Bruce Wayne, Jr. (Super-Sons)

Bruce Wayne, Jr. was the biological son of Bruce Wayne of an alternate reality in which the elder Wayne married and had children. Bruce Wayne Jr. did not truly appreciate his father's legacy, although he did train to the same levels both physically and mentally (as did Dick Grayson, who became Wayne, Sr.'s junior partner Robin).

Unlike Grayson, who was appreciative of the Batman affiliation, Wayne. Jr. resisted his father's heroic legacy; he had not gone through the same personal loss of family as his father and Grayson. Wayne, Jr. also did not want to be known merely as the son of his famous father. Because of their similar situations, being thought of as mere successors to famous fathers, Wayne Jr. and his friend Superman, Jr. went on a road trip in a period of self discovery. It is during this excursion that Wayne, Jr. determines his own sense of sense and decides to become the successor of his father in his own way. Superman, Jr. has come to a similar realization and together they form the team known as The Super-Sons.

Bruce's sons arguing over who would be the next true Batman

When Bruce Wayne Sr. was murdered,^[1] Wayne, Jr. reluctantly teamed up with his father's former ward Grayson who was more appreciative of the Batman identity, even challenging Wayne, Jr. for the right to become the next Batman. Grayson and Wayne, Jr. put aside their differences and successfully teamed up to find Wayne, Sr.'s killer who was revealed not to have actually succeed in killing Wayne, Sr. Grayson and Wayne, Jr. agreed to disagree who would be the next Batman though came to respect each other's abilities and determination as both successful protegees of Batman, Sr. in their own respective identities.

Bruce Wayne, Jr. along with all members of his reality were erased from reality during the Crisis on Infinite Earths, which retroactively erased him and his reality from ever having existed.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Bruce Wayne, Jr. has no known superhuman abilities.

Abilities

Peak Physical Condition: Bruce Wayne, Jr. has been selected and trained by his father, the original Batman native to his dimension, to be considered as a potential eventual successor.

Strength level

Bruce Wayne, Jr. possesses the normal human strength of a young man who regularly engages in intensive physical exercise

Weaknesses

Bruce Wayne, Jr. has all the normal weaknesses of a human male, though has trained himself to be able to resist them for far longer than an average human male

Paraphernalia

Equipment: All of the former tools of his father and any newly developed ones since developing the role. Bruce Wayne, Jr.'s most noted is his utility belt

Main article: Utility Belt

Transportation:

All of the former tools of his father and any newly developed ones since developing the role. Bruce Wayne, Jr.'s most noted is the Batmobile.
Weapons:
All of the former tools of his father and any newly developed ones since developing the role. Bruce Wayne, Jr.'s most noted in the Batarang.

Notes

It is never stated in-story who ultimately directly succeeded Wayne, Sr. when Wayne, Sr. became too old to continue on in the role of the original Batman.

A parallel of Bruce Wayne, Jr. and his Earth was shown during the Infinite Crisis, designated Earth-154. This Earth and all of its inhabitants were destroyed at the end of the Infinite Crisis.

The closest parallel to Wayne, Jr. is the alleged biologicial son of Bruce Wayne known as Ibn al Xu'ffasch, aka Damian. Ibn al Xu'ffasch's attitude, however, is completely opposite that of his father's, unlike Bruce Wayne, Jr. who merely did not want to be known as his father's son and was not resistant to his father's attitude of right and wrong. Ibn al Xu'ffasch was raised as Ra's al Ghul's successor and is an active assassin. This is turn is reminiscent of the Earth-One Batman's brother Thomas Wayne, Jr., who also was an assassin.

Richard Grayson of the mainstream Earth did briefly succeed Wayne as Batman after Jean Paul Valley proved to be an unacceptable successor to the Batman mantle after Wayne's back was broken. Grayson returned the role of Batman back to Wayne when Wayne recovered.

Trivia

No trivia.

Links and References

Super-Sons at Wikipedia.org

Footnotes

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Bruce Wayne, Jr. (Super-Sons)

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