Batman

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Batman
Information
Real name:	Bruce Wayne
AKA:	The Guardian of Gotham City
Species:	Human
Home Planet:	Earth
Relatives:	Thomas Wayne (father) Martha Wayne (mother)
Base:	Hall of Justice The Bat-Cave Gotham City Wayne Manor
Affiliations:	SuperFriends
Abilities:	none
Weaponry:	Utility Belt
Voiced by:	Season 1-4: Olan Soule Season 5-6: Adam West

Batman is a costumed crime-fighter from Gotham City, who along with his partner Robin, is a worthy member of the SuperFriends.

Contents 1 SuperFriends Team Member 2 Character Biography 2.1 Early Youth 2.2 The Caped Crusader 3 Hidden Lair 4 Powers 5 Weakness 6 Equipment 6.1 Utility Belt 7 Transportation 8 Episode Appearances 9 Notes 10 External Links 11 Appearances in Other Media 12 References

[edit] Character Biography

[edit] Early Youth

Bruce Wayne was born to Thomas Wayne a wealthy industrialist, and Martha Wayne. He was raised in Gotham City, and grew up in the infamous Wayne Manor. One day, when Bruce was about 8 years old, he went to go see the movie Robin Hood^[1] at a movie theater on Park Row. Bruce really enjoyed the film, and when they left the theater, it started to rain, so they decided to take a short cut through an alley, that would eventually be referred to as "Crime Alley." It was dark, and Bruce was afraid, but he followed his parents anyway, only to be confronted by a mugger with a gun. He attempted to rob them, but the Wayne’s resisted, and so he shot them down, leaving young Bruce alive to witness the horror. Bruce now lost his parents, and aside from the family butler, Alfred Pennyworth, he was alone in the world. The young child developed a strong anger toward the evil that had happened to him, and so from that point on, he made a vow that he would fight such evil for the rest of his life.

[edit] The Caped Crusader

Over the next several years, Bruce went through training. He pushed himself to the limit and beyond, building his body so that he could battle evil. He knew he would need a costume, but what? Then, like an omen, and bat flew through a window in Wayne Manor, and it was then he came up with the idea to become a masked crimefighter: Batman, the Dark Knight to strike fear into the hearts of all evil men! (TSPTGG: The Fear)

Eventually, Batman recruits Robin, the Boy Wonder, and in the Gotham City Police Department, he makes a friend with Commissioner James Gordon.^[2] And over the course of his crime fighting career he makes many enemies, including Joker, The Riddler, Penguin and Scarecrow.

Eventually, Batman joins the Justice League of America.

[edit] Hidden Lair

Batman’s secret hideout, the Bat-Cave, is hidden beneath Wayne Manor.

[edit] Powers

Batman, though considered a "superhero," has no enhanced abilities or special powers. However due to extensive and intensive training, Batman does possess beyond normal strength, speed and agility. He is also an expert in the sciences, technology, martial arts, and many other disciplines.

[edit] Weakness

Being human / mortality

[edit] Equipment

Batman's Batcomputer is capable of running test on clues, and many other things.

[edit] Utility Belt

Batman’s Utility Belt had compartments to hold several bat-devices, including (but not limited to):

• Batarangs
• gas pellets
• grappling hooks
• micro-emergency transmitter
• bat-language translator

[edit] Transportation

Batman uses several vehicles:

• BatMotorcraft
• Batmobile
• Batcopter
• Batboat
• Batplane
• Bat-Rocket
• All-Terrain Bat-Vehicle
• BatBuggy
• Whirly Bird

[edit] Episode Appearances

The Power Pirate Professor Goodfellow's G.E.E.C. The Baffles Puzzle The Weather Maker The Shamon U Dr. Pelagrin's War The Balloon People Too Hot to Handle The Androids The Ultra Beam The Fantastic FRERPs The Mysterious Moles The Menace of the White Dwarf Gulliver's Gigantic Goof The Planet-Splitter The Watermen More coming soon!

[edit] Notes

• Batman first appeared in publications by DC Comics in Detective Comics Vol. 1, #27^[3] in May 1939.
• Batman is co-created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger (although only Kane receives official credit).
• Batman is originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as ‘the’ Batman.
• Two different actors lent their voice talents to the role of Batman. Olan Soule provided the voice for Batman in the first 4 seasons of Super Friends. Then actor Adam West, who also played Batman in the live-action 1966 television series provided the voice for Batman in The New Adventures of Batman as well as the final 2 seasons of the Super Friends series.

[edit] External Links

• Check out the Official Batman Site at the DC Universe web site.
• The Batman disambiguation page at DC Database
• The Batman disambiguation page at DCAU
• For more on Batman see article at Wikipedia
• Go to the Batman Wiki for all things Batman.

[edit] Appearances in Other Media

Batman Batman, otherwise known as Bruce Wayne, was a Gotham City vigilante who rose up to fight common criminals, metahuman threats, and eventually even gods, extra-dimensional entities and intergalactic tyrants. - For more on Batman see article at 'DCAU'

[edit] References

1. ↑ This is probably referring to, The Adventures of Robin Hood released in 1938 and directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley.
2. ↑ Much of this back story is depicted in the Filmation series: The Batman/Superman Hour (1968-1969).
3. ↑ Go to DC Database for more on Detective Comics Vol. 1, #27