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What are you dreaming tonight, Harvey? Peaceful dreams? Nightmares? Maybe both at once. Sleep well, my friend. Wherever you are, whatever you've become... I will save you. I swear.
~ Batman resolving to redeem Harvey Dent
Articles about Bruce Wayne (Goulden1998)
Comics Earth OneYear 100Holy TerrorBat-MangaEarth-395
Movies Under The Red HoodSoul of The Dragon
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Summary[]

Born to one of Gotham's most affluent families, Bruce Wayne spent the first eight years of his life happily. He was raised by his loving parents, far from the injustice, lawlessness and violence that encompassed the rest of Gotham. This lawlessness reared its ugly head when Joe Chill, a street thug, shot and killed an eight-year-old Bruce's parents in front of him during a failed mugging. Devastated and finally aware of the horrible injustices both in Gotham and the greater world, Bruce dedicated his life to a crusade against lawlessness and cruelty in Gotham, undergoing several years of training and becoming Gotham's masked protector, The Batman. Wayne would later be joined by other guardians of Gotham, such as his surrogate sons Dick Grayson (Robin, later Nightwing) and Tim Drake (Robin) as well as Barbara Gordon (Batgirl), the daughter of his close friend Jim Gordon. During his tenure as The Batman, not only would he develop a close friendship with Superman, but the two (along with five other heroes) would found the Justice League following the Imperium army's attempted invasion of Earth.

Powers and Stats[]

Tier: 9-A physically, higher with swing kicks, even higher with various weapons

Name: Bruce Wayne, known as Batman, The Dark Knight, The Caped Crusader, among other monikers

Origin: DC Animated Universe

Gender: Male

Age: Varies, but the period from B:TAS to JL v FF centers around his late twenties to early forties

Classification: Human, Founding Member of the Justice League

Powers and Abilities: Batman's body and suit provide him with:

Batman's standard, on-hand arsenal grants him the following powers:

Batman's non-vehicular optional equipment grants him the following powers:

Anyone except Batman attempting to open his utility belt will be met with Electricity (which is potent enough to incapacitate Solomon Grundy) and an Explosion, as seen here.

Batman's Vehicles grant him:

If given preparation time, Batman can utilize:

Attack Potency: Small Building Level physically (Can fight those who can harm him, such as Kyodai Ken. Was capable of body slamming Clayface with enough force to tear his arms off, and scales to various feats of characters hitting Clayface’s body hard enough to notably warp or damage it - in contrast, Clayface’s body was seemingly completely undamaged after slamming through a wall, said impact resulting in this much force, as well as other feats such as smashing a desk and totaling a car with one strike whilst weakened. Overpowered and beat down Ubu, whose strikes could do this. Though weaker, can stagger Bane, who has punched down thick stone walls. Knocked Kangor out with a single kick - Kangor's durability likely scales somewhat to the force of his stomps, which could do this, as well as send a police car flying. Harmed and knocked out Mano, who no-sold explosives detonating in his face, shrugged off this explosion, got up immediately after having an (increased mass) ceiling dropped on him and was fine after being slammed into a car hard enough to total it - that, and he took attacks from Miss Martian, who by virtue of being a Martian has some degree of superhuman strength. Is implied to be capable of beating The Joker to death, and has knocked him unconscious in one or two hits in some of their encounters - in contrast, Joker retained consciousness after this impact. Scales to his successor from Batman Beyond, as explained in Note 3. With all his strength, kicked over a huge stone statue. Has one-shot Thanagarian soldiers, who are overtly superhuman - in fact, one Thanagarian soldier could crack a stone pillar with a punch, and another retained consciousness after Vixen (who at the time weighed as much as an adult elephant) fell on them from a great height. Frequently sends grown adults flying across rooms and into the air with strikes, and has destroyed rectangular wooden tables, necessitating this much force. Harmed Ricky the Hook - Ricky was essentially uninjured after being kicked into a wooden desk hard enough to split it in two. One-shot Mercy Graves, who could damage Lexcorp military drones with her strikes - even if one was to assert that Mercy would have been easier to KO than usual since Batman struck her in the head and she was already nursing a severe head injury from earlier in the episode, Batman has ample scaling above Harley Quinn, who could notably harm Mercy, with her physical durability logically not being affected by her head injury. Relative to Nightwing (at the time, Robin), who decapitated a giant robot with a kick. Kicked Killer Croc through a wooden wall. Struck a man so hard he flew into and broke a large stovepipe. While weakened by nerve gas, knocked The Penguin out with a single kick - Penguin was only winded by being right next to this explosion. Despite being ultimately overpowered, he could hold his own against and take hits from HARDAC’s duplicants, whose attacks can shatter wooden crates, destroy doors, and severely warp metal elevator doors. Can fight and knock out Parademons, who are totally unhurt by landing with enough force to crush cars. Traded blows evenly with Kyodai Ken, whose punches can shatter large rocks. Superior to Base Lex Luthor, who smashed metal machinery with his bare hands. Threw large wooden crates hard enough to shatter them on impact, which yields (at the very least) this much force. Even while not at his physical peak, he could send grown men flying with attacks, even once sending one into a wooden table hard enough to split it in two. Though weaker, could stagger The Floronic Man, who rent the ground with his fists. Made Brainiac's computer console inoperable with one strike. Has harmed and beaten down Killer Croc, who was only winded after colliding with a moving truck with enough force to visibly embed his head into the metal and could rag-doll Rick Flag - Flag could stagger Shining Knight, who while barehanded could punch large indentations into military-grade doors. As someone who has reached "physical perfection" and the status of an "incomparable athlete," should scale above Wildcat, who could destroy a brick wall with one punch and punch apart Dark Heart drones, which tanked machine gun fire. This "incomparable" status should also make him stronger than False Face (a mere mercenary for hire without physical enhancements), who could shove Batman II through part of a stone awning and get up immediately after falling through a ceiling. Though not quite as strong, he could harm a Werewolf with a kick, sending it flying: this werewolf could throw a man through a wooden wall. While weakened, pushed Poison Ivy so hard she flew into and shattered a wooden beam. Slammed a man into a large wooden fixture hard enough to split it in half. Studied under The Master at Nanda Parbat - thus, he should be comparable to one of the master's youngest pupils, who could kick a grown man several meters into the air and crater stone just by landing. Stronger than The Penguin's henchwomen, who kicked Batwoman through a stone wall, making a large crater. Battered around Jack of the Royal Flush Gang - Jack is inconsistent power-wise, but within that same scene, he was presented as being strong enough that he could damage part of a stone balcony with a stretchy punch. Broke a metal railing by tossing a criminal into it. Staggered Blockbuster with a dropkick - Blockbuster shook off a head-on collision with a speeding Batmobile. Kicked a car door hard enough to send it flying and rip it off its hinges. Kicked Fastball hard enough to send him flying into a car, smashing through the window and warping the metal of the car's door. Kicked a goon into a wooden fixture hard enough to destroy it. Should be stronger than a ringless Green Lantern, who knocked a large grate off its hinges. Kicked the Joker into a stone model building hard enough to split it in two. One-shot a Gorilla, and later knocked out several gorillas with ease. Ragdolled Metamorpho with a kick - Metamorpho’s non-amplified physical strength being sufficient to slam doors off their hinges and send them flying. Punched through the JL-Era Batmobile's bulletproof window. Struggled with a tiger and kicked it hard enough to send it flying. While severely weakened by a lack of sleep, slammed Doctor Destiny into large wooden crates, damaging them. Beat down Lloyd Ventrix, who kept fighting after being swing-kicked into a metal pole hard enough to bend said pole. One-shot Carlton Duquesne's crony, who shattered a small wooden table. Bent a metal plate with a kick whilst fatigued. Burst through a prop wall while pursuing Joker. Kicked a door off its hinges), higher with Swing Kicks (With the added force from a swing, Batman could oneshot Copperhead, who could down him temporarily with a single kick. Knocked over Clayface), even higher with various weapons (Batman's shuriken (which should be comparable to his Batarangs) can decapitate the Harvey Bullock duplicant, who had already demonstrated that he was physically equal to if not stronger than Batman, and one of Batman's explosives created an explosion powerful enough to blast apart the Gordon duplicant, who is also equal to if not stronger than Batman)

Speed: Hypersonic (Scales to Nightwing, who moved this fast while caught off guard. Dashed backward, grabbed a robot, and placed it in front of him as a shield in the time it took a bullet from a old west handgun to reach him from a few meters away, after said bullet had already been fired - the typical muzzle velocity of an old west handgun was 700 to 750 feet per second, or about 60% the speed of sound. On that note, the Dark Knight has proven to be capable of evading gunfire after it's been fired on several occasions. Dodged a turret shell. Kept up with and dodged attacks from Tsukuri, who deflected close-range gunfire. As an "incomparable athlete," should be at least equal to Roulette, who effortlessly sidestepped the Canary Cry (a projectile sound wave) at close range. Dodged a crossbow bolt at this speed while poisoned and unable to see straight. As fast as Zatanna, who could undo her spell faster than a shotgun blast. Scales (via Rick Flag) to Shining Knight, who deflected gunfire and via the Joker, scales to Curare, who did the same. Reacted to multiple dart from blowguns, slapping a barrage of them away - blowgun darts can move this fast. Comparable to Batgirl, who reacted to a bullet and moved around a lot during its flight. Scales to The Joker in speed - the Joker repeatedly tagged and dodged attacks from Terry McGinnis, who has dodged sound waves even once they had come within a foot of him and blitzed an on-guard snake splicer who dodged tranquilizer rifle fire. Reacted to and ducked under Roxy Rocket's explosive charge. While extremely disoriented by Fear Toxin, dodged a tranquilizer dart. Reacted to artillery gun fire after it was fired, weaving around it with his hang-glider. Reacted to and dodged out of the way of a runaway bus at practically point-blank while weakened by Aresia's anti-man virus. Wove around pistol fire on his hang-glider. While holding back, can throw a punch in 1/20 of a second - this equals the current world record of twenty punches thrown in a second), possibly as high as Relativistic or higher (Though it seems unbelievable, the Caped Crusader actually scales very prominently to the DCAU's higher speed metas. Kept up with and landed several blows on Mano, who moved in tandem with and blocked a Lantern Beam at close range. Dodged a blast from Mr Freeze's laser-powered cold gun after it was fired. Narrowly dodged a shot from a medical laser. Should be as fast as Huntress and Black Canary, who dodged attacks from Wonder Woman and dodged swings from Hawkgirl respectively. Threw a Batarang so quickly Sinestro could not dodge it. Dodged attacks from Parasite after Parasite had absorbed the powers of Metamorpho. Should have at least equal reaction speed to Lex Luthor, who reacted to a Lantern Beam flying toward him. Caught and turned aside a punch from a furious Kalibak. Kept up with Tsukuri, who kept pace with Hawkgirl. Dodged attacks from Solomon Grundy as well as from Clayface, who have both tagged Martian Manhunter. Dodged a beam from Morgan Le Fay alongside Etrigan, though her second beam struck him. Comparable to Robin, who dodged several slashes from Shiv and threw a bola quick enough to tag Talon, both of whom are consistent nemeses of Static. Dodged a blast of lightning from Juice, as well as reacting to one from Maxy Zeus' lightning blaster. Comparable to Batgirl, who moved to block a bolt of lightning from Livewire as it was fired, crossing a greater distance than said lightning in the same timeframe. Through Joker, scales in speed to Batman II, who has dodged lightning after it was fired. Dodged a magical blast from Felix Faust at close range)

His travel speeds are as follows: At least Superhuman on foot (Briefly outran an expanding explosion. Ran fast enough to save Isis from a speeding truck. Kept pace with and caught up to a runaway bus while weakened by Aresia's anti-man virus. Caught up to a subway train on foot. Frequently disappears on people in seconds, as discussed above), Subsonic with the Batcycle (Should be comparable to IRL motorcycles, which can achieve speeds of upwards of 80 mph), Subsonic with the Batmobile (Has a top speed of 140 mph), Subsonic with the Batboat (Is capable of exceeding 150 mph), Supersonic with the Batwing (Stated to be a "supersonic batplane"), and likely Subsonic with his Jetpack (Caught up to Roxy Rocket’s jet-propulsed rocket)

Lifting Strength: At least Class 1 (At least equal to Nightwing, who could struggle for a few seconds with a furious polar bear. Temporarily lifted a large slab of rock that was pinning Mr. Freeze down. Struggled with a tiger. Tore one of his tracking devices in half. Overpowered Ubu in a contest of strength - Ubu being strong enough to slam a thick metal door off its hinges. Using the Batrope, pulled a massive statue (along with its base) backward. Ripped a pipe off of a wall. Struggled with Lock-Up, who overpowered three physically fit men simultaneously. Stronger than Poison Ivy, who snapped a man's neck with ease. Tore the handle off a train door. Pushed a huge stone statue over with his legs, though this was extremely strenuous for him. Can lift and throw grown men tremendous distances. Held onto a moving van. Tore a door off its hinges. Held open the jaws of an alligator. Casually ripped a metal grate off its hinges. Tore the handle off a car door. Ripped rope restraints apart. Clashed blades evenly with Ra's Al Ghul, who could snap the Batrope and has been granted the strength of ten men. Held open elevator doors. Burst out of a dogpile of fear-gas-affected grown adults whilst likely taking care not to injure them. Even in his early 80s, tossed a grown man across the room with ease and struggled evenly with a mutated, out-of-suit Terry McGinnis. Yanked a Parademon out of the air), likely Class 5 (Could somewhat grapple with She-Bat, who is biologically identical to Man-Bat: Man-Bat being capable of casually lifting a huge desk - however, he only grappled with She-Bat after injecting her with one of the syringes of the antidote for her transformation, thus she may have been weakened. Blocked a sword slash from his duplicant (who lifted a forklift) and could also somewhat grapple with one of HARDAC's duplicants. As an "incomparable athlete," should scale to Wildcat, who could tear a Dark Heart drone in two. With all his strength, pushed over a huge stone statue with his legs. Pulled down a huge display Christmas tree with the Batrope. With the aid of the Batclaw, was able to resist the pull of a vortex that pulled in massive sections of stone pillars. Tore a robot's head off), possibly higher (Batman could be argued to have higher lifting strength, from scaling to Batman II (who has a Class 100 feat), and being stronger than Batgirl who restrained a robotic dinosaur - however, I’m not listing this as his definitive scaling because I don’t think it’s consistent)

Striking Strength: Small Building Class

Durability: Small Building Level (Can take attacks from Bane. Completely unhurt by this explosion. Caught a strike from Ubu, who did this. Took a hit from BTAS-era Clayface, whose strikes are this powerful. At least as durable as The Joker, who is this durable, though Joker couldn't move after this. Shook off a punch to the jaw from Lord Havok, whose next punch smashed a car. Was only winded by taking the explosion of his own explosive Batarang at close range - these Batarangs can blast apart prison walls and tear apart the body of Metamorpho, who stayed intact when tossed into the side of a building hard enough to smash said side and after being hit with sustained submachine gun fire. Was back in the fight (throwing Batarangs at Gorgon) just a short while after being hit with a casual blast from Dreamslayer, seeming to sustain no damage and only being winded - a similarly casual blast sent Vixen through the side of a large truck. Just as durable as Ricky the Hook, who was essentially uninjured after being kicked into a desk hard enough to split it in two. Survived this. Was not notably injured after being bodyslammed through a brick wall. Instantly recovered from this explosion. Shook off a punch from Mr. Freeze, who effortlessly shattered a wall. Despite not being directly hit, he was basically unhurt by being in extremely close proximity to the explosion from Joker's turret shell - these turret shells were capable of destroying a large tree, blowing up part of a bridge, and creating a massive explosion on the top of a skyscraper. Just as durable as Robin (if not more durable), who took a hit from an incomplete Clayface - an incomplete Clayface's kicks could shatter a stone bench. Tanked the chair he was sitting in exploding. Just as durable as Nightwing, who took an attack that made this crater to the side of his body without notable injury. Took an attack from Kyodai Ken, whose strikes could shatter stone. Took hits from one of the Imperium's soldiers, who could effortlessly tear open walls. Shook off being thrown into a table with enough force to split it in two. Should be just as durable as Shaquille O'Neal (yes, really), who shook off a kick from Kangor. Was not notably hurt by this explosion, or being hit by the blast of Baby Doll's explosives which were this powerful. Took, in stride, a strike from a duplicant of himself - said duplicant should scale to other Duplicants’ feats, such as warping a metal elevator door, smashing a wooden crate, and destroying a door. Shook off the explosion of a popcorn stand. Took hits from Jack of the Royal Flush Gang - Jack is inconsistent power-wise, but within that same scene, he was presented as being strong enough that he could damage part of a stone balcony with a stretchy punch. More durable than Penguin’s henchwomen, who were only winded by the explosion from a missile. Completely unhurt by his head slamming into the glass of a police helicopter hard enough to severely crack it. More durable than Harley Quinn, who remained conscious after this impact. Has taken attacks from Bane), higher with his Flame-Resistant Batsuit (Was designed to tank flame attacks that Batman himself couldn't)

Stamina: At least Peak Human (Has trained himself to physical perfection and the absolute peak of human ability - logically, this would make his stamina this great as well. As shown in this scene, even after being exposed to Aresia's anti-man virus (which almost instantly incapacitated a normal man who was exposed at around the same time), Batman was able to dodge out of the way of a speeding bus, catch up to it on foot, break into it while it was moving, and divert it away from civilians, all before passing out)

Range: Standard Melee Range physically

His gadgets vary in terms of range:

Standard Equipment:

Optional Equipment:

Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (According to Stan Berkowitz, one of Justice League’s head writers, Batman has “…always got everything planned out a hundred steps in advance; he's prepared for any of the thousand things that can go wrong; he's practically psychic…” Is repeatedly referred to, both by narrators and characters in-verse, as the World’s Greatest Detective. Boasts a “razor-sharp mind” trained in “every known method of detection.” Has trained himself to the “peak of intellectual perfection” and “perfected his mind.” Wields one of the “greatest scientific and analytical minds on the planet.” Built the Batcomputer, the most sophisticated computer system ever built. Had his deductive skills deemed "impressive" by Brainiac, a twelfth level intellect. Is “the smart one” of the League according to Superman, who himself has a “computer-like mind” and defeated Captain Marvel, who had the Wisdom of Solomon. Was considered by Amanda Waller to have a “magnificent brain” and be “without equal” among the JLU - in contrast, Amanda Waller worked with CADMUS’ greatest scientists (including Nobel Prize winner Emil Hamilton, as well as scientists who cracked cloning) yet seemed to consider them incompetent morons. Got to the bottom of the CADMUS mystery despite the extremely thick net of government Red Tape surrounding it. Built a machine that almost instantly deactivated the Imperium's main factory, which is otherworldly technology built by an ancient being. Static believed it was only natural for someone who duped Batman to be able to outsmart himself and Gear - Gear’s superpower literally being super-intellect. Built the Beyond Suit and all of its gadgets. Stated to rival Ra’s Al Ghul’s “Genius Mentality.” Possesses “vast scientific knowledge” and has “mastered sciences” such as Chemistry and Psychology. During "The Once and Future Thing," outsmarted Chronos, who cracked Time Travel and turned the Jokerz from a ragtag group of delinquents into one of the largest criminal organizations on the planet. During the Beyond Era, after Bruce has spent twenty years retired from crime fighting (seemingly as a shut-in doing basically nothing all day), he still boasts “detective skills and a sense of strategy” that “are top-notch.” Has ingeniously covered his tracks to the point where next to nobody even suspects Bruce Wayne of being Batman - it's strongly implied that Gear, someone with a super-intellect, has tried at least once to figure Batman's identity out but failed, and even after his retirement (after over thirty years as the Dark Knight) it's never even once mentioned that the public suspects Bruce Wayne of having been Batman - with Terry McGinnis going as far as to call Bruce "an expert in covering tracks." Created an antidote for Kirk Langstrom's Man-Bat transformation, with him never relapsing in canon materials. Had the know-how to manually deactivate Orm's doomsday weapon. Is a match for the intelligence of Edward Nygma, his most intelligent rogue. This makes him more intelligent than his other rogues, who have many great intelligence feats. Poison Ivy, for one, was intelligent enough to create an enzyme that turned humans into trees ("Eternal Youth") and created plant "humans" ("Chemistry") with thoughts, feelings and personalities. The Joker is “extremely intelligent despite his lunacy” and a "mad genius," invented Smilex Gas, reworked CADMUS tech to rewrite DNA, and frequently creates bombs and robots - not to mention he considers himself a Genius, though obviously it’s entirely possible this is simply his ego talking. Jervis Tetch is twice stated to be a genius, and developed a machine that allowed for complete control over weak-willed people’s psyches. Jonathan Crane invented his Fear Toxin which greatly outstrips the potency of even the most powerful nerve toxins, and Bane is a brilliant military strategist)

Weaknesses: Refuses to kill or use firearms. Has most normal human weaknesses, such as the need to rest and eat.

Note: Batman’s suit, utility belt and vehicles have several different iterations. However, considering the fact that Batman is a perfectionist who is always overly prepared to rather comical extents, it seems extremely unlikely that Batman would forgo any gadgets or features between iterations of his technology or suit for no discernible reason. Ergo, this profile will assume that all features from previous iterations of Bat-tech have been carried over to their JLU counterparts, and that as of JLU Batman still wields every gadget his utility belt contained in BTAS or TNBA, or at least a newer gadget that also fulfills the purpose of gadgets past.

Note 2: Bruce Timm has stated that the original DCAU tie-in comics are not canon, with the only tie in comics that have statements to the contrary (other than Batman: The Adventures Continue, which has so many continuity issues that it's essentially impossible to argue it's canon) being Justice League Infinity, the Batman and Harley Quinn tie in comics, and specifically the first annual of Batman Adventures. Ergo, I only consider those three comics canon.

Note 3: Scaling Bruce to Batman II may be somewhat contentious, but it is rather consistent: As the man consistently implied to be the (overall) strongest non-enhanced human in the verse, Bruce should outscale an aged, out-of-shape Robin, who, while Joker was piloting his body, fought a suited Batman II and "(kicked) the stuffing out of him", being overtly too strong for him to defeat hand-to-hand (as made clear by Return of the Joker's screenplay) to the point that Terry needed to resort to fighting dirty and taking advantage of the Joker's vanity in order to land any substantial blows. In addition, despite both being weaker than their respective opponents, Bruce performs better against Venom-amped foes than Terry does. Despite not scaling to his foe to any super-notable extent, Bruce (during Mystery of the Batwoman) could stagger Bane notably with kicks, hit Bane with a kick-throw combination strong enough to escape from his grip, and managed to knock him over while he was offguard. In contrast, Terry (whilst fighting Jackson Chappell, who is likely weaker than Bane, considering Bane was a peak human (described as a “man of great physical size and power”) who took what appears to be gallons of venom directly into his veins to amp himself, whereas Chappell was a seemingly normal man who amped himself with a few small venom patches) was plainly outclassed for their entire fight, with Terry being unable to notably stagger Chappell with attacks, at least not to the extent that Bruce staggered Bane. Furthermore, an aged, decrepit Bruce Wayne (who didn't believe himself to be in his physical prime even when de-aged about twenty years) could two-shot Shriek with his wooden cane - Shriek being someone capable of taking a punch from Batman II and getting back up.

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