For awhile I’ve been trying to work out the math of how Batman would work if characters showed up on the dates they were first published, this is what I came up with and yes I’m just focusing on Batfam.
1874: Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth born in Surrey England
1899: Alfred moves to the United States and enters service with Thomas Wayne.
1901: Thomas and Martha Wayne marry
1904: Bruce Wayne is born
1911: Thomas and Martha Wayne killed in robbery in front of their Son Bruce
1915: Selina Kyle is born
1922: Bruce Wayne leaves Gotham for a world tour to learn combat skills.
1931: Richard John Grayson born to circus proformers John and Mary Grayson
1932: Bruce Wayne’s cousin Kathy Kane is born
1938: Bruce returns to Gotham and starts experimenting with costumes
1939: Bruce Wayne goes out as Batman for the first time
1940: John and Mary Grayson murdered by Tony Zucco, their son Dick is adopted by Bruce Wayne, taking on the identity of Robin.
1940: Selina Kyle is Catwoman for the first time
1940: first appearance of the Joker.
1943: Batman and Catwoman begin a clandestine relationship
1945: Selina Kyle turns herself in and is sentenced to 8 years in prison.
1946: Barbara Gordon, granddaughter of commissioner Jim Gordon born
1947: Kathy Kane’s niece Betty Kane born
1950: Dick Grayson retires in his role as Robin to focus on college
1953: Selina Kyle released from prison, she and Bruce marry shortly thereafter, Batman and Catwoman begin fighting crime together.
1955: Alfred Pennyworth dies at Wayne Manor age 81.
1955: Selina Wayne gives birth to a daughter, Helena Wayne
1956: Bruce formally retires as Batman, Dick Grayson takes over the role
1956: Kathy Kane takes on the role of Batwoman soon partnered with Dick.
1958: Dick and Kathy marry
1959: Kathy Grayson gives birth to John Grayson
1960: Kathy’s niece comes to live with her and Dick, taking on the identity of Bat-Girl as the sidekick to Batman and Batwoman.
1964: Bat-Girl becomes a founding member of the Teen Titans
1964: Helena Bertinelli born
1965: Kathy and Dick’s marriage starts to break down.
1966: Helena Wayne takes on the role of Robin
1966: Betty Kane hangs up the costume of Bat-Girl and takes on the role of Nightwing
1967: Barbara Gordon takes on the role of Batgirl much to the frustration of Batman
1969: Dick and Kathy formally divorce, Kathy takes back her madden name and moves to upstate New York.
1971: Kathy Kane comes out as a Lesbian having found a romantic relationship with Silver St. Cloud, she’d spend the next 30 years on activism and art.
1971: The first conflict between Ra’s al Ghul and Batman
1974: Helena Wayne passes the role of Robin to John Grayson becoming Huntress.
1975: Barbara Gordon elected to Congress, takes on the identity of Batwoman in Washington DC
1976: Betty Kane marries long time teammate Wally West and retires title of Nightwing.
1977: Stephanie Brown born
1979: Dick Grayson dies in battle with Joker, last known appearance of Joker.
1979: Helena Wayne takes on role of Batman, choosing to not change the gender of the name
1980: John Grayson takes on the role of Red Robin, joins the newly formed New Titans and meets Starfire.
1982: John Grayson and Koriand'r marry
1982: Cassandra Cain born.
1983: Batman catches Jason Todd trying to steal the tires off the Batmobile, shortly there after adopting him and handing him the role of Robin.
1983: Most of the Bertinelli family killed in a mob hit, Helena is the sole survivor.
1986: Barbara Gordon elected to the US Senate
1987: Ra’s al Ghul kidnaps Bruce Wayne and tempts him with a return to youth, Bruce rebuffs him and is saved by Batman
1989: Tim Drake undercover the Wayne family secret, Jason steps down as Robin taking on the identity of Nightwing, Tim becomes Robin.
1989: Helena Bertinelli becomes Huntress bring a new violent outlook toward crime in Gotham.
1992: Barbara Gordon chooses not to run again and returns to Gotham, retiring as Batwoman and takes on the identity of Oracle hoping to recruit girls and women into crime fighting.
1992: Stephanie Brown takes on the identity of Spoiler, soon is working with Oracle and Huntress
1994: Tim retires being Robin to go to college, Stephanie takes over the role.
1994: Mar’i Grayson first goes out as Nightstar alongside her parents.
1995: Bruce Wayne dies age 91.
1996: Stephanie Brown becomes Batwoman
1996: Damian Wayne born, Talia al Ghul uses genetic materials stolen from Bruce during his captivity in 1987.
1999: Cassandra Cain is recruited by Barbara Gordon to become the new Batgirl
1998: Tim Drake returns using the codename Black Bat
2004: Selina Wayne dies age 89
2005: Helena Wayne retires as Batman, Tim Drake and Jason Todd jointly take over the role
2006: Damian Wayne is reveled to the Batfamily, after a brief struggle he is recruited to be Robin under Todd and Drake.
2015: Damian becomes Nightwing
2016: Duke Thomas is adopted by Tim and takes on the role of Robin.
2017: Helena Wayne is 62 and acts as an Alfred and support for Batman, Time Drake age 41 is Batman jointly with Jason Todd age 47, Damian Wayne age 21 is Nightwing and pushing both Drake and Todd to retire and allow him to have the role, Duke Thomas is age 17 and Robin, Barbara Gordon (age 71) is active as Oracle and supports Huntress (Helena Bertinelli) age 53, Batwoman (Stephanie Brown) age 40, and Orphan (Cassandra Cain) age 35. Jason Grayson and Kori are still active in their late 50s as Red Robin and Starfire with their daughter Mar’i (Nightstar age 34)
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