YOUNG BRUCE WAYNE WATCHES HELPLESS HAS HIS PARENTS ARE MURDERED. LEFT ALONE, EXCEPT FOR HIS FAITHFUL FAMILY SERVENT, AND FRIEND, ALFRED, HE GROWS AND IS DRIVEN TO RID GOTHAM CITY OF THE EVIL THAT TOOK HIS PARENTS AND HIS LIFE AWAY. NOT BY REVENGE, BUT BY A PROMISE, THAT NO ONE WOULD LOSE WHAT HE HAD. HE BECOMES A CREATURE OF THE NIGHT. TURNING FEAR AGAINST THOSE THAT WOULD IMPOSE FEAR. IN A NEED TO FILL THE VOID LEFT BY THE LOSE OF HIS PARENTS, HE SUROUNDS HIMSELF WITH A LEGION OF PARTNERS AND ALLIES. 5 ROBINS, 3 BATGIRLS, A BATWOMAN, 2 SUBSITUTE BATMEN, EVEN A HOUND. AND EVEN THOUGH HE CAN NOT ADMIT IT, ALL OF THESE ARE NEEDED TO MAKE HIM WHOLE.