Batman (Earth-31)

The Batman from the universe of the Frank Miller Batman works- The Dark Knight Returns, Batman: Year One, All-Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder and The Dark Knight Strikes Again. While his origin is similar to the original Batman, in this universe he began to fall into a more aggressive and crazed nature as his war on crime began to drag on his mind, leading him to kidnap young Dick Grayson off the streets, forcing him to become his side-kick, Robin, telling him that he has been drafted and that he had to keep Grayson from the corrupt and useless Gotham City Police Department. While Grayson would come to accept many of Batman's teachings and methods over time, seeing him as a mentor figure, it would lead to many intense psychological issues later in his life due to the insanity he was put into every day as a young child.

Eventually, Batman retired from crimefighting, becoming a recluse. Ten years after this self-induced exile, the future Gotham City was under the control of a gang of Mutants. Despite his attempt to rehabilitate Harvey Dent, the one time politician returns to a life of crime, which inspires Bruce Wayne to don the Cowl once more. Batman soon finds that Gotham is a very different place than it was when he last quit, but with the 13 year old Carrie Kelly as his new Robin, Batman went back to work, fighting the Mutants and The Joker, who awoke from a decade long coma simply because Batman returned to Gotham. Inspired by his example after defeating their leader, the Mutants become a new gang, called the Sons of the Batman, who fought crime using non-lethal means. Through their efforts, Gotham City became the safest city in America- something that shamed the government so badly they sent Superman to take down his old friend. Warned ahead of time by Green Arrow, Batman confronts Superman in Crime Alley, where his parents were gunned down years before hand, and after a deadly battle, Batman is able to defeat the Man of Steel, though he appears to die of a heartattack shortly after. This is then revealed to be a ruse when Carrie revives him, where he leads his new army into the underground beneath the Batcave, preparing to fight crime from the shadows where ever they were needed.