died in battle.

### July 1, 2015

Superman's funeral is held in the morning. It is attended by almost every superhero in the world. **Batman**, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, Aquaman, and Martian Manhunter carry the casket of Superman to his tomb.

### October 17, 2015

Superman is brought back to life by the Kryptonian Regeneration Matrix and with the help of Steel, stops Cyborg Superman and Mongul from destroying Earth.

### October 28, 2015

Bruce and Jason watch the movie Annie. Jason enjoyed it.

### November 2, 2015

Commissioner Gordon tells Batman and Robin that a large man with super strength terrorized a store. After the debriefing, Robin tells Batman about a girl he found that is in distress but ran away from him. Bruce says he'll keep an eye out.

### November 3, 2015

On the drive home from school with Alfred, Jason spots the girl at an airport terminal. He puts on his Robin suit and gets out of the car. Alfred notifies Bruce that Jason found the girl. Once she sees Robin she runs away and almost gets run over by a bus, but is saved by Robin. She cries and he asks her why she's scared of him. The girl explains that she's not, she scared of a large man that keeps following her. Robin says he'll keep her safe and asks for her name. She cries that she doesn't remember. Robin calms her down and says that he'll give her a name. Jason looks around and sees a doll with red hair which reminds him of the movie he and Bruce watched last week, Annie. The girl says she likes that name but then sees that large man she is afraid of approaching them. The man says he's her father and proceeds to try and grab her. Jason recognizes him as the man Gordon said was robbing the stores and defends Annie. As Robin starts to lose the fight, Batman arrives and the Dynamic Duo chase after the fleeing man, but he vanishes. Robin and Batman return where they told Annie to stay but she's gone too. Batman finds a dirt sample in one of the man's footprints and collects it. Robin says they have to look for Annie, but Batman says searching aimlessly will accomplish nothing and they should return to the Batcave. Robin says he has to protect her and runs off to find Annie. Jason spends all day looking where she might have gone. As he walks down a street, Annie finds Robin. She says she's sorry about her father but Jason replies that his father wasn't so great either. Annie thanks him then see spotlights to which she says remind her of something. Robin takes her to the Bernstein Lighthouse on a hunch and as she looks around, begins to remember. She recognizes pipes near the ocean and the two run towards them. Meanwhile in the Batcave, Bruce discovers that the mud on Annie's dad's shoe is in fact Matt Hagen's clay. He rushes to the Batmobile to tracks Robin's utility belt. At the same time, Robin and Annie walk through a large pipe. Annie says she's scared but Jason reminds her that he won't let anything bad happen to her. They walk for a while before coming across Annie's father, who reveals himself as Clayface. Robin gets Annie out of there. While escaping, some of Hagen's clay gets on Annie's arm. After the two get to safety, the clay on her arm begins to seep into her own skin. She now remembers who she is, the drone of Clayface, not a real person. Robin assures her that she is real but is interrupted by Clayface who exclaims she's not. Robin tells Annie to run as he fights Clayface. Jason gets pinned by Hagen and is about to be crushed, but Annie pushes Clayface off of him. In doing so she begins to get absorbed into Hagen. She yells for Robin to run as she dies. At this time, Batman arrives. Jason is infuriated and throws a Birdarang at Clayface but it bounces off of him to strike a container of a highly volatile solvent. This makes it pour onto and melt part of Clayface. Jason throws another Birdarang which causes more to pour. He is prepared to push him off the railing and into a vat of this solvent before he is stopped by Batman. Clayface swings his arm blades at the duo which causes sparks to fly and set the solvent to flames. Batman gets Robin out of there as the place explodes. Clayface miraculously survives and is taken into police custody. Batman comforts Robin as Hagen is taken away. An officer asks Batman if they should have Clayface arrested for anything else on top of his robbery, breaking and entering. Robin responds with murder, and walks away.

### December 27, 2015

Jason Todd and Sheila Haywood are killed by the Joker.

### December 30, 2015

Jason's funeral is held. It is attended by Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, Dick Grayson, Barbara Gordon, and James Gordon. After the funeral, Alfred puts Jason's damaged Robin suit in a display case.

### March 11, 2016 (Age: 41)

Jean-Paul Valley begins fighting crime in Gotham as the vigilante, Azrael. Batman is worried that he may complicate things but Azrael says he will do what Batman wishes him to.

### March 15, 2016

Bane arrives in Gotham City to attempt to break Batman once more. After getting the drop on him, Bane breaks Batman's back and leaves him for dead in a sewer.

### March 16, 2016

Catwoman and Huntress find Batman, barely alive, and bring him back to the Batcave to be healed.

### March 27, 2016

Nightwing returns to Gotham to see Bruce in his time of healing. Bruce says that Batman needs to defend Gotham and Dick is the only on fit to do so. Dick turns it down and says he will never be Batman. Barbara brings up that Azrael could be a viable candidate for putting on the cowl. Bruce says that he has shown great ability and willingness to accomplish Batman's mission and approves of it. Huntress meets with Azrael and tells him that Batman wants him to take his place while he's healing. Azrael agrees to become the next Dark Knight.

### April 1, 2016

On April Fools Day, Joker breaks many criminals out of Arkham Asylum to help him with his plan. Firefly burns down buildings, Poison Ivy makes vines grow across the city, Clayface and Mad Hatter deal with the police, and Calendar Man helps organize the day. Barbara Gordon creates a team to help stop the mad men tearing their city apart.

### April 3, 2016

Poison Ivy grows tired of being ordered around by a clown, so she begins helping the Birds of Prey.

### April 6, 2016

Poison Ivy convinces Harley to betray the Joker and help them. With all of the Joker's allies gone, he is put back in prison.

### May 27, 2016

Bruce Wayne makes a recovery and returns as Batman.

### June 11, 2016

Tim Drake tracks down Dick Grayson's apartment in Blüdhaven and talks to him about returning to the Robin identity. Dick says he can't go back to being Robin, but will go and help Bruce as Nightwing. As the two drive to Gotham, Tim makes it clear that *Robin* needs to return to Batman's side, but who. Tim says that he can be Robin. Dick says no to it immediately. Tim begs Dick to train him as hard as he can so he can be a worthy successor to him and Jason. Dick reminds Tim that there's a reason Batman is in need of a Robin to begin with, Jason died in action and he doesn't want Tim to think it's all fun and games. Tim says he understands that and it's why he will go though as much training for as long as it takes until Nightwing and Batman think he's ready. Dick thinks to himself that another Robin is a bad idea, but Tim is right, Bruce needs someone there to keep him going in the field, and Nightwing can't always be there for him since he has his own responsibilities. Dick takes Tim to the Batcave and introduces him to Alfred who agrees that with proper training Tim can be a great Robin. When the three talk to Batman about it, he says he's not going to endanger another boy, especially one with a family. Batman and Nightwing then leave to track down Two-Face. Alfred keeps Tim in the Batcave and shows him how some of the weapons on the utility belt work. The batcomputer gets a distress signal from Nightwing. Tim tells Alfred they need to help them. Alfred gives Tim Dick's old Robin suit, a utility belt, and a communicator. Alfred talks him through rescuing Batman and Nightwing and Tim follows his instructions perfectly and flawlessly improvises when he has to. Tim takes down Two-Face and Batman is impressed by Tim's ability to analyse. He agrees to give him a chance as the next Robin.

### June 12, 2016

Tim tells his parents that he has an internship at Wayne Enterprise and needs to go to Wayne Tower 4 days of the week. In reality, when his parents drop him off at Wayne Tower, he uses the Zeta-Beam platform in Bruce Wayne's office to teleport to the Batcave and train with Alfred.

### July 22, 2016

Alfred finishes training Tim and passes him off to Batman.

### October 8, 2016

Batman and Tim hunt for a digital hacker stealing money from banks. Later, Batman interrogates thugs for information about the mystery hacker, but nothing new is discovered. Batman returns to the Batcave and Tim puts on the news. There is a report that claims his parent's plane has disappeared. Tim fears the worst for his parents.

### November 1, 2016

Batman finishes training Tim and tells Nightwing to teach him what he knows.

### December 18, 2016

Batman and Nightwing believe that Tim has completed his training and is ready to go out on his own as the third Robin.

### December 25, 2016

Regina Mavis kills a family instantly on Christmas Day. Batman and Robin investigate and find out she was the one who did it. They stop her before she can do it again and lock her up in Arkham Asylum.

### February 22, 2017 (Age: 42)

Red Hood returns to Gotham City and starts killing criminals.

### February 27, 2017

Tim Drake leaves behind the identity of Robin out of respect for Jason Todd.

### April 2, 2017

Batman hears that Ted Kord died in an explosion that he believes was an assassination.

### April 4, 2017

Batman tracks down Jaime Reyes and asks him what he knows about the Blue Beetle Scarab. The two end up working together to search for why Ted Kord died.

### June 2, 2017

Starfire decides to recruit young heroes for the new Teen Titans. She goes to Gotham City and asks Tim Drake to join. He says he always admired the Teen Titans and wished he could have joined them back then. He joins her. Batman gives Starfire a list of young heroes that might be interested in joining the New Teen Titans.

### August 10, 2018 (Age: 43)

Talia al Ghul introduces Batman to his son, Damian Wayne.

### August 24, 2018

Toyman goes on a rampage in Metropolis with a giant robot. He is opposed by Batman, Superman, and Flash. Flash runs around the robot to strike it with a bolt of lightning and causes it to explode, sending him back in time.

### May 20, 2019

Bruce Wayne announces Batman Incorporated to the world.

### January 18, 2020

Bruce sends Dick on an undercover mission as an agent of Spyral for Batman Incorporated.

### August 26, 2020 (Age: 45)

Bruce attends the wedding of John Jones and Rose Wilson (no relation to Rose Wilson).
## Relationships

* Closed Tabs
* Parental
* Close Family
* Children
* Lovers
* Close Friends
* Work Friends
* Trainees
* Enemies

### Dick Grayson

Dick was Bruce's first Robin, his adoptive son. In the beginning of their relationship, Dick was a happy kid who got to beat up criminals with him. But over time Dick saw that Bruce's way of parenting was questionable. At one point, Dick had to put everything on the line for a mission and after that he realized that he didn't want to be the Batman, and left his side in a big falling out. Dick eventually made up with Bruce but still doesn't like some of his tactics.

## Trivia

* Batman has a plan to defeat almost all of his fellow Justice League members.
* Bruce rarely drinks alcohol. He says it keeps him from thinking straight. Dick said he's seen Bruce drink less times than he can count on one hand.
* Bruce's favorite meal is Mulligatawny soup.
* Bruce visits his parents grave once a week.
* Bruce played basketball in high school. His jersey number was 7.
* Batman was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II after saving all of England, making him a literally Dark Knight.

## Quotes

* *"When he was beating on me... it was like nothing else existed. Everything I've been struggling with... the emptiness... and confusion... it all just vanished. And for the first time in a long time, I knew I was going to be okay. I knew that whatever he did to me... I could take it. And he couldn't break me... no one can."*
	+ Bruce after the first time he was beat up.
* **Alfred-** *"I started training you to defend yourself; we're far past that aren't we? But, what's all this training for? What are you going to do with it?"* **Bruce-** *"I don't know."* **Alfred-** *"Neither do I. But if you are to keep going, you will need rules, rules that you cannot and you will not break... no matter the reason, no matter the circumstance."* **Bruce-** *"I will not kill."* **Alfred-** *"Say it again."* **Bruce-** *"...I will not kill."*
* **Alfred-** *"Gotham is not your responsibility, Bruce."* **Bruce-** *"I'm making it mine."*
* *"So tell me, with all that money and power... how come you always look like you wish you were dead?"*
	+ Andrea Beaumont while meeting Bruce.
* *“Scum, maybe, but even scum have families.”*
* *"Yes, father. I shall become a bat.”*
	+ Bruce realizing his destiny.
* *“As a symbol I can be incorruptible. I can be everlasting.”*
* *"Bats frighten me. It's time my enemies share my dread."*
	+ Bruce explaining to Alfred why he chose the bat as his symbol.
* *"Ladies. Gentlemen. You have eaten well. You've eaten Gotham's wealth. Its spirit. Your feast is nearly over. From this moment on... none of you are safe."*
	+ Batman's first appearance.
* **Thug-** *"Don't kill me, please!"* **Batman-** *"I'm not going to kill you... because I want you to tell all your friends about me. Tell them they're finished. Tell them I'm coming for them."* **Thug-** *"What the hell are you?"* **Batman-** *"I'm the nightmare you can't wake from. I'm the shadowy figure watching you sin in the dark. I am vengeance... I am the night... I am Batman."*
* *"Alfred, who do you see when you look at me? The boy whose shoes you used to tie every morning? The teenager you drove to his first date? While you are here every night, I am out there. The only thing between the innocent and the predatory.* *When the mugger or the thief stops to think twice, that is fear. That is what I am. I am the reason criminals breathe easier when the sun rises."*
* *"Vengeance won't change the past. Mine or anyone else's. I have to be more. People need hope. To know someone's out there for them. The city's angry, scarred. Like me. Our scars could destroy us, even after the physical wounds have healed. But if we survive them, they can transform us. They can give us the power to endure. And the strength to fight."*
* **Joker-** *"Kill me! I deserve it! I'm a monster that will bring nothing but misery and death if you leave me alive!"* **Batman-** *"I wish you were a monster, but you're just a man."*
* *"Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb."*
* **Catwoman-** *"Who are you under there?"* **Batman-** *“It’s not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.”* **Catwoman-** *"I'd still like to know. Are you just hideously scarred?"* **Batman-** *"Yeah."*
* *"You are not my father! I am not a disgrace! I am justice, I am the night, I am Batman!"*
	+ To Scarecrow's illusion of his father.
* *"Don't become what killed our families."*
	+ To Marcus.
* *"Fear is a tool. When that light hits the sky, it's not just a call... it's a warning. For them. They think I'm hiding in the shadows... but I am the shadows."*
* *"The only way I could hold onto my sanity was to take matters into my own hands."*
* *"Crime doesn't take a holiday, neither do I."*
* *"I'm a fireman. I put out one fire as best I can, then move on to the next one."*
* *"Standing up to terror is the only way to take its power away."*
* **Batman-** *"Still following your father's orders?"* **Andrea-** *"The way I see it, the only one in this room controlled by their parents is you."*
* *"I made a promise to my parents that I would rid the city of the evil that took their lives. That remains unchanged. Only now... I am no longer alone."*
	+ Bruce after gaining an ally and son in Dick Grayson.
* *"I always take murder personally in Gotham."*
	+ To Robin at a homicide.
* *"You're never better off dead. You miss all the possibilities that way."*
	+ Batman preventing a suicide.
* *"I do it for the weak, and the scared, and the oppressed. I do it for the victims, the innocent, the abused. I do it for the nobodies... and to try to end the suffering."*
* **Wonder Woman-** *"Do you always look for the worst in ever situation?"* **Batman-** *"I try to."*
* **Batman-** *"Do me a favor and lose the sense of humor."* **Superman-** *"Do us all a favor and buy one."*
* *"I'm not sad, doctor. I stopped being sad years ago."*
* *"Then, the nightmare is over."*
	+ When Bruce believed Batman was just a dream.
* *"Death is powerless against you if you leave a legacy of good behind. Death is powerless against you if you do your job. My father saved the lives of over four thousand people, one at a time... with his bare hands and his mind. Death was with him the entire time."*
* *"I chose this life. I used the night. I became the night. Sooner or later, I'll go down. It might be the Joker, or Two-Face, or just some punk who gets lucky. My decision, no regrets. But I can't let anyone else pay for my mistakes."*
* **Batgirl-** *"I understand you had a traumatic experience with guns, but a gun is just a tool... like a smokebomb or a batarang."* **Batman-** *"I remember every detail about that night, but the image that's more clear to me than any is the gun. A colt .45 automatic model M1911 with 'Series 80 Colt, Mark IV" written on the barrel in embossed lettering and a small image of a horse, rearing up next to the letters. The gun was black... with a grey handgrip. It fired three shots. Most people would find the image of that gun fading away with time... but with me... it just gets more and more vivid with every year. Handguns are not tools. They were created with no other purpose than to murder human beings."*
* *"Guns are the weapons of cowards... and we will not be cowards."*
	+ Answering Jason on why they will not use guns.
* *"Oh I have one power, Johnny. I never give up!"*
	+ To Dr. Destiny.
* *"All that matters is the mission."*
* *"Gotham's my city. Like it or not, I'm already involved."*
* *“They may be drinkers, Robin, but they’re still human beings!"*
	+ Batman scolding Robin.
* *"Always remember, life has to go on."*
	+ Batman to Tim.
* *"Grow into the person you needed as a kid."*
* *"All I've ever wanted to do is kill him. A day doesn't go by when I don't think about subjecting him to every horrendous torture he's dealt out to others and then, end him. But if I do that, if I allow myself to go down into that place, I'll never come back."*
	+ To Jason Todd on why he will never kill the Joker.
* *"Afraid? Batman's not afraid of anything. It's me. I'm afraid. I'm afraid that the Joker may be right about me. Sometimes I... question the rationality of my actions. And I'm afraid that when I walk through those asylum gates... when I walk into Arkham and the doors close behind me... it'll be just like coming home."*
* *"That guy is so cool! He's just an ordinary man in a bat suit. I could take his head off in a second! But he's got me shaking!"*
	+ Jason Rusch after meeting Batman.
* *"It's my city. It's my home. But when I swore to be its protector, I never anticipated anything like this."*
* **Bane-***"May you find the peace in death that you didn't find in life."* **Batman-** *"I'm not looking for peace."*
* *"You know how many times I've heard that? 'Rest in peace, Batman.', 'There's no escape, Batman.', 'Time to die, Batman.' Every night. Over and over and over again. For so many years. 'This is the end, Batman.' Every damn night, and yet... I'm still here."*
* *"I've watched people die before. I swore then: never again."*
* *"Passing judgment like gods, with our super-powered army and our orbiting death ray... Cadmus is right to be scared. The human race wouldn't stand a chance."*
	+ Batman discussing the power the Justice League holds and the responsibility that comes with it.
* *"Sometimes, I admit, I think of Bruce as a man in a costume. Then, with some gadget from his Utility Belt, he reminds me that he has an extraordinarily inventive mind. And how lucky I am to be able to call on him."*
	+ Superman on Batman
* *"A finely tuned instrument, a body trained to perfection, techniques honed and mastered. And expensive toys to wield against malignant scum that ravage this city."*
	+ Jason Todd on his former mentor.
* *"There are lots of us, lots of us are good at it. We train our whole lives, use our tragic beginnings, and our fortunate accidents. We kick, we jump, we fly, we save the day. But none of us, not a one... is him. No one else is THE Batman."*
	+ Black Canary on her teammate.
* **Batman-** *"Joe Chill, you were the slinking coward who murdered Thomas and Martha Wayne."* **Chill-** *"That was a lifetime ago!"* **Batman-** *"Yes, my lifetime! You took them without mercy or regret, and in cold-blood!"* **Chill-** *"How could you know this!? I never told anyone! How could you possibly-"* **Batman-** *"I know because I watched the life leave their eyes! I know because I am the son of the man and woman you murdered! (unmasks) I am Bruce Wayne!"*
	+ Bruce meeting Joe Chill for the second time.
* *"I can't promise I'll be perfect, but I promise to do better. This family is important to me. You're important to me."*
* *"I used to think that ignoring my pain would make it go away. That if I closed myself off to everything and everyone, nothing could ever touch me. I was wrong. You showed me I was wrong. I know I've messed up a lot of things between us. I know I've let you down when you needed me. But I wouldn't trade one second of my time with you. Not a single one."*