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When he was only 10 years old, Bruce Wayne beheld his parents being shot to death by a mugger right before him. This implanted an obsessive hate for crime in his mind, and as soon as he was old enough he left home to train himself into the ultimate crime-fighter.

By his mid-twenties, Bruce had become an expert in nearly every form of martial arts, as well as a master detective. Upon returning to Gotham, he donned a gadget-loaded suit and took to the streets beating down criminals.

But for all his effort, this accomplished little. There was only so much crime that a single man could prevent, and this brought Bruce to the realization that he needed to be more than an obstacle; he needed to be a deterrent. And for this, Bruce turned to his own phobia: Bats.

Soon after, tales of a humanoid bat haunting the streets began to spread through the criminal underworld, and as the fear spread Gotham's crime rate fell.

The Batman's suit features body armor, a thermal visor, communications devices in the "ears", "taser gloves" that can be turned on or off, and a cape that (when hit by an electric current, such as the one produced by the gloves) can stiffen itself enough to enable gliding. It also possesses a utility belt with six pouches, containing the following:

-"Batarangs" (essentially bat-shaped shuriken)
-Smoke bombs
-Small explosives
-A grappling hook
-Tracking devices
-Duct tape

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I always loved the idea of nobody being sure if Batman was even human, so I tweaked the costume to make his humanity more ambiguous.

Story-wise, I'm in the Burton camp: Batman fights crime not out of selflessness, but for catharsis. His "one rule" exists partially to keep him feeling better about himself, and partially because he doesn't trust his ability to stop.
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