Рассказ The Batman
I’m mad about comics and movies based on fantastic stories about superheroes, mutants and other fictional extraordinary characters with super-powers. My favorite one is Batman. This character is a member of DC and he could be found in a plenty of cartoons, comics and video games.
Batman is a nickname of a rich orphan Bruce Wayne who lost his parents when he was a kid – they were gunned down within sight of a small boy (Bruce). This moment changed a lot in his life. He inherited big money, family business and lived in a big house with a family butler, Albert. But Bruce didn’t become an ordinary man, but a billionaire industrialist and a well-known playboy with secrets. He decided to be the greatest weapon against crime and save lives of ordinary people.
Unlike most of Marvel and DC superheroes Batman has no such unusual skills and super-powers as super-strength, super-speed, flight, invulnerability, x-ray vision, self-healing, etc. Although, he is the most featured superhero of all, because he’s a brilliant detective, a talented jack-of-all-trades, who’s mastered fighting aircrafts. Batman has created his own Batarangs, Batmobile and Utility Belt filled with different types of weapon. He’s always five steps ahead of his foes. Batman is the main protector of Gotham City, dressed like a bat.
I suppose that all Batman movies have become a part of classical cinematography. My favorite one is The Dark Knight with Christian Bale. Now I’m waiting with impatience for a new movie Batman vs. Superman with Ben Affleck.
In my opinion, Batman is the obvious proof you don’t need any super-powers to protect somebody and become somebody’s personal hero. He shows people, that the world is our oyster and everybody could change it.
Я без ума от комиксов, фантастических фильмов о супергероях, мутантах и прочих вымышленных необычных персонажей, наделенных супер-способностями. Мой самый любимый из них – Бэтмен. Этого героя, персонажа вселенной DC, можно увидеть во множестве мультфильмов, комиксов и видеоигр.
Бэтмен – прозвище богатого сироты Брюса Уэйна, потерявшего родителей, будучи еще ребенком – их застрелили на глазах у маленького мальчика (Брюса). Это изменило многое в его жизни. Он получил в наследство много денег, семейный бизнес и жил в большом доме с дворецким, Альбертом. Но Брюс стал не обыкновенным человеком, а магнатом-миллиардером и известным плейбоем со своими секретами. Он решил стать величайшим борцом с преступностью и спасать жизни обычных людей.
В отличие от большинства супергероев вселенных Marvel и DC, у Бэтмена нет таких необычных навыков и супер-способностей как суперсила, суперскорость, левитация, неуязвимость, регенерация и т.д. Однако Бэтмен имеет наиболее мощное техническое оснащение по сравнению с другими героями, так как он – потрясающий детектив, мастер на все руки, изобретающий летательные аппараты. Он создал Бэтаранги, Бэтмобиль и пояс, оснащенный разнообразными орудиями. Он всегда на пять шагов опережает своих врагов. Бэтмен – главный защитник города Готэм в костюме летучей мыши.
Мне кажется, что все фильмы про Бэтмена уже стали классикой мирового кинематографа. Мой любимый – Темный рыцарь с Кристианом Бейлом. Сейчас я с нетерпением жду новый фильм Бэтмен против Супермена с Беном Аффлеком.
По-моему, Бэтмен – очевидное доказательство того, что не нужно иметь каких либо суперспособностей для того чтобы защитить кого-то и стать для кого-то личным героем. Он показывает людям, что все находится в их руках, и каждый может изменить мир.
Batman Biography, History
A family outing to the cinema ended in tragedy for young Bruce Wayne. Walking homeward, Bruce, his father, Thomas, and mother, Martha, accidentally ventured into Gotham City’s notorious «Crime Alley» and were accosted by a mugger. Not content merely to rob the wealthy family, the hoodlum — whose identity was «never determined» — shot Dr. Thomas and Martha Wayne dead before fleeing into the darkness. As he knelt beside his parent’s bodies, Bruce swore to avenge them. After the police arrived, Bruce was comforted by Dr. Leslie THompkins. Dr. Thompkins and Alfred Pennyworth helped arrange matters so that Gotham’s Social Services would not take Bruce into care. In this way, both Dr. Thompkins and Alfred enabled Bruce to realize his dream of becoming a crusader against crime.
At age 14, Bruce embarked on a journey that took him to every continent as he sought to learn all the skills he would need to keep his vow. He studied criminology, forensics, and criminal psychology, and learned from manhunters and martial artists, mastering every fighting style. In time, Bruce forged himself into a living weapon to wage war on crime and injustice. On his return to Gotham, Bruce stalked street thugs as a plainclothes vigilante. Beaten by the very people he intended to protect, he barely survived his first night out. As he sat bleeding in his study at Wayne Manor Bruce knew that he had to first strike fear in the hearts of his foes. Just then, a bat crashed through the study window, giving Bruce the inspiration he needed.
Establishing a secret headquarters in the caves beneath his mansion, Bruce became Batman, a Dark Knight to protect Gotham and its citizens from vice and villainy. Alfred Pennyworth remained his confidant, tending to injuries and offering sage advice — whether requested or not!
Batman became an urban legend, a cautionary tale that sent shivers through the city’s underworld. This Caped Crusader found a friend in Captain James Gordon a Gotham cop who didn’t approve of Batman’s methods, but appreciated the results of his nightly crime fighting. Batman’s Rogues Gallery grew to include a host of bizarre criminals, such as the Joker, Catwoman, Two-Face and the Penguin. As his enemies increased, help arrived in the form of another young boy left parentless by brutal crime.
As a member of the Flying Graysons acrobatic family, young Dick Grayson thrilled audiences nightly on the high wire beside his circus aerialist parents. But when gangster «Boss» Zucco sabotaged the high wire because the owner of Haly’s Circus refused to offer up protection money, the elder Graysons paid with their lives. Billionaire Bruce Wayne was in the audience that night; however, it was Batman who visited the grieving Dick Grayson, offering the boy a chance at retribution by becoming Robin, the Dark Knight’s squire in his personal war on crime.
The first Robin [yes, there was more than one Robin, there have been 4 in fact, all in continuity] was carefully schooled by Batman, learning all the skillshe would need to bring «Boss» Zucco to justice. Before long, Dick was ready for action. Sewaring a solemn oath, he joined the Dark Knight’s crusade as his most trusted partner, Robin the Boy Wonder.
After several years in service to the Dark Knight, Grayson — then leader of the Teen Titans — relinquished the mantle of Robin when Batman forced him to choose between his duties with the Titans and his promise to aid the Dark Knight. Adopting the identity of Nightwing, Dick continued to battle crime while remaining Batman’s close ally.
Jason Todd [robin #2]
Batman met juvenile delinquent and presumed orphan, Jason Todd, when the boy literally tried to steal the tires right off the Batmobile. With original partner Dick Grayson having given up the role of Robin, Batman decided to take Jason in and offer him both a home and a purpose. Jason began the same training regimen Grayson once undertook to become the Dark Knight’s partner. However, Jason was a troubled soul who lacked maturity and was quick to anger.
A Death in the Family
When Jason discovered clues that his long-lost mother was alive, he secretly traveled to Africa to find her. Tragically, the trail also led him straight into the clutches of the Joker, who savagely beat the second Boy Wonder within an inch of his life. The Clown Prince of Crime left Jason and his mother to die in a booby-trapped warehouse wired from floor to ceiling with high-explosive charges. Jason courageously tried to shield his mother from the brunt of the devastating blast. She survived the explosion just long enough to tell a grief-stricken Batman that his reckless young partner had died a hero.
Tim Drake [Robin #3]
Tim Drake was barely more than a toddler when he sat in the stands at Haly’s Circus and watched the Flying Graysons fall to their doom. Tim was transfixed as the Dark Knight swooped down to comfort young Dick Grayson. The moment was burned into his memory. Years later, Tim saw news reports of an unhinged Batman becoming more and more violent following the death of the second Robin, Jason Todd. Using his detective skills, Tim deduced the secret identity of Batman and the first Boy Wonder, Dick Grayson.
After revealing this knowledge to the original Dynamic Duo, Tim argued the need for a Robin to give the Dark Knight hope, especially when faced with a seemingly hopeless and unyielding war on crime. Though reluctant at first, Batman gave Tim the opportunity to prove that he was as good as his word. After months of grueling training, Tim Drake became the third Robin.
It is a job at which Tim excels, despite the constant struggle of balancing his crime-fighting life with the day-to-day battles of just being a teenager. A former member of the Young Justice, Tim presently belongs to the latest incarnation of the Teen Titans.
Stephanie Brown [Robin #4? for about 30 minutes]
Tim Drake met teen vigilante Stephanie Brown, the Spoiler, when she first attempted to thwart her father the Cluemaster’s criminal schemes. Mutual attraction grew, and Tim began supplying Stephanie with official Bat-Equipment. Their love ended tragically when Stehphanie was killed in ation.
Batman’s [uniform] is bulletproof and fire resistant, featuring a weighted cape and a cowl outfitted with night-vision technology and communications arrays; utility belt contains an arsenal of crime-fighting gear, including various types of offensive Batarangs, de-cel jumplines and grapnels, micro-camera, smoke pellets, acetylene torch, gas mask, rebreather, and flexi-cuffs among other miniaturized non-lethal weapons. [Batman] employs a variety of detective gadgets, including micro-computers and crime scene analysis kits; maintains a fleet of high-tech and high-powered vehicles, chief among the Batmobile, Batcycle, Batboat, Batplane and Batcopter; supersophisticated Batcave headquarters houses training facilities, forensics laboratories, computer databases, and maintenance bays for all Bat-vehicles.
Some of the more prominent storylines of The Batman
- The Origin of The Joker? the history of The Red Hood There are two stories, we will give you the current history of The Red Hood. The man who was to wear the Red Helmet and become the Red Hood was actually a former chemical technician for the Ace Chemical plant, who became a struggling stand-up comedian burdened with the thought of not being able to support his newly pregnant wife.
Jack, this poor sot’s name, is approached by criminals who strong arm him into accepting the role of The Red Hood since they want to rob the Ace Chemical plant. Jack accepts [he had no choice], in order to make enough money to start a better life for his family. The day of the heist, Jack learns that his pregnant wife dies from a «freak accident», the reader is led to believe that it was done by the gang members ensuring that Jack stuck with deal.
Jack, failed comedian, failed husband to a murdered wife, reluctantly dons the helmet? becoming the new Red Hood. Red Hood had a large domed red helmet [of course] with one way mirror lenses [like Spider-Man] to see through and a red cape. Oh yes.. he also wore a tuxedo. Very dapper was the Red Hood. While attempting to rob a chemical plant, the plant’s security men spot the robbers, shooting the other criminals dead, narrowly missing the Red Hood. Cornered on a catwalk by Batman the [now terrified] Red Hood dives into a chemical basin to make his escape and swims to freedom by way of a venting pipe. He only survived via a special breathing apparatus that was built into his helmet. However, the chemicals in the basin permanently disfigured the an under the hood, turning his hair green, his skin white and his lips red.
Upon discovering this, he went insane. What really crawled out of that chemical basin so many years ago was the worst criminal mind to walk the earth?. no not Lex Luthor, none other than they psychotic and maniacle Joker.
Broken Bat — Bane will forever be remembered as the man who broke the Bat! More than three decades ago, Bane’s father received a life sentence from the Satna Priscan government for his role in a failed revolution. He fled the country, but Santa Priscan law demanded that his son take his place. The child that would become Bane was raised inside Pena Duro prison (mostly in a pit called the Cavidad Oscuro). Bane killed dozens of inmates and engineered a jailbreak when experiments with the drug Venom gave him monstrous strength.
Winding up in Gotham City, Bane exhausted Batman by freeing all the villains from Arkham Asylum. He then crippled the Dark Knight by snapping his spine. Jean Paul Valley (Azrael) donned the Batman garb ? wile Bruce recuperated from his injuries. This interim Batman was more violent and unstable; Bruce returned to action as soon as his body had healed and he had regained his fighting spirit, with the help of ruthless martial-arts mistress Lady Shiva. Bruce took back the mantle of the Bat by force.
The «Batman: Hush» storyline introduced Tommy Elliot, a childhood friend of Bruce Wayne’s. As Hush, the bandaged villain, Elliot secretly orchestrates constant attacks on the Batman by manipulates many of the Batman’s Rogues Gallery’s villains. As the manipulations and orchestrations grow so does the sexual tension between Batman and Catwoman, to the point where they actually become romantically involved? to a certain degree. Ultimately, Batman’s distrust in Catwoman ends the doomed relationship. Hush tricks Batman into believing that Jason Todd, the second Robin who was killed by the Joker, is actually alive. An angry Jason fights Batman but he is later revealed to be none other than Clayface. In a bizarre twist of writing, the DC creators decided to go ahead and let Jason Todd actually become alive, imagine that, but he arrives in the guise of ? the Red Hood.
All About Batman
Created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, Batman made his debut in the lead story in 1939’s Detective Comics #27, and has since become one of the most legendary comic book creations of all-time. Let’s take a look at some of the history behind the caped crusader.
What drove Batman to become a hero?
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Unlike many famous superheroes like Superman and Spider-Man, Batman debuted without an origin. It was not until his seventh appearance in Detective Comics #33 that we learned Batman’s origin, which is one of the greatest origins of all-time. When Bruce Wayne was a young boy, his parents were robbed and murdered in front of him. Young Bruce vowed to avenge his parents’ murder by devoting himself to justice.
Using his inheritance of his family’s vast fortune (over the years the Wayne family fortune slowly grew from millions until hitting the billions during the 1990s) and his sheer determination. Bruce turned himself into an instrument of justice. He perfected a number of martial art skills as well as mastering the art of criminal deduction.
Why does he dress like a bat?
Simply put, criminals are a cowardly and superstitious lot and the image of a human dressed as a bat is pretty darn freaky. Plus, it helped that a bat crashed through his window while he was deciding what to call himself.
In an amusing moment in Batman #682 (by Grant Morrison, Lee Garbett and Trevor Scott), Bruce Wayne’s butler, Alfred, imagines what would have happened had a moth flown through the window or if Bruce had come across a snake instead of a bat.
Where does Batman live?
Batman lives and operates out of Gotham City. Interestingly enough, Gotham City was not identified as being an independent city until Detective Comics #48, over twenty issues after Batman’s debut. Up until that point, while “Gotham” was occasionally referenced, it was only used in the context of the time. You see, in the late 1930s/early 1940s, “Gotham” was a popular term by journalists to refere to New York City. So when Bill Finger and Bob Kane made references to “Gotham” in early Batman stories, they were likely referring to Batman living in New York City. It was only in the aforementioned Detective Comics #48 that they firmly established that Batman lived in the fictional Gotham City.
Who are his allies?
Initially, Batman’s only ally was Bruce Wayne’s good friend, Police Commissioner James Gordon (the only other major Batman character to be around since the very first Batman story). In Detective Comics #38, Bill Finger, Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson added a sidekick for Batman in the form of Dick Grayson, a young acrobat whose parents were murdered by gangsters. Bruce Wayne naturally saw himself in young Grayson so he gave him the opportunity to join him in his quest for justice as Robin, the Boy Wonder.
In 1943, Alfred Pennyworth, the new Wayne butler, was introduced. While he initially did not know Batman’s secret identity, he eventually learned it and became one of Batman’s closest aides. His experience as a field medic helps Batman recover from injuries suffered in the field.
Over the years, as Dick Grayson grew out of his role as Robin, Batman has gained a series of Robins, from Jason Todd (who is currently known as the Red Hood), Tim Drake (who is currently known as Red Robin), Stephanie Brown (who is currently known as Spoiler) and Bruce’s own son, Damian Wayne (who is the current Robin).
For a well known loner, Batman has also served on a lot of superhero teams in his career, most famously a number of different variations on the Justice League. Plus he had his own superhero team known as the Outsiders for a few years. One area where his loner status does somewhat creep in is when he keeps on quitting these teams (which I spotlight here).
Who are his villains?
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One of the fascinating questions in the history of Batman is whether it is Batman’s existence that draws out the crazy villains of Gotham City. For instance, before Batman existed, there were just normal gangsters committing crimes. Once Batman debuted, however, slowly but surely a series of colorful villains made their debut in Gotham City. Bill Finger, Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson introduced an astonishingly large amount of classic villains in the first few years of Batman’s existence, from the maniacal Clown Prince of Crime, the Joker (introduced in Batman #1), the stealthy cat burglar, Catwoman (also introduced in Batman #1), the pint-sized Penguin (introduced in Detective Comics #58) and the Jekyl and Hyde-inspired Two-Face (introduced in Detective Comics #58 — click here to learn what are the Five Most Essential Two-Face stories). Finger then introduced the Riddler by himself with artist Dick Sprang in Detective Comics #140.
The Joker, though, will always be Batman’s greatest foe, something he likes to remind the others of from time to time.