Bruce Wayne

From Stephanie Brown

Relationship: Mentor

Name: Bruce Wayne

Aliases: Batman, Matches Malone

Batman didn't approve of Spoiler...that is, until Robin #84, in which he needed her help to find Tim. He gave away Tim's secret identity to her so she could find him, which made Tim very upset. In Tim's absence, Batman trained Spoiler a bit, but abandoned her during the "Bruce Wayne: Fugitive" arc. In Gotham Knights #37 after his prolonged absence, he sprung a suprise test on her. She failed, and he fired her as his apprentice and told her to stop being Spoiler. She didn't stop, and when Tim quit as Robin, she offered to replace him in Robin #126. He accepted, and when Alfred asked him if this was to make Tim jealous so he'd come back, he refused to reply.

He trained her for six months, and then went out in the field with her. When Batman went up against the female assassin Scarab, he told Stephanie to stay in the Batplane. After hearing that Batman got blinded, Stephanie disobeyed orders and went to save him. But the Scarab captured her and Batman was forced to let the Scarab go in exchange for Stephanie's life.

He fired Stephanie for disobeying orders and told her she couldn't be Spoiler either.

Stephanie later died in an attempt to prove herself to Batman. On her deathbed she asked "Was I really Robin?" and he replied, "Yes, you were." Despite this, he has not yet been shown to have a memorial case like the one he has for fallen Robin (now resurrected), Jason Todd.

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