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The Dark Knight. The Caped Crusader. [[Great Detective|The World's Greatest Detective.]] The [[Trope Codifier|iconic]] [[The Cowl|Cowl]]. '''''[[Trope Codifier|The]]''''' [[Badass Normal]] [[Superhero]].

Batman is also one of the greatest [[Trope Maker]] and [[Trope Codifier]]s in not just comics, but ''all'' visual media; one of the oldest superheroes still in print -- having debuted in ''Detective Comics'' #27 (May 1939) -- Batman is one of the three best known [[Superhero]]es ever (alongside [[Superman]] and [[Spider-Man]]). The Batman mythos has expanded into numerous forms of media in the decades since the character's debut, and there's a damned good argument to be made for Batman being the most ''critically'' and ''culturally'' successful superhero in history. When veterans such as [[Superman]] have taken beatings in the zeitgeist for [[Invincible Hero|perceived problems]], Batman's legacy and relevancy have never truly faded in the public eye, and his popularity across multiple sections of the mainstream remains as strong -- if not stronger -- than it was back in the 1940s. He's pretty much [[Rule of Cool|the only superhero to date who could pull out a lightsaber]] [[Crazy Prepared|with no explanation at all and get away with it]].

'''Batman''' is also one of the greatest [[Trope Maker]] and [[Trope Codifier]]s in not just comics, but ''all'' visual media; one of the oldest superheroes still in print -- having debuted in ''Detective Comics'' #27 (May 1939) -- Batman is one of the three best known [[Superhero]]es ever (alongside [[Superman]] and [[Spider-Man]]). The Batman mythos has expanded into numerous forms of media in the decades since the character's debut, and there's a damned good argument to be made for Batman being the most ''critically'' and ''culturally'' successful superhero in history. When veterans such as [[Superman]] have taken beatings in the zeitgeist for [[Invincible Hero|perceived problems]], Batman's legacy and relevancy have never truly faded in the public eye, and his popularity across multiple sections of the mainstream remains as strong -- if not stronger -- than it was back in the 1940s. He's pretty much [[Rule of Cool|the only superhero to date who could pull out a lightsaber]] [[Crazy Prepared|with no explanation at all and get away with it]].

At the age of eight, Bruce Wayne witnessed the [[Harmful to Minors|murder of his parents]] at the hands of a mugger. Swearing [[You Killed My Father|vengeance]] against all criminals, Bruce used his parents' vast fortune to travel the world and hone his fighting abilities and detective skills. When he felt he was ready, Bruce returned to his beloved Gotham City, intent on removing the criminal element that had [[Wretched Hive|overrun the city]] in his absence. Donning a costume with a bat motif to strike fear into criminals, Bruce protects the streets of Gotham as "The Batman" at night while pretending to be a [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job|clueless playboy billionaire]] by day.