Comm. Wayne remembering his early days
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Real Name: I - Bruce Wayne; II - Richard "Dick" Grayson
Current Aliases: The Caped Crusader, THE Golden Age Batman (I - Bruce Wayne);
Grayson adopts the Batman identity after Wayne retires in the late 1950s but abandons it before meeting with the Justice League of Earth-One (Justice League Vol 1 #55)
Nicknames: None
Former Aliases: Many as Wayne was a master of disguise and would assume many disguises and aliases to conduct detective work
Status
Occupation: Millionaire owner of several companies, Police Commisioner of Gotham City on Earth-Two
Legal Status: Deceased;
(Pre-Crisis) citizen of the United States of Earth-Two with no criminal record in the United States
Identity: Secret
Marital Status: Widower (Married)
Known Relatives: Dr. Thomas Wayne (Father; deceased); Martha Wayne (Mother; deceased); Selina Kyle-Wayne aka Catwoman (Earth-Two) (Wife; deceased); Helena Wayne aka Huntress (Daughter; deceased); Richard "Dick" Grayson (Former Ward, Deceased)
Group Affiliation: Partner Robin of Earth-Two; Former associate member of the Justice Society of America of Earth-Two; leader of the Batman Family of Earth-Two;
Base of Operations: Wayne Manor and the Batcave and Gotham City on Earth-Two
Origin
Police Commissioner Bruce Wayne was indigenous to the reality commonly referred to as Classic Earth-Two. Earth Two is now the primary nomenclature used to refer to the antimatter universe Earth which is populated by the Crime Syndicate of AmeriKa, the modern version of the Pre-Crisis Earth-Three criminal organization.
First Appearance: Historic: Detective Comics #27 (May 1939)
in canon as Earth 2 Batman: Justice League of America #82 (Aug 1971)
Place of Birth: Gotham City of Earth-Two
Final Appearance: Death revealed in Adventure Comics #462
Place of Death: Gotham City of Earth-Two
History
Notes
- Unlike his Earth-One and modern era counterparts, the Earth-Two Batman was a regular open pipe smoker for many years as noted he did from before his marriage to Selina to after her death which was attributed to be over twenty years, which some writers and fans state was the source for the character's cancer that was killing him.
- UNLIKE the original Golden Age stories, the Earth-Two Batman was shown to have carried and used a gun AFTER forming his partnership with his Robin whereas the original stories have Batman using a gun in only his earliest adventures and STOPPED BEFORE Robin joins him as a partner in 1940 (shown in Detective Comics #38).
- was briefly succeeded in the role of Batman by his former junior partner, Dick Grayson after Wayne retired. But Grayson felt uncomfortable in the role of Batman II of Earth 2 and decided not to continue in the role and resumed his original costume identity of Robin with a modified version of his mentor's costume.
First appearance of Earth 2 Robin in the Silver Age in Batman like costume (JLA Vol 1 #55)
Grayson later replaced that version of his costume with the best known mostly yellow bodysuit version.