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SuperFriends Team Member

Batman
Information
Real name:	Bruce Wayne
AKA:	The Guardian of Gotham City
Species:	Human
Home Planet:	Earth
Universe:	Earth-1A
Relatives:	Thomas Wayne (father) Martha Wayne (mother)
Apprentice:	Robin
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 Super Friends.

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 Batsuit 7 Transportation 8 Batman's popular catchphrase 9 SuperFriends Team Members 10 Episode Appearances 11 Batman Action Figures 12 Notes 13 External Links 14 Appearances in Other Media 15 References

Character BiographyEdit

Early YouthEdit

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.^[2] 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 Waynes resisted and were shot dead, 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.

The Caped CrusaderEdit

As he grew older, Bruce assumed the mantle of chairman and CEO of Wayne Enterprises.

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. During this time Harvey Harris was a mentor to young Bruce, training him in the the art of criminal detection.^[3] Bruce began to realize that he would need a disguise so that he could fight injustice and retain his anonymity, 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!^[4]

Eventually, Batman recruits Robin, the Boy Wonder, and in the Gotham City Police Department, he makes a friend with Commissioner James Gordon.^[5] And over the course of his crime fighting career he makes many enemies, including Joker, The Riddler, Penguin, Poison Ivy, and Scarecrow.

It is not long before Batman helps found the Justice League of America.

Hidden LairEdit

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

PowersEdit

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.

Batman's true powers come from his superior leadership abilities and his Sherlock Holmes like deduction/reasoning ablities.

WeaknessEdit

Those akin to a normal, mortal, human.

EquipmentEdit

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

BatsuitEdit

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
• gas masks

TransportationEdit

Batman uses several vehicles:

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

Batman's popular catchphraseEdit

• "Great Gotham!"

SuperFriends Team MembersEdit

Episode AppearancesEdit

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!

Batman Action FiguresEdit

In 1984 the Super Powers collection was launched and one of the first figures released was a Batman figure. He as

depicted as wearing his Super Friends gray and blue costume with a black and yellow Bat symbol on his chest. He also featured blue gauntlets blue boots and a blue cowl. His sole accessory was unique, removable blue cloth cape. Like many other action figures n this line the Batman action figure would produce a Superpower when his legs were squeezed together. Batman's motion was a Bat Punch. A Robin action figure and a Batmobile were later produced.

NotesEdit

• A bit of a nitpick: Batman's origin is explored in a Super Powers episode entitled The Fear. Robin is ignorant of the fact that Bruce Wayne's parents died in Crime Alley. This is against all levels of continuity because they have been partners for so long. This marks the first time that Batman's origin was explored on film. A bat even flies into Wayne's window which acts as his inspiration just like in the comics.
• Batman first appeared in publications by DC Comics in Detective Comics Vol. 1, #27^[6] 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.
• Adam West has remained very connected to the Batman lore even after staring as the Caped Crusader himself in the 60's Batman tv series by making guest appearances in the various animated Batman series. In Batman: The Animated Series as The Gray Ghost. West later had a recurring role as the voice of Mayor Grange in the Kids WB animated series The Batman . And now West is set to return as Thomas Wayne in the original batsuit in the upcoming episode "Chill of the Night" on Batman: The Brave and the Bold.

External LinksEdit

• 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.

Appearances in Other MediaEdit

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'

Batman Two horrific events happened in the life of Billionaire playboy & philanthropist Bruce Wayne that would change his life forever . The first occurred on the grounds of Wayne Manor when an eight year old Bruce Wayne fell into a cavern full of Bats . The second was when he witnessed the murder of his beloved parents. These events would send Bruce Wayne on an 8 year quest around the global training himself to physical and intellectual perfection until he was ready to return to Gotham where he would used the very symbol that frightened him as a child to strike fear and terror into the criminal element that plague the city as The Dark Knight known to the citizen of Gotham as BATMAN . - For more on Batman see article at 'Batman Wiki'

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ This is probably referring to, The Adventures of Robin Hood released in 1938 and directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley.
2. ↑ This street is never actually called, Park Row on the SuperFriends TV Show.
3. ↑ As explained in the SuperFriends comic book, issue #1
4. ↑ As explained in the Season 6: episode, The Fear.
5. ↑ Much of this back story is depicted in the Filmation series: The Batman/Superman Hour (1968-1969).
6. ↑ Go to DC Database for more on Detective Comics Vol. 1, #27