Bruce Wayne, a billionaire playboy, industrialist, and philanthropist, witnessed the murder of his parents when he was a child, and from this he swore revenge on criminals.

On this oath he trained himself physically and intellectually to fight crime in Gotham City.

Like other superheroes he does not posses any super powers, he makes use of his intellect, detective skills, sience and technology, wealth, physical powers and training, will power, and intimidation to fight crime.

His cotume: the Batsuite looks like a bat, with gadgets attached to it. His equipment includes: his batmobile to get around, utility belt with all sorts of crime fighting gadgets, and he hides in his batcave.

Batman can be signaled by the Gotham city police, using a searchlight with a batshaped insignia over the lens.