Bruce Wayne to Batman

Batman has always fascinated me. He's the one main Super Hero who has no super-human powers at all.

If the comics are to be believed, and his origin story is plausible, then any man (or woman) who has enough drive, determination and wealth can become as formidable as Bruce Wayne did when he became Batman.

As the story goes Bruce's parents were murdered when he was 8. When he was 14, he left Gotham City and went out into the world traveling the globe - all the while learning and honing the skills he would later use to strike terror in the hearts and minds of criminals.

12 years later, he returns to Gotham City. An expert in Forensics and Criminology, but also a conditioned physical specimen who was an expert in every single martial art. Plus he had exceptional training in gymnastics and acrobatics, vertical ascent and descent and a handful of tricks in lock-picking and escapology.

Is it possible that one man (a boy for the early part of it) could learn all these skills to the degree that Bruce Wayne did in the 12 years he was away from Gotham City?

With this blog, I'm going to try and find out.

Along the way, I'm also going to point out some places a modern day Bruce Wayne might go to get the training.

This blog for me, is purely fun. So if you have ideas (and I'm sure a lot of people do) - please share!

- Vincent Goldsmith