As he systematically worked his way through Napier's men, Batman crossed paths with Gordon before he managed to catch sight of Napier. Deciding to assist Gordon's forces in Napier's capture, he suited up as Batman and left for Axis Chemicals.īatman meeting Jack Napier at Axis Chemicals for the first time.Īrriving at the chemical plant, Batman found himself walking into a firefight between Napier's associates and the GCPD. Reviewing the surveillance footage at his computer in the cave, Batman learned Gordon had left to organize the capture of Jack Napier, a member of Gotham's mob and Carl Grissom's right-hand man.
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Deciding to investigate further, he excused himself and left Alfred a series of instructions, including to give Knox "a grand". In the midst of the conversation, Alfred appeared to alert Bruce of Gordon's sudden compulsion to leave the gala. Bruce seemed to flatter Vicki during their conversation. Enquiring further, he discovered they'd attended the gala to pursue leads about Batman, particularly with Gordon and Dent. He later encountered her and Knox in the mansion's armory, properly introducing himself to the pair. While he attended to his duties as host, Bruce met photographer Vicki Vale. In secret, he had set up the mansion's surveillance system tracked key guests to gather possible intelligence on Gotham's affairs. Holding a charity gala at Wayne Manor to help fund the flailing Gotham City 200th Anniversary Parade, Bruce was forced to attend the event due to his duties as a host. Bruce's attention to being Batman, however, meant that he was unable to attend the celebratory event of Dent's election as Gotham's new District Attorney his seat among prominent supporters being notably empty. Tracking the two thugs responsible, Batman took the opportunity to use them to spread word of his presence in Gotham, critically injuring one and frightening the other. On one of his patrols, Batman, from the rooftops of the Old Gotham Cathedral, heard the scream of a woman, after she and her family had been victims of a mugging. Meanwhile, Bruce Wayne publicly devoted his money and attention to cleaning up Gotham, using his efforts to support clean officials and politicians, namely Commissioner James Gordon, Mayor Borg and District Attorney Harvey Dent. His forays against the criminal underworld encouraged word and superstition of himself to manifest among the populace, though many of Gotham's citizens regarded Batman to be a rumor. Spreading legend around Gotham, he primarily targeted small-time criminals, such as Johnny Gobs. To strike fear into the hearts of his enemies, he developed a costume and new persona for himself - "The Batman".īruce had been patrolling the streets for some time prior to the public become aware.
With the assistance of Alfred, Bruce developed new technology and weapons, storing them in a cave beneath Wayne Manor. To this end, he studied combat, science, psychology, and criminology. To cope with the trauma, Bruce became obsessed with eradicating crime from Gotham's streets so that no one else would suffer the same pain. Bruce never forgot the man's evil grin as he aimed the gun at him, or the cryptic question that he asked: " You ever dance with the devil by the pale moon light?" As the first hoodlum started away, the second turned to shoot Bruce, but was dissuaded by his fleeing companion. In response, the mugger's associate gunned them both down. Whilst walking down the Alley at Pearl and Phillips Streets, they noticed two hoods who'd been tailing them from the theatre.Īs one of the hoods grabbed for his mother's pearl necklace, Bruce watched as his father tried to stop him. Following the show, Bruce's father had decided that they should walk for a bit before they took a cab back to Wayne Manor. He grew up within their family estate, Wayne Manor, under both their care and the guidance of Alfred Pennyworth.īruce and his parents at the Monarch TheatreĪt the age of ten years old, Bruce accompanied his parents to see Footlight Frenzy at the Monarch Theatre in downtown Gotham.