Batman – Bruce Wayne of Earth-1
Character’s Code Name : Batman
Real Name: Bruce Wayne
Alias(es): Dark Knight, Dark Night Detective, Caped Crusader, World’s Greatest Detective, Matches Malone
Identity: Secret
Species: Human
Appearance: Caucasian Humanoid
Gender: Male
Height: 6’2”
Weight: 225lbs.
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Black
Unusual Distinctive Traits: None
Birthplace: Gotham City, USA
Citizenship: United States of America
Occupation: Millionaire Playboy.
Wealth Level: Elite Upper Class
Popularity Level: Varies. Batman is a figure of fear and trepidation even within the Metahuman community. Some individuals believe Batman is just an urban myth.
Area of Typical Operations: Gotham City
Time/Era of Typical Operations: Current Day 20th-21st Century.
Planet/Specific Earth: Earth-One
Known Relatives & Their Statuses: Thomas Wayne, father deceased. Martha Wayne, mother deceased.
Marital Status: Single
Current Romantic Relationship(s): None
Past Romantic Relationship(s): Vicki Vale, Catwoman, Talia Al-Ghul, Julie Madison, Batwoman I, Silver St. Cloud, Poison Ivy, Linda Page, Rachel Caspian, Natalia Knight, Julia Pennyworth, Vesper Fairchild, Shondra Kinsolving, Sasha Bordeaux, Black Canary, Jillian Maxwell, Lorna Shore, Mallory Moxon, Jezebel Jet, Dawn Golden, Charlotte Rivers, Jaina “Jai” Hudson, Dr.Chase Meridian, Rachel Dawes.
Religious Affiliation: Unspecified Christian denomination.
First Appearance: Detective Comics #27
Date: May 1939
Creator(s): Bob Kane and Bill Finger (though typically only Kane is given credit)
Head/Face/Mask: Full cowl with only the lower part of Batman’s face showing below his nose. The cowl is a dark blue, navy, black color.
Arms/Chest: Dark Grey/Black chest covering. Emblem in the center of the chest.
Emblem/Symbol: Either a plain black bat or a black bat inside a yellow oval.
Hands/Gloves: Same color as the cowl, gloves that have three scallops coming off the side of the gloves.
Waist/Belt: Golden Utility Belt.
Pants: Same color as cowl bikini plus the dark grey/black tights.
Footwear: Same color as cowl boots with a simple top point at the front.
Cape: Same color as the cowl, repeated scalloped ends of the cape to give a bat motif
Other: None
Dexterity: Extreme Human
Strength: Extreme Human
Stamina: Extreme Human
Intelligence: Enhanced Human
Wisdom: Enhanced Human
Charisma: Enhanced Human
Battle Role in a Group: Scrapper
Alignment: Lawful Good
Motivation: Seeking Justice
Batman has no super-powers, he has an abundance of skills however that make him extremely formidable.
Acrobatics – Batman is an accomplished athlete and as such has adopted several gymnastics techniques into his fighting style.
Animals – None noted.
Artist - Actor/Disguise – Batman has excellent duplicitous skills, training in make-up and voice mimicry. He has been able to become many people in order to get close to criminals or to expose a criminal. His most common disguise is that of low level mobster Matches Malone.
Charisma - Batman is a skilled interrogator and intimidator.
Connections – Batman has high level contacts with the Metahuman community, Gotham Police Department, and the Gotham Underworld. As Bruce Wayne, he has Free Access to many high level social society events.
Detective – Batman is the preeminent detective in the DCU. His skills are practically unparalleled.
Education – Batman is educated in most fields relating to criminology. His cunning mind has a grasp of most technology of the day.
Gadgetry - Batman frequently builds his own gadgets to assist him in crime fighting.
Martial Artist – Batman is a superb hand-to-hand combatant.
Medicine – Batman has some skills regarding first aid for triage purposes.
Military Science – Batman knows of many of the skills needed in regards to a military career even though he has never served in the military.
Occultist - None noted.
Scientist - Batman is somewhat of an armchair scientist and if something is beyond him, he does not hesitate to call in back up.
Survival – Batman has trained himself to deal with very harsh conditions and can do so even when suffering from mild to minor injuries.
Thief – Batman is able to get into most places without being noticed unless he wants to be. This includes high security military and industrial complexes.
Vehicles – Normal, plus cycle, boat, and plane.
Weaponry – Batman is a trained ninja in that his weapons focus on stealth and quick attacks. His batarang is his weapon of choice though he is trained in all melee weaponry. The one weapon he is loathe to use is a hand gun, the weapon that killed his parents.
Allies -
Alfred Pennyworth – Butler to Wayne Manor.
Dr. Leslie Thompkins – Medical doctor in Crime Alley
Lucius Fox – CFO of Wayne Enterprises
Dick Grayson/Robin/Nightwing – First sidekick
Commissioner James “Jim” Gordon – Gotham Police Department
Batgirl – Independent female crime fighter
Justice League of America – Hero Group Affiliation
The Outsiders – Hero Group Affiliation – Black Lightning, Metamorpho, Katana, Halo, Geo-Force, and Looker
Headquarters -
Batcave – The expansive headquarters of the Batman, underneath Wayne Manor in Gotham City. TheBatcave is equipped with all manner of equipment to aid Batman in his crusade. Located under Wayne Manor the Batcave is accessed via a Grandfather Clock in the manor itself when the hands are set to the time of the murder of the Waynes.
Pets: -
Ace the Bat Hound
Vehicles –
Batboat – Batman’s main form of water transportation.
Batcopter - Batman’s most common form of urban aerial transportation for short flights.
Batjet – Batman’s updated Batplane for longer air travel than the Batcopter.
Batmobile – Batman’s main form of ground transportation, undergoing many design changes and upgrades over the years.
Batplane - Batman’s older form of air transportation.
Weaponry –
Batarangs – Batman’s weapon of a boomerang shaped like a bat, sometimes with a swing line attached.
Batman’s Costume – Batman’s costume is an up to date scientific marvel. It stops most incoming fire and blades from piercing him. The costume is insulated against extreme heat and cold. The cape is weighted on the bottom
Batman’s Utility Belt – Batman’s main tools are found in his belt including all of this detective work,
- remote computer hookups,
- knock out gas pellets,
- flash bang pellets,
- batarangs,
- air re-breather,
- infrared flashlight,
- fingerprint kit,
- mini camera,
- lock-pick tools,
- mini recorder,
- laser torch,
- plastic explosives, etc..,
Bat Signal – Batman has given a signal light for the Gotham PD to use when they need to summon him to combat a criminal.
Swing Line Grappler - The Swing Line that Batman uses is fired from this device and impales into its target allowing Batman to swing from structure to structure.
Young Bruce Wayne is the son of Doctor Thomas Wayne and Martha Wayne. The Waynes are old money and own a thriving industrial empire as well as a foundation to do charitable work in and around Gotham City. While the Waynes thrived, Gotham City was not doing so well. Corruption, poverty, and crime were rising all around town and while the Waynes did what they could, one family cannot stave off all the world’s ills.
One night, the Waynes treated their young son Bruce to a movie, Zorro. Emboldened by Zorro’s ability to take down bad men in corrupt positions of power the young Bruce was filled with a sense of elation that would soon be all but forgotten.
As the three family members went through an alley, out from the shadows stepped a man named Joe Chill. Joe attempted to rob the Waynes and grabbed for Martha’s pearls. This caused Thomas to try to stop the gunman. Joe shot Thomas Wayne, killing him. This caused Martha to scream out, so Joe shot her as well. As she fell backwards the strand of pearls broke and they littered the grimy and puddle filled alley. Both his parents dead, Joe left behind young Bruce in the light of a single street lamp.
The police were called and it was a beat cop named James Gordon who assisted in collaring Joe Chill and bringing him to justice, yet this did not satisfy young Bruce. He wanted justice.
The family had named their family butler, Alfred Pennyworth as Bruce’s caretaker in the interim until Bruce could reach adulthood and be responsible for himself. Bruce excelled in his studies concentrating in criminology, sciences, athletics, and the law. When Bruce returned to Gotham he discovered that there was more studying to be done. He left and went around the world learning from the greatest martial artists and escape artists known to man.
Upon returning to Gotham, one final element was missing…a symbol. Something to make criminals fear in the night. Just then a bat crashed into the window of the study in Wayne Manor, adopting a symbol of a childhood fear would be the right way to go. Bruce adopted the dark cloak of a bat and set about his work to make sure no other child suffer as he has suffered over the years.
Batman was born.