
I would ensure what happened to me would never happen to anyone else again. I would use its image to strike terror into the hearts of those who did evil.

I was scared at first, but only at first. However, he has difficulty forming relationships with other people, particularly with women.Ībilities " The cave was monstrous. Though he is socially withdrawn, he genuinely cares about the citizens of Gotham. His psyche scarred, he has pledged to fight criminals for the rest of his life. With the assistance of his butler and guardian, Alfred Pennyworth, he developed new technologies and weapons in the "bat caves" beneath Wayne Manor, and a new persona for himself - that of "the Batman," a frightening, phantom-like vigilante whose self-appointed mission was to lurk the darkened streets of Gotham, meting out rough justice to criminals.īruce Wayne is a deeply traumatized man due to having witnessed the death of his parents at a young age. When Bruce grew up, he studied combat, science, psychology, and criminology. Bruce was at first scared but then decided to take that image and put fear into the hearts of those who did evil and criminals. When he got up he looked forward and saw a figure approaching him in the darkness. Bruce took the red journal and ran out into a powerful storm.

His father had written in it every day in his life, but now the journal will never be finished. Bruce walked over to his father's desk and noticed a red leather book lying on it. On the night of his parents' wake, the priest's words gave the distraught Bruce no comfort. Beat cop Jim Gordon was the first official on the scene and attempted to console Bruce, but to no avail. He prayed that he would eradicate crime from Gotham's streets so that no one else would suffer the same pain. ] Bruce went down on his knees between the dead bodies of his loving parents and began to cry. Thomas and Martha were subsequently gunned down by an unknown assailant, leaving Bruce as the only survivor The family happily walked down the sidewalk and it wasn't long before his mother had noticed someone following them. The family went to the Monarch Theatre to see Footlight Frenzy.Īfter the movie, his father had decided they should walk for a bit before taking a cab back to Wayne Manor.


In 1963, on one cold late October night when he was ten years old, Bruce urged his parents to take him to see a movie and his father gave in. The noble Doctor Thomas Wayne and the philanthropic Martha Wayne had worked tirelessly to reverse Gotham City's urban decline, and had become renown for their glittering charity fundraisers and their support of initiatives to stimulate the city's growth as a place without crime and poverty.Īt one point, Bruce attempted began taking riding lessons from Alfred, but stopped after one lesson due to a sprained ankle. Bruce Wayne had been born to wealthy but civic-minded parents in 1959.
