Batman: The Knight tells a fun and unique story about the early days of Bruce Wayne's transformation into Gotham's Caped Crusader.

With over 80 years of material spanning thousands of comic issues, fans would think there'd be nothing more to learn about Batman. Arguably DC Comics' most popular and beloved character, Batman's iconic mythos stands the test of time. Even non-comic book fans knowthe Batman was born the night of Thomas and Martha Wayne's murder. Who could forget? They are shot in almost every Batman film to date.

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Somehow, Chip Zdarsky and Carmine Di Giandomenico provide a fresh take on Bruce Wayne's younger years in Batman: The Knight. The story follows Bruce Wayne as he travels the world in pursuit of becoming the world's best crime fighter. Along the way, fans not only learn about Bruce Wayne but the grueling tasks necessary to become Batman.

The following list contains Spoilers from Batman: The Knight #1-7

Before Batman was a symbol of justice, he was once just an angry child. Issue #1 of Batman: The Knight introduces fans to a school-age Bruce Wayne who, just like his adult self, has no tolerance for bullies. In the very first issue, he beats a boy named Mitch to a pulp for picking on the defenseless Sydney.

Later in the issue, a rumor spreads that Mitch plans to leave Gotham Academy after experiencing a series of disturbances such as being locked in the boiler room and catching poison ivy from a towel. As Sydney and Dana discuss Mitch's situation, Bruce lingers in the shadows, with the story heavily insinuating his responsibility for Mitch's misfortunes.

In Batman: The Knight's first issue, fans learn that even vengeance incarnate goes to therapy. To the fans' surprise, his therapist is none other than criminal doctor extraordinaire— and member of Batman's extensive rogue's gallery— Hugo Strange. Strange is one of the first villains to discover Batman's identity, and in The Knight it's clear why.

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Wayne starts seeing Strange because his friend Dana recommended the doctor's therapeutic services. However, once Dana's finances and mental health dwindle, Bruce alludes to the fact that he knows Strange's hypnosis practices coaxed Dana into squandering her money into an offshore account. Even before he was an official Batman "villain," Hugo was up to no good.

Seducing the likes of Catwoman, Silver St. Cloud, and Vicki Vale, one would think Bruce Wayne was always smooth with the ladies. In issue #2, fans discover that is far from the case. In France, Wayne encounters The Gray Shadow, a master thief who would even give Selina Kyle a run for her money. Gray Shadow takes Wayne under her wing and teaches him to master the art of subtlety.

Bruce still needs to work on subtlety in the seduction department. After getting shot in the hand, Gray Shadow dresses his wound, and Bruce takes the opportunity to kiss his teacher. The scene is as awkward as it is comical, considering how far young Bruce has yet to come.

To combat street crime, Bruce once had to fight with street criminals. Aided only with techniques he gained from Taekwondo books and pure brute strength, Bruce takes to Gotham's underground for some real-world fighting experience.

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Besides helping refine his technique, the fights are a prominent outlet for channeling Bruce's unbridled rage. He cannot punch the man who killed his parents, so why not punch a random underground boxer instead? Busted by both the police and Alfred, Bruce's street fighter days are cut short... for now.

For someone who claims to work alone, Batman has had an extensive amount of sidekicks. Before the Robins and Batgirls, Bruce befriended Anton, a fellow student of Master Kirigi. After leaving Master Kirgi's base, a group of assassins corner Bruce.

The young Batman's fate seems bleak until Anton sweeps in to help him incapacitate the attackers. From that point on, Bruce and Anton travel together, until issue #6, when Anton chooses to pursue a darker, more bloodthirsty path. Heartbroken and betrayed, Bruce continues his world training alone.

Batman is a master of disguise, using his prowess to gather intel from the inside. Issue #5 of Batman: The Knight shows fans Bruce's past Achilles heel with spy work. He and Anton study espionage and disguise under Avery Oblonsky, a freelance agent who wears many faces— literally, she has a lair full of convincing masks.

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On one particular mission, Oblonsky asks her protégés to crash a Russian gala with the hopes one of them will retrieve a book containing addresses of international Russian safe houses. While Anton targets the officer in charge of the book, Bruce awkwardly attempts to woo a woman at the bar and approach his target. However, Anton beats him to the punch and retrieves the book. In the end, Bruce "wins" by pickpocketing Anton and throwing the dangerous book in the ocean, achieving the mission with no spying necessary.

As seen in animated films like Justice League: Dark, Batman is a fish out of water in situations involving magic. In issue seven, fans learn that Bruce once considered dabbling in magic. Not stage magic like escaping straight jackets while submerged in water, even though he masters those skills as well, but necromancy.

On an adventure with Zatanna, Bruce helps his former flame incapacitate a demon that's been harassing her father, Zatara. He comes back with a souvenir he believes could help him contact his parents. He comes clean to Zatara at a bar, confessing he took a book called Speaking to the Dead. Zatara warns Bruce of the toll magic takes on the user and offers to share positive memories of the Waynes with Bruce instead.

Before Anton and Bruce part ways, they train with the world's greatest marksman, Luka Jungo. By applying what he learned from a Mongolian Pastoralist, Bruce reads environmental shifts to accurately strike moving prey. Anton is just as good a marksman as Bruce, but lacks Bruce's compassion.

Anton begins shooting prey in purposefully painful ways and even shoots and kills Luka, in a violent form of self-defense, for calling him out on his behavior. Bruce may be skilled, but he's not willing to cross the lines Anton has succumbed to. He sees no real difference between men like Luka and the man who murdered his parents, so he ignores his talent and avoids using guns altogether.

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