Bruce Wayne

Bruce as Batman

The Dark Knight (Nickname)

Matches Malone, Insider (Aliases)

Mister, Master (Titles)

Thomas Wayne Jr. (Brother, Deceased)

Alfred Pennyworth (Legal Guardian)

Jacob Kane and Phillip Kane (Uncles)

Gabrielle Kane (Aunt, deceased)

Adeline Kane (Aunt)

Kate Kane, Beth Kane, Bette Kane, Joseph Wilson (Cousins)

Grant Wilson (Cousin, Deceased)

Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake (Adoptive Sons)

Damian Wayne (Son)

Cassandra Cain (Adoptive Daughter)

Helena Wayne (Daughter)

### Affiliation

Bat Family (Founding Member and Leader)Justice League (Founding Member and Financier)

Batman Incorporated (Founding Member, Leader, and Financier)

Wayne Enterprises (CEO and Chairman)

Outsiders (Leader and Financier)

League Of Assassins (Formerly)

Justice League Dark (Formerly)

## Biographical Info

### Education

Gotham AcademyGotham University (Bachelor's Degree in Business)

### Marital Status

Married (Selina Wayne, Wife)Divorced (Talia al Ghul, Ex-Wife)

### Residence

Wayne Manor, 1939 Kane Avenue, Finger County, NJ

### Base of Operations

The BatcaveHall Of Justice

Watchtower

## Biography (Written by Oracle)

### Childhood: 1963 - 1978

Bruce was born February 19th, 1963 to Dr. Thomas Wayne and his wife, Martha Wayne in Gotham City. Bruce would have a happy childhood. He had natural intelligence and natural athleticism that his parents would help grow but not without teaching him to use for good. Even though his father was the CEO of Wayne Enterprises, he always made time for Bruce and Martha. He would also develop a friendship with the butler, Alfred Pennyworth.

When Bruce began school, he would meet Thomas Elliot and the two became friends quickly. He also met Rachel Dawes. While Bruce developed a friendship with Alfred, he also developed a friendship with Thomas' best friend, Leslie Thompkins. While not close with his cousins Kate or Ellie, Bruce would spend time with them ad get along with them.

In 1980, his parents expected to give Bruce a sibling in Thomas Wayne Jr. but one day, while Thomas and Martha were coming to pick up Bruce to go to a play but on their way, a drunk driver crashed into them. The baby boy was delivered earlier than expected but was not able to survive the night. As a result of this, the Waynes would spend more time with Bruce... but this would not last long.

Thomas and Martha would notice Bruce's love of movies so they would go to the Monarch Theater every Saturday. And in 1982, at age 10, he went to the movie theater with his parents on June 26th. Thomas, having a surprise for Bruce and not wanting to waste any time, took a shortcut through Park Row. While walking through the alley, a criminal known as Joe Chill approached the family and demanded Martha's pearl necklace.

Thomas asked to please not do this but when it was evident that Joe just wanted the pearls, Martha agreed to give him the necklace. But the clasp of the necklace got stuck, Thomas quickly moved to help but Joe got scared of the sudden movement and shot Thomas. Martha saw this but quickly moved to disarm the criminal to protect Bruce. A second shot was fired and Martha was dead. Joe was scared of what he had done and ran, leaving Bruce was in despair and among the blood and pearls.

A few minutes after this, the police arrived with my father, rookie patrolman Jim Gordon arriving on the scene first. Jim would take the young Bruce back to the precinct and comforted him by covering Bruce with his coat. Shortly after, Bruce was picked up by Alfred and taken back to the mansion.

### Childhood: 1982- 1993

After the deaths of his parents, Alfred became the father figure in Bruce's life. While he continued his friendships with Thomas Elliot and Rachel Dawes, he also found friendship in Harvey Dent. He would continue doing good and excelling at school but other than that kept to himself.

During his high school years, basically every girl would develop a crush on Bruce. But he had developed one on Julie Madison. And eventually the two would begin dating. And this romance even went from high school to college. But in 1991, when Joe Chill was apprehended by *Detective* Jim Gordon, Bruce would sour, not being content with his parent's killer was captured. This eventually led to the two breaking up.

The following year, he encountered Andrea Beaumont. The two would bond and eventually date. With Bruce even considering giving up his vengeance to be with her. And a few months later, Bruce even proposed to her, which she accepted. But Andrea's father was in danger due to him scheming with the mob, and as a result, Andrea was also in danger. So Andrea and her father were forced to run and left the ring for Bruce, breaking their engagement, the following day.

With nothing holding him back, Bruce planned to do something he was considering for a few months. A days from then was Joe Chill's sentence hearing (he was going to give dirt on Carmine Falcone). On the day of the hearing, Bruce was planning on murdering Joe Chill. But in the aftermath of the hearing, Joe was murdered. though not by Bruce. With Joe now dead, Bruce decided it was time for him to join his parents. But before he could pull the trigger, he decided his parents would not want this. Instead, he would honor his parents by bringing vengeance upon Gotham's underworld and it's criminals. But first, he would need to train.

### The Training: 1993 - 1997

Bruce managed to graduate from college a year early and set out to train. The first part of his training was when Bruce came across Ted Grant in Gotham. He did this training during the final months of his studies and the following weeks. And as he finished his training with Ted, Bruce left for Birmingham.

In Birmingham, Bruce would train under Harvey Harris. Under Harvey, Bruce learned his famed detective skills. Not only did he learn this but would also learn skills in criminology and forensics. Bruce even helped Harvey to solve some murders.

And in the following year Bruce would train under Willis Doggett where he learned tracking. But ultimately, Doggett was murdered by one of the targets he and Bruce were tracking. So in the aftermath, Bruce met Giovanni Zatara, famed magician.

Bruce would request to train under him to learn the art of escaping. Giovanni accepted the offer and Bruce went to work. While working with Giovanni, Bruce also met his daughter, Zatanna, who developed a crush on the man. One thing Giovanni taught Bruce was to use smoke to disappear.

Towards the end of his training with Giovanni, Zatanna approached Bruce and asked Bruce on a date. Bruce accepted and they spent his last day with them together. The next day Zatanna tried to convince Bruce to stay, even going as far as trapping him but Bruce used what he learned and escaped, leaving Zatanna with her father and marking the end of their relationship.

After this Bruce would train under many different masters, learning different fighting styles. He trained under Richard Dragon, learning Kung Fu from him. He learned stealth and reconnaissance from Kirigi. Bruce even trained under Chu-Hui, also known as the True Master. After finishing his training, Bruce returned home to use his skills for good.

When Bruce had returned to America, he chose to try to enlist in the FBI. But after a few weeks, Bruce realized that the justice and vengeance he sought would not be reached through the FBI. For a few days, Bruce went around Gotham in a ski mask beating criminals. But while Bruce was doing this, not much good came from it. One day, Bruce was approached by a man named Henri Ducard who offered Bruce a chance to disperse real justice.

### Al-Khafavish: 1997 - 2000

In 1997, at age 25, Bruce followed Henri Ducard to Nanda Parbat in Tibet. Once there, Henri Ducard offered Bruce to be part of a secret organization, the League of Assassins. And with that he also offered Bruce the tools for his crusade of vengeance. Bruce accepted the offer and began training with the League soon after.

It wasn't long after that he had deduced that Henri Ducard wasn't the man's real name but instead the alias of the leader of the League... Ra's al Ghul. Ra's was content with how intelligent Bruce was and saw the potential in Bruce. This potential also did not go unnoticed by Ra's daughter, Talia al Ghul.

And while in the League, Bruce met Oliver Queen and both of them proved the best among the recruits. While they were trained by different people, Oliver by Malcom Merlyn and Bruce by David Cain, the two had a rivalry. Bruce eventually surpassed what Cain had taught him in 1998 and Ra's took it upon himself to train the prodigy. And soon after this, Bruce and Talia would begin a relationship.

After a few months of being in the League, Bruce was formal inducted as "Al-Khafavish" (which means The Bat). Bruce and Oliver would frequently go on missions together because of their friendly rivalry as Ra's saw that they would bring the best in each other. Soon Ra's discovered the relationship between Bruce and Talia and gave them their blessing which led to them being wed in 1999 alongside Oliver and Nyssa.

Ra's would order Bruce, Oliver, and a few other members of the League to murder Harvey Dent. During this mission, just as Harvey was poisoned, Bruce managed to save his life. It was after this that Bruce decided to leave the the League and also managed to convince Oliver to do the same. So Bruce left the League and returned to Gotham, unknowingly leaving a pregnant Talia behind.

### Batman Begins: 2000 - 2002

When Bruce returned to Gotham, he quickly announced his return to every sorts of media. He mostly did this to protect himself from the League. And Bruce reconnected with Alfred, Leslie, and his uncle Philip Kane. In Bruce's absence Philip had taken over as CEO of Wayne Enterprises. When reconnecting with Alfred, who he considered the person he could trust the most (aside from Leslie of course), Bruce told Alfred of his plan to take on Gotham's crime and underworld. While Bruce refused to give this up, Alfred convinced Bruce to develop the persona of a "billionaire playboy philanthropist".

Later that week, Philip arranged for one of his employees, Edward Nygma, to set up a welcome back party for Bruce. Nygma did so but had a trick up his sleeve. On the night of the party, Bruce met Silver St. Cloud and originally tried to romance her to keep up his playboy persona. A few minutes later, the Red Hood Gang crashed the party. Bruce and Silver ducked behind a table together and Bruce defended Silver from the thugs. Silver saw Bruce for who he truly was and accepted to date Bruce.

By the end of the night, the thugs were captured (though at the cost of Philip's life) and Silver and Bruce ended up dating. With Philip dead, Bruce reclaimed the company and went on a date with Silver the next day. While originally Silver was just a means for Bruce to keep up his playboy persona, it eventually became more as Bruce actually fell in love with her. And with Nygma's plan foiled, he quit his job.

Bruce also met with Harvey and Thomas to catch up with them. There he "learned" that Harvey had become the city's white knight District Attorney and that Thomas had become a famous surgeon. Bruce later learned about the deaths of his Aunt Gabrielle and her daughter Elizabeth Kane.

Bruce would make Lucius Fox the president of Wayne Enterprises and brought him into his plans to fight crime. Bruce knew he would need to instill fear into the criminals of Gotham. So Bruce settled on bats, wanting them to feel the same fear he had as a kid. Lucius would make Bruce a suit with a bet emblem as well as many gadgets. With everything prepared, Bruce suited up as Batman for the first time in March, with the intent of bringing the criminals of Gotham to their knees.

The two people Bruce would go after the most were Sal Maroni and Carmine Falcone but also extended to Rupert Thorne. On Bruce's first night, he took out a drug smuggling gig of Falcone's. Attacking the criminals and tying them up for the police to apprehend. When the police took them back to the precinct, the criminals described Bruce as a monster with a big wingspan who almost killed them. With this the legend of the Bat was born and the Modern Age of Heroes was started.

But Bruce underestimated the extensive influence the mob bosses had over the GCPD. And the next day the criminals Bruce had beaten were let go. So Bruce realized he would need to have someone he could trust in the GCPD. And who none other than *Lieutenant* Jim Gordon, the man who comforted a young Bruce. Alongside Gordon, Bruce also worked alongside Harvey. With Batman beating the criminals, Jim arresting them, and Harvey prosecuting them, multiple criminals were captured. But the mob bosses would get the criminals they needed out of jail, the rest were not so lucky.

On one mission, Falcone and Maroni had set up an ambush for Bruce. Falcone was trying to rebuild his drug smuggling business after Bruce disrupted the last one and took the opportunity to try to take down the Bat. Falcone was there and Bruce managed to "scare" Falcone before the rest of his men ambushed him. Taking some a bullet wound or two, Bruce turned to the one he knew he could trust to patch him up, Leslie. She was able to patch up Bruce and from then on she became the go to doctor for any of the Batfam (though she was reluctant to do so).

During another mission, Bruce saved the life of Vicki Vale and it was during this meeting that Vicki caught a photo of the Bat. And in the following days, Vicki released a newspaper article showing that the Bat was not a myth, but a real life hero who she dubbed as Batman. As a result, many reporters became interested in Batman and led to an encounter between Batman and a reporter from Metropolis.

A few months later, two interns from the Daily Planet over in Metropolis came to write a report on the Bat. The first, a woman named Lois Lane aimed to write her report about the Bat's effect on the crime report but the second, a "man" named Clark Kent decided to go straight to the heart of the matter, he wanted to expose the Bat as a no good vigilante. Bruce had met Lois during a lunch date, asking how Bruce felt about the Bat and what he thought of him. Bruce of course made up an answer. But then Lois told Bruce of Clark's investigation and Bruce knew he would have to scare him off.

That night, Bruce suited up and visited Clark. The main reason for doing so was to scare off Clark. But Bruce knew that if he couldn't do so, he would need to use other tactics. Bruce tried many things to stop Clark, ranging from scaring him to threatening his job, but none worked. Clark noticed that the Bat was becoming frustrated, so he taunted him by calling him by his real name, Bruce Wayne. This angered Bruce who quickly punched Clark. It should've knocked him out but instead Bruce's hand was injured. Bruce realized that Clark was not human, at least not a normal human and quickly grabbed his grappling hook and ran into the dark of night.

The next day, Bruce and Lois had another lunch date. And during this interview, Lois mentioned how Bruce had met Clark the day before. Bruce was not stunned at the comment and then asked for the interview to be cut short which Lois agreed to. But before leaving, Lois, informed Bruce that Clark wanted to meet him at Gotham Cemetery. Bruce then went home and prepared for the meeting.

He suited up and went to the cemetery where Clark was waiting for him. After the two had a conversation, Clark decided to drop his investigation of the Bat and to not expose Bruce. When Bruce asked why, Clark just responded that Bruce reminded him of someone he knew. And after this meeting, Clark would write a new report and return to Metropolis. And this meeting even led to Clark becoming Superman.

The following year, in 2001, Bruce began taking down the forces of Falcone and Maroni more and more. And one day, while staking out Falcone's house, he noticed a commotion going on. There he saw Catwoman who was in trouble as she was surrounded by Falcone's men. Mistaking her for a fellow vigilante, Bruce swung in and saved her. Bruce noticed the gem she had in her hand and tried to reach for it when she kissed him. Then she stunned him by clawing his chest and ran away into the night, leaving the gem in Bruce's hand.

Soon after this encounter, Bruce was able to lock Falcone and Maroni in jail. But this created a power vacuum that others such as the likes of Tony Zucco to take control. A few weeks later, Bruce would visit a charity party where Haly's Circus was performing at. Bruce watched the Flying Grayson's perform their acrobatic act and continued watching as they fell to their deaths as a result of Zucco sabotaging the trapezes, leaving their young child, Dick Grayson, orphaned. Bruce kept tabs on the boy as he chased down the fiend and when he learned that Dick had no family left to take care of him, Bruce adopted the young boy.

Their relationship started out strained with Bruce being absent most of the time, chasing down leads on Zucco unbeknownst to the young boy. One day, Dick had enough of Bruce being absent and his parents' murderer still out and about. So Dick ran out of the mansion to hunt down Zucco. Dick eventually found himself in some deep trouble and at the last moment, Batman swooped in and caught the boy and took him back to the Batcave. Dick was angry that Batman pulled him out when, as he claimed, "he had it". It was at this moment that Bruce removed his cowl and revealed his identity. The anger in Dick subsided as he realized he was Batman's adopted son.

Once Dick found out that Bruce was Batman, he tried to convince Bruce to allow him to become Bruce's sidekick. Dick was persistent but so was Bruce, who rejected the request multiple times. But Bruce saw how adamant Dick was and his need for vengeance, something he himself had when he was Dick's age. And Dick already had the reflexes and speed needed to keep himself alive in the field, he just needed the fighting skills. So Bruce agreed to take on Dick as his sidekick, if Dick was willing to train. Dick of course agreed and trained for the following months.

Later in the year, Batman teamed up with 5 other heroes, that being Superman, Wonder Woman, his old friend Green Arrow, the Flash, and Black Canary to stop the Appellaxian invasion of Earth. And well, it was here that the Super Friends were formed. This was a secret alliance where the heroes would help each other and work together. Together, they would defeat many enemies.

In 2002, Dick was nearing the end of his training and Bruce decided he was ready. Even though Dick had the skills to keep himself safe, Bruce wanted Dick to be safe in the field, so Bruce had Dick's costume made to keep him safe. And Bruce had a lead on Zucco so Bruce and Dick set out to find a capture him... as Batman and Robin, the Dynamic Duo! Together, Bruce and Dick managed to track and take down Zucco.

### The Dynamic Duo: 2002 - 2008

With Batman and Robin around, crime began going down faster. On one mission, Bruce and Dick were fighting the elusive Red Hood Gang. On this mission, the Red Hood Gang was planning on using chemicals to poison the city. But Batman and Robin had came to stop them. The leader of them, Red Hood One, needed the money from the mission and refused to stop. Batman and Red Hood One battled on top of a platform over some vat of chemicals and just as Red Hood One went to punch Batman but Bruce dodged the punch and then delivered his own punch against Red Hood One which resulted in him being knocked off the platform. Bruce tried to grab the guy's hand but ultimately missed resulting in Red Hood One falling into the chemicals. In the aftermath of the battle, no body was found and Bruce blamed himself for what happened.

In the following year, Bruce and Dick worked harder on taking down the mob and gangs of Gotham City. And when Carmine Falcone and Sal Maroni got out of jail on a technicality, you could be sure that Bruce and Dick made it so that they would return to their comfy cell. But Falcone had people in many places and he was able to avoid jail. Except Maroni agreed to testify against Falcone in exchange for his freedom. While Batman disapproved of the deal and tried to talk Dent out of taking the deal, Dent knew it could be their only chance to get Falcone in jail for good.

So Dent took the deal and on October 31st, the trial of Falcone had begun. Maroni was originally going to testify but the night before, someone approached him and gave him something to use against Dent. When Maroni was testifying, Dent asked him something related to Falcone which is when Maroni pulled out a vial of acid and splashed it on the left side of Harvey's face and hand. Now Bruce was there as Batman and tried to stop Maroni but was unable to. This event disfigured Dent and turned him into Two-Face, this event is also considered the beginning of the Long Halloween.

Earlier in the year, a man invaded the Super Friends Secret Sanctuary using their unofficial mascot, Snapper Carr. While Batman and the others managed to defeat him, they abandoned the sanctuary. This was seen as the end of the Super Friends. But later in the year, an alien named Starro tried to invade Earth but was stopped when Batman teamed up with Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Martian Manhunter, and Green Lantern. Bruce and the others chose to reform the Super Friends but this time as the Justice League and as a public team.

As the Long Halloween continued into 2004, costumed and super powered villains began appearing. This was because with the mobs and gangs having it's men taken down easily, they turned to hiring super-powered "freaks". These "freaks" included Poison Ivy, Scarecrow, Mister Freeze, and many others. While these villains can be called bad or evil, the one that gave Bruce the most trouble was the notorious Joker. He had made his debut toward the beginning of the Long Halloween as he was originally hired by the mob but was let go after proving to be too much to handle for the mob and the Joker turned to petty crimes while pranking the people he was robbing from as well as the cops who arrived at the scenes of his crimes.

It was also revealed that the Joker was the man behind the Long Halloween and Harvey becoming Two-Face. It was also revealed that Joker was the leader of the Red Hood gang that feel into the vat of chemicals. And from then on Joker was destined to be the nemesis of Batman, antagonizing him for as long as he existed. As the Long Halloween was nearing the end, Silver found about Bruce being Batman and, unable to bear the thought of Bruce getting hurt or worse, ended their relationship.

It was also this year that Bruce and the League battled Professor Ivo. Ivo had created the android known as Amazo to combat the forces of the League. Amazon could scan any superhero and replicate their powers, such as Superman's heat vision, Flash's speed, Black Canary's canary cry, etc. Since Bruce didn't have any powers, he assumed that he could probably try to beat the android but then the android analyzed his moves and "swatted him". So Bruce contacted some other heroes he and the League were planning on adding and they worked together to defeat Amazo.

In 2005, a man named Killer Croc would come to try to defeat Batman after taking over a gang. And while Bruce had some trouble against the metahuman, he could not handle both Bruce and Dick. Losing to both Bruce and Dick, he was sent to Arkham. Bruce and the League would take down Brainiac. But that wasn't the only important thing to happen that year. Of course, I'm talking about me becoming Batgirl!

On my first day as Batgirl, I had convinced my dad to take me to the GCPD. Once there, I hacked into their database to look at the active cases. But in the middle of searching, a nearby store was being robbed by the Red Hood Gang. Since it was nearby, I had ran there before Bruce and Dick arrived and dropped in the midst of the scene. I was able to take out a few members before they had overtaken me. But that was when Batman and Robin arrived.

Turning the tide, we all worked together to defeat the rest of the Red Hood Gang. But in the aftermath of the battle, I'd try to convince Bruce to let me be his new partner but that's when he said, "Back off, Barbara". After being stunned for a few seconds, I quickly followed them but lost track of them a few minutes later. But I knew the direction where they were headed and figured out Wayne Manor.

The next day, I had managed to convince Dick (we were both in the same school) to study at Wayne Manor. And while studying, I left to inspect the rest of the manor under the guise that I needed to use the bathroom. Looking around, I had found a weird grandfather clock and inspected it. Once I inspected it, I had found that it was able to open and found a secret passage. I entered the passage and found the Batcave. It was at that moment that Bruce appeared behind me and called Dick. I explained to them what I had figured out and that I deserved to be alongside them. Bruce told me it was reckless being a hero but that he was impressed with what I had done. So I was taken on as a sidekick.

In 2006, as Bruce had taken down the likes of Zucco, Maroni, and Falcone, a man named Oswald Cobblepot took this opportunity to take his small criminal dealings and turn it into an empire and he became known as the Penguin. Bruce would stop his plans and locked up the Penguin. Later in the year, the Joker partnered up with other villains and formed the Legion of Doom. Bruce and the League would combat these villains and defeat them. It was around this time that Dick had founded the Titans which I would join.

Later in the year, Oswald would hire Deathstroke to take down Batman. Since Slade and Bruce both trained with the League (Slade even taught Bruce), Slade identified that Batman was Bruce. He even used Bruce's moves against him. But ever since Bruce became Batman, he has learned new moves and used these to gain the upper hand against Slade. Even though Bruce had the upper hand, he still had trouble against Slade but managed to win. After this, Slade dropped the Deathstroke name and decided that one of the best ways to go after Bruce was through Robin, who he deduced as Dick.

A few months later, Andrea had returned to Gotham and they reunited. They even began dating again. But while she did have feelings for him, she was also using him to get close to others to kill them as the Phantasm. Now, one person she set out to kill was Arthur Reeves, who had sold out her father to the mob. Eventually, she set out to attack him but Bruce arrived.

She attacked him but he managed to defend himself. But Andrea used her tech to evade and overtake Bruce. Once she did, she unmasked him. Seeing Bruce shocked her. With this pause, Andrea tried to talk her out but she refused and punched him, stunning him. Going off to finish the Arthur, Bruce said something which caused her to stab Bruce. When she realized what she had done, she took Bruce to his manor and left, leaving Bruce with a locket.

In 2007, Bruce and Dick's relationship got a little strained when Dick felt that Bruce still considered him a child when he was almost an adult. And as a result Dick spent more time with the Titans than he did with Bruce. Early on in the year, Superman was battling the monster known as Doomsday. But when it was evident that Superman wasn't winning, the rest of the League was called in. Eventually the monster was taken down but at the cost of Superman falling into a coma (what was believed for some time as him dying).

Later in the year, the Joker had escaped Arkham like he did for many times before, but something was different this time around. He managed to convince psychiatrist Harleen Quinzel to escape with him and become Harley Quinn. With now 2 crazy villains to battle, we had difficulty battling the duo but we had managed to defeat them and lock them up in Arkham.

But the following year was different. Something changed within the Joker. It was almost like he snapped. He now wanted to damage and hurt Batman and... my father, Jim Gordon. Knowing that even if he damaged Batman and Jim, they would never give up. To truly damage them, he would need to damage their loved ones. But he did not know who Batman, Robin, or Batgirl is. So instead he targeted my father and his family.

He forced my mom to choose between her mentor and a bunch of newborn babies and my brother to try to kill Batman in order to save our father. What did he to me you may be asking. Well, he appeared at my family's house in a Hawaiian shirt and shot me. The shot thankfully did not kill me but instead paralyzed me. When Dick heard this he immediately came back from Jump City and him and Bruce tracked down the Joker.

Once they found the Joker, Dick got ready to end the Joker. But Bruce stopped him from doing so. This enraged Dick who swung his fist at Bruce. The punch landed on Bruce's face and is what he claimed to be the hardest blow he has received (obviously metaphorical as he has been on the receiving end of some pretty powerful punches from some of the most powerful people). In the aftermath of what had happened, Dick quit his role as Robin and I was fully paralyzed. Another result was that Bruce revealed his identity to Vicki as to have someone close to him know his identity (other than Alfred of course) but when he did, she kissed him and then broke up with him, shocking Bruce.

### The New Dynamic Duo: 2008 - 2010

Later in the year, an alien named Steppenwolf invaded Earth on behalf of his master, Darkseid. But Bruce and the League were able to stop him and his invasion. A few weeks later, Bruce was tracking down some criminals when he stopped by Crime Alley. A few minutes after tracking them, he returned to the Batmobile. When he arrived he found, a young boy taking his tires. Bruce grabbed the boy and asked him his name, which the boy revealed as Jason Todd. Bruce then told Jason to put back the tires.

While Jason put back the tires, Bruce asked him questions such as where his parents were, if he had anybody to take care of him, etc. When it was revealed that Jason's parents were dead and that he took care of himself, Bruce began to think of taking care of the young boy but then Jason interrupted him. Jason asked why Bruce why was there and he told Jason he was tracking down some criminals and then Jason said he knew were the criminals were and told Bruce where they were.

As Bruce got in the Batmobile and drove off, Jason ran off as he knew a shortcut. Jason got there a few minutes after Bruce did and helped Bruce take down the criminals. Bruce was impressed with Jason and then left. The next day, Bruce approached Jason (as himself) and asked him if he would liked to be adopted by him. Jason looked at him in awe and accepted the invitation. Bruce and Jason would bond and it wasn't long before Jason found the Batcave.

Of course, like everyone who finds the Batcave, Jason wanted to be Bruce's sidekick. Bruce told Jason no... but then turned to Jason and said "not without training". And so Jason began training for a few weeks. During his training, Jason learned some acrobatics and Bruce taught him some of the martial arts he had learned. And soon Bruce deemed Jason good enough to be in the field and offered him the role of Robin.

Jason made his debut as Robin when the Riddler returned and set up a "treasure hunt" for Bruce. And the treasure of the hunt was a group of hostages. Bruce was able to decipher all the clues and tracked down the Riddler to a warehouse. Once there, Bruce told Jason to to go attack the henchmen but instead Jason jumped and attacked Riddler. So in the meanwhile Bruce attacked the henchmen. When Jason defeated the Riddler, Bruce noticed Jason's demeanor but dismissed it.

A few weeks later, Jason had met Helena Bertinelli who had found out that Jason was Robin. Helena even convinced Jason to help him find out the mystery of who had killed her parents. Eventually Bruce found about this and even decided to help (though he hadn't learned that Helena knew Jason was Robin). But during the investigation, it was found that Frank Bertinelli was not Helena's father but instead Santo Cassamento. But then it was learned that Santo was also responsible for the deaths of Helena's parents.

When Bruce and Jason found out this information, Bruce told Jason not to tell Helena. But this is Jason we're talking about, so of course he told Helena. When Helena heard this, she tried to convince Jason to train her but he refused. So instead Helena went straight to Bruce and asked him to train her. Bruce was not surprised that Helena knew Jason was Robin or that Jason told Helena the news of Santo being her father and family murderer. So after a long and awkward dinner, Helena was to be trained by me to become Batgirl.

Being driven by vengeance, Helena managed to complete her training in a few weeks (with the help of my awesome teaching skills). On her first week as Batgirl, they set out to find Santo, not to reunite the separated father and daughter but to send him to jail. When they tracked him down to a warehouse, Helena took off her mask and started beating Santo. When Bruce grabbed her and told her to stop, Santo took the opportunity and ran to the top of the building. Jason chased after him and Helena pushed Bruce in a fit of rage and ran after.

Jason had captured Santo and when Helena arrived she continued the beat down. But during the fight, Helena had accidentally knocked Santo over the side of the building and Jason took the blame. After this, Bruce decided it would be best if they were to train with the Titans and learn discipline under Cyborg. And with this, he decided to catch up with Rachel and they began dating. And Bruce even helped mentor the Team after beginning to rebuild his relationship with Dick.

In June of 2009, the Scarecrow returned to unbalance the city. He had his fear toxin put into the city's water system that when drank, would make an inert version of the fear toxin be in the person that drank it. This inert version of the toxin would be activated weeks later when another version of the toxin was administered weeks later. Bruce set out to stop Crane and set out to find his plan. When he finally found it, he began searching for how they would disperse the 2nd dose when he found a map with multiple routes that he recognized as the routes of mobile health clinics that were administrating flu shots throughout that week.

Bruce immediately called my dad and explained the situation and that they need to get to each van to stop them. But it was too late, panic was going throughout the city. Bruce knew that the antidote they had was going to be strong enough for this new version of the fear toxin and so he called Lucius and asked if he could whip a better antidote suited for this version of the toxin. Jason and Helena arrived from Jump City when they heard what was going on and they helped Batman administer the antidote a few hours later.

One thing that happened during this was that Bruce had revealed his identity to Rachel and after the event she decided that she could no longer be with him as he would always be protecting the city as Batman. So they broke and a few months later, Rachel gave birth to a stillborn child. But this would not be the end of tragedies for Rachel, as a few weeks later, the Joker escaped prison and captured her and killed her. So Bruce set out to capture the Joker.

But the Joker would not be seen again for a while. At least not until April of 2010 when the League of Assassins hired him to distract the Bat. Ra's told Joker the identity of Robin but before he could reveal the identity of Batman, Joker stopped him. Joker used this information and tracked down Jason's real mother and orchestrated events that would lead Jason to discover that Catherine was not his real mother. When Jason discovered that Catherine was not his real mother, he set out to discover who was his real mother.

Jason went to Bruce with this revelation and asked Bruce for help with this matter. Bruce agreed to help and the next day they began searching for clues that would allude to the identity of Jason's real mother. Jason went back to his old apartment building where an old neighbor of his gave him a box of Jason's dad's old possessions. Jason rummaged through the box and found a journal containing a list of addresses and names. Jason gave the address book to me and I used the Batcomputer to help him find out that Jason's mother was a woman named Sheila Heywood.

I was able to track down Sheila to Ethiopa where she was helping out as a medic. Bruce told Jason that they would go the next day and Jason agreed. But that night Jason got anxious and ventured out on his own, hijacking the Batplane. The noise of the Batplane at around the middle of the night woke Bruce up who immediately suited up and followed Jason. Pushing the batplane to it's limits, Jason arrived in Ethiopa about 12 hours later at 5 pm, Bruce shortly after.

When they arrived there, Bruce quickly grabbed Jason and reprimanded him but decided that since they were already there, that they just begin searching. An hour and a half later, they found Sheila at a camp. When Jason saw her, he jumped towards and hugged her. Surprised, she asked who he was and he revealed he was her son. She just looked at him and said sorry when Joker and his gang ambushed them.

A fight ensured with Bruce fighting some of the gang members while Joker grabbed Sheila and held her hostage. Joker pushed her and told her to walk towards a warehouse. Jason quickly followed and when he arrived to the warehouse, Joker captured him and threw him against the floor, knocking him out. When Jason came to, he was tied up and cameras were all around him. Joker was streaming the event and even set up a poll. The poll was to decide whether or not to kill Jason. As the poll went on, Joker beat Jason with a crowbar.

A few minutes later, Bruce when into the warehouse the Joker and Jason had entered... but only found some TVs, streaming Jason being brutally beaten. When Joker had knocked Jason out, he transferred him from one warehouse to another. After a few minutes of searching, Bruce found a secret tunnel and followed it. When Bruce exited, he had found himself a half mile from the warehouse that was actually keeping Jason. But Bruce was too late, a few minutes before Bruce got out of the tunnel the poll concluded. When the poll concluded, Jason being killed won with 50.3% of votes. So Joker continued beating Jason until he was an inch from death and then rigged a bomb that blew minutes later, with Jason being in the blast radius and the building crumbling upon Jason and Sheila.

### Shadow of The Bat: 2010 - 2011

After this, Bruce had a funeral for Jason that was attended by me, the Titans, Dick, and other members of the JL. While Bruce had been tracking Joker since he killed Rachel, he now began a manhunt for the Joker. This event was called Operation: Thrillkiller, a League wide manhunt for the Joker. The Titans weren't involved in the event as Bruce and the others didn't want the Joker to hurt any other kids. And during this time Bruce became darker and brutal.

While I was helping them with finding the Joker, I had discovered that the Joker was originally hired by Ra's al Ghul to distract Bruce. When I informed Bruce about this, he became enraged and got into the Batplane and flew to Nanda Parbat. When he arrived in Nanda Parbat he defeated Ra's underlings and confronted Ra's. Ra's explained that Jason was an unexpected casualty and so he stopped his plan. Ra's then was about to say that he wanted to remedy that but Bruce's patience ran out and he humiliated Ra's in front of his followers. As a result, Ra's began training the recently revived Jason Todd harder than before and planned to get revenge on Bruce.

A few months later, a young boy known as Tim Drake had deduced that Bruce was Batman and approached Bruce to help him. Tim's mom was killed by Digger Harkness, his father ended up crippled and was put into witness protection. Bruce agreed to help Tim and began tracking Digger. Eventually, the investigation led to a hotel room... the same hotel room that Tim's father was staying in. Looking around, Bruce saw that the room was a mess and how a struggle happened there. When Bruce entered the bathroom... he saw the dead body of Jack Drake. Bruce immediately attempted to call Tim to check in on him which is when Alfred picked up the call.

Alfred informed Bruce of how Tim came to the mansion after Digger killed his father but that Digger followed and is now attacking them at the mansion. But all of a sudden the line was cut. Bruce immediately got into the Batmobile and called my dad, informing him of the situation at the hotel. Pushing the Batmobile to it's limit, Bruce arrived at the mansion in about seven minutes. Once he arrived, he saw Tim holding his own against Digger using spare Batarangs and his own fighting skills. Bruce was impressed but interrupted and defeated Digger.

In the aftermath, Alfred convinced Bruce to adopt Tim. Bruce told Tim he was impressed but when Tim asked if he could be the new Robin, Bruce rejected the offer. But Tim knew that Batman needed a partner and called Dick in an attempt to get Dick to once more become Batman's partner. Dick refused and instead began training Tim. To also help him with his training, Dick had Tim join the Teen Titans as Robin. As the hunt for the Joker wasn't going anywhere and Helena wanted a revenge that Bruce wouldn't allow, she left the mantle of Batgirl and struck out on her own.

The rest of the year seemed sort of peaceful with nothing major happening. But the following year was a different story, Ra's had changed his original plan. And in April, Ra's began enacting his plan. The year prior, an event known as the Undertaking happened in Star City and Ra's wanted that to happen to Gotham. Using the same device used in the Undertaking, Ra's created a 7.6 earthquake starting the event known as "The Cataclysm". But this wasn't the only thing Ra's did, he orchestrated a mass release of prisoners from Arkham and Blackgate.

Bruce began working on taking each criminal back into prison day in and day out, weeks on end. And three weeks later, Bruce had been wearing himself out. So, on that day, Bane attacked Bruce. Having taken out some League members, Bruce found out where Bane was which was when the Bat-Signal had been activated. Bruce quickly left for GCPD but when he arrived, he found that it wasn't my dad who lit the signal. Bane had captured my dad and those who were left serving in the GCPD and lured Bruce there for their battle.

Bruce and Bane's battle lasted for minutes but Bane gained the upper hand. Beating Bruce badly, Bane ended the fight when he rose Bruce over his head and broke Bruce's back with his knee, effectively "breaking the Bat". But Bane had rushed the League's plans when he got ahead of himself and threw Bruce. Thankfully, Alfred and Tim knew Bruce was going to need a partner and Tim suited up as Robin and was there to save Bruce by grappling and grabbing Bruce before he could fall on the floor.

With Bruce being out of commission for a while, Gotham needed a Batman. Tim and I called Dick and explained the situation. He quickly got to Gotham as fast as he could but when we asked him to become Batman, he flat out refused. Dick refused to wear the cape and cowl as he didn't want to end up like Bruce. But after a much needed talk with me and Bruce, Dick was convinced and became the second Batman with one condition, Bruce accept Tim as an official Robin which Bruce begrudgingly agreed to.

But during this time, Bane had essentially conquered the rest of Gotham and had the bridges connecting Gotham to the rest of New Jersey blown up. With criminals on the loose and the city overrun, Gotham was declared a No Man's Land. With Bane having overrun the city, Ra's. Talia, and two members of the League known as Azrael and Kharuf 'Aswad had made themselves known in Gotham. But they never expected another Batman.

During the No Man's Land, I had formed a team with Black Canary and the recently returned Helena, who had made herself out to be Huntress. This team became known as the Birds of Prey. The League also hadn't counted on a skilled ex-agent of theirs arriving and operating in Gotham as The Nothing. This "Nothing" was taking down criminals and League members alike so I had sent the Birds to investigate The Nothing and when they returned, I had not expected to find a young, 15 year old girl being the one taking down all these criminals. Seeing the potential in the girl, I offered her the chance to become the third Batgirl which she took.

Now, when Dick was ready, he and Tim had become the new Dynamic Duo, taking down the crime in Gotham slowly but surely with the help of the Birds and Kate, who had recently become Batwoman. With the crime going down and a new Batman in the fold, the League had to change and quicken their plans. Sending Azrael and Kharuf 'Aswad against Dick and Tim. As they battled, Azrael was beating Dick while Tim and Jason fought. When Azrael beat and unmasked Dick, Kharuf 'Aswad stood in shock and said one word "Grayson". Tim took the opportunity and punched the guy and knocked off his mask and revealed that Kharuf 'Aswad was none other than Jason Todd.

While Jason was regaining his stance, Tim helped Dick escape from the grasp of Azrael. Dick quickly put his mask on and fought Azrael. When he saw he was losing, Azrael quickly grabbed Jason and fled back to the League. When informed of the revelation, Bruce was shocked to his core and dedicated more time to recuperating. When Azrael saw that Batman was Dick and not Bruce, he went a little crazy. And Jason was regaining his memories. So Jason separated himself from the League and went into hiding.

A few weeks later, Azrael showed up again, this time in a different suit and claiming to be the true successor to Batman. Azrael showed the beaten body of Bane and declared that he did what no other could do, he beat Bane. He challenged the "current Batman" and Dick answered the call. Dick and Azrael fought and Dick used what he learned from the previous fight to keep his own in the fight. But Azrael's new suit helped him gain an edge.

So Bruce deemed himself good enough and suited up to take on Azrael. Azrael did have the edge cause of his suit and Bruce still being a little weak, but Bruce was smarter and knew the city more. Leading Azrael to a cave, Bruce outsmarted him and used Azrael's reduced speed to his advantage. Forcing Azrael's armor piece by piece, Batman beat Azrael and Jean conceded saying Bruce was Batman and left.

In the aftermath of everything, Bruce and the recently extended Batfam put away all the criminals, the bridges of Gotham were rebuilt, and Gotham returned to normal (as normal as Gotham could get). Tim stayed as Robin, Cassandra stayed as Batgirl (and was adopted by Bruce), and Bruce began searching for Jason. Dick becoming Batman also started a trend that Dick would take over for Bruce when he was unavailable.

### Rebirth: 2011 - 2013

A few months after everything that happened, ARGUS unveiled their version of the League, the Syndicate Supreme. Bruce was suspicious of them right from the start and began investigating them. Bruce also reconnected with Julie and they began dating. But a few weeks later, while Tim and Cass where on patrol, they encountered a young vigilante known as the Spoiler.

Originally Tim had thought she was with the Cluemaster and chased after her. Tim caught her but when he reached for her mask she grabbed the nearest object, a brick, and hit is face with it. But Cassandra knew better and confronted her and tried to talk to her. Spoiler realized that Cass had trouble speaking and calmed down. After a conversation with Tim and Cass, they agreed to help Spoiler take down Cluemaster. At first, Bruce didn't allow Tim and Cass to reveal their identities at first and they listened... for a few months.

But then in 2012, a new vigilante arrived in Gotham using guns and wearing the bat symbol calling himself the Red Hood. Of course Bruce didn't like this and looked to stop this new vigilante. The Red Hood began going around involving himself in many criminals and their dealings. But Bruce noticed that while smuggling rings have gone up, crime has gone down. It was also around this time that Red Hood set up his gang, the Sons of Batman which Jean joined to redeem himself. The Sons were sort of a gang of vigilantes but also helped the Red Hood with the drug smuggling, weapons, etc.

The Red Hood had been targeting other crime lords, most notably Roman Sionis, the Black Mask. The Red Hood interrupted many of Roman's deals and shipments, disorganizing the Black Mask's criminal empire. The Red Hood even attempted to blow up Roman. But Black Mask and his associates with him at the time were able to survive.

After a while, Bruce had his assumptions of who the Red Hood was but never acted on them. However, when the Red Hood was attacked by some mercenaries. But Red Hood had the Sons backing him up and they managed to hold their own. Bruce then appeared and helped them subdue then and then Red Hood killed one of the members. When he did this, Bruce went up to him and asked him why he did it. Red Hood answered and then Bruce asked who he thinks he is and once more Red Hood answered. Bruce then told him he needed to stop using guns and do actual good. The Red Hood then made a remark about Bruce getting people hurt and he's the one who needs to be better.

Bruce then punched the Red Hood and the Red Hood ordered the Sons to go after him which is when they refused to stating that they were the Sons of Batman. So Red Hood stood up and chased Bruce. Fighting at a train station, Red Hood used moves Bruce knew very well and Bruce was able to gain the upper hand. But then Red Hood turned the tide by throwing him across the train station. A train appeared and Red Hood disappeared saying "Nice job Bruce".

Without the Sons backing him up and Black Mask still alive, the Red Hood began losing his grip on other criminals. So he went into hiding for a couple of days. While Bruce was investigating the Red Hood, Tim approached him and asked Bruce if it was him... if he thinks that Red Hood really is Jason. But Bruce didn't answer, he just stared at Tim. Well then Alfred came into the Batcave and told them to turn on the news. When they did, they saw that Red Hood did something Bruce and the others hadn't been able to do, he found and captured the Joker.

Bruce and Tim immediately went to the bridge where the Red Hood was. Bruce arrived and tried to talk the Red Hood out of killing the Joker. And while this, Tim sneaks up on Red Hood and puts him in a choke hold that allows Bruce to grab Red Hood's helmet and revealed who we thought was Red Hood all along... Jason. Using everyone's shock to his advantage, Jason grabbed Tim and threw at Bruce. Jason then grabbed the Joker and fled. Bruce and Tim (who was still a little dazed from what happened) quickly got into the Batmobile and followed Jason.

They followed Jason to Crime Alley where he was waiting for them. Jason showed Bruce the Joker and that strapped to Joker was a bomb and Jason told Bruce the only way to get to the Joker was through him. And so they began fighting with Bruce grabbing and throwing away Jason's guns. Bruce grappled to the nearest rooftop and Jason followed. Bruce managed to subdue Jason which is when Jason remarked that the bomb would blow up then but it didn't. Jason kicked Bruce and escaped and saw that Tim disabled the bomb.

Jason leapt into the air and tackled Tim. Jason grabbed his guns that were nearby and told Bruce to decide between the Joker and Tim. Bruce asked why the hell Jason was doing this. Jason said that he forgave Bruce for letting him die but not for letting the Joker lived. Bruce revealed that he wanted to but Dick convinced him against it. The Bruce told Jason that if he did this, he would be just as bad as the Joker. Those words hit Jason like a freight train and Jason realized what he was doing. Jason let them go and threw a smoke bomb and ran away in shame of what he had done.

Later in the year, most members of the League were sent away as the Syndicate had revealed the Watchtower and trust was lost in the League. So Bruce furthered his investigations. The following year, the Holiday murders were happening and during this, Catwoman had lent her help. It was during this time that the two grew closer together and eventually Bruce revealed his identity to Selina. The next day Julie confronted Bruce suspecting something is up with all his disappearances, after Bruce doesn't tell he anything she suggests that they break up, to which Bruce agreed.

A few weeks later, Bruce told Selina he was tired of "the game" she was playing. Selina then told him she loved him and Bruce was a little shocked by this. But quickly he said he loved her as well but if they were ever going to be together she would need to reform. After this Selina left but the next day she turned herself into Arkham. Bruce would check in with her at least once a week.

At one point during the year, Tim was injured and was unable to perform his duties as Robin. Instead of leaving Batman without a Robin, Tim suggested Stephanie become Robin and she did excellent in the role. But while she did excellent as Robin, this Dynamic Duo was far from perfect. While Stephanie didn't have grace or level-headedness of Dick, the suave or street suaveness of Jason, or the intelligence of Tim, she had pure and raw moxie, something that Bruce did not know how to work with. But while the partnership before the two was dysfunctional at first, the two came to a mutual understanding and respect for each other and in the end managed to work together very well.

A few weeks after Tim got injured and Steph became Robin, Tim healed and Steph offered to return the role of Robin to Tim. But he refused stating that Steph had earned the suit and title. So instead Tim became the Red Robin. It was around this time that Bruce and Jason sorta mended their relationship. A few weeks later though, Bruce and the League revealed the Syndicate Supreme for who they really were and earned the trust of the world. The Justice League was officially back with ARGUS and UN backing.

Later, Bruce and the League teamed with the Team to stop the Reach invasion of Earth. In the aftermath of everything, Bruce and Oliver used Malcolm (who was recently captured from the Crime Syndicate) to see if they could lure any member of the League of Assassins to capture. Their plan was a success but what they did not expect was the member to be Talia.

Bruce and Oliver quickly chased after Talia and eventually captured her. But while trying to get information out of her, she gave them a proposition for he beloved. In exchange for her and Malcolm's freedom, she would give Bruce their son, Damian. When Bruce heard this, he looked angry but immediately agreed. And so Bruce was reunited with his long lost son.

### The Son of Batman: 2013 - 2014

Damian had a hard time adjusting to this new life. Being the "true son of the Bat", Damian felt that his brothers were not worthy of such titles and felt he needed to prove himself to his father. So after a week of studying the house and the land the house was built on, Damian attacked. Jason was in the Batcave where Damian was headed so once Damian saw Jason there, he attacked him. Damian caught Jason by surprise and quickly defeated him. Damian then took an old robin suit and modified it with his League of Assassins gear to his liking.

Before Jason was defeated, he activated the alarm and Tim arrived in his gear. Tim and Damian fought for a while with Tim winning... or so it seems. Damian actually had been leading Tim to a trap. But Tim managed to see the trap in time and tried to switch it on Damian. But neither fell for the other's tricks and so the battle continued. But in the end Damian was able to use Tim's moves against him.

But then Bruce arrived and saw what Damian had done. He reprimanded Damian and in an act of rebellion, Damian ran away. Damian thought that to prove himself he would not need to defeat his brothers but instead defeat the scum of Gotham. It wasn't until about an hour later that Dick had found Damian in the Narrows where he was planning on executing a criminal. Dick intervened and sort of earned Damian's respect by beating him in combat.

Back at the Batcave, after Bruce again once more butted heads with Damian, Dick talked to Bruce. Dick explains that instead of leaving Damian to his own devices and making Damian feel that he needs to prove himself worthy to be Bruce's son and of Bruce's love. But when they finished talking, Bruce went over to Damian and had a conversation with him. By the end of it, Damian had decided to take up Stephanie's offer she made earlier and became the new Robin.

The next day, Bruce called a family meeting and announced Batman Incorporated, a group that is publicly funded by Bruce and the official protectors of Gotham. It was here that Bruce showed Damian in his Robin costume and Stephanie as Batgirl. Bruce asked Dick to once again take up the mantle of Batman and become the field commander of Batman Inc. for a few months and Dick agreed to do so.

With Dick as Batman, Damian did pretty good in the role of Robin. But there was one problem, Damian rarely listened to Dick and while the job was getting done, innocent lives were being put at risks. After having a conversation about teamwork with Damian, Bruce going to ground him but Dick had another idea. Instead of Damian being grounded, he be put on the Titans. Bruce agreed and so Dick took Damian to Titans Tower to become a member of the team and learn teamwork.

The following year, Bruce saved a woman named Harper Row and her brother Cullen. As a result, Harper wanted to help Batman for what he did. While she was researching Batman, she discovered that Batman (offense taken) had been scrambling the cameras around Gotham. After looking more in depth into these cameras, she discovered a common thing... WayneTech hardware. She used her knack for computers to get herself (and Cullen) into a gala hosted by Bruce.

She confronted Bruce stating that she would tell the mayor that he's scrambling the cameras around the city to protect Batman if he doesn't set up a meeting with Batman. While he rebutted that it's part of Batman Inc, she stated that he can't tamper with cameras, even it's to help a sanctioned hero and company. Bruce then agreed and set up a meeting between Harper and Batman thinking that she would just want an autograph.

But when the meeting happened, Harper arrived in a home-made armor with a custom-made electromagnetic gun and calling herself Bluebird. She asked Bruce if she could help him, even (having the nerve to) offering to help improve MY camera-scrambling software. Bruce agreed and gave her a trial run (hoping that she would give up on this dream). But she proved herself and was brought on as a member of Batman Inc.

Later in the year Bruce and the League had fought Maxwell Lord and his OMACs. A few weeks later, Selina was released on parole and Bruce officially began dating her. Later in the year, while on vacation with Selina, he proposed to her and she accepted. But then Bruce disappeared with another taking his place. He was by one of his best friends, Thomas Elliot.

### Batman Returns: 2014 - 2015

Before Thomas captured Bruce, he had captured Selina to use her. He used her to lure Bruce to capture him. Bruce did so and Thomas captured him. For a few months Thomas became Bruce. But not once did he dare become the Batman. While he did have the training and the intelligence to become an adequate Batman, he had everything he wanted. And he knew that Dick would step up into the role of the Batman once more.

Dick and the others could not attack Thomas in public as that would ruin Batman Inc. So they decided to hold off and come up with a plan, one of the potential plans involved contacting Bruce's former lover, Talia. But they really couldn't decide on a plan. Then something happened, about two months later Selina had managed to escape. While she had escaped and tried to free Bruce, Bruce told her to escape herself as he would be a liability (as he was gravely injured).

So Selina called the person who she had bonded with the most while spending time at Wayne Manor, Helena Bertinelli. Helena quickly arrived at the scene and and began nursing Selina. Selina explained what happened to her and Bruce, and as a result Damian, wanting his dad back, called Talia. Talia did save Bruce, but kept him while he was healing.

She explained to us that Thomas was going to have to continue as Bruce for a while as Bruce was healing. While we disagreed with it, we did it. Eventually the money and fame got to his head, and Thomas began deviating from being Bruce. So Dick and the others captured Thomas and Dick bargained with Talia. A few days later, Bruce returned to Gotham and Thomas was put in jail. In the aftermath, Selina told Bruce that she was pregnant.

In April of that year, Bruce and Selina got married and at their wedding, they announced that Selina was pregnant. A week later, the Robin War had began. Bruce tried to get involved but Dick, Jason, etc. Robins present and past told Bruce to not get involved as it would make it worse, but of course he did. Bruce infiltrated the Sons of Batman, the gang who oversaw the We Are Robin group.

During this, Bruce saved the life of Duke Thomas, the leader of the We Are Robin group and as a result outed himself in the Sons. So Bruce confronted the others, telling them that they need to end this. The next day, Duke announced to the We Are Robin group that he's disbanding the group and effectively quitting the Sons.

### The Dark Knight: 2015 - Present

In the summer of that year, Ra's sent one of his minions to send a message to Bruce, Ra's has declared war on Bruce. So Bruce and the others had to prepare for this "war". To prepare for this, he had Selina sent to a safe-house with Helena.

And for about two weeks, there were attacks on different members of the Batfam. One even attacked Lucius and his son Luke. Now Luke was intelligent and had military training, making him a prime candidate to join Batman Inc. And with the League going after the Fox family, Bruce decided to bring in Luke into the fold. And so Luke became Batwing.

Then around early August, Ra's and the League began a full scale attack. Ra's went after Bruce, Talia after Damian, etc. In order to survive they had chosen to be in groups: Bruce with Cass and Jason, Dick with Damian and Tim, etc. When Ra's attacked Bruce, he revealed that he had sent someone to take out Selina and his unborn child. Bruce told Cass to go towards the safehouse and she did.

In the meanwhile, Talia went after Damian. The reason being that she wanted to bring back Damian to their side. But Damian proved that he had changed and turned the tables on her. Damian proved that he was no longer the boy that he used to be and gave Talia an offer to go to their side, which she accepted.

By the time Cass arrived, Helena had succumbed to the poison but the assassin sent to kill Selina, who was none other than Lady Shiva, was on the floor unconscious as a result of a blow dealt by Talia, who had arrived about a few minutes prior. Talia then took the antidote from one of Sandra's pockets and administered it to Helena. With Selina now safe, they chose to go to Bruce's location to help him (other than Helena and Selina for obvious reasons).

During the final battle, Bruce and Ra's were fighting to the death. But in the end, Bruce refused to kill. So as Bruce walked away Ra's got up and attempted to stab Bruce in the back. But Damian had quickly moved and stabbed Ra's. Damian had stabbed Ra's in a spot that could kill him but gave him enough time to be brought to a Lazarus Pit and be healed.

As the war came to a close, something had happened... Selina's water broke. So they quickly got her to the nearest hospital where she gave birth a healthy girl. They decided to name the girl Helena after the woman who saved Selina's life. And so the rest of the year was peaceful.

The following year, Bruce found out that there was someone helping Hush. So Bruce deduced that man to be none other than the Riddler. Visiting the Riddler in Arkham as Batman, Bruce found out what the Riddler knew and how he helped Hush. The Riddler was diagnosed with cancer in 2014 and used his resources to find a Lazarus Pit which he used.

And in doing so, he found out that Batman was none other than Bruce Wayne. He gave this info to Hush and helped Hush take Bruce down. Then Bruce asked Edward if he was going to give the information away. When Riddler answered with a maybe, Bruce reminded him that Bruce's identity as Batman was "the ultimate riddle" and he would never be able to give that away.

Later in the year, Bruce and the League teamed up with various other teams and heroes to defeat the villain known as Darkseid. Darkseid had invaded Earth with his army of Parademons. So the heroes of Earth banded together to face this threat. Bruce then took down Darkseid with the League. As of now, Bruce is crime-fighting in Gotham and raising Helena Wayne alongside Selina.

## Strengths

* **Willpower:** Over the years, Bruce has developed an unstoppable determination and strength of willpower that makes him one of the most formidable of opponents to anyone. This is shown when he endures through tremendous amounts of pain and stress. He is even shown to resist mind control and telepathy.
* **Intelligence:** One of Bruce's best strengths is his intellect. He is regarded as one of the smartest people in the world. He has knowledge about almost everything known to man. As well as things not widely known.
	+ **Linguistics:** Bruce has learned languages widely used such as Spanish, French, Russian, German, Japanese, Mandarin, Arabic, Hindi, Portuguese, etc. He has also learned languages not commonly used or known such as Atlantean, Kryptonian, Themysciran, Latin, etc.
	+ **Polymath:** He has learned Biology, Mathematics, Physics, History, Geography, Technology, Criminal Sciences, Forensic Sciences, etc. During his training he learned the art of escaping, how to recognize and disable security systems, medical sciences, engineering, etc.
	+ **Tactical Analysis:** During his training, he learned to study and analyze his opponents and surroundings. He uses this commonly to outsmart and outwit his opponents. This makes him one of the most excellent leaders of all time.
* **Investigation:** While this is due to his intelligence, it deserves it's own category. Bruce is widely regarded as the World's Greatest Detective, this is due to his abilities of observation, deductive reasoning, and forensic investigation. However, his greatest asset to help him in investigations is his intuition, or gut feeling.
* **Peak Human Condition:** Due to various training and other stuff such as a specialized diet, Bruce is basically the most fit human on the Earth. Bruce began this training regimen and diet when he was 20 and has followed it every day.
	+ **Peak Human Strength:** Even in his old age Bruce is able lift 300 lbs and does this regularly as part of his training.
	+ **Peak Human Speed:** Due to his vigorous training, Bruce can run as fast as an Olympic athlete. And in his prime he was faster than the average gold medalist.
	+ **Peak Human Agility:** During his training, Bruce learned the art of parkour which he uses to scale buildings around Gotham.
	+ **Peak Human Reflexes:** Bruce's reflexes have been honed that he has been able to dodge point blank gunfire.
	+ **Peak Human Endurance:** Bruce's endurance is so great that he has been able to withstand the most extreme of circumstances.
* **Martial Arts:** During his training and his time with the League, Bruce learned many forms of martial arts including Kung Fu, Tae Kwon Do, Judo, Boxing, Jujitsu, etc. His fighting style is comprised of various styles of fighting he has learned over the years.
* **Intimidation:** Bruce is known for his intimidation. Even though it is known that Batman would not kill them, criminals still run in terror even if the Batman is near.
* **Interrogation:** Bruce uses his intimidation to interrogate his criminals and get info out of him. He has mastered every form of interrogation. One of the more common ones is dangling criminals from ledges high up above the ground.
* **Acrobatic:** Even though he isn't good as Dick, Bruce is highly skilled in acrobatics.
* **Memory:** Through rigorous mental training, Bruce has developed an eidetic memory and can recall things in great detail.
* **Marksmanship:** Through his training with Ra's and the League, Bruce has become a master at marksmanship. Most commonly used with Baterangs.
* **Weaponry:** Bruce has mastered almost every weapon in the world through his training in the League. While preferring using fists rather than guns, Bruce has learned how to use one but primarily learned them to disable them.
* **Leadership:** Bruce is known for how excellent his leadership. Known as the leader of the Bat family/Batman Inc but is also the leader of Wayne Enterprises (though Wayne Enterprises is really handled by Lucius Fox).
* **Tracking:** During his training, he learned how to track from Willis Doggett and the skill was enhanced through his training with the League.
* **Disguise:** The League has taught him how to be a master at disguise and can blend in almost anywhere.
* **Escapist:** His training with Giovanni Zatara and the League has taught him to escape from everything. He is one of the best escapists (described as second to Mister Miracle).
* **Business:** Bruce went to university to learn this skill. He has mastered it and can make any good decision for his company.

## Weaknesses

* **Family:** His family is one of the only known weaknesses about Bruce, He cares so much about us that he would do anything for us.

## Tech

* **Batsuit:** The Batsuit is his most well-known tech. Having going through constant improvements. There are also other versions to help in other missions.
	+ **Material:** It is made of a high bullet-proof/resistant material that protects him from many things. It is also flame resistant, insulated, etc. The gloves and boots have a material that is shock-absorbant.
	+ **HUD:** It has it's own personal HUD that allows him to track anything, get info on anyone, and track his stats.
	+ **X-Ray**
	+ **Infared Vision**
	+ **Sonar**
	+ **Cape:** The cape can help Bruce glide exceptionally. He can change altitude and direction.
	+ **Gauntlets:** The gauntlets have these metallic blades that can cut through about anything. They also have an electric punch and retractable claws. The claws help climb and defeat enemies.
	+ **Utility Belt:**
		- **Batmobile Button:** The utility belt has a button that can call the Batmobile to it's location.
		- **Smoke Bombs**
		- **Toxins**
		- **Batarangs**
		- **Explosives**
		- **Re-Breather**
	+ **Aqua Mode:** This mode allows Bruce to swim. (The cape retracts to help swim)
* **Batarangs:** These bat shaped boomerangs help Bruce take down enemies.
* **Batmobile:** This high tech car helps Bruce get anywhere on land. It has a turbo mode to speed anywhere but can only be used for a couple of minutes. It includes a chemical kit, fingerprint kit, etc. It is on it's 3rd version.
* **Batplane:** The Bat-Wing is high tech stealth jet that helps Bruce get anywhere in air. It has the same tech as the Batmobile. It is in it's 3rd version.
* **Bat-Boat:** The Bat-Boat allows Bruce to go anywhere in the sea. It has the same tech as the Batmobile and Bat-Wing and has a submarine mode. It is in it's 2nd version.

## Fun Facts

* Originally, Bruce drank Ginger Ale to fool others. But after the deaths of Rachel and Jason, Bruce once more began drinking alcohol.
* During his time with the League, Bruce killed 14 people.
* Bruce consider's Barry one of the best detectives
* Bruce thinks (and has hopes) that Tim will become a better detective than him
* Even after Bruce and Dick became estranged from each other, Bruce would keep tabs on Dick
* When Jason left Gotham in shame, Bruce kept an eye on him
* Bruce cares for all of his family, even if he doesn't show it
* Bruce sometimes asks Tim, Barry, Ralph, and/or others for help on cases
* Bruce cares for Harvey, he thinks of him as a brother and just want what is best for him

## Comments

* *Drake:* I see that this shows the true "World's Greatest Detective". And well, it's true!
	+ *Oracle:* Don't get too cocky Tim. And plus, according to the logs, the one who added that was you.

## Notes

* Kane Avenue and Finger County are references to Batman creators Bill Finger and Bob Kane.
* Wayne Manor's street number, 1939 is a reference to the year Wayne Manor debuted.