Caped Crusaders

"Wayne Manor is where most people think I live, but only bats know my true home.  Beneath Wayne Manor is my secret hideaway, the Batcave!  Here, all alone, I study clues to solve crimes. 

When Gotham City is in trouble, Police Commissioner Gordon sends me the Bat Signal.  I race to the scene of the crime in...the Batmobile! 

In the dark of the night, criminals think they can get away.  They are wrong.  I fight all crime and evil.  I am a creature of the night.  I am Batman. 

This is my story.  My real name is Bruce Wayne.  When I was a boy, my parents gave me a lot of love, and I loved them, too.  We always had fun together, especially when I pretended to be my favorite hero. 

But one night, on our way home from the movies, a thief took my parents' lives.  It was then that I, Bruce Wayne, vowed to spend the rest of my life fighting crime, criminals, and evil. 

As I grew up, Alfred, my butler, cared for me.  I learned meditation, self-defense, and boxing.  I educated myself by studying math, politics, law, and science to help me outsmart criminals.  I exercised to make my body strong.  I had to be more powerful than any foes I would face. 

One night, a bat flew past my window and gave me a brilliant idea.  To frighten villains, I became...Batman! 

I have many enemies - the Joker, the Penguin, Catwoman, and Two-Face.  There will always be a criminal to stop, a victim to save, a monster to fight, and a crook to catch.  Gotham City need not fear, but its villains should be very afraid, for I am out to get them. 

I am the protector of the weak and helpless, the guardian of Gotham, the Dark Knight.  I am Batman!"  (From the book, Batman.  The Story of the Dark Knight by Ralph Cosentino)