CITIZEN DOSSIER

A family outing to the cinema ended in tragedy for young me. Walking homeward, me, my father, Thomas, and my mother, Martha, accidentally ventured into Gotham City's notorious "Crime Alley" and were accosted by a mugger. Not content merely to rob the whole family, the hoodlum - whose identity was "never determined" - shot Dr. Thomas and Martha Wayne dead before fleeing into the darkness. As I knelt beside my parent's bodies, I swore to avenge them. After the police arrived, I was comforted by Dr. Leslie THompkins. Dr. Thompkins and Alfred Pennyworth helped arrange matters so that Gotham's Social Services would not take me into care. In this way, both Dr. Thompkins and Alfred enabled me to realize his dream of becoming a crusader against crime.