Bruce Wayne is the Gotham City-based vigilante known as Batman, considered to be "the world's greatest detective". He is a member of the Justice League and has mentored younger heroes like Robin and Batgirl. His hound Ace also assists him in crime-fighting.
History
Long before Bruce became Batman, he spent years studying the skills he would need to fight crime. One of his teachers was Harvey Harris, a renowned detective. At that time, Bruce was just a kid in a mask, wearing a prototype of the Robin suit. Harris also had a group of meddling kids under his belt, and with their partnership, Bruce and Harris took down Gotham Organized Crime during one of Hugo Strange's auctions. This team-up inspired Bruce fight crime as a costumed crusader, like Commander Cool, and to one day create the Bat-Family.[1]
Several years later, long after stablishing himself as Gotham's dark knight, Batman still kept contact with the Mystery Inc., requesting their help to fight crimes and solve mysteries.
Batman and his sidekick Robin bumped into Mystery, Inc. as tracking down Man-Bat out of Gotham City. The teen detectives helped him find and turn Man-Bat back to normal as well as stopping a gang of bat-masked robbers. The Dynamic Duo were impressed enough with them that Robin invited them to the next Mystery Analysts of Gotham City Meeting, and Batman recommended them to Diana of Wonder Woman when the Amazon needed to a supernatural expert detective. He also thought of calling them when a group of villains masking as ghosts sneaked into the Hall of Justice.
In gratefulness for their collaboration in the Man-Bat case, Batman and Robin decided to help them find who provided gangs of crooks with costumes and gadgets to pose as ghosts: The Spook and False Face. What should have been a pretty simple case became an annoying, life-risking affair when Bat-Mite turned up to have fun.
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Notes
- This version of the character is exclusive to the Scooby-Doo! Team-Up continuity, and the two episodes of The New Scooby-Doo Movies, later published on DVD as Scooby-Doo Meets Batman. It is distinct from the other two animated continuities at the time, Filmation Adventures and Super Friends. The characters would not be reused until the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Bat-Mite Presents: Batman's Strangest Cases!".
- As Bat-Mite points out in that episode, this version of Batman is noticeable for his consistently mispainted neck.
- It is an adaptation of Bruce Wayne/Batman. The original character was created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane and first appeared in Detective Comics #27.
- Batman was voiced by Olan Soule in Scooby-Doo Meets Batman.
Recommended Reading
Related
- 45 Appearances of Bruce Wayne (Scooby-Doo Team-Up)
- 26 Images featuring Bruce Wayne (Scooby-Doo Team-Up)
- 3 Quotations by or about Bruce Wayne (Scooby-Doo Team-Up)
- Character Gallery: Bruce Wayne (Scooby-Doo Team-Up)
Footnotes
  This character is or was an incarnation of or an ally of Batman, and a member of the Batman Family. This template will automatically categorize articles that include it into the "Batman Family members" category. |
 This character has been a member of the Justice League of America, or the Justice League in any of its various incarnations, sworn by a duty to act as guardians of America and the world by using their skills and/or superpowers to protect Earth from the clutches of both interstellar and domestic threats. |