With so many comics and movies to look through, it is a very hard task to come up with a rundown on how batman came to be. Batman has so many spinoffs that finding out the full detailed history is something only the original writers might know. That being said a general idea can be gained from most of the films or the early comics.
Batman or Bruce Wayne was son of a very rich Thomas Wayne and it wasn’t until one horrific night after a cinema that the young waynes path in life would be set into a new direction.. While coming home from a cinema, the Wayne family found itself in the worst part of Gothem city, an area known as crime alley. This is where bruces life would suddenly shift directions. In this Crime alley, Bruce’s family would be robbed and right in front of his very eyes, by an unkown thief. It would have been easy enough for the mugger to just take the families belongings but decided to kill them as well right in front of the young Bruce while leavin him at their side. After the death of his family young Bruce had noone to turn to but his loyal butler Alfred who now was basically a father to him.
At a very young age Bruce left Alfred and Wayne manor on a mission to learn everything he could to get revenge for the death of his parents. Young Wayne was gone several years, and went many places to learn his skills. He studied everything from fighting styles to forensics in an effort to make him the ultimate revenge driven detective. After his journey Wayne didn’t waste any time with his need for revenge. In the beginning he had no disquise or special tools. Because of his rush into the streets he was almost killed by the ones he was trying to help. He had no edge in Gothem City and while sitting at home beaten and bloody one night a bat crashed into the window. This gave him an idea. The fear of the bat would be able to give him the advantage he needed. This is how the Batman came to be.
Immediately he began working on his ideas. Below his home he started developing his base. Alfred, being the only one who knew of all of this helped out with guidance. He tended to Bruce’s mental state along with keep him healthy and helping him with the business. A new Gothem city was beginning to thrive as The Dark knight had been able to slowly bring crime down to the very little. . Police Commisioner Gordan Became one of Batmans allies as the police force had become to dirty for the bat to work with and Gordan was the only one he believed not to have fallen into the dirty cop era. Together they were set to rid Gothams Streets of crime. This is the Batman most of you have come to know.