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Jared Keesler

Hello everybody! Today I will be talking about who I personally think is one of the best superheroes of all time. And no, it is not Superman, not Spiderman, but Batman. In case you don't know, Batman is the Dark Night, or the protector of Gotham City. It all started when Bruce Wayne was eight years old and he was walking down Crime Alley after seeing a movie with his parents Thomas and Martha Wayne. Joe Chill came along and mugged and shot his parents right in front of Bruce. After his parents' death, he was taken into care by the family butler Alfred Pennyworth in their estate, Wayne Manor. Bruce had a dark and lonely childhood, and he did not have many friends. At his parents' funeral, Bruce swore to himself that he would clear the city of all that was evil. From that moment on, he spent most of his youth traveling the world, learning different styles of fighting, gymnastics, became a master of disguise and an escape artist. Bruce learned to hide in the shadows from Master Ninja Kirigi as well hunting techniques. He learned as much as he could about crime fighting throughout his youth, and an impressive 127 styles of combat.

At age 14, Bruce attended Cambridge, but became bored of it and joined Harvard and some other European universities. He never stayed more than a semester at each because the studies were too easy for Bruce. Most of the knowledge regarding detective things was learned on his own. When he came back to the States, the first thing that he signed up for was the F.B.I. and he was accepted. He then realized that what he wanted to do to fight crime should be done on his own, and not as part of the legal system. When Bruce went back to Gotham City, he tried to fight crime in a ski mask but none of the criminals there took him seriously. They weren't scared enough of Bruce in the mask. One night, Bruce was frustrated while sitting in this study, and he began to think of ideas for a costume. A bat broke through the window. He was scared of bats as a child, and so are a lot of other people. What better way to strike fear in a villain's eyes than to use a bat as a symbol? The idea of Batman was born. A little while after Bruce thought of Batman, he found a large cave underneath Wayne Manor, which he decided to use as his base of operations. Down in this cave is when he started making all of his equipment, such as his Batorangs or other items in his utility belt. He also made a super computer that knew almost everything that was going on in Gotham City. Since Batman can't fly, and since he can't be Batman without it, he made the Batmobile. Now that he had all of his gadgets and costume ready, it was time to start fighting crime.

At first, Batman fought small crimes, such as bank robberies or murders- crime from "regular" people. One night, there was a robbery at Access Chemicals which was led by a man known as the Red Hood. The Red Hood wasn't a real person, he was a figurehead in fighting crimes as part of the conspiracy. This night, an old employee of Access Chemicals, saw Batman he rand and jumped into a vat of chemicals which turned his hair green, dyed his hair white, made him crazy, and turned him into the Joker. From that time on, Batman was not facing small time criminals anymore. He then faced dangerous villains who were crazy, like the Joker. Other villains followed shortly after, such as Two Face, who used to be Bruce's friend Harvey Dent, the past district attorney of Gotham City. Two Face used to complete his crimes based on the outcome of flipping a coin. Another famous Batman villain included the Riddler, Edward Nigma who would do crimes and then give Batman hints on how to solve it with riddles.

Batman did a lot to help the Gotham City police department, although the police thought that Batman was a villain. But one man in the police department who was very good friends of Batman was Commissioner James Gordon. Gordon helped convince Batman of being a friend of the police department and not a vigilante. Because of Batman, other people were influenced in becoming heroes, such as Dick Greyson who like Bruce, lost his parents in a tragic accident. Dick and his family were the flying Greysons in a circus, and a mob who wanted protection money from the circus rigged the Greysons high wire which killed both parents. Dick wanted revenge so after being taken under Bruce Wayne's wing, he found out that Bruce was Batman and wanted to join him in fighting crime under the name Robin. Together, they fought crime and saved the city.

There is a lot more that I could talk about regarding Batman, but since it would need submission to a publisher as my first book, I will stop here. Thank you, and goodnight!