The Legend of the BATMAN - Origin Story

I didn't like The Spirit Origin Story because it felt too rushed, too short. The Batman origin story is only 2 pages, but its great. It's simple and, as we've seen throughout adaptations it provides a strong framework for various interpretations. From "Nobody knows who Batman is" by Les Daniels 2005, it sounds like Batman already had a following by the time an origin story was created. I'm sure it was impossible for Bob Kane to know the legacy Batman would leave in films, comics and popular culture, but the lack of detail given to the icon provided a chance for future writers to really play around with the origin, while still hitting Kane's marks.

In the 2005 film "Batman Begins" we rediscover Batman's past. The first page is the same, while the second page explores Batman's training and self discovery. But still the ideas that he studied, that he trained, that he used his wealth in the end and that his costume is a symbol of fear are included. I like though how the inspiration for Bruce Wayne's disguise, and his past are fleshed out.

In Batman Year One by Frank Miller the simplicity of Batman's origin story is used in short form. It can be summed up that: Bruce Wayne's parents were murdered in front of him when he was young. He inherited their fortune. 

This origin story can be thrown in, and has weight to it, it effects the personality.

Wolverine's origin story is similar, his desire to recover his past, and punish those who made him a weapon drives him through several stories. The level on which the origin story creates the character in both Wolverine and Batman is different than that of The Spirit in this way. The Spirit was already fighting crime, he just changed his identity, and gained some powers. Batman and Wolverine undergo physical transformation, but their personalities, obsessions, and morals were created with them.

This is one reason why revenge is such a powerful narrative device. By implying the concept of revenge one makes assumptions about the society, the world, the identity and the sanity of the avenger. The loss of a family, or a loved one, is enough for a member of the audience to understand revenge. If the audience does not understand the motivation for the revenge, the character seems unstable.
Revenge happens because society does not grant justice to the avenger. Usually the revenge happens outside of societies methods. Gotham city is corrupt, and for Batman to seek justice he must fight his way around the law. Outside of society.
The revenge also deals with a loss of identity, which is what makes Wolverine's revenge powerful. Bruce Wayne looses his parents, which effects his identity from son to orphan (in a blunt/direct statement). The Shadow looses his physical identity, but the portion of his world we had seen, the portion of his life, did not change. He was positively identified as a detective, in his death this identity did not change.
Idk, its 3 in the morning and I'm playing around with these ideas. Let me know what you think.