Bruce Wayne (Earth-38)


 * For other uses of Vigilante, see Vigilante (disambiguation)

"My cousin's actually friends with Bruce. Um, well, frenemies."

- Supergirl

Bruce Wayne is a vigilante, who has worked with Superman.

Biography
Bruce worked with Superman as allies in vigilantism for a time. He was known to use a lot of gadgets.

Bruce was a friend of Clark, though both Winn Schott and Kara Danvers believe they are more like "frenemies". It is implied by James Olsen that the vigilante is seen as intimidating by the very people he is trying to protect.

Knowing Bruce Wayne's secret identity from her cousin's stories on Earth Thirty-Eight, Kara Danvers was able to deduce Kate Kane's secret identity as Batman's successor, comparing her universe's knowledge to that of Kate's in regards to her cousin, Bruce Wayne, and the near-legendary Batman.

Abilities

 * Skilled gadgeteering: Batman is a skilled user of gadgets, carrying tons of those to fight crime.
 * Intimidation: Batman is as intimidating to people as those he protects them form.

Equipment

 * Gadgets: Batman carried "tons of gadgets" on hand.

Personality
"My cousin worked with a vigilante once, tons of gadgets, lots of demons. Vigilantes are nuts!."

- Supergirl

Kara has described Bruce Wayne in his vigilante activities as "nuts", with "lots of demons". As the vigilante, he often intimidates the very people he is trying to protect. When she, Oliver Queen and Barry Allen were bailed from detainment by the Gotham City Police Department and the men questioned whether Bruce Wayne was the one who posted their bail, Kara said that getting people out of jail like that doesn't sound like Bruce Wayne. Comparing Bruce to his Earth One counterpart, Kara mused whether trying to keep his private life from the public eye just got to be too much for Bruce and he broke, in both universes.

Behind the scenes

 * In the main DC Comics continuity, Bruce Wayne is the billionaire CEO of Wayne Industries by day, and the vigilante Batman, protector of Gotham City by night. Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent are continuous allies in the comics and media adaptations, known together as "World's Finest".
 * This is referenced by Kara Danvers, comparing herself and Kate Kane to their cousins as "World's Finest".
 * While only referred to as either "Bruce Wayne" or "the vigilante", the description of this character is a likely allusion to Bruce's vigilantism as Batman in the comics. As such, this vigilante could be a resident of Gotham City of his Earth, however it is still not clear if he is actually named Batman or not.