Batman is the alter ego of Bruce Wayne, a wealthy playboy and industrialist in the fictional city of Gotham. Created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, he debuted in Detective Comics #27 in 1939 and has appeared across comics, film, television and games ever since. As a boy, Bruce watched his parents die in a mugging after a night at the movies, and he swore an oath to wage war on criminals. This version starts from that vow.

He has no superpowers. He relies on detective work, science, wealth and years of training that pushed him to physical and intellectual near-perfection. He refuses firearms and lethal weapons and vows never to kill. Alfred Pennyworth, the butler who raised him, and Commissio