One night, Bruce Wayne and his family were going back home from a cinema. They walked through a dark alley. They were approached by a mugger who shot Bruce Wayne's parents. As he sat next to his dead parents he swore to avenge them. He lived at Wayne Manor with his butler Alfred Pennyworth. When he was 14, he travelled to every continent learning about criminology and martial arts. He came back home a man. He wanted to protect Gotham city from criminals so he decide to make a costume like a bat and fight crime. He named himself batman because he wanted to strike fear into his foes and bats were the only thing he was afraid of.