Dark Knight. Caped Crusader. World’s Greatest Detective. Whatever you know him as, wherever you know him from—the blockbuster movies, TV shows, video games, cartoons, or millions of comics—Batman is proof you don’t need superpowers to be a superhero… and the poster boy for what a bad childhood can do to you.

While Marques Houston thinks he’s Batman, Batman is actually the alterego of Bruce Wayne, millionaire by day, vigilante in a bat suit by night. He was created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger in 1938, and has since become DC Comics‘ most beloved character – as well as the archetypal “dark” superhero, in contrast to the morally white Superman.