Batman Headcanon

The Waynes are killed.

Jun 27, 1981

Thomas and Martha Wayne are killed in Crime Alley by Joe Chill.

Bruce Wayne leaves Gotham City to train.

May 30, 1993

Bruce Wayne decides to fight crime, leaving Gotham City to train and reach peak physical condition.

Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham.

Oct 18, 2001

Bruce returns to Gotham after 8 years of absence. He was thought dead.

Batman's First Appearance.

Oct 31, 2001

A mysterious figure dressed as a bat prevents a mugging in Crime Alley.

Basil Karlo becomes Clayface.

Nov 9, 2001

Basil Karlo becomes Clayface. This follows his original origin, in regards to how he gets his powers. He attempts to hide his new powers and return to acting, but an accident with a set piece that is mostly Basil's fault ends up killing his co-star. He escapes with help from his powers, however.

Batman fights Clayface.

Nov 11, 2001

Batman hears about the incident and tracks down Basil to his mansion. Karlo believes Batman is here to kill him, and attacks. After a difficult battle, Basil is defeated.

Nora Fries falls ill.

Dec 25, 2001

Nora Fries, Victor's wife, falls ill with a deadly disease, and Victor becomes obsessed with figuring out how to temporarily freeze her so he can find a cure. He is a cryogenics scientist at Wayne Indsustries.

Batman discovers a dead mob goon with mysterious drugs.

Dec 31, 2001

Batman, arriving at a warehouse at Gotham Docks to take down some of Sal Maroni's men, finds one of them dead with a vial of pale orange liquid shattered on the ground next to him.

James Gordon is promoted to lieutenant.

Jan 9, 2002

James Gordon is promoted to Lieutenant, much to Loeb's chagrin. He attempts to start cleaning up the GCPD, ending corruption.

Arkham Asylum reopens after 85 years of being closed.

Jan 27, 2002

Arkham Asylum is reopened under order of Mayor Aubrey James. Jonathon Crane is hired there as head psychiatrist.

Blackgate criminals transferred to Arkham.

Feb 6, 2002

Batman notices that many sane criminals from Blackgate are being transferred to Arkham Asylum.

Jim Gordon and Batman meet.

Feb 28, 2002

Jim Gordon and Batman meet, and start a tentative secret alliance.

Doctor Death appears.

Mar 4, 2002

Dcotor Death appears. He had been kidnapping people and expirmenting on them, using a serum designed to eliminate human weakness. The serum had almost always failed, and Karl has multiple malformations as a result of testing the serum on himself.

Jonathon Crane begins expirimenting on his patients more seriously.

Mar 12, 2002

Crane begins expirimenting on his patients with fear toxin. The effects are not strong enough, however, and he kills a patient in a fit of anger.

Aubrey James is assassinated

Mar 18, 2002

Aubrey James, Mayor of Gotham, is assassinated.

Batman defeats Dr. Death.

May 4, 2002

After 2 months of searching, Batman finally pinpoints Dr. Death. He chases him down and defeats him, sending him to Arkham.

Bruce reveals his identity to Lucius Fox.

May 31, 2002

Bruce, needing someone to build gear for him, approaches Fox, a long time family friend and employee at Wayne Enterprises. He agrees, and joins the Batfam. Currently consisting of: Batman, Alfred and Lucius.

Scarecrow's drugs begin to sell on the streets of Gotham.

Jun 26, 2002

Scarecrow, not happy with the limited test subjects in Arkham, releases the fear toxin drug onto the streets. At least 130 people die from the drug.

Batman traces the fear drug back to Arkham Asylum and investigates.

Jul 3, 2002

Batman is able to trace the fear drug back to Arkham Asylum. Being the main funder of Arkham, Bruce does an inspection and takes a tour with Warden Jeremiah Arkham and Psychiatrist Crane. He takes note of a chemistry set in Crane's office.

Batman sneaks into Arkham to search.

Jul 4, 2002

Lucius Fox has designed a device that picks up traces of the fear drug, and gives it to Batman. Batman sneaks into Arkham and picks up traces of the drug in Cranes office. But before he can finish investigating a security guard interrupts.

Scarecrow's crimes are revealed.

Period: Jul 16, 2002 to Jun 22, 2002

The police gain evidence from an anonymous source (Batman) about Cranes crimes. The police go to arrest him, but he has taken control of Arkham Asylum. He killed Jeremiah Arkham, and released his new fear gas through the vents. The inmates were held hostage for 6 days, until Batman managed to get inside and take down Scarecrow.

Selina Kyle and Bruce Wayne meet.

Aug 7, 2002

Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle meet at a party that Bruce is hosting. They hit it off fairly well.

End of Year One

Oct 31, 2002

End of Year One

Victor Fries is frozen.

Dec 8, 2002

After a cryogenics experiment goes wrong, Victor Fries is frozen. Miraculously, he survived. But he has to live in temperatures below freezing. He designs a suit for himself to survive.

Mr. Freeze breaks into the hospital.

Dec 14, 2002

Mr. Freeze breaks into Gotham General to take Nora and freeze her. He fails, and is arrested by the GCPD.

Catwoman is caught robbing a jewelry store by Batman.

Jan 29, 2003

Selina sets off a silent alarm Batman had set up. She's nearly caught, but escapes.

Mr. Zsasz appears.

Feb 18, 2003

Mr. Zsasz appears and starts killing.

Zsasz goes on a killing spree, and Batman attempts to track him down.

Period: Feb 23, 2003 to Apr 6, 2003

Bruce Wayne discovers his company is riddled with corruption.

Mar 21, 2003

When Bruce left Gotham to train, Molly Mathis took over Wayne Enterprises. The company, now doing illegal business deals with criminals like the Falcones, is corrupt.

Bruce is attacked.

Mar 30, 2003

When going to his office at Wayne Enterprises, Bruce is attacked in the elevator with a wire. He overpowers the other man and contacts the authorities.

Batman teams up with the GCPD.

Apr 4, 2003

After the police and Batman are both unable to catch Zsasz, they agree to help each other. However, Commissioner Loeb is far from happy about this.

GCPD/Batman catch Zsasz.

Apr 12, 2003

Victor Zsasz is tracked to the outskirts of Gotham, where he is shot by an officer. He dies from his wounds.

Bruce finds Alfred is missing.

Apr 17, 2003

One night, when Bruce returns home after a night of crime fighting, Alfred is no where to be found. There are signs of a struggle. He gets a call , saying; "Step down from CEO of Wayne Enterprises, and stop meddling in our affairs. If you do not, you will never see your butler again."

Bruce locates Alfred.

Apr 20, 2003

Bruce locates Alfred and attempts to save him. He almost fails, but they both make it out alive.

Molly Mathis is arrested.

Apr 28, 2003

Bruce contacts the police about Alfred's kidnapping, and with enough evidence Mathis is arrested.

Nora Fries's condition worsens.

May 16, 2003

Victor receives a letter from Nora, saying that she only has a few more weeks to live. He begins a plan to break out.

Victor Fries breaks out of prison.

May 23, 2003

Victor broke out of his cell, barely making it to the evidence room before passing out from the heat. He busted out of Arkham, freezing two guards. He takes Nora, now at home, to a warehouse; set up with a cryogenics chamber. He places her in the chamber, putting her in a frozen stasis until he can find a cure.