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wanderingmind867 · 22 days ago

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Bruce's Uncle Phillip was an eccentric sort of man, a rich man who hated the big city lifestyle and wanted to get away from it all. So shortly after adopting Bruce, the three person family unit temporarily moved to Smallville, Kansas. To get away from it all and escape the trauma of Gotham. It was here that Bruce Wayne first met Clark Kent, Lana Lang, Lex Luthor and some others.

For a few months, Bruce stayed in Smallville. Him and Clark became good friends. For a brief time, Bruce even ended up Superboy's sidekick as the Flying Fox. Bruce never learned Clark was Superboy, and Clark never learned Bruce was the Flying Fox. They couldn't learn each other's secrets, because Bruce moved away from Smallville a few months after he invented the Flying Fox identity. Uncle Phillip was bored of small town life, so he chose to move the family back to Blüdhaven. He grew homesick, and he realized that small town living just wasn't something he could make work. So Bruce lost a friend in Clark Kent. Although they would eventually reconnect. One day…

In any case, Bruce moved back to Blüdhaven. Blüdhaven ends up being where Bruce spends most of his childhood. It's here that he decides to become Batman, and here that he learns Mrs. Chilton's son was the person who killed his parents (although he still managed to forgive her). Blüdhaven was where Bruce began dedicating himself to the ideals that would go on to define his future life. And on the whole, it was home to a relatively peaceful childhood for him. He still keeps in touch with Uncle Phillip and Mrs. Chilton to this day. Just because they're family to him. So his childhood after Smallville was fairly unremarkable, at least until he turned 17 or 18.

When he turned 17 or 18, Bruce moved away from Blüdhaven to go to Gotham University. Bruce began studying to be a law enforcement officer there. His professors taught him everything he needed to know about forensic science, non lethal combat training, and all the other fine arts of criminology. At Gotham U, Bruce also met two new friends (who helped fill the void in his heart since leaving Smallville years ago): Harvey Dent and Ethan Bennett. Ethan was also studying to be a Detective, and Harvey was training to be a lawyer. Together, these three became best friends, infamous on campus for their academic achievements.

Shortly after graduating from university, though, Bruce took on the identity of the Batman. He became a nightly presence in Gotham City, a vigilante either helping the cops or making them look ineffective, depending on who you asked. But either way: Batman had arrived in Gotham. And he has here to stay. Fighting against Falcone and the other mobs in Gotham, Batman had inadvertently drawn the ire of the Court of Owls (led by Carmine Falcone). But that's a story that won't be resolved for a little while yet. For now, we leave the story of Bruce Wayne here. In the next part of his life's story, we meet Robin I (Dick Grayson), and Alfred re-enters the fold.