In 1918, someone had killed and robbed two socialites named Wayne. A few years later, the Batman made his first appearance. Some said he was also the Bat, a figure from earlier returned with a few changes in modus operandi.
As far as the rest of the world knew - there had only been one Batman. Though there were others who noted the different heights, mass, slight differences in technique and style, and said that there had been at least three Batmans over the years. What was known about him was that he was human, that he was a master of a number of fighting styles, and that he had sometimes been hero and sometimes vigilante and sometimes nearly as bad as those he'd pursued.
Genma had come out of his study under the Master, and during his plans to train his son had run across the legend. It was intriguing, as this Batman was obviously a Man Among Men. Even more - a Man Among Supermen who could hold his own with people that had powers and abilities beyond mortal men.
The portly martial artist had considered going the supervillain route but rejected it after it became obvious that the heroes tended to protect their own.
Genma had taken Ranma to where these superhero types hung out. He was briefly comedy relief, but left after nearly getting fried by Sinestro.
Ranma had briefly been Robin, briefly a hanger-on of the Justice League, and then on with his identity of Torajin ("Tigerperson") and his own heroics, eventually heading back to Japan and a reunion with his father.
As Torajin, a sort of Japanese variant of Batman, he was also:
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