The only way he could do this smoothly is if both his parents both dead. Let's say his mother died of cancer when he was eleven. His dad died in a car accident when Bruce was twenty and away at college.
This version of Bruce Wayne would be just as smart the Batman we all know just not as intensely driven unless it was for competitive reasons. Also his knowlege would be in places very different. Everything he knows is to further three things: his company, his own domineering ideas about helping others, and his personal amusment.
I could easily see Superman hating Bruce almost as much as Lex Luthor. Lex and Bruce would be constantly trying to out do each other.
Their companies would be richer and more powerful than in cannon because of this. In this timeline half of Superman's problems with Lex are the product of the Man of Steel geting caught in the middle of Lex and Bruce's atempts to out scheme each other. What would make Bruce different from Lex? Unselfish motivations. It's not 'Me, me, me!
I want to be powerful! People will bow to me! He finds himself in Crime Alley and suddenly Robin is there, as well, despite Robin having traveled to Europe the previous night. He informs Batman that on another reality, the Waynes have not yet been killed and he offers, as a gesture of friendship, to let his friend try to save the Waynes on that world and Batman agrees. He insists on doing it alone, but Robin still tags along. Once there, Robin sees that this is a world devoid of superheroes and even heroic mythology, so he wonders whether it is fair of them to deprive this world of Batman, even if it costs them the lives of Bruce's parents.
Batman dismisses these concerns of Robin's, but you can tell that it weighs on him, as well. IS it worth it for him to lose his parents if that inspires him to become one of the greatest superheroes in the history of the world? In the end, Batman just can't let this other reality's Bruce Wayne deal with it and so when he has the chance to save the Waynes, he does it Batman really does get a kick out of saving his parents in this reality.
It was a wonderful gift by the Phantom Stranger by the way, this issue also introduced us to Barbara Kean, the future wife of James Gordon and mother of Barbara Gordon, a character that DC would later say did not count as an original creation by Brennert and Giordano for purposes of character royalties from her appearances on the TV series, Gotham.
He spends every waking moment dreaming up interesting and intriguing concepts and ideas that will hopefully one day inspire and entertain anyone looking for an escape from their daily lives. Graduating from Full Sail University in good old humid Florida, Brian currently lives and works in New York City and lives for the day when all he has to do is wake up and create something unique and new for people to enjoy.
By Brian Colucci Published May 27, If the Waynes lived, the world died because of it. With their death, the Batman was born A worthwhile trade, in the long run. Batman 47 is available now from DC Comics. Despite calling the vast nothingness of the Canadian prairies home or perhaps because of it film and television have been a passion since birth.
As a graduate of the University of Manitoba with a degree in English Literature, Andrew has grown to appreciate the story and writing behind everything from blockbuster comic book movies to schlocky B-movie action.
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