1. He began training at just the age of fourteen.
It takes a lot of hard work, a lot of money to be Batman, and which seems like a lot of time on your hands (especially for someone who owns a business). So it's a fair assumption to become Batman that Bruce Wayne put in the time and hard work expected to be one of the greatest heroes in the world. While many superhero films will reduce the superhero training to a three-minute montage featuring a generic mid-2000s rock song, considering all the hard work it takes to become a hero like Batman becomes critical.
Bruce has had practice in all kinds of subjects in all sorts of ways since he was fourteen years old. His years of diligent work included instruction in chemistry, criminology, gymnastics, martial arts, and forensics, among others. His preparation pushed him to the edge, psychologically as well as physically, to build him into the hero that we would all know and love.
2. He'd got an old brother.
The terrible tragedy behind all this is that his brother (who was three years older than him) suffered brain damage as a child after a terrible car accident. These lasting brain injuries caused him to become mentally disturbed and unstable, and his parents thought they had no choice but to put him for the rest of his life in a psychiatric institution
3. Bruce Wayne speaks over 40 languages.
Every great hero has a few language tricks up their sleeve since it also gives them the hidden advantages of listening to their enemies. So while you'd expect someone like Captain America to know some German, what's odd about Bruce Wayne is just how many languages he speaks about. In all estimates, that number is now about 40.
4, Superman's and Bruce's fathers were in contact.
Batman and Superman are, without a doubt, DC's two biggest names, and they've been together for decades. Over the years, we've seen what could be represented, at a certain point, as a complicated relationship, to say the least. This was perfectly illustrated by the success of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice in 2016, which united superheroes and film critics alike. Even then, it seems that the two have more history than initially thought, while their fathers were once in contact with each other too.
5. He had a wife and children.
Alternate worlds in comic books are a tricky thing, so if your head hurts from figuring out the reality, then it's best to simply avoid it — although ignoring it won't make it go away. So brace yourself, because it turns out that Bruce has had seven children over the years, which include two adopted children. While many of these come out of one-off storylines that play no part in Bruce Wayne's main continuity, others have played a big part in shaping Bruce Wayne and making him the man we all know him to be.
First up in Bruce's long history of confused kids is the creatively-named Bruce Wayne Jr., Wayne's son, and his unknown wife, whom he married in 1949. Bruce Jr. had a long history of wanting to become Robin and later partnered with the daughter of Superman, Kara (widely recognized as Supergirl), and fell madly in love. Other Wayne's children include Ibn al Xu'ffasch / Damian Wayne—Illegitimate son of Batman and Talia al Ghul— as well as Terry McGinnis (the consequence of an experiment by DNA), Helena Wayne (the Huntress), and Tallant Wayne.
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