Character Name: Bruce Wayne | Alias: Batman | First Appearance: Awesome Comics #1
Superpowers, Tools & Skills:
Bruce has a fantastic amount of wealth, thanks to his inheritance. Also a troupe of highly skilled helpers with various skills, such as engineering, surgery and investigation. He personally has several years of martial arts training, striking physical conditioning, a flair for the dramatic and “The Will To Act.”
Brief Backstory:
Bruce Wayne was nine years old when his parents were murdered before his eyes, at which point he was properly adopted by his parents butler Alfred Pennyworth until he came of age. Throughout his teenage years, Alfred had arranged for him to spend several years bettering himself in monasteries and universities in equal measure. His time at university was slickened by the fact that his surname was chiseled a dozen places across campus which, while not being direct corruption, even Bruce could recognize as being unfairly skewed in his favor.
Frustrated by his own privilege, he decided to drop out immediately before he would’ve gained a Bachelor’s in business, instead deciding to become a hobo traveling across Asia by foot. When he defended an old shopkeeper from a couple of young ruffians. He was observed by the assassin, The Bronze Tiger, who, impressed by Bruce’s resolve, brought him to his master, Ra’s Al Ghul, who saw to it that Bruce was trained as an assassin in the art of ninjutsu.
He has since broken away from Ra’s upon becoming disillusioned with his lethality, instead returning to Gotham as The Batman, viciously recovering his company and arming himself to the teeth, weeding out vagrant after vagrant from Gotham’s land. Along the way, he adopted several young men who reminded him of himself in one way or another before finally discovering that he had had a son with his star-crossed lover, Talia Al Ghul, Damian, who has since become Robin.
Frustrated by his own privilege, he decided to drop out immediately before he would’ve gained a Bachelor’s in business, instead deciding to become a hobo traveling across Asia by foot. When he defended an old shopkeeper from a couple of young ruffians. He was observed by the assassin, The Bronze Tiger, who, impressed by Bruce’s resolve, brought him to his master, Ra’s Al Ghul, who saw to it that Bruce was trained as an assassin in the art of ninjutsu.
He has since broken away from Ra’s upon becoming disillusioned with his lethality, instead returning to Gotham as The Batman, viciously recovering his company and arming himself to the teeth, weeding out vagrant after vagrant from Gotham’s land. Along the way, he adopted several young men who reminded him of himself in one way or another before finally discovering that he had had a son with his star-crossed lover, Talia Al Ghul, Damian, who has since become Robin.
Why this character:
As a kid, I really wanted to be Batman, but I’ve since noticed some things about him that I find remarkable, such as the fact that he often maims people for life, causes severe brain damage, and otherwise imposes disabilities that probably severely limit his enemies life prospects so long as he doesn’t deliver a deathblow. So I’m indubitably going to touch on that.