Details find predecessors in pulp fiction, comic strips, newspaper headlines, and autobiographical details referring to Kane himself. Batman has no inherent superhuman powers; he relies on "his own scientific knowledge, detective skills, and athletic prowess". The most prominent of these, Duke Thomas, later becomes Batman's crimefighting partner as The Signal. He suffers a few losses, notably of Dick Grayson by the hands of his biological son Damian (albeit by accident), who sided with Superman.

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However, "Hush" sees Batman and Catwoman allied against the entire rogues gallery and rekindling their romantic relationship. Kane noted that within six issues he drew the character's jawline more pronounced, and lengthened the ears on the costume. The bat-wing-like cape was suggested by Bob Kane, inspired as a child by Leonardo da Vinci's sketch of an ornithopter flying device. Finger suggested giving the character a cowl instead of a simple domino mask, a cape instead of wings, and gloves; he also recommended removing the red sections from the original costume. which brought Batman up against the villainous "Black Glove" organization, which sought to drive Batman into madness.The Batmobile, which was before frequently depicted to resemble a sports car, was redesigned in 2011 when DC Comics relaunched its entire line of comic books, with the Batmobile being given heavier armor and new aesthetics. The continuity established by DC Rebirth continues across DC's comic book titles, including volume 1 of Detective Comics and volume 3 of Batman. Ghost-Maker, an enemy from Batman's past, appears in Gotham, and, after a battle, becomes a sort of ally to Batman.

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Will Brooker notes in his book Batman Unmasked that "the confirmation of the Batman's identity lies with the young audience. As an aristocratic hero with a double identity, Batman had predecessors in the Scarlet Pimpernel (created by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, 1903) and Zorro (created by Johnston McCulley, 1919). In 2003, Loeb teamed with artist Jim Lee to work on another mystery arc: " Batman: Hush" for the main Batman book.In time, Wilder gradually realized her methods for fighting crime resulted in criminals being temporarily incarcerated and allowed to escape. The Dawnbreaker is a version of Batman from Earth -32, a dark reflection of the Earth-32 where Batman became a Green Lantern. At the conclusion of "No Man's Land", O'Neil stepped down as editor and was replaced by Bob Schreck. The relaunch also interrupted the publication of Batman, Incorporated, which resumed its story in 2012–2013 with changes to suit the new status quo. He evades a trap set up by Superman when the fallen hero tries to make a meeting to discuss their problems.

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In the book's conclusion that takes place 15 years into the future, a grown up Bruce Wayne becomes Batman (not out of tragedy but out of inspiration by the Bombshells) and is trained by the older Catwoman to herald in the new age of superheroes. He is also a master strategist, considered DC’s greatest tactician, with numerous plans in preparation for almost any eventuality. In the late 1970s, when Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster began receiving a "created by" credit on the Superman titles, along with William Moulton Marston being given the byline for creating Wonder Woman, Batman stories began saying "Created by Bob Kane" in addition to the other credits. Eventually, she became reckless, killed Iris while fighting the Flash, and was rejected by the Speed Force due to her inorganic connection to it, which left her trapped in a vibrational form.When Aquaman is transported fathoms below Amnesty Bay, the Drowned attacks him, revealing that the infected Mera has mutated into a gargantuan shark/crab/octopus creature. In the mainline DC Universe, Bruce is the adoptive father of Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, and Cassandra Cain, and the biological father of Damian Wayne, who is Bruce's son with his old lover Talia Al Ghul (the daughter of Bruce's ex-mentor and League of Assassins head Ra's al Ghul, thus making Ra's Damian's grandfather), all of whom Bruce trained to become and have followed his path as crimefighters. After Bruce killed Gordon when eventually confronted, he wipes out the Green Lantern Corp and the Guardians of the Universe when they confront him. Wayne holds the position of police commissioner until he is killed during one final adventure as Batman.