Bruce Wayne

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**Bruce Wayne** **(1993)**  is a well-known billionaire playboy, philanthropist, and the owner of Wayne Enterprises. He is the son of the late Thomas and Martha Wayne, the younger paternal brother of Thomas Wayne, Jr, the nephew of Jacob Kane, the nephew-by-marriage to Gabi Kane, the maternal cousin of Kate Kane and Beth Kane. As Bruce, he presents himself as an irresponsible playboy and womanizer, but that persona is nothing more than a façade that he created in order to cover his double life; sometime after his parents' murder, Bruce swore vengeance against criminals, an oath tempered by a sense of justice for which he trained himself physically and intellectually to become Gotham City's protector, the vigilante known as **Batman**, or simply the **Bat,** stylized as the **"Dark Knight"** or the **"Caped Crusader".** When his half brother revealed himself to all of Gotham, Bruce lost all of his priorities which includes owning the mansion until Thomas was put in Arkham Asylum after he was exposed for all his crimes.

A few months after, Gotham became Ground Zero for another problem when the terrorist organization also known as The League of Assassins arrives. A few months later, a mercenary called Bane broke Bruce's back, preventing him from being Batman. A week later, after retrieving the Bio-Healing Chip, Bruce was cured from his paralysis but is still recovering. A couple weeks later, he was fully recovered and continued being Batman.

In order to save Gotham from the League of Assassins, Bruce had to join the league. A few weeks later, he betrayed the league after destroying Nanda Parbat and continued being Batman.

## Biography

#### Early life

Bruce Wayne was born in Gotham City into the esteemed Wayne family to his parents; billionaires Thomas and Martha Wayne.

When Bruce was 5, he received a miniature toy dinosaur.

One fateful night, his parents were assaulted by a mugger who stole the pearl necklace Martha was wearing before murdering both of them, leaving Bruce traumatized as the sole survivor. After this tragedy, the only person he really trusted and was close to growing up was Alfred Pennyworth.

At some point, Bruce became friends with Tommy Elliot and Oswald Cobblepot which later the latter abandons Bruce for thinking Wayne was a "spoiled rich kid".

#### Becoming Batman

Bruce swore an oath to rid the city of the evil that had taken his parents' lives and, years later, dedicated himself to protecting Gotham City and became a vigilante, crafting himself a bat-inspired persona to fight crime and strike terror into the hearts of his enemies.

#### Meeting Selena Kyle

While Bruce is working out ways to stop Hush, he hears of a cat burglar robbing Gotham City Bank causing him and Dick to head on over there. As soon as she sees the cat burglar, he pauses in sudden affection for her. when they get back to the Batcave Bruce is said to not be trusted by dick as he might be a liability on the field.

#### Dark Knight Vs Man Of Steel

When Vril Dox uses Silver Kryptonite on Superman, Bruce fights him to try and regain his sanity. After the Kryptonite wore out of his system, Kal trusted Bruce a bit more.

#### Batman vs Hush

Throughout late 2020 to early 2021, Bruce had to deal with a new foe called "Hush". In March 2021, Bruce learned that Hush was his long lost half brother, Thomas Wayne, Jr., and Thomas exposed himself to all of Gotham City and won until Bruce cleared everything up which put Thomas, Jr. in Arkham Asylum.

#### League of Assassins

5 months after the defeat of Hush, Bruce's cousin, Kate Kane returned to Gotham for a visit where she is more happy than he remembered her last.

#### Battle of the cowl

A few months later, a mercenary called Bane broke Bruce's back, preventing him from being Batman. A week later, after retrieving the Bio-Healing Chip, Bruce was cured from his paralysis and is all recovered.

#### The Reign of Darkseid

Bruce got recruited by Clark to stop the New God, Darkseid. Bruce opened a Breach and went with Clark and Hal Jordan to recruit Barry Allen and Wally West to join the fight.

Afterwards, when Darkseid found and activated the Anti-Life Equation, Bruce, along with six other heroes were the only beings in existence with free will. Two weeks later, along with the other six heroes, Bruce later became a founding member of The Justice League.

## Personality

According to Lucias Fox, Bruce is a very caring and selfless individual, as he not only cares about protecting the citizens of Gotham City from criminals, but also his remaining living family members as well, possibly due to the death of his own parents, Thomas and Martha Wayne. He is a very charismatic individual, quite popular to the press due to his very active social life and well-liked by his fellow Gothamites, as well as the majority of public opinion.

## Abilities

* **Indomitable Will**: Batman's unstoppable determination and strength of will makes him an extremely formidable opponent. This makes him able to function while tolerating massive amounts of physical pain
* **Intimidation**: It is widely known that Batman has the ability to instill fear in others, to the extent that even the people that know him best are intimidated by him. Batman regularly forces common criminals to flee in terror despite there being no evidence that he would actually kill anyone.
* **Peak of human physical condition:** As Batman, Bruce is in extraordinary physical condition, having an incredibly powerful physique from intense years of strenuous training as well as fighting crime in Gotham City for 1.5 years. He is fast enough to enter and exit a room unnoticed, his reflexes and agility can throw or catch a batarang with tremendous accuracy and even striking before armed foes can fire at him in point-blank range. Bruce's durability and resilience are also remarkable as the Batsuit he wears doesn't completely absorb the pain of close-range bullet shots.
* **Genius-level intellect/Great business acumen/Leader:** Bruce is an extraordinarily intelligent individual and an almost flawless tactician. He is also an exceptional businessman and leader, as he was able to successfully run and oversee Wayne Enterprises' daily activities for years, effectively acting as it's CEO and maintain it's status as a multi-billion dollar corporation despite his heroism, without any perceivable difficulty. Bruce accumulated such a significant amount of wealth that he maintained a reputation for being the wealthiest man in the planet.
* **Master hand-to-hand combatant/Martial artist:** Due to fighting crime in Gotham City for almost 3 years, Bruce is an exceptional hand-to-hand combatant and martial artist.
* **Expert marksman:** As Batman, Bruce possesses an almost infallible aim, as proven when he uses his grapple gun, both for transportation in order to ascent rooftops.
* **Network:** Bruce has access to the best technology on the entire planet. Due to heading Wayne Enterprises, it is conceivable he possessed technology very few individuals in the world has access to, which is backed up by his own equipment.
* **Acrobatics**: Bruce is known as one of the most finest human athlete on Earth as well as proficient in gymnastics and acrobatics.

## Equipment

#### Current Equipment

* **Batsuit:** Whilst fighting crime in Gotham, Bruce wore a protective black suit stylised like a bat designed to both terrify his enemies and hide his identity from them**.**
	+ **Voice filter:** Bruce uses a voice filter to disguise his voice; whenever he is talking to individuals who do not know his true identity.
* **Batmobile:** Bruce uses a vehicle dubbed as the "Batmobile", when he is out on patrol as Batman.
* **Bat-Belt:** As Batman, Bruce carries with him a utility belt consisting primarily of a strap and buckle, that houses many pouches or cylindrical cartridges attached to its outside each containing one of his various gadgets.
	+ **Batarangs:** Batman uses a roughly bat-shaped throwing non-lethal weapon. The Batarangs serve as instruments of disarming, distraction, confusion or simply to warn his would-be adversaries that Batman is present.
	+ **Grappling gun:** As Batman, Bruce uses a length of monofilament wire attached to a spool. It could be used to make a quick ascent to a rooftop or offensively to pull people or objects.

#### Former Equipment

* **Bio-Healing Chip**:After getting the chip, Bruce was cured from his paralysis.

## Appearances

### Batman

#### Season 1

* Pilot
* The Hunt
* Anarchy
* Hush
* Truth, Justice and the communist way
* Firefly
* Catwoman
* The Bold
* Bat v Pyg
* Inner Demons
* Tip Of The Iceberg
* Who is Hush
* The Executioner
* Duel Identity
* Killer Moth
* Family Business
* Firefly Lane
* Enter Hush
* The Clown of Jokes
* The Ties That Bind
* Shawshank uproar
* Rouge Time
* Dark Knight

#### Season 2

* Caped Crusader
* League of Assassins
* Alice and the Wonderland
* Brightbat
* Everything's a Riddle
* Knightfall
* Dominator
* Assassination
* Shadows
* Battle of the cowl
* New Leaders
* Drink Me
* Demon's Head
* Croc & Bat
* Scarlett Knight
* City Of Heroes
* Nanda Parbat
* Power of Fear
* Wayne Reunion
* Dare to Defy
* The Detective
* Defender of Gotham Part l
* Defender of Gotham Part ll

#### Season 3

* A Lesson From Professor Pyg
* Deathstroke
* Teen Wonder
* The New Robin
* Psycho Duo
* Batman and Robin
* Justice War Part lll
* The Terminator
* Realities Align
* Unchained
* Taken
* Starling
* Canaries
* Sub-Zero Chills
* Reptilian Squad
* Subconscious Minds
* How Does Your Garden Grow?
* Family of Blood
* Serial Killer
* Rise to Action
* Streets of Fire
* Jericho
* The Mission

#### Season 4

* First Laugh
* Clown Prince of Crime
* Death in the family
* Bats from two worlds
* Act of Faith
* Next Generation
* Crisis of Two Earths, Part Three
* Detective Smarts
* Who is The Joker
* League of Assassins Return

### Man Of Steel

#### Season 2

* The Brave
* Shrapnel Bomb (mentioned)

#### Season 3

* Dominator
* The Fastest Race of all times (mentioned)
* Stronger Together (mentioned)

#### Season 4

* Justice War Part l
* Lose Yourself (mentioned)

### Emerald Archer

#### Season 1

* Pilot (Shown on TV)
* Arrow vs Bat
* Redemption, Part One (Shown on TV)

#### Season 2

* Dominator
* There Will Be Deadshot (mentioned)

### Green Lantern Corps

#### Season 1

* Dominator
* Particular Intellect (mentioned)
* Loving Lanterns (mentioned)

#### Season 2

* Power of Death (mentioned)
* Justice War Part ll
* Lanterns Reunite Part ll (mentioned)

## Quotes

* "I'm Batman"- pilot episode
* "I'm not in love with her, I just find her fighting style very interesting"- Catwoman
* "Being Batman covers up the void of darkness in my life"- Firefly
* The world has changed compared to what I remember. it went from humans to Meta humans and aliens"- the Bold
* "there are people that just want to watch the world burn"- Bat V Pyg
* "Dick, I know what it's like to lose family that really loves you. I had the chance to kill the man who took my parents from me but I realized that it would devour my soul until all I have left is pain"- inner demons

## Trivia

* He became Batman in 2018.
* Bruce owns three Ferraris.
* Bruce has feelings for known individuals. Helena Bertinelli and Selena Kyle. He has displayed a crush on Dinah Drake.
* During the early days, Bruce was less strict about his "no killing" rule. However, after Dick Grayson became Robin, Bruce became strict as he didn't want anything happening to his new family.

## Behind the scenes

* In the main DC Comics continuity, Bruce Wayne is a vigilante superhero known as Batman, the protector of Gotham City, a man dressed like a bat who fights against evil and strikes terror into the hearts of criminals everywhere. He is also a former mentor of Dick Grayson/Nightwing, who is the protector of Blüdhaven. He is also an occasional ally of Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, Barry Allen/Flash, and Clark Kent/Superman, the latter of whom is his most frequent ally.

## References

1. ↑ "Pilot (Batman)"
2. ↑ "Family of Blood"
3. ↑ "Canaries"
4. ↑ "Inner Demons"