Bruce Wayne (Earth-6531)

"I've seen a lot in this life...the most gruesome things one could see... but I also saw love, peace, and above all hope. Men are still good: we fight, we kill, we betray one another... But we can rebuild. We can do better. We will. We have to!"

- - Batman Tony Stark and Diana Prince

Bruce Wayne is the CEO of Wayne Enterprises and the Gotham City vigilante Batman. The inheritor of the Wayne family fortune, Bruce lost his parents, Thomas and Martha Wayne when he was still a child by the hitman Joe Chill. Growing up and with a desire of avenging their deaths, Bruce was monitored by his butler and foster father Alfred Pennyworth, and then traveled abroad to train his mind and body to the apex, joining the League of Shadows. Returning to the United States, Bruce, with the help of Alfred, became the Batman, having to face the mob and subsequently threats such as the Joker and the Children of Arkham.

Early Life
Bruce Wayne was born in February 19th, 1972, to Doctor Thomas Wayne, a surgeon, and Martha Wayne, a philanthropist. During his childhood, Bruce befriended Oz Cobblepot, and the two constantly invented adventures of their own. After Oz's mother was deemed clinically insane, she was sent to Arkham Asylum, which made the young boy a victim of bullying, but Bruce always defended his friend.

Bruce, along with his parents, attended the Monarch Threatre during a showing of The Mark of Zorro, and after Bruce became scared with the movie, he and his parents moved out, where they were ambushed by the criminal Joe Chill, who killed them both. Before being able to kill Bruce, Chill heard police sirens and ran away, leaving the young boy crying over his parents' bodies.

Following this event, Bruce was raised by the family's butler, Alfred Pennyworth, who took upon him as his own son.