Batman Vol 1 0



 Creature of the Night 


 * "Slime like you made me. You earned me."
 * --Batman

Summary
Volume: 1 Issue: 0 Month: October Year: 1994

Credits
Editor in Chief: Jenette Kahn Head Writer: Doug Moench Cover Artists: Mike Manley Pencilers: Mike Manley Inkers: Joe Rubinstein Colourists: Adrienne Roy Editors: Jordan Gorfinkel and Denny O'Neil

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Batman
 * Alfred Pennyworth
 * James Gordon
 * Leslie Thompkins
 * Martha Wayne
 * Robin (Tim Drake)
 * Thomas Wayne

Locations:
 * Gotham City
 * Batcave
 * Finger Alley
 * Gotham City Police Headquarters
 * Krusty M's Laser Disk Emporium
 * Luigi's Pizza
 * Park Row
 * Riverside Lounge
 * Wayne Manor

Items:
 * Batarang
 * Bat-line
 * Bat-signal

First Appearances: No first appearances Final Appearances: No final appearances

Synopsis: Batman tracks down a serial mugger that has been stalking victims in the Park Row section of Gotham City. While he investigates the case, his mind reels back to his childhood.

When he was four-years-old, Bruce fell through a cistern on the Wayne estate and discovered the cavern that would one day become the Bat-Cave. Soon after this event, Alfred Pennyworth came to work for Thomas and Martha Wayne.

When Bruce was eight-years-old, he was returning home from the movies with his parents, when a mugger, Joe Chill, accosted them, killing both Thomas and Martha Wayne. This event would drive Bruce towards an isolated existence and a life spent studying the law. Using his knowledge of computers, he manipulated the local bureaucracy allowing him to become the sole ward of Alfred Pennyworth. Child psychiatrist, Leslie Thompkins soon became a frequent fixture at the Wayne estate helping young Bruce through his darkest years.

As an adult, Bruce traveled the world, learning various crime-fighting skills from venerable masters. All of these would one day become part of the arsenal of the Batman.

Trivia

 * None

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