But, at the time, the comic book's editor didn't feel like adding another dimension to Batman and thus, Robin was planned for only one appearance. When the comic book edition featuring Robin was released, fans loved their dynamic so much that Robin then went on to become the main feature. One can't become Batman just by wearing The Dark Knight's iconic suit. Bruce Wayne is rich as hell and that's the reason why he can afford being Batman and has all the perks required to be a vigilante.

A lot of debates from comic reading fans have been based around Batman's exact age because unlike Marvel, DC has shown a tendency to reboot things, including their characters. It's very young, isn't it? That's an age when a person is expected to enjoy his life but Bruce hasn't grown up the easy way. Almost every comic book has shown their superheroes battling through World War 2, with Captain America's origin story being based on it. Batman didn't go right into the mix of the battle, instead, he stayed in Gotham and tried to take on the Nazis who paid a visit to his city.

And yes, he did come in contact with Adolf Hitler, although from afar as he tried to hit him with a couple of tennis balls of all things. In one of the most iconic superhero crossovers, Batman and Wolverine were fused together to form a single character who went by the name of Logan Wayne.

The origin story of this character featured elements of both Bruce Wayne and Logan. The costume and superpowers were an interesting bit as he had the Adamantium Claws, along with some features of the Bat-suit. Batman Beyond gave a unique opportunity to see what an isolated superhero universe looked like after it progressed for decades, capping off the history of the DC Animated Universe with three seasons of the new Batman's adventures.

With Batman: The Animated Series starting the universe's continuity and Batman Beyond capping it off, it's almost baffling that the centerpiece to the entire universe is something of an enigma. A lot of fans have probably never thought about it before, but Bruce Wayne's age in the DCAU is a far greater mystery than one might suspect. Much of the mystery results from the series' creator Bruce Timm intentionally obfuscating the timeline of the DCAU in order to give it a timeless feel.

Timm has gone on record saying the DCAU observes "peanuts time. Except, the DCAU was not quite as stringent about avoiding giving dates and times as Timm may have intended. Though precise dates for everything are impossible to know, putting Batman's famous origin in some murky area in the past, there are various dates that appear in the series, including a magazine dated and a check from The New Batman Adventures dated , that give a rough timeline. Eventually learning the truth about his heritage and some advice on how to go forward with it from Waller, McGinnis returned to Wayne Manor with a new sense of purpose.

Wayne wondered about the fate of Gotham, and McGinnis relaxed the worries. Their relationship seemed repaired, as Wayne had truly become the father McGinnis had lost long ago.

In this alternate timeline, Bruce Wayne's parents were killed for speaking out against Savage's brutal regime. Thus, Bruce became Batman, the leader of the resistance movement against the regime. When the Justice League from the original timeline appeared on Earth, Batman helped them escape from the authorities and learned of their timeline.

He assisted the League in breaking into the facility where the time portal had appeared. However, Batman did not accompany the League into the past to thwart Savage. He preferred to stay behind and continue to run the resistance in case the League failed. When Batman, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman followed Chronos into the future, they were immediately hijacked by a group of enhanced Jokerz.

After being rescued by the future Justice League members, they met up with the elderly Bruce Wayne. Although Static reasoned that, whilst planning to take down Chronos, the fact that the elder Bruce existed meant that Batman would live through the event and that they would eventually succeed, Bruce pointed out he had no memory of ever traveling to the future and meeting his older self or of anything else that was happening that day.

The explanation was that Chronos' careless disregard for the timeline had made history fluid. Bruce aided the League's members in locating Chronos. When Terry was killed by Dee Dee , Bruce was visibly saddened. These events, however, were erased and therefore never occurred, although Green Lantern and Batman retained memory of the experience. While Batman kept his identity a closely guarded secret, there were a number of individuals to whom he had either revealed his identity or who had discovered it.

Though considered a "superhero", Batman had no metahuman abilities. However, he was at the peak of human physical and mental conditioning, as well as he has extensively studied the sciences, technology, martial arts, detection and many other disciplines under masters of their respective fields.

Batman was a master of stealth and infiltration, all the more remarkable given that he stands 6'2" and weighs lbs. This allowed him to just disappear from allies in mid-sentence, a habit that frequently annoyed Commissioner Gordon "One of these days I'm gonna nail his feet to the ground" [49] and Harvey Bullock "I wonder how the Commish puts up with that". Batman was capable of incredible feats of agility and reflexes. During the Second Apokolyptian invasion , Darkseid commented that no one had ever been able to avoid his Omega Beams before.

Batman fighting against Two-Face 's men. With his martial arts prowess, occasionally augmented by technology, Batman was usually more than a match for any foe he encountered, human or otherwise. He was familiar with a vast array of martial arts, including but not limited to jujutsu [3] and kung fu. As Bruce aged and retired from active crimefighting, he still maintained his wide variety of skills including martial arts, but couldn't engage in prolonged periods of physical excursion without complications without his weak heart and aging body.

However, he could use his cane as a weapon. He could also wield Batarangs with force and accuracy, as demonstrated when he launched them into the barrel of guns. Batman's mental discipline and determination were as equally strong a weapon as his physical prowess.

On at least two occasions, he overcame the temptation to abandon the real world and live in a fantasy world with his "ideal" life, in order to save the day. Similarly, Batman is a master of intimidation and psychological manipulation, specifically with the criminally minded. Usually he relies on his burly appearance, coupled with the dark appearance of his costume the main reason why he chose the bat as his symbol and mask , [56] and a certain degree of ruthlessness [16] [57] to intimidate criminals into spilling their guts to him, something his peers in the superhero community, like Superman [58] and Flash , [59] usually find themselves unable to do so, despite their greater physical might.

But this ability could also be used more subtly: With a few choice words, he once manipulated the nearly mindless Solomon Grundy into fighting his then-teammate, the super-genius Ultra-Humanite ; tricked Cheetah into taking sympathy with him; and later swayed the Ultra-Humanite to his side by offering to sponsor an opera performance program which the Humanite cherished.

Perhaps Batman's greatest ability was his intelligence. He was one of the foremost detectives on Earth Ra's al Ghul always addressed him as "Detective" , possessing one of the sharpest analytical minds of all time. In addition to his fighting abilities, his contributions to the team as a scientist, a detective and a strategist have proved invaluable time and again.

Batman is also an adept singer, a talent he kept hidden from everybody else and only revealed in order to save Wonder Woman. As the head of Wayne Enterprises, Bruce Wayne had access to cutting-edge technology, which Batman made good use of it in his field equipment.

Batman's Utility Belt had compartments to hold several items, the contents of which change according to his needs, and often include items such as flashlights, laser cutters, underwater rebreathers, binoculars, a fingerprinting kit, remote controls for his vehicles, Batarangs , hand grenades, and the remote control for access to the Watchtower.

While Batman himself never seemed to have any difficulty nor complicated procedure for opening the belt's compartments, it evidently involved some fairly sophisticated security measures, which for some reason didn't prevent it from being removed. When Batman was taken captive by the Injustice Gang , Lex Luthor spent a great deal of time and effort to open the belt.

Initial brute-force attempts resulted not only in failure to get it opened, but in explosions and electric shocks damaging the would-be attacker. Only after using a large and powerful machine of some sort was Lex able to open the belt and empty out its contents. Bruce has rarely had anything that could be described as a committed relationship, mainly because he is too focused on fighting crime than being in a full relationship and unwilling to ever get close to someone in case they are ever put at risk.

Ironically, most of his more notable relationships would at some point become part of his Rogues Gallery. Also, Bruce's playboy persona is one the main causes of his several relationships, which even other individuals like Superman before the Justice League notice. A locket containing a photo of Bruce and Andrea. Bruce's first true love is often viewed as Andrea Beaumont , who he apparently loved so much that he was willing to give up his promise of avenging his parents and marry her.

This was changed when she broke off their engagement and left for Europe as her father owed money to the mob in her letter, she lied to Bruce by saying she was "too young" and "needed time". Years later, Audrea reappeared in Gotham shortly after the costumed murderer known as The Phantasm started killing off mob bosses.

She hid behind this persona to kill off the same mob that killed her father and prevented their potential happiness. After an intense battle with The Joker, she disappeared with the lunatic and left a locket with a picture of her and Bruce in the Batcave, leaving him heartbroken. Many years later, Andrea would later be recruited by Amanda Waller as part of Project Batman Beyond to kill young Terry McGinnis 's parents to mirror Bruce's trauma and create a new Batman, but at the last moment she refused to out of respect for Batman and his unwillingness to resort to murder.

This convinced Waller that if she wanted to honor all he stood for, neither could she. Batman's most notable relationship was with Catwoman. After their first encounter, both expressed strong feelings for each other, in the case of Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle, out of costume as well.

However, the two were never able to start a true relationship due to being on opposite sides of the law, although sometimes they helped each other when they had mutual enemies such as Red Claw and Joker. Later on , Batman and Catwoman were more scornful of each other as they knew a relationship wasn't possible due to a lack of trust and only dealt with each other when crime was involved. Selina even attempted to seduce Nightwing once, but soon realized she was being tricked.

Batman and Talia 's difficult relationship. His other most prominent relationship was with Talia , daughter of Ra's al Ghul. Despite a dubious first meeting, she soon developed strong feelings for Bruce and often referred to him as her "Beloved".

After testing him out, her father deemed Batman a worthy successor and offered him an alliance. However, he had seen Ra's' methods for bringing about a better world and refused.

Bruce would come to develop romantic feelings for Talia as well, but her loyalty to her father continually interfered with their chances of a true relationship. In Bruce's old age, Talia appeared on his birthday to offer him use of the Lazarus Pits , reminding him of their time together. He later discovered it was actually her father who had transferred his mind into her body when his could no longer be sustained.

After defeating Ra's with the new Batman, Terry McGinnis , Bruce mourned Talia and referred to her as "a very special woman", but avoided answering when Terry asked if she was "the" special woman. After looking at pictures from what appeared to be their time in an actual relationship, Bruce said his final goodbye: "Rest well, Beloved".

During his training to become Batman, Bruce studied under the magician, Zatara , in escape artistry under the alias John Smith.

During this time, Zatara's daughter, Zatanna , developed a crush on "John" and attempted to stop him from leaving by handcuffing him to a ladder. Bruce quickly got out of them and left before she could try again. Years later, a performance in Gotham led to her encountering Batman.

She soon realized that Batman and "John Smith" were one and the same. At some point in time, Zatanna learned that he was Bruce Wayne, though it is unclear how. They remained good friends. On occasion, Bruce and Zatanna worked together during their time in the Justice League. He went to her for help when he needed magical assistance kept under wraps. Early on in career at Batgirl, Barbara had a dream that she kissed Batman after saving his life.

For some time, she was in a relationship with his ward, Dick Grayson , [67] despite her not knowing that the latter was Robin. At some point in time after he had left for good, Bruce and Barbara dated despite the obvious age difference between them, but they broke things off between them as Bruce was too focused on fighting crime than being in a full relationship, and because of what happened to Robin when the Joker had abducted him.

The last events eventually put a major strain on their relationship, which made Barbara hold a long lasting grudge towards him in the future. For a short time, during his stay in Metropolis tracking the Joker , Bruce was in a relationship with Lois Lane.

She even planned to move to Gotham and transfer to the Daily Planet 's branch there to be with him, but that changed when she discovered he was Batman and there was a whole side to him she didn't know and even wasn't sure if she wanted to know.

Batman receives a kiss from Wonder Woman. During his time in the Justice League, Batman and Wonder Woman worked well together and developed a growing affection for each other. Bruce admitted that he may have had feelings for Diana, but decided not to pursue it because he felt dating on the team led to disasters and out of fear that Diana would become a target for his enemies, despite her demonstrations of being perfectly able to fend for herself.

Bruce and Kathy sharing a moment. Batman first ran into Kathy Duquesne accidentally while out as Bruce Wayne in a shopping mall, where he helps her escape from two over-protective body guards. The two develop a close bond, so he eventually begins suspecting that Kathy is the new Batwoman that has appeared in Gotham using lethal force against criminals.

This turns out to be true, as Kathy is working with Sonia Alcana and Rocky Ballantine to take down Rupert Thorne and the Penguin, as her father works as their enforcer. She infiltrates their ship and is captured by Bane. However, after Batman saves her she manages to attach a bomb to the ship. The ship is destroyed and the criminals are arrested, so Kathy is able to regain a relationship with her father.

She decides to give up on her career as Batwoman, and her and Bruce drive off into the sunset. Bruce met and married Susan Maguire in a short span of time, citing his feeling happier with her than he had in a long time and was even going to give up being Batman to be with her.

Susan was later revealed to be one of many human looking plants created by Poison Ivy to marry Gotham's rich patrons and inherit their fortunes. Bruce realized this and stated that his initial feelings were likely the result of pheromones. He also was mentioned in and influenced the webtoon Gotham Girls. This is somewhat parallel to the Mainstream Comics Batman who, according to Wizard Magazine, is the only DC superhero to appear in every monthly title.

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