First Appearance: Detective Comics #27

Super Powers and Abilities: Batman is a master of several martial arts disciplines, formidiable tactician, premier detective, and one of the world's foremost analystical minds. His considerable financial resources affords him access to cutting-edge paraphenalia, equipment and gadgetry for use in his war on crime.

Rogues Gallery: Joker, Ra's Al Ghul, Two-Face, Penguin, Riddler, Bane, Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze

Background: Cruelly orphaned at the hands of a petty criminal who had murdered his parents in a mugging, young Bruce Wayne vowed to see his vision fulfilled that no child would ever suffer a loss like his. Wayne spent his young adult years in rigorous physical and mental training to become a crime fighter without peer.
Now, in his home of Gotham City, billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne plays the role of vapid socialite by day. But at night, he becomes Batman, the Dark Knight, a shadowy avenger who prowls the streets of Gotham City and strikes fear into criminals, "who are a cowardly and superstitious lot," in his determination to protect the innocent.