Batman War On Crime

Batman:War On Crime (November, 1999) was the second in a series of treasury comics DC did with art by Alex Ross and written by Paul Dini (after Superman: Peace On Earth) that distill a character down to his essence, and showcase what makes that character special.

Here, it was focused on a short time in the life of Batman, dealing with corporate dealings as Bruce Wayne, and muggers as Batman, and he sees how these slowly relate.

The mugger he caught killed a man and woman at his robbery, with their boy, Marcus, as a witness.  Batman relates to this (having watched his parents die), and it weighs on his conscious.  Next night, stopping a gang, Batman sees Marcus there...but let's the boy run off.  Night after that, Batman confronts the gang again, but this time with Marcus there, and threatening to shoot Batman.  Batman talks him down, saving the boy, but knows there is much more to do.

The next day, as Bruce Wayne, he decides instead of raising the neighborhood Marcus was in to make way for a new project, instead that Wayne Foundation will invest in the neighborhood as is, to improve it for those who live there, showing the basic strength of Batman...not the bat motif, the gadgets or even the billionaire, but that he is just a man, fighting to make the world a better place, one day at a time.