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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.
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 the alternate universe of the 2011 storyline "Flashpoint", Joe Chill shoots and kills the young Bruce Wayne, [17] and Thomas Wayne seeks to kill him to avenge his son. He locates Chill and attempts to inject him with a drug, but instead beats him to death in a vengeful fury. [18] Afterwards, Thomas puts Chill's gun in a trophy display in the ...
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.
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
Bruce Wayne was born in Gotham City on April 7, 1915. [1] Bruce's parents, Thomas and Martha Wayne, were killed when he was eight years old by a robber named Joe Chill, in 1924. [2] According to a later retcon, Martha died from a heart attack soon after Thomas is shot. [3]
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 DC Universe, Batman is the alias of Bruce Wayne, a wealthy American playboy, philanthropist, and industrialist who resides in Gotham City. His origin story features him swearing vengeance against criminals after witnessing the murder of his parents, Thomas and Martha, as a child, a vendetta tempered by the ideal of justice.