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In Batman #208 (January/February 1969), it is revealed that both Joe and Max had changed their name to Chill from Chilton and that their mother was the housekeeper to Bruce Wayne's uncle Philip, who became Bruce's primary guardian after his parents' deaths. As Philip was often away on business, Mrs. Chilton played the primary parental role in ...
During the Golden Age of Comic Books, Lew Moxon was established as the man who hired Joe Chill to kill Bruce Wayne's parents. During the Silver and Bronze Age of Comic Books, the Lew Moxon story remained canonical for tales set on Earth-Two. For several years no mention is made of Moxon's role regarding the origin of Batman on Earth One.
Dr. Thomas Wayne, M.D. is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is the father of Bruce Wayne , and husband of Martha Wayne as well as the paternal grandfather of Damian Wayne. Wayne was introduced in Detective Comics #33 (November 1939), the first exposition of Batman's origin story.
Thomas and Martha Wayne are shot by Joe Chill in Detective Comics #33 (November 1939), which the young Bruce Wayne (lower left) witnesses; art by Bob Kane.. The character's origin was first depicted in Detective Comics #33 (November 1939), unfolding in a two-page story that establishes the brooding persona of Batman, a character driven by the murder of his parents.
In flashbacks, the young Bruce Wayne watches in horror as his parents Thomas and Martha Wayne are murdered by a gunman. That night, he swears to avenge them by spending the rest of his life battling crime. As he grows up, he studies criminology and martial arts, eventually becoming Batman.
In the ensuing pandemonium, he kidnaps the Thomas family due to their connection with Bruce Wayne. He sets up an elaborate stage on which to reenact the night the Waynes died, even going as far as to use an infected Joe Chill, the man who originally killed his parents, to emotionally torture Bruce. Duke is narrowly saved by Batman, but forced ...
Joseph Corcoran, now 49, lived with Ernst in the Fort Wayne, Indiana home where the murders occurred, according to court documents. ... was acquitted of the fatal shootings of his parents, 53-year ...
He survives, and Tim pulls Damian into an all-out brawl that begins with their quarry escaping and ends in front of the theater where Bruce Wayne's parents were killed. The two are stopped by Dick Grayson as Batman, who chastises them both for fighting in front of the theater where Batman was born.