Comic Title: Batman:The Greatest Stories Ever Told Vol. 1 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2005
On Sale Date: April 20, 2005 Direct Market Date April 13, 2005
Source: Previews, Vol. 15 #2 (#194)

Direct Market Date April 20, 2005
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Cover Price: $19.99
Page Count: 192
Editor: Anton Kawasaki

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "...My Beginning... and My Probable End"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Batman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Mike W. Barr
Penciller: Alan Davis
Inker: Paul Neary
Letterer: Richard Starkings
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Reprinted From:
Detective Comics #574 (1987)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #573; next appearance in Justice League #1)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #573; next appearance in Batman Annual #13)
• Leslie Thompkins (first appearance; last appearance in Detective Comics #578; next appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #1)
• Alfred Pennyworth (in flashback to Bruce's childhood; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Detective Comics #614)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Bruce Wayne (last appearance in Batman #404; next appearance in Detective Comics #614)
• Leslie Thompkins (earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Detective Comics #575)

Comments:
This story retells the origin of Batman with new details. In the post-Crisis universe, Bruce Wayne was taken in my Leslie Thompkins after his parents were killed. Leslie now works as a doctor at a Wayne Foundation clinic and has knowledge of Batman's secret identity.

This story is continued from Detective Comics #573.

Synopsis:
When Robin is accidentally shot by the Mad Hatter, Batman rushes him to Leslie Thompkins. While Leslie operates on Jason, Batman reflects on his childhood after his parents were murdered. Leslie took him in and raised him. From the time of the murder, Bruce was driven to teach himself how to fight crime. Leslie worries about bringing Jason into the fight, but Batman feels that he is given the boy an outlet which he never had in hopes that Jason won't live his life as Bruce has. Leslie's operation is a success, and Jason recovers from his injuries.