Anatoli Knyazev

Batman
Real name	Bruce Wayne
Alias(es)	Batman Bat of Gotham Gotham Bat Bat Vigilante Dark Knight Caped Crusader
Species	Human
Birthdate	1974
Affiliation(s)	Wayne Enterprises Justice League
Status	Alive
Appearances
Film(s)	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Suicide Squad (unreleased) Justice League (unreleased) Justice League Part Two (unreleased) Untitled Batman film (unreleased)
Comic(s)	"Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – Batman" "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – Superman" (photo) "Field Trip" "Picture Proof" "Lights Out" "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - Upstairs/Downstairs"
Book(s)	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – Cross Fire
Actors/Actresses
Portrayed by	Ben Affleck

"Even you've gotten too old to die young. Not for lack of trying."

―Alfred to Bruce^[src]

Bruce Wayne is the billionaire owner of Wayne Enterprises, and a costumed vigilante operating in Gotham City known as Batman.

After witnessing the murder of his parents at the hands of a mugger as a child, Bruce ultimately became the fearsome vigilante Batman as an adult, beginning his crime fighting career 20 years before the alien invasion of General Zod. Over those years, he became heavily seasoned as an expert crime fighter and detective, having fought and overpowered numerous criminal adversaries, most notably the extreme psychopath Joker.

Two years after witnessing the Black Zero Event, Batman grew increasingly wary of the alien hero Superman, and the two would initially fiercely battle one another. However, they would ultimately settle their differences and team up with Wonder Woman, together managing to take down the unleashed monster Doomsday. With Superman seemingly killed by the monster, Batman and Wonder Woman would be inspired by his noble sacrifice to begin establishing the valiant Justice League, in order to battle any future threats to the world.

Biography

"When it's time for you and I to say goodbye, you'll know." ―Kent Nelson, Black Adam This article contains MAJOR SPOILERS for the most recent DC Extended Universe content. You have been warned.

Early Life

"In the dream, they took me to the light. A beautiful lie..."

―Batman^[src]

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Bruce with his parents.

In 1981, Bruce Wayne and his parents were having a family night out at the theatre in Gotham City. They are confronted by a mugger, who shoots both Thomas and Martha, killing them in cold blood right before Bruce's eyes. From then, Bruce was raised by the Wayne family bodyguard Alfred Pennyworth. The two are buried on the grounds of Wayne Manor. Bruce runs away from the funeral, falling into a cavern filled with bats.

Fighting crime in Gotham as Batman

"Twenty years in Gotham, Alfred. We've seen what promises are worth. How many good guys are left? How many stayed that way?"

―Bruce Wayne^[src]

In the eventuating years, Bruce trained, becoming a fearsome yet heroic vigilante known as "The Batman", while also swiftly reclaiming control over his family company Wayne Enterprises as CEO.

Bruce spent around 20 years (up until the alien invasion of General Zod) fighting crime in Gotham as Batman, during which time he encountered numerous villains (such as his archenemy, the extreme psychopath Joker), had taken a young sidekick nicknamed "Robin", and captured many criminals, locking them away in either prison or Arkham Asylum, including every member of the future Suicide Squad (even the infamously lethal assassin Deadshot and the stronger Killer Croc). He would also form an alliance with GCPD officer James Gordon, and a Batsignal projector was used to summon Batman, if the latter were ever urgently needed.

However, at some unknown point, the Joker managed to kill Robin and left a note for Batman on Robin's suit. Bruce hung Robin's suit in the Batcave as a monument to honor his comrade and also remind himself of what he fights for.

Initially, he was all about finesse, hardly appearing at all, as evidenced when he caught Sal and tied him up from a tall building. Over time, however, he became more brutal, such as breaking the legs of jewel thief Pete Doumanian.

Black Zero Event

"That son of a bitch brought the war to us two years ago!"

―Bruce to Alfred^[src]

Bruce Witnesses the battle between Superman and Zod.

 Bruce was in Metropolis in the midst of General Zod's attack on the city with the Black Zero. As Zod attempted to terraform the Earth, starting with Metropolis, Bruce took a helicopter to the outskirts of Metropolis and witnessed the Black Zero destroying the city. He took a vehicle and made his way towards the Wayne Financial Building, giving the order via phone for the people inside to evacuate. Bruce's friend and employee Jack gave the order to evacuate, but he remained inside the building. Bruce dodged several debris and falling buildings and jets before finally reaching a stop in front of an entire crowd of citizens. Bruce exited the vehicle and watched along with the crowd as the Black Zero was destroyed and sent back to the Phantom Zone with Kal-El's starship. As buildings began to fall, Bruce made his way to the Wayne Financial Building on foot and called Jack again, but got no signal. While there, he bore witness to the vicious duel between Superman and General Zod. As the mighty aliens fought high above the city, General Zod's heat vision tore through the Wayne Financial Building, causing it to collapse into ruins. A horrified Bruce screamed for Jack and ran towards the collapsing building while everyone else fled. Bruce searched for survivors and found Wallace Keefe trapped underneath rubble. Bruce and a few other employees there helped rescue the now paralyzed Keefe. Bruce then noticed a little girl staring at the building's ruins and saved her from getting crushed by debris. He told her that she would be safe and asked where her mother was, but she could only point to the now destroyed building before breaking down in tears. Bruce consoled the girl as he watched Superman and Zod fight in the sky. 

Life after the Black Zero Event

"He was always tough. But over the years, he got harder. I mean, you figure he's seen some things."

―Sal to his colleague^[src]

Batman intervening in Firefly's operation.

Months later, Batman intervened when Firefly was setting up charges to detonate a building. He used a batarang to destroy the detonator, proceeding to engage Firefly, who unsuccessfully attacked the Dark Knight. Batman ultimately subdued him, leaving the two low-level criminals tied up on a sidewalk for the police to find.

While at Wayne Enterprises, Bruce followed a Metropolis Middle School student, Zoe, who was watching a group of criminals using Kryptonian armor and plasma rifles, in to a restricted section of the building. He urged her to return to her group, as he would seek the "proper authority", but they were caught by the gang. Suddenly, Superman showed up, causing the criminals to make a break for it. The Kryptonian plasma rifles briefly held Superman back (though he was also unwilling to hurt them). Bruce then took down the guard watching him and Zoe, before activating a Kryptonian signal jammer, which let out a high-frequency screeching noise that subdued everybody, briefly including Superman. Given the opportunity to take out the criminals, Superman handed them over to the Metropolis Police Department, as Bruce praised Zoe for her courage, before returning her to her school group.

As Batman, Bruce was later chasing a group through the Carytown Crossing, in the movie and shopping district. He landed his motorbike on top of their car, causing them to crash, before subduing and tying them up. He ran from the scene, disappearing down a manhole. The following night, he located Emily, who had taken a photo of him. He acknowledged that she would do the right thing and destroy the evidence, disappearing in to the night.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Bat Brand of Justice

"A devil...It saved us...It's still here..."

―Rescued Hostages about Batman^[src]

Batman rescues a group of young Asian women from a sex trafficker by subduing him and then ruthlessly branding him. One of Gotham City's rookie police officers tried to shoot him but the Dark Knight escaped, leaving the sex trafficker with a bat symbol brand on his chest, which is considered a death sentence in prison.

Bruce later attended an underground fight where he ran into Anatoli. He and Bruce had a brief conversation, which Bruce used to successfully clone Anatoli's phone. Through this, Bruce discovered the Anatoli worked for Luthor

Bruce's Nightmare

After falling asleep at his desk, Bruce began to experience a form of a nightmarish dream, seemingly a vision of a possible apocalyptic future. A devastated Superman kills thousands, and is driven by his incredible grief and despair to become dark and malevolent, taking over the Earth as its tyrant ruler, creating a stormtrooper army to aid him in his totalitarian regime of Earth, killing anybody who opposes him. Batman, in desert clothing, exits a bunker and watches his allies approach. He meets with them and asks for the Kryptonite rock. However, they open the box to reveal only green lightbulbs. They apologize to him and hold him at gunpoint. He follows through with their commands as the stormtroopers reveal themselves to Batman and his allies. They execute them, as Batman watches helplessly. Angered, he begins a killing spree and guns down multiple stormtroopers working for Superman while helping some of his surviving allies escape the area. Although he manages to take down most of the stormtroopers while Parademons invade the area and abduct many humans there, Batman is eventually overwhelmed by the remaining stormtroopers there. He snaps one of their necks but is brutally beaten by the other stormtroopers. A Parademon then knocks him unconscious.

Batman recuperates chained up in the bunker with his remaining allies, eyeing them helplessly. Superman himself then lands in the bunker, and his stormtroopers reverently bow before their leader. He approaches Batman, swiftly murdering the latter's other allies with his heat vision. Superman then unmasks the horrified vigilante. He expresses his anger at Bruce for letting "her" die, as she was "his world." He sneers at Bruce one final time, and ruthlessly tears his heart from his chest. At this point, Bruce awoke from this nightmare to find a distorted and unstable portal of electricity right in front of him. Inside it, the Flash appeared, and gave Bruce a distorted warning regarding Superman's possible path and that Lois Lane was the key to this. Before the portal disappeared, the Flash begged Bruce to find them all and save her. Bruce abruptly awoke again, though he did not believe that either experience were entirely a dream.

Encounter with Superman

"Tell me...Do you bleed?"

―Batman to Superman^[src]

Superman threatens Batman

While intercepting Lex Luthor's men transporting Kryptonite, Superman interrupted the chase, damaging the Batmobile after Batman tried running him down and again when Superman tore the doors off. Superman threatened The Dark Knight, warning him to give up his crusade, and that he should consider Superman's warning mercy. As he turned to leave, Batman countered with a threat of his own, expressing his determination to make the godlike alien "bleed". After Superman flew away, seemingly not impressed with the threat, Batman drove to the Batcave in the damaged Batmobile.

Duel with Superman

"You're not brave. Men are brave"

―Batman to Superman^[src]

Batman and Superman meet face to face.

After tracking the Kryptonite to LexCorp, Batman broke into the building and retrieved it, leaving a Batarang in the exact place where Luthor had it stored. Batman prepared his preemptive strike against Superman, building a powerful exoskeleton and Kryptonite powered arsenal. Batman set up traps in the old Gotham City Police Department building, placing a Kryptonite spear in the ground ready for later use. Having prepared for the fight, Batman tore off the old cloth covering the Bat-Signal and turned it on, shining it into the thundery sky. Though, unbeknownst to Batman, Luthor had kidnapped Martha Kent and Lois Lane, pushing the latter off the building to lure Superman to him. He revealed Martha's captivity in an undisclosed location that even he doesn't know of and blackmailed him to fight Batman, anticipating that the latter would kill him with the Kryptonite. A reluctant Superman travelled to Gotham to face Batman, who was waiting for him in the yard. He challenged Superman to a fight as he approached him. Superman attempted to reason with him, but set off one of his traps, causing sonic emitters to boom at him. He destroyed them with a drain and told Batman that he didn't understand, but he claimed that he did understand. Superman simply pushed him and sent him flying several feet across the yard. He then set off another trap and two machine guns fired thousands of bullets at him, but he rose up and burnt them with his heat vision.

Superman then tackled Batman into the air, through the building and tossed him into the Bat-Signal. He ordered the momentarily shocked vigilante to stay down, claiming that if he wanted it, he would be dead by now. Nevertheless, Batman resumed the fight and threw a smoke grenade at Superman, but he zoomed through it instantly. However, Batman had moved out of sight and fired a grenade at Superman, who easily caught it. However, it then sprayed Kryptonite gas into face, severely weakening him. Batman told him to breathe in, also sighting that it was fear. He mentioned that Superman was not brave, but only man was. He attempted to throw a punch, but Batman blocked it with ease, confusing the Man Of Steel. He threw multiple punches, but Batman countered them all and launched a flurry of attacks on him. He kicked Superman onto a glass window and leaped onto him. Their weight caused them both to crash through the window and to the lower floor. Batman began kicking Superman to the ground, but the latter then began to recover from the poisoning. He caught Batman's leg and threw him into the next room. They ran at each other, with Batman catching Superman and throwing him against the wall. He punched him again and again, but they were now ineffective due to his recovery. Superman tackled him to the lower floor; even though he was weak from the Kryptonite, he was still able to toss Batman through several walls. While Superman recovered fully, Batman loaded another grenade into his gun. Superman leapt for the attack, but Batman fired a grenade at him. The gas affected Superman, though he still managed to get a punch on Batman, damaging the side of his cowl. Superman laid on the floor in pain while Batman grabbed a bathroom sink and smashed it on Superman's head, knocking him unconscious.

Batman triumphant over Superman.

Batman carried Superman to the railing and threw him several stories down. He grappled down to the first floor and tied the grapple rope around Superman's ankle. Batman dragged him into the main hall, where he flung Superman around and smashed him into several pillars. He then told him that while his parents may have taught him that he was sent to Earth for a reason, his parents taught him that the world will make sense if you force it to. Batman then took the spear and approached Superman. He stamped on his neck and cut his cheek with the Kryptonite, angrily telling him that he was never a god, or even a man. He prepared to kill him, but Superman then begged him to save Martha, telling him that he has got her and to find him. Batman, remembering the night his parents died and when his father said "Martha" before dying. Confused and angry, Batman instead demanded to know why he said that name. Lois, having got there by helicopter, begged Batman to stop and told him that Martha is Clark's mother's name. Shocked, Batman stepped back and came to his senses, realizing the truth and that Superman was not a threat. Angered, he tossed away the spear. Superman told him that Lex wanted his life for hers and she was starting to run out of time. Lois informed them that the ship was drawing power from the city and it had to be Lex. Batman told him to go to the ship and he would go after Martha, promising him that she wouldn't die.

Saving Martha

"I'll kill her! Believe me, I'll do it!"
"I believe you."

―Anatoli Knyazev and Batman^[src]

After Batman defeated Superman, the latter asked the Dark Knight to save Martha, his mother. Reminded of his own mother (who had the same first name), Batman ended the fight, agreeing to save Superman's mother. After tracking and entering the warehouse Martha's held captive in, Batman engaged in a vicious fight with numerous thugs, eventually incapacitating them. Making his way to the room Martha was held, Batman had a stand-off with the remaining henchmen, igniting a flamethrower's tank, killing the two of them with Batman and Martha unscathed from the heat due to the former's cape and saving Martha.

Battle with Doomsday

The nuclear explosion that results in the missile hitting Superman and Doomsday is so gigantic, that Batman can clearly see it from Earth's surface.

Doomsday's body lands on the abandoned Stryker's Island, but he is far from dead, as the tremendous explosion seems to have only made the monster stronger, with its body once again regenerating. Batman then attacks it with his Batwing, unleashing an immense amount of firepower, but Doomsday is unscathed, and brings the plane down with his heat vision and breath. Before Batman can escape his crashed vehicle, Doomsday corners him, and fires a tremendous superheated torrent at him. Wonder Woman arrives, however, just in time to save Batman, deflecting the beams with her indestructible bracelets, which creates a massive wave of energy outwards.

Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman, stand ready to face Doomsday

Shortly thereafter, a recovered Superman returns from space, and proceeds to jointly attack Doomsday in tandem with Wonder Woman, while Batman tries to expose the monster to Kryptonite, which would exploit its only known vulnerability.

After seeing Superman sacrificing his own life to defeat Doomsday (using Batman's Kryptonite Spear), Batman is visibly shocked and saddened, and promptly retrieves Superman's lifeless body, enveloping him in his own cape, shortly before the arrival of a devastated Lois Lane.

Superman's Funeral and Contingency Plan

Bruce, Diana, and Lois Lane attend the funeral of Clark Kent in Smallville, along with Pete Ross, Lana Lang, and Father Daniel Leone, who presides over it.

Bruce and Diana remain at the cemetery afterwards, and share a conversation about bringing the other metahumans together, in case a threat of that scale ever should arise again, honoring Superman's heroic sacrifice. Diana inquires why Bruce is proposing it. He replies that it is simply due to a feeling he has that things will imminently get worse.

Visiting Lex Luthor

"Whatever you do! Wherever you go! I'll be watching you!"

―Batman to Luthor^[src]

Batman visits the cell of the now shaven-headed Lex Luthor, expressing his anger at him for his actions. He pins him against the wall and threatens him, but Luthor counters by stating that "god" is now dead, and that there is something else, something bigger coming. Batman punches the wall with his branding-ring, leaving the mark of a bat symbol on the wall. When Luthor turns his head, Batman disappears. He yells at the Dark Knight, that the bells are dinging, mockingly mimicking the dinging sounds.

Personality

Bruce Wayne is very dedicated and determined to his work of crime-fighting vigilantism, sometimes employing illegal and morally dubious tactics (like torture, much to the chagrin of Superman, causing him to initially view the former as a brutal and unforgiving criminal), but ultimately for the good of Gotham. Despite his dark past and serious work, Bruce has displayed a sense of humor around his butler Alfred.

In addition, Bruce tends to be extremely distrusting of others, especially those in possession of great power, since he notably claimed that even if there is only a one percent chance of Superman being a potential enemy of humanity, that it has to be taken as an absolute certainty, due to the incredible destruction and carnage that the supremely powerful alien could potentially unleash. This very cynical point of view on Bruce's part comes from him having seen "what promises are worth" many times during his two decades as Batman, having seen many seemingly benevolent individuals become malevolently corrupted, to the point that Bruce claims that hardly any "good guys" are left anymore. However, after witnessing Superman's heroic death in the mortal battle against Doomsday, a saddened Bruce gained a great deal of respect towards his fallen ally, and becomes determined to not fail him in death by bringing the Meta Humans from Lex's file together. In addition, Superman's noble sacrifice seems to have given Bruce a more optimistic and hopeful outlook, since he says to Diana that despite their many flaws, men are still good, and that they do in fact have the potential in them to improve.

Although possessing great hate and anger towards criminals, Batman, like the other Justice Leaguers, has proven himself a very caring and selfless person, constantly putting his life on the line to save innocent lives (notably when he fearlessly ran straight into the clouds of falling debris in Metropolis, managing to save a little girl) and bringing the most dangerous criminals to justice for society's protection.

Bruce's strongest characteristic was initially a strong moral code to never kill, until he became considerably more hardcore in his approach to fighting crime in Gotham. It is believed that due to pain, loss and exhaustion he’s experienced during his time protecting the streets of Gotham, as well as his growing cynical, pessimistic, and world weary personality caused him to decide that he was better off letting his enemies die than allowing them to return and cause more harm.

As of now, Batman seemingly has no problem with taking lives, as he has repeated killed by crashing and wrecking vehicles with enemies still inside using the Batmobile. He has also caused explosions in which enemies were caught in, such as by using a stolen machine gun to ignite Anatoli Knyazev's flamethrower when he was about to kill Martha Kent, causing it to explode and seemingly kill everyone in the room, though he shielded Martha Kent from the blast and saved her. He even was about to kill Superman with the Kryptonite spear, until being reminded of his mother, and learning that Superman's own mother shared the same name, causing him to remember his parents' murder and to throw away the spear in a rage. In what may have been an alternate reality or a nightmare, Batman had no problem gunning down Superman's stormtroopers with his pistol and the guns of the stormtroopers he disarmed in anger and rage at the deaths of his allies. Even as they overwhelmed him, Batman broke a Stormtrooper's neck with his bare hands in mere seconds.

To the public, Bruce Wayne takes on the façade of an irresponsible, fun-seeking playboy in order to avoid suspicion of his alter-ego, while as Batman, he reveals his dark, very intimidating personality in the form of a bat, to frighten the criminals he stands against, believing theatricality to help him seem more than a mere man. Bruce Wayne's ultimate goal is to bring order and justice to his beloved Gotham City.

Abilities

• Peak Human Condition: Batman, as a highly skilled and experienced vigilante, is in top physical condition (from frequent intense workouts in the Batcave and his numerous vigilante escapades in the city), and while not superhuman (making him the physically weakest member of the Justice League), his extremely muscular and athletic physique makes Batman immensely strong by human standards. Also, by properly using physical forces, momentum and leverage, as well as his knowledge of anatomical weaknesses, he is able to seemingly simulate low-level superhuman strength. Hence, Batman is capable of easily lifting and hurling human opponents over his head, knocking them out with a single blow, throwing people into walls hard enough to break through them, punching people hard enough to send them headfirst into the floor and their head through the floorboards, effortlessly smashing through wooden walls and sending people flying through the air several feet. Batman can also drag a heavy truck tire, perform pull-ups with a heavy barbell chained to his legs, bench an extreme amount of weight on a barbell, tear apart Firefly's armored suit with his bare hands, and destroy the latter's detonator with a single stomp. The lead knuckles on Batman's gauntlets allow him to hit even harder, inflicting more damage with his punches. Also, Batman could jump several feet into the air, hurling a large box while slamming a man into it, after lifting him into the air as he jumped. More so, Batman was also exceptionally durable by human standards, as he could not be slowed down or fazed by falling from a ceiling, allowing him to land on his feet and quickly attack opponents. This also allowed Batman to be unfazed when crashing through a glass window feet first.
  • Peak Human Agility: Batman has demonstrated superb nimbleness and agility, perching on a wall to avoid arriving police officers, quickly moving across ceilings and walls with almost ape-like acrobatics and gymnastics (which further's the suspicions of others that Batman is inhuman and supernatural), and even dodging gunfire from a GCPD police offer's shotgun, with the officer barely getting a glimpse of Batman, as the Dark Knight's speed and agility made him appear as blurs of motion. Batman even managed to grapple away from a superhumanly fast charge from Doomsday, as well as several of the monster's huge heat blasts.
• Expert Combatant: Batman is an extremely skilled combatant (on par with Wonder Woman), an infamously formidable master of a vast array of martial arts, with 20 years of experience battling and overpowering numerous criminals in Gotham City. His fighting also incorporates the proper use of physical forces, momentum and leverage, as well as his knowledge of anatomical weaknesses and pressure-points. With his tremendous combat skills, Batman effortlessly brought down Knyazev's 24 men at once, has brought down the Joker multiple times, can overpower even physically stronger opponents, like Killer Croc, and brought down quite a few Superman stromtroopers, until ultimately succumbing to their sheer numbers (in his nightmare vision of a possible future). In fact, Batman is the one who defeated most of the future Suicide Squad members (even the infamously lethal assassin Deadshot), having them placed behind bars in Belle Reve. Despite claiming to have gotten somewhat slower in his "old age", Batman is still an extremely formidable combatant, executing his combat moves at very high speeds. Under Batman's tutelage, his ward Robin would become a highly skilled combatant in is own right.
• Expert Marksman: Batman is a highly skilled marksman, utilizing his batarangs, sniper rifle, grenade launcher and grapple gun with a high degree of accuracy, notably using a batarang to knock a detonator out of Firefly's hand. In his nightmarish vision of a possible future, Batman was highly proficient with guns, using a handgun in a holster on his side, as well as repeatedly disarming Superman's stormtroopers of their assault rifles, using them as his own. When Wonder Woman restrained Doomsday, Batman was able to shoot a Kryptonite gas grenade at the monster from a considerable distance away, further showing his exceptional accuracy.
• Stealth: Batman is an immensely formidable master of stealth and infiltration, capable of breaching high security facilities without being detected, which is all the more remarkable and impressive, given his large muscular frame. Batman's stealth is so effective in fact, that some criminals would claim that you wouldn't even know he was there until it was already too late. Hence, Batman was able to sneak into the jail cell of Lex Luthor, and disappear from it just as suddenly, as soon as Luthor briefly looks away. When utilizing a gas grenade, Batman's amazing stealth is further augmented, to the point that he was able to temporarily evade Superman himself while using one.
• Intimidation: Batman commands a very intimidating presence, and is able to instill terror into the hearts of Gotham's criminals (with Joker being one of the very few exceptions), with some of them not even daring to shoot him after Batman fiercely gazes them in the eye. After Batman rescues some female hostages from a sex trafficker, they are so terrified of the vigilante and his "diabolical" appearance, that they refuse to leave their cage even after the police arrived. Hence, Superman would initially go as far as to call Batman "a one-man reign of terror."
• Interrogation: Batman is adept in interrogation techniques, often using law enforcement methods, as well as torture (notably branding a Gotham criminal with a batarang) as an effective means of punishment or information extraction.
• Indomitable Will: Batman, although he has no superhuman powers, has tremendous determination and strength of will, which make him an extremely formidable opponent. Hence, even when Superman personally warned Batman to back off, and demonstrated his incredible might (by effortlessly damaging the Batmobile), Batman showed no signs of fear, and was as determined as ever to fight the mighty godlike alien, and refused to stay down when Superman knocked him to the ground repeatedly during their duel, persisting until he finally won and had the Man of Steel at his mercy. Later, while helping Superman and Wonder Woman battle Doomsday, Batman refused to back down from the seemingly hopeless battle, and attacked the monster, persistently attempting to expose it to Kryptonite.
• Genius-Level Intelligence: Bruce is extremely intelligent, almost on par with Lex Luthor himself in that regard, to the point that he has successfully gone toe-to-toe with the extremely dangerous, inventive and completely unpredictable psychopath Joker for years. Given his lack of superpowers, Batman often uses cunning and planning to successfully outwit stronger and more powerful foes, rather than simply "out-fighting" them, often using any of their exploitable weaknesses (such as Kryptonite in the case of Superman and Doomsday) to his advantage. Due to this, Batman was ultimately able to defeat Superman in their fierce duel. Batman himself, however, was successfully manipulated by Lex Luthor into killing Superman, though Batman did ultimately come to realize this shortly thereafter.
  • Deception Skills: Batman is extremely skilled in the art of deception, with Alfred even going so far as claiming that Batman's skills in that regard ever since the age of seven have been equivalent to Mozart's in music, though Alfred swiftly added that Bruce has never been particularly skilled at deceiving him. Hence, Batman has been effectively able to fool the people of Gotham (especially the criminal underworld) into thinking that he is inhuman and supernatural.
  • Detective Skills: Batman is a highly skilled detective, capable of observation, forensic investigation, as well as both inductive and deductive reasoning of the highest caliber. Hence, Bruce was quickly able to see through the "babe in the woods act" of Diana Prince, discerning something suspicious about the antiques dealer.
  • Mechanical Aptitude: Batman is highly skilled in vehicles' operations, with him and Alfred having personally built and over time improved upon his various sophisticated gadgets, most notably, the Batmobile, Standard Batsuit, and Batcomputer. Bruce later personally designed both Kryptonite gas grenades and a Kryptonite spear.
• Expert Driver: Batman is a highly skilled driver, able to successfully pursue his enemies (most notably Joker and Harley Quinn) through the streets of Gotham on his Batmobile, and also managed to navigate the extremely dangerous streets of Metropolis during the Black Zero Event in his car, avoiding falling debris.
• Expert Pilot: Batman is a highly skilled pilot, able to effectively fight Doomsday from within his Batwing.
• Expert Businessman: Bruce Wayne is a highly skilled businessman (though not quite on par with Lex Luthor), helping his father's company, Wayne Enterprises, grow and gain more business partners, as the CEO. As a result, Bruce is very well-respected in the business world.
• Bilingualism: Bruce speaks fluent English and Russian, as seen in his conversation with Anatoli Knyazev.

Weaknesses

• Human Vulnerabilities: Batman's greatest weakness is that he is a human with no enhanced strength, speed, durability or metahuman powers, therefore making him quite vulnerable to the physical attacks of stronger and more powerful opponents, more so than any other Justice League member. Batman, however, usually compensates for this quite well with his highly durable fireproof batsuits, tremendous combat skills, highly sophisticated technological gadgets, and brilliant tactical intellect. However, despite all of his combat skills, Batman was ultimately overwhelmed and defeated by the sheer number of Superman stormtroopers, was knocked unconscious from behind by the blow of a strong Parademon, restrained by chains, and killed when the extremely strong Superman ruthlessly tears Batman's heart from his chest (all in his nightmare vision of a possible future). Later, when fighting against Superman, Batman notably had trouble keeping up, as even in his extremely durable Armored Batsuit, Superman, while holding back, still managed to swiftly knock the Dark Knight to the ground, with Batman heavily panting, and requiring a few seconds to recover. Batman was also in mortal danger when Doomsday was about to unleash his massive blast upon the former, with only Wonder Woman's timely intervention saving him.

Equipment

As the CEO of Wayne Enterprises, Bruce Wayne has an immense fortune, making him one of the wealthiest people in the world, rivaled only by extreme few, like Lex Luthor. His wealth allows Bruce access to some of the most sophisticated technology in the world, allowing him to create the equipment that is crucial to him as Batman, with it effectively compensating for his lack of superpowers.

Bruce Wayne, wearing the standard Batsuit.

• Standard Batsuit: Highly durable Kevlar-titanium weave protective suit and combat armor, used to compensate for Batman's lack of invulnerability. It is invulnerable to knives, and small caliber bullets and is also fireproof. The Batsuit's cowl also digitally alters Batman's voice, making it unrecognizable to those that know him as Bruce Wayne. The cowl, neck, gauntlets, and boots are able to effortlessly deflect small arms rounds and blades, though the rest of the suit seems to be more vulnerable, as a blade could at least partially pierce the arm. Even so, it is not enough to truly harm or slow down the wearer, as Batman seemed to only feel a small amount of pain after getting stabbed in the shoulder. In addition, the suit and cape can protect the wearerfrom explosions, which allowed Batman to shield Martha Kent from Knyazev's exploding flamethrower tank that engulfed the entire room they where in.
• Armored Batsuit: A much more heavily armored and mechanized version of the Standard Batsuit, which he wore when confronting Superman. It is durable enough for Batman to survive relatively unscathed after being hurled through a building by the mighty alien, though Batman was still left heavily panting on the ground, and required a few seconds to recover.
• Batmobile: An imposing and heavily armed custom combat vehicle used by Batman for transportation, pursuit and capture and one of his most powerful tools to aid in his war against crime in Gotham.
• Batwing: An aerial combat prototype vehicle with an immense amount of firepower, used by Batman against Doomsday. It is sometimes remotely piloted by Alfred from within the Batcave.

  

  A batarang.

• Batarangs: Extremely sharp (capable of piercing concrete walls), but non-lethal throwing gadgets in the shape of Batman's symbol, wielded by him when carrying out various different tasks, from incapacitating criminals to breaking through windows.
• Utility belt: A specially designed belt, filled with an arsenal of numerous gadgets, weapons and tools, to aid Batman in his mission.
• Batcomputer: A giant and powerful multi-purpose supercomputer console, located in the Batcave, with several monitor screens. Among other things, one of its monitors is equipped with thermal imaging, allowing Batman to easily deduce the number of Knyazev's people within a building from a distance. It is also constantly hooked up to police radio's from the Gotham City Police Department, as well as news stations, allowing Batman to be up to date with all the goings on in his city. When Batman is on one of his vigilante escapades, Alfred sometimes utilizes the Batcomuter to help the Dark Knight with a specific task.
• Grapple Gun: A line launching, multi-purpose, highly versatile, and handgun-like device that fires a retractible, detachable line with a mechanized, magnetic, or clawed end, which Batman utilizes to traverse Gotham City, escape danger and remain hidden from foes, all while allowing him to scale rappel, swing, catapult, or slingshot himself along structures or across gaps. It is able to raise its user up several stories or slow their rate of descent. It consists of a spool of cable, a winding device, and reloading feature. Once, it is shot a surface, it pulls the user at great speed towards their target and quickly retracts into the device once it is reached. This can be done in rapid succession, with the device being able to fire against instantly after retracting, with the speed of the device retracting being similar to flight. The line can pull great amounts of weight, as Batman can use it to slowly descend several stories while wearing his Mechanized Armor. It can also be used to pull on an enemy with great force, enough to stun and daze them or to injure them, with the end of the line also acting like a harpoon, as it can pierce into the flesh of a target and pull them through the air. The line could even send people flying through the air towards the user due to the force it exerted when retracting, which allowed Batman to strike his airborne target unopposed. The protrusion at the base of the gun's grip also makes it ideal to be used as a blunt weapon in close-quarters combat. As the line can be detachable, it can be used as a lasso, with Batman tying the line to Superman's leg and, with the strength of his Armored Batsuit, slung him around a large corridor and into several pillars. Batman even managed to grapple away from a superhumanly fast charge from Doomsday, as well as several of the monster's huge heat blasts.
• Respirator Mask: A small mask than allows Batman to successfully breathe in locations with limited oxygen, such as when he was attacked by Firefly's flamethrower.
• Sticky Bombs: Small, custom-built hand-held explosives that can stick to surfaces before detonating.
• Gas Grenades: Canister-type grenades that emit a great amount of smoke, augmenting Batman's already amazing stealth, to the point that he was able to temporarily evade Superman himself while using one.
• Kryptonite Spear: Batman utilized this weapon in his duel with Superman, with it later (ironically) being used by Superman, this time against Doomsday. Due to its nature, it is one of the extremely few weapons capable of mortally wounding both Kryptonians and Doomsday.
• Cellphone-Cloner: Batman, as Bruce Wayne, can use a phone capable of cloning the software and contacts of another, allowing him to both listen to the cloned phone's messages and track it. He used this on Anatoli Knyazev's phone while close to him.

Relationships

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Family Thomas Wayne † - father Martha Wayne † - mother Benjamin Wayne † Charles Wayne † Laura Wayne † Patrick A. Wayne † Alfred Pennyworth - guardian Allies Alfred Pennyworth - mentor, oldest and most trusted ally "Robin" † - protegee, ward, and partner vigilante Wayne Enterprises Wallace Keefe † Gotham City Police Department James Gordon Superman † - enemy turned respected ally, killer (in possible future) Wonder Woman - savior Aquaman - intended recruit Flash - intended recruit, warner (in possible future) Cyborg - intended recruit Martha Kent

Enemies Joker - long-term archnemesis Harley Quinn - long time archnemesis Lex Luthor - business rival and manipulator Mercy Graves † Firefly A.R.G.U.S. Amanda Waller Doomsday † Suicide Squad Rick Flag Killer Croc Captain Boomerang Deadshot El Diablo Slipknot Katana Anatoli Knyazev - possible victim

Trivia

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The Keep Calm and Call Batman poster in Man of Steel.

• A reference to Batman was shown during the final battle between Superman and General Zod. A poster can be seen that says "Keep Calm and Call Batman" in the central train station in Metropolis' CBD. A Wayne Enterprise satellite also appeared during Superman and Zod's fight.
• According to producer Charles Roven, Batman is an extremely rough, physical person. Ben Affleck said that he identified with Batman's character in that they are both very angry people.
• Batman is in his 40's at the start of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
• Batman's voice is digitally altered by his cowl.
• In certain scenes, Batman's cape is actually digital.

Behind the scenes

• On August 23, 2013, Warner Bros. announced that Affleck had been cast as Batman. Beforehand numerous actors such as Josh Brolin, Joe Manganiello, Tyler Hoechlin, Richard Armitage, Wes Bentley, Jake Gyllenhaal and Orlando Bloom were considered for the part.
• Ben Affleck's casting initially caused somewhat of a controversy.
• Ben Affleck portrayed the actor George Reeves in the biopic 'Hollywoodland'. Reeves played Superman in Superman serials, making Affleck the only actor to portray both Superman and Batman.
• Affleck played the Marvel superhero Daredevil in the film Daredevil and also in deleted scenes in the spin-off film Elektra.

Gallery

Promotional images

First look at Batman.

IMAX poster

Batman gets ready for desert warfare.

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Dawn of Justice skin from Batman: Arkham Knight.

Concept art

Standard Batsuit

Armored Batsuit

References

Preceded by: Thomas Wayne

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