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Bruce Wayne's family encounters Joe Chill in Detective Comics #33 (November 1939). Art by Bob Kane. When exiting a movie theater (opera in some versions), Thomas and Martha Wayne are murdered by a mugger in front of their son, Bruce Wayne. This tragedy shocks Gotham and leads to Park Row (the street where it occurred) being labeled Crime Alley.
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.
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 ...
Thomas and Martha Wayne are shot by Joe Chill in Detective Comics #33 (Nov. 1939), which the young Bruce Wayne (lower left) witnesses; art by Bob Kane.. The character's origin was first depicted in Detective Comics #33 (Nov. 1939), unfolding in a two-page story that establishes the brooding persona of Batman, a character driven by the murder of his parents.
The character's alter ego, Bruce Wayne, was inspired by historical figures Robert the Bruce and Mad Anthony Wayne. [7] Batman's early adventures drew inspiration from contemporary pulp fiction and characters like Zorro and the Shadow, establishing Batman as a master detective with a dark, brooding persona driven by the murder of his parents.
Name Creator(s) First appearance Fictional biography Bruce Thomas Wayne / Batman: Bill Finger Bob Kane: Detective Comics #27 (May 1939) As a child, Bruce Wayne witnessed the murder of his parents, which was a traumatic experience for him.
However, Bruce and Powers remain having a power struggle over the company, with Wayne, despite having no official leverages against Powers, still having allies working to help him regain control including Lucius Fox's family, leading to Fox's son Lucius's (the second) firing and later founding the company Foxteca, which becomes Wayne-Powers's ...
He is buried next to Bruce Wayne's parents, Damian's paternal grandparents. Batman is also unwilling to accept his son's death, and begins seeking the means to resurrect Damian at the cost of his relationships with his friends and allies, and keeps his death a secret from the public in anticipation that his resurrection would succeed.