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Joe Chill and Bruce Wayne's Origin

Bruce Wayne's parents are killed by a criminal in Gotham City when he is young, causing him to swear an oath to spend his life fighting crime. He takes inspiration from a bat to become the crime-fighter Batman. In early stories, Batman operates as a vigilante in Gotham, later becoming an honorary member of the police force. He also takes in an orphan named Dick Grayson who becomes his sidekick Robin.

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Joe Chill and Bruce Wayne's Origin

Bruce Wayne's parents are killed by a criminal in Gotham City when he is young, causing him to swear an oath to spend his life fighting crime. He takes inspiration from a bat to become the crime-fighter Batman. In early stories, Batman operates as a vigilante in Gotham, later becoming an honorary member of the police force. He also takes in an orphan named Dick Grayson who becomes his sidekick Robin.

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In Batman's first appearance in Detective Comics #27, he is already operating as a crime-fighter.

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Batman's origin is first presented inDetective Comics #33 (November 1939) and is later expanded

upon in Batman #47. As these comics state, Bruce Wayne is born to Dr. Thomas Wayne and his wife
Martha, two very wealthy and charitable Gotham City socialites. Bruce is brought up in Wayne
Manor, and leads a happy and privileged existence until the age of eight, when his parents are killed
by a small-time criminal named Joe Chill while on their way home from a movie theater. That night,
Bruce Wayne swears an oath to spend his life fighting crime. He engages in intense intellectual and
physical training; however, he realizes that these skills alone would not be enough. "Criminals are a
superstitious cowardly lot," Wayne remarks, "so my disguise must be able to strike terror into their
hearts. I must be a creature of the night, black, terrible..." As if responding to his desires,
a bat suddenly flies through the window, inspiring Bruce to take on the persona of Batman. [69]
In early strips, Batman's career as a vigilante earns him the ire of the police. During this period,
Bruce Wayne has a fiance named Julie Madison.[70] In Batman #1 takes in an orphaned circus
acrobat, Dick Grayson, who becomes his sidekick, Robin. Batman also becomes a founding member
of the Justice Society of America,[71] although he, like Superman, is an honorary member,[72] and thus
only participates occasionally. Batman's relationship with the law thaws quickly, and he is made an
honorary member of Gotham City's police department.[73] During this time, Alfred Pennyworth arrives
at Wayne Manor, and after deducing the Dynamic Duo's secret identities, joins their service as their
butler.[74]

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