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There has often been a excogitation thatBatman’sreal " mask " is n’t that of his cowl , but that ofBruce Wayne . He ’s not a billionaire playboy who play dress - up as this brooding , stoic , terrifying mien that evokes fear within the street of Gotham . Batman , the product of a valet still traumatized from watching his parent photograph dead in front of him as a child , is his true personality . Bruce Wayne is the real character he plays .
More recently , Bruce Wayne has taken a backseat in Batman ’s life ever since lose his fortunes as a result of the Joker War . In that electric discharge , the fundamental villain had stolen $ 100 billion Charles Frederick Worth of the Wayne investment firm for himself . By the story ’s oddment , Catwoman was able to slip it backand give it to Lucius Fox , but Fox was never capable to fall it to his friend out of fear of a suspicious government . Without the funds that made the Wayne family name into a family name in Gotham , Bruce is broke and , therefore , largely ostracise from the bulk of the billionaire world .
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Readers get to see the ramifications of theJoker Waron Batman ’s social living and , most importantly , his psyche inBatman#125 by Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jiménez . Losing his friends and social life bid Batman more time to be Batman , produce much cold and harsher in the process without much time away from the mantle anymore . " It ’s astonishing how quickly societal invitations dry out up when your camber account lose a few zeroes , " Batman mockery , showcasing his bitter . “It ’s freed up clock time to do the occupation . “The Bat Family grows concerned andTim Drake ’s Robin takes placard . “Ever since you misplace your fortune , it feels like you ’re never just … Bruce Wayne , you know?“It come off as the fib saying that as much as being Bruce Wayne presented a public prototype for Batman , it at least gave him a break from being Batman . Being Bruce Wayne was the only thing keeping Batman from drop off his humanity and fully committing to his state of war on crime . Not being Bruce Wayne has left some negative upshot on both himself and his relationship with his family .
After Robin is shoot down in the line of duty , Oracle expresses in a conversation that Bruce still has n’t visited Tim in the infirmary . Batman is lost and he hump it , but he ca n’t even communicate that to his loved ones . When asked about how he feels about being couch for The Penguin ’s last , Batman shrugs it off as if he ’s fine , but expresses in an intimate monologue that he is n’t . He ’s maturate all detached . Perhaps he would n’t be so detached if he was n’t so far removed from being Bruce Wayne now . Being Bruce Wayne was always more than just his birth name or a book binding - up for his nightlife . It ’s a monitor of who he is behind the cowling : human , first and foremost . It is through Bruce Wayne that Batman recognizes his limitations and tell apart when he require service or guidance from his fellowship .
Without that monitor and with more time instead to moonlight as The Dark Knight , Batman is force himself to carry weight by himselfas if he ’s working all alone all over again . As a resolution , he ’s visibly pushing his loved ones off . Perhaps he feels compelled to relieve something in himself now that he ’s lost Alfred , his money , and his reputation all in a brusk span of clip . Perhaps he does n’t want to drop off those who are still left in his life . In any showcase , the furtherBatmanpushes away fromBruce Wayne , the further it ’s push the full Bat Family apart .
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Batman # 125is available now from DC Comics !
