indomitable will Unstoppable determination and strength of will makes him an extremely formidable opponent. Allows him to function while tolerating massive amounts of physical pain, and also to resist telepathy or mind control. His willpower is strong enough to operate a Green Lantern Ring when necessary.

genius level intellect Brilliant, virtually peerless detective, strategist, scientist, tactician, and commander. He is widely regarded as one of the keenest analytical minds on the planet. Given Bruce's typical lack of superpowers, he learned to rely on cunning and planning to outwit his foes, rather than simply "out-fighting" them.

POLYMATH: Degreed in Biology, Technology, Mathematics, Physics, Mythology, Geography, History, Criminal Science, Forensic Sciences, Computer Sciences, Medical Sciences, Advanced Chemistry, and a multitude of Engineering disciplines. Mastered Diverse Environmental Training, Security Systems, and illusion/sleight of hand.

EIDETIC MEMORY: Total recall, can remember anything in great detail.

INVESTIGATION: Batman is widely considered to be the World's Greatest Detective, capable of observation, forensic investigation, and inductive & deductive reasoning of the highest caliber. Human intuition is an unlearnable trait and one of Batman's most effective tools. Given any mystery, he can arrive at the correct conclusions with a fraction of the data.

MULTILINGUALISM: Fluent in Spanish, French, Latin, German, Japanese, English, Russian, Cantonese, Mandarin, Greek, Portuguese, Arabic, Sanskrit, Hindi, Thai, and Farsi to date.

TACTICAL ANALYSIS: Frequently utilizes cunning tactics to outwit his foes, relying on his plans and experience to outmaneuver many of his superhuman friends and adversaries. Batman is also known as one of the greatest strategists and tacticians in the universe.

LEADERSHIP: Known for great leadership abilities. He is the leader of the Outsiders, the Batman Family, and Batman Incorporated. Both Declan and Bruce also run their family corporations, Bruce with Wayne Enterprises and Declan with Ward Industries.

ESCAPOLOGY: Batman has been described as second only to Mister Miracle as an escape artist. He has been seen escaping from a Posey straitjacket in less than 52 seconds, and remarked afterwards that the time was way too slow for his usual standards.

DRIVING: Proficient at driving many vehicles: cars, motor bikes, trucks, jets, helicopters, auto boats and other small ships.

TRACKING: Bruce was trained in hunting techniques by African Bushmen (the Ghost Tribes of the Ten-Eyed Brotherhood, among others) and capable of hunting down even the most elusive of prey.

DISGUISE: Mastered the art of disguise. Batman also utilizes many aliases to infiltrate the underworld or to go undercover in public situations. A few known aliases of Batman are: Matches Malone, Thomas Quigley, Ragman, Detective Hawke, Sir Hemingford Grey, Frank Dixon, Gordon Selkirk, and Mr. Fledermaus.

MECHANICAL APTITUDE: Proficient at combat driving. Frequently improves vehicle designs. Was trained and proficient in most manners of basic vehicles operations.

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING: Capable of designing and creating suits of armor capable of outracing missiles and protecting the wearer from detonation at point blank range. Batman also designed and created a highly powerful suit of armor known as the Hellbat, the latest version of which was used by Lois Lane to gain the upper hand in a fight against a powered-up Eradicator, who had just defeated Superman.

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT: Extensive skills and experience in business management, has thorough understanding of financial marketing and management. Often seen as a example of a successful industrialist and businessman on a par with Lex Luthor.

peak human condition Through intense training, a specialized diet, and biofeedback treatments, Batman represents the natural pinnacle of human prowess both physically and mentally. His physical attributes exceed that of almost any Olympic level athlete. His strength, speed, stamina, agility, reflexes, endurance, balance and coordination are in peak human perfection. Batman has performed amazing physical feats due to his physique and has often defeated opponents whose size, strength, or other powers greatly exceeded his own.

PEAK HUMAN STRENGTH: Regularly bench-presses at least 1000 lbs during his exercise routine. Batman's strength has allowed him to punch a SWAT offier through a brick wall, break steel handcuffs, and bend prison bars with his bare hands.

PEAK HUMAN REFLEXES: Reflexes honed to such a degree that he is capable of catching one of Green Arrow's arrows in mid flight. Able to dodge gunfires at close range.

PEAK HUMAN SPEED: Can run and move at speeds comparable to the finest competing athletes. Batman has shown enough speed to catch up to a speeding car while running.

PEAK HUMAN ENDURANCE: Endurance is comparable to that of the finest Olympic Decathlon participant. Bruce's lung capacity is so great that he can hold his breath underwater for 3 minutes and 15 seconds. He can survive in the airless vacuum of space for exactly 27 seconds. He once continued to function after a gunshot that injured one of his legs without feeling any pain.

PEAK HUMAN STAMINA: At peak capacity, Batman can physically exert himself for approximately an hour before the build up of fatigue toxins began to impair him.

PEAK HUMAN AGILITY: His agility exceeds that of Olympic gymnasts. Main phase of movement is Parkour which he learned in France and used to scale the city's rooftops.

PEAK HUMAN BALANCE

superhuman physiology * Physical skills, limits, senses, and mental capabilities have mutated beyond that of most average humans in strength, speed, endurance, and reflexes. (off canon)

ENHANCED SENSES: Advanced vision (telescopic and night), and hearing.

SUPERHUMAN INTUITIVE ABILITY: Can process information quickly given his vast knowledge and intelligence, an accelerated learning aptitude, a knack for quickly analyzing multiple information and operating machinery, eidetic memory, the ability to read at superhuman speeds, and incredible deductive and reasoning skills.

DENSER BODY TISSUE

accelerated healing * Regenerative ability allows him to heal and quickly recover from wounds. The effect has the added benefit of making him more resistant to toxins, disease, and possibly the aging process. (off canon)

weaponry expertise Through martial arts training, Batman has become an expert on all melee weaponry. Has exceptional sword fighting capability and proficiency with knives, sticks, and various other weapons.

martial arts expertise Bruce was trained in 127 styles of martial arts. He uses a fighting style that merges many of these styles, including Aikido, Boxing, Tae Kwon Do, Judo, Muay Thai, Capoeira, Krav Maga, Yaw-Yan, and many others.

expert marksmanship Expert marksman. He is skilled with throwing projectile weapons, archery and firearms. He has been practicing such skills since the early days of his training and is almost on par with the Green Arrow in terms of accuracy.

stealth His Ninjutsu training has made him a master at stealth and capable of breaching high security facilities without being detected.

acrobatics Bruce is known as one of the most finest human athlete in Earth as well as proficient in gymnastics and acrobatics.

interrogation Batman is adept in interrogation techniques, often using law enforcement methods as well as torture. Several methods include hanging a person over the edge of a building by one leg or chaining a person upside down and beating them. He usually just uses his frightening appearance to get answers. Bruce once summarized his methods with the statement: "Fear is an excellent motivator."

intimidation Widely known that Batman has the ability to instill fear in others, to the extent that even the people that know him best are intimidated by him. Batman regularly forces common criminals to flee in terror despite there being no evidence that he will actually kill anyone. His ability to inspire great fear made him eligible for induction into the Sinestro Corps, although he was able to fight off the power ring's control. He can use 463 different ways to intimidate someone without harming them.

batsuit The costume Batman wears is composed of reinforced Kevlar and a small percentage of titanium. It's bulletproof and resistant to various types of attack (explosions, impacts, falls, etc). It's also flame-retardant and insulated. The gloves and the boots are reinforced to rebound the impact of punches and kicks. The gloves also have metallic blades on their sides. The cape is designed to provide the wearer with controlled gliding functionality with the ability to change directions and heights while in mid-air. The mask has a small percentage of lead, which shields the Batman's face from x-ray powers or x-ray technology, and incorporates an infrared and night visor, auditory sensors and a sonar. The mask is accessorized with security systems (aggravating gas, electric blasts, etc.), like the utility belt, and integrates a transmitter receiver device for voice and video.

utility belt Batman keeps most of his personal field equipment in a signature piece of apparel: a yellow utility belt. The utility belt has a button to call the Batmobile. Over the years it has contained items such as plastic explosives, nerve toxins, batarangs, smoke bombs, a fingerprint kit, a cutting tool, a grappling hook gun, torches, a "re-breather" breathing device, and lockpicks. Superman entrusted Batman with a ring made of Kryptonite, to be used should the Man of Steel ever need to be reined in. The Kryptonite Ring is contained in a lead pocket, in order to shield Batman from its radiations. The belt also has its own automatic security systems.

batrope A virtually "un-cuttable" length of monofilament wire attached to a spool, and concealed within a special compartment on Batman's utility belt. Used primarily for scaling buildings and ensnaring targets.

batarangs A roughly bat-shaped throwing weapon used by Batman as a non-lethal ranged attack alternative to firearms. Batarangs serve as instruments of disarming, distraction, confusion, or simply warn would-be adversaries that Batman is present.

MAGNETIC BATARANG: Used to grab evidence or disarm from a distance.

SEEING-EYE BATARANG: Attached to a photographic camera for surveillance.

FLASH-BULB BATARANG: Used to lighten dark places.

ROPE BATARANG: Attached to a rope.

BATARANG X: Used to hover above locations and for aerial surveillance.

SAW-TOOTH BATARANG: Equipped with serrated edges to cut.

SMOKE BATARANG: Equipped with smoke pellets to create distractions.

FIRE-PREVENTION BATARANG

SPINNING BATARANG

batcycle Lean motorcycle used as street vehicle as an alternate means of transportation to the Batmobile. Equipped with shield capabilities. Tires are reinforced with spikes for better grip and off-road driving.

batmobile A voice controlled, bullet- and fire-proof roadster built by Bruce coated with titanium, reactive armor, jet engines, and onboard computers capable of connecting to the Batcave. Tires are Kevlar-reinforced and filled with petroleum jelly similar to military armored cars. The Batmobile is built to absorb and redistribute shock upon impact. It can be triggered by Batman's utility belt or gloves, and is wired to self-destruct upon remote command. It is also fitted with missiles, GPS trackers, ejectable seats, and remote control auto-pilot.

batplane Aerial vehicle capable of reaching supersonic speeds built as a small jet capable of converting into a helicopter and submarine. It's equipped with a vacuum blanket to disrupt and jam control boards from enemy planes, and the "smart" paint exterior is radar-shielding ceramic capable of camouflaging the plane from the naked eye and most radars.

batboat Slim speedboat capable of converting into a submarine. In submersible mode, oxygen tanks provide up to six hours of breathable air. Includes state-of-the-art navigation systems, communication links, and accent-rate alarms. Also fitted with homing torpedoes, sonar/heat target-acquisition, and launching grapnel that doubles as an anchor.

The Batcave serves as Batman's command center where he monitors all crisis points in Gotham City and around the world. It is located underneath Wayne Manor and is part of a large subterranean group of caverns. It is highly fortified and protected with a series of security lasers at every entry point that trigger a lockdown and sends a security notification to Batman's utility belt if tripped.

The cave houses a supercomputer on par with those of leading national security agencies and connects to a massive information network as well as stores vast amounts of information Batman has collected over the years on friends and foes alike. The cave serves as a state of the art crime lab (with various specialized laboratories and mechanized workshops) and a highly advanced medical facility. It has a personalized gym, a vast library, parking, docking and hangar space for his various vehicles. There is also a specialized cage room to simulate escape situations, various additional training areas, a Justice League teleporter, and a large colony of bats.

The Batcave also contains a unique amount of Batman's trophies, and houses several glass cases that serve as a display for many of Batman's Batsuits and other uniforms past and present of the Bat Family.