| Comics | Post-Crisis • Post-Flashpoint • Earth-43 • One Million • Millerverse • Sergio Bonelli |
|---|---|
| Movies | Burtonverse • Dark Knight Trilogy • Under the Red Hood • DC Animated Movies • DCEU • The Lego Movie • 2022 |
| Shows | 1943 • 1966 • DCAU • The Batman • Smallville • Young Justice • Justice League Action • Arrowverse |
| Games | Arkham Series • Injustice • Telltale |
| “ | People need dramatic examples to shake them out of apathy and I can't do that as Bruce Wayne. As a man, I'm flesh and blood, I can be ignored, I can be destroyed, but as a symbol...as a symbol I can be incorruptible. I can be everlasting. | „ |
| ~ Bruce explaining Alfred why he chose to be Batman |
| “ | Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him. Because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian. A watchful protector. A Dark Knight. | „ |
| ~ Lt. James Gordon |
| “ | A hero can be anyone. Even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat around a little boy's shoulder to let him know that the world hadn't ended. | „ |
| ~ Batman's final words to Lt. James Gordon |
Summary
Bruce Wayne is a billionaire playboy from Gotham City. When eight years old, he saw his parents get murdered in front of him. He spent seven years of his adult life in training in various forms of martial arts, and his detective skills. When he returned, he was inspired by a bat in his ancestral home of Wayne Manor. He became Batman at the age of 29. He was portrayed by Christian Bale in Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 9-B, up to 9-A with vehicles like the Batmobile or Batpod
Name: Bruce Wayne, Batman, The Dark Knight
Origin: The Dark Knight Trilogy
Gender: Male
Age: 29/30 in Batman Begins, stills 30 in The Dark Knight, and 38/39 in The Dark Knight Rises[1]
Classification: Human, CEO of Wayne Enterprises, Vigilante
Powers and Abilities:
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Master at armed and unarmed martial arts (boxing, ju jitsu, kung fu, karate and fencing), Vehicular Mastery, Master Planner, Social Influencing (Is well-versed in using fear and intimidation tactics), Stealth Mastery, Gliding with his cape, Statistics Amplification (Has a device which allows him to amplify his strength considerably), Summoning and Animal Manipulation (Can summon bats, which serve as a distraction and help him Camouflage), Camouflage (Completely blended in the darkness without Joker or Gordon noticing), Enhanced Senses (Has an ear radio allows him to listen in on conversations miles away and possesses a periscope with night vision), Electricity Manipulation (Attempting to remove his mask will release an electric shock), Status Effect Inducement (Has a variant of batarangs which can knockout an individual upon piercing), Explosion Manipulation (Possesses various forms of explosives), Technology Manipulation (Can disable various types of devices), Light Manipulation (Possesses flashbangs) and Resistance to Electricity Manipulation (Unaffected by a taser)
The Tumbler possesses Explosion Manipulation (Through various means), Homing Attack (As shown here), Camouflage (Using Stealth Mode), Extrasensory Perception (Possesses Sonar) & Self-Destruction (As shown here) and The Bat possesses Flight, EMPs (As explained here), Explosion Manipulation and Lights (As shown here)
Attack Potency: Wall level (Casually shattered Ra's al Ghul's blade without any effort. Fought on par with Bane, who can easily smash apart limestone pillars. Can one-shot highly trained fighters with no effort whatsoever. Smashed a moving van by jumping onto it. Slammed Joker's head against an interrogation window glass with enough force to smash its With the aid of a mechanical knee brace given to him by Lucius Fox, he effortlessly broke part of a brick wall with a single kick. Kicked Bane through a glass door), up to Small Building level with vehicles like the Batmobile (Plowed through a concrete road divider/ Can launch some missiles and another one can fire even more of them) or Batpod (Capable of blowing up multiple cars in a single shot. Fatally damaged the Batmobile)
Speed: Superhuman travel speed (Outran gunfire from three shooters and he glides this fast), with Subsonic combat, reaction and travel speed with Tumbler/Batpod (Moved about a meter within the time it took an assault rifle to shoot twice, effortlessly defeated 17 extremely skilled, armed people in 21 seconds and his Tumbler could reach up to the full speed of 220mph), higher attack speed with the dual front-mounted cannons of the Batpod. Hypersonic flight speed with the Bat
Lifting Strength: At least Class 1 (Capable of lifting an armored Ra's al Ghul with a single arm. Snapped Ra's al Ghul's blade with his Gauntlet spikes. Despite being severely weakened, he managed to lift a large wooden beam off of himself. Held his own against Bane). Higher with mechanized gauntlets (Can bend the barrel of a gun).
Striking Strength: Wall level
Durability: Wall level (Endured a barrage of full force punches from Bane, in which even casual jabs of his can penetrate limestone pillars. Survived falling from a building along with Harvey Dent although this crippled him later on. Can withstand his own blows). Small Building level with vehicles like his Batmobile (Took an impact of a rocket fired from Joker's bazooka. Another Batmobile briefly shrugged off gunfire from a heavy machine gun unfazed)
Stamina: Superhuman (Even Bane was impressed with his skill and stamina.)
Range: Standard Melee Range, Tens of Meters with Batarangs and Grapple Gun
Standard Equipment: Batarangs, Batmobile (Tumbler), grapple gun, utility belt, and the Batsuit.
Intelligence: Genius (Is a combat prodigy, and an excellent businessman and detective)
Weaknesses: Refuses to kill. He will put himself in harm's way to protect innocents and his loved ones. The wounds accumulated over his years in combat (Including taking a fall with Harvey Dent) eventually resulted in him receiving scars not only on his body, but also receiving scar damage on his kidneys and severe concussive damage on his brain, and even the complete loss of cartilage on his left knee, which left him unable to move about without a mechanical knee brace, though he seems to have recovered from this by the end of The Dark Knight Rises.
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Notable Matchups
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Notable Losses:
Kamen Rider Wizard (Kamen Rider) Wizard's Profile (Haruto was in civilian key. Speed was equalized. The fight took place at the World Martial Arts Tournament arena)
Deathstroke (Arrowverse (CW)) Deathstroke (CW)'s profile (Fight took place inside the The Octagon UFC Ring and Speed was equalized)
Inconclusive Matches:
References
Discussions
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