Who here has read the Absolute DC comics? It's basically the new Ultimate Marvel comics but instead its DC doing it and it is really good so far with Batman, Super-Man, and Wonder Woman getting there own comics so far.
For Batman, he grew up without wealth, and without Alfred. He excelled in school, and only lost his father who hid him away from the Party Animals who are definitely Joker's Goons, as Bruce only heard the sound of a gunshot. Batman later worked in Construction, City Hall, and around Gotham while taking part in several martial arts to help Gotham City.
For Super-Man, he grew up on Krypton and his parents were both scientists and simple farm hands. I'm assuming Krypton exploded and Kal-El is now living on Earth, on the run helping the simple people, but this group called Lazarus which Brainiac controls, has been searching for him and he fights against them with his supersuit being an AI, that I think was made by his parents, to help him control his powers.
For Wonder-Woman, she grew up in Hell, taken by the Gods of Olympus and raised by Circe. Diana survives through Hell making friends with the creatures of hell, warming Circe's heart, learning magic, and taming Pegasus, she eventually leaves Hell to fight against monsters and announces herself as the Last Amazon.
The Absolute Universe is amazing and combine that with the brilliant Ultimate Marvel comics we're getting both Marvel and DC are amazing... I kind of want to do something similar now that I think about it.