Batman: 10 Most Iconic Locations in the History of the Dark Knight

By Stuart W. Bedford /

3. Crime Alley

Can you get much more iconic? After all, Crime Alley was where it all began. Where the Batman was borne from of the wreckage of a poor, helpless young boy€™s shattered psyche. Bruce Wayne visits this location over and over again in his head; reliving his trauma; blaming himself for what happened to his parents; imagining what he could have done, what he should have done to save them. You can€™t really touch upon a Batman story without it coming back, at some point, to the death of Thomas and Martha Wayne in Crime Alley; sure stories will come and go without visiting the location itself, but it€™s never far from mind. After all, without that fateful night, without that fearful location, the Batman would not exist. It€™s really that simple.