History of Batman

Many say that Batman is the greatest super hero of all time and it is no wonder because he is the only super hero with out any super human powers. Despite this, his name strikes fear into the hearts of his enemy. Such is his power and presence.

Originally Bob Kane created batman for DC comics in 1939 since then it become very popular. Batman’s real name is Bruce Wayne and he is born in Gotham city. He is the only son of physician Thomas Wayne and Martha. The Wayne family is the richest family in Gotham city and they are known for their philanthropist nature. One night after returning from watching a play, a mugger shot both his parents and killed them.

Bruce Wayne was horrified to see this and he is taken to his Wayne mansion where he is taken care of by their trustee old butler Alfred. Bruce has a friend called Rachel Dawson. As Bruce grows old his memory of his parents murder still haunts him so he vows to kill the murderer and one day while about to do so the mafia bosses kill the man he wanted to kill. A brief encounter of Bruce with the city mob bosses makes him realize that the city is full of low life filth. He decides that he should clean it up for that purpose.

Bruce Wayne wanted to undergo training so he headed out for himalaya’s where he is trained under Ra’s Al Ghul who teaches Bruce all his combat skills and the spiritual knowledge. So bruce comes back to gotham city only to find it more corrupted than ever. Also, his father’s company, the Wayne Group has grown many time over. He is the only heir to it and thus he became rich. Bruce is still confused about how he wants to fight the crime and one day he finds a bat in his building and follows it to the back outside to an underground layer. That’s when he decides to become the batman.

Batman is also known by other names such as caped crusader and dark knight. Meanwhile, his childhood friend Rachel now becomes an attorney fighting the crime of Gotham. Bruce in order to stay low and unnoticed takes up a very lavishing life style and pretends to be a playboy. Bruce gets an ally from the Gotham Police Department in the form of Lieutenant Gordon Brown. He sets up a really huge flash light with a bat figure on it. Whenever it is turned on, a huge shadow of bat appears and it is a signal that Batman is needed.

In the course of his crime fighting, Batman faces a lot of enemies like the Joker, Penguin, Two-face, Riddler, Poison Ivy, Dr. Freeze, the Ventriloquist and many more. But according to many, the joker is considered batman’s arch nemesis. He also manages to find few sidekicks like Robin and Cat Woman. Batman, along with Superman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman and Martian Manhunter, forms a team called the Justice League. Batman also builds them a monitoring center in earth’s orbit. Even though many other characters have come and gone, this remains the original and basic back story of Batman.

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