*This is an original story that is a reboot, not being part of any previous continuity in comics. In this new series, Batman has been in his career for only a year or so and Superman has only started being noticed. Superman has defeated General Zod who tried to invade Earth in a manner similar to the plot Man of Steel movie. This story is specifically based on the first meeting of the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel so only the story-related flashbacks will be explained in this story.
Although, I have a plan that I hope works the way I want it to. I have the plan to make my own type of universe in which many heroes will appear and eventually the Justice League will appear. I have plans to include the Flash, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and Aquaman (I promise that he will be cool) and countless villains that will fit in my version of the DC Universe. I'm really excited to publish my major project I'm trying to carry out. That is my prequel/midquel series about this version about Batman that explains how he started up when he was young and inexperienced to when he finally becomes the superhero we all know and love. It'll be a long project and think of it as a ten-volume saga. Don't get worried about the scale and scope, I have it all planned and I'm sure I've found a way to make it all fit and feel satisfying.
The main POV and anchor character in this story is Batman but that doesn't mean Superman doesn't have a big role. The reason Batman is a bigger part of the story than Superman is because we follow Batman's humanity in the face of an alien like Superman and it helps to see it through the eyes of a human like us. Well, this is a big enough intro, I hope you enjoy the adventure and witness the beginning of the JUSTICE UNIVERSE.
"Superman has saved Metropolis once again as-."
"Look! It's the Man of Steel with Lucy Starling, the victim of the kidnapping scandal that-."
"From the Daily Planet, I'm Lois Lan-."
Bruce Wayne stopped selecting video clips on his computer and rubbed his temples in frustration. He looked at the paused still on one of his many tabs and saw the blurry picture of Metropolis's new hero. The cape was flowing in the wind and Bruce could see that he had some sort of super-intense heat ability that blasted through his eyes. His physique matched and even surpassed Bruce's own. He clicked on the video player and watched the rest of the clip that showed bullets bouncing off of his blue suit like a bouncy ball. Superman crushed the tail of the helicopter he was holding in the air and ripped off the machine gun attached to the side and threw the copter into the street.
"What a hero. He's great at causing property damage. Especially that stunt with Zod." Bruce said out loud, shaking his head.
"And your stint with that circus clown only caused thirteen million in tax payers money, am I right?" Bruce's butler said, slightly scaring Bruce as he sat in his chair.
"I was the main benefactor for the hospital's rebuilding and the Ace Chemical place was already going to be torn down anyway." Bruce said, rolling his eyes at Alfred.
"Don't be jealous, Master Wayne. I thought you liked hiding in the dark, as evidenced by this wondrous lair." Alfred replied, placing his tray on the metal desk beside Bruce and his large computer contraption.
Bruce shook his head as Alfred took the elevator back up to the surface which entered into Wayne Manor's dining room. He scratched his head and looked around the cave. He closed his eyes and heard bats flapping their wings and talking with each other. He closed all the tabs on his main monitor and sat back in his chair, almost paranoid at the thought of the Superman. Could he be trusted? How could the world trust a man with so much power and leave all of their responsibilities up to him? Bruce needed to find out everything he could about this hero.
He had thought of many ideas on how to try to figure out who the Superman was. Then, he tried an experimental facial recognition software on the footage, trying to spot a match between the news report and the images of men that passed by. The computer made a small noise and it stopped on a man's driver's license. It read Clark Kent. Although he looked similar, something was off about the reporter. Bruce shook his head and closed out of the software.
Sixteen months had passed since Bruce had made the decision to become the protector of his city, Gotham. Batman had become feared in the eyes of criminals everywhere and Bruce knew it. His job was only able to be feasible due to his immense wealth and knowledge. His parents had been killed by a mugger in the streets when he was only nine years old. Ever since that night, Bruce had trained himself to the peak of human perfection. After turning nineteen, he made the decision to travel the world to learn many different fighting techniques and investigating ways. After a five year journey that caused him to join an evil vigilante force called the League of Shadows where he learned that justice was the only right way to help the world.
After setting an airtight alibi for his return, which included his absence as a college world tour student and receiving a fake injury that made him walk with a cane when out in public. Despite constant fights with his butler over whether his decisions were morally right and smart, Bruce finally discovered the right way to fight crime. He became the Batman, a vigilante that protected the people of Gotham and had saved the city twice from utter destruction. The GCPD and Batman were still in a battle of trust and Bruce was trying to show the police, especially Captain Gordon, a smart man who seemed to believe that the Batman was more than just a crazed maniac in an armored suit with bat ears.
Over a year had passed and Bruce had faced dangerous criminals unlike anyone on Earth. The Joker was the worst of them. His real name was unknown, even to him. During one of Bruce's first nights out as the Dark Knight, he was on the lead of a group of burglars. It ended up being the biggest mistake Bruce had made yet.
