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Martha Wayne (née Kane) [2] is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.She is the mother of Bruce Wayne (Batman), and wife of Dr. Thomas Wayne as well as the paternal grandmother of Damian Wayne, the fifth Robin.
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 Batman's origin story, Joe Chill is the mugger who murders young Bruce Wayne's parents, Dr. Thomas Wayne and Martha Wayne. The murder traumatizes Bruce, inspiring his vow to avenge their deaths by fighting crime in Gotham City as the vigilante Batman. [2]
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Bruce Wayne with a portrait of his deceased parents in Batman vol. 3, #9 (December 2016). Art by Mikel Janín. Art by Mikel Janín. Dr. Wayne's role in his son's future vigilante career is expanded upon in "The First Batman", a Silver Age tale from Detective Comics #235, which reveals that Dr. Wayne attacks and defeats hoodlums while dressed ...
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Batman (left) and the Joker (right) of the Flashpoint universe. Art by Dave Johnson. An alternate reality version of Thomas Wayne appears as the Flashpoint version of Batman. . In this continuity, Thomas turns into a crime-fighting vigilante after he and Martha Wayne witness their son Bruce Wayne murdered by a gunman in an alley during a botched muggi
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