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DC Comics have generally made one man responsible for killing Bruce Wayne's parents, a common criminal named Joe Chill. Small-time mugger Joe Chill first appeared in Detective Comics #33 in 1939 and was created by Bob Kane.
The driving force behind Bruce Wayne's crusade as Batman was the tragic murder of his parents, Thomas and Martha.
From Pre-Crisis to Modern Age, New 52 to Rebirth and beyond, Chill is the man that killed Thomas and Martha Wayne. His motivations toggle between just wanting their money and jewelry, to it being a sanctioned hit from the mob—particularly the Moxon Crime Family.
In most cases, low-level criminal Joe Chill is the culprit who guns down Thomas and Martha Wayne in the alley behind a theatre, and there’s no reason that couldn’t remain the case in Joker.
With that in mind, here's a guide to everyone that has killed Bruce Wayne's parents in Batman movies and TV shows.
Most of the time, the man who shoots Thomas and Martha Wayne is a nobody-criminal, such as Joe Chill from the comics. On the other hand, some adaptations make things much more personal for Bruce, like the Joker murdering the Waynes in the 1989 Tim Burton's Batman.
Story 1: Maroni Had The Waynes Killed. After killing several prominent figures in Gotham City, The Riddler eventually sets his sights on Bruce Wayne as a stand-in for his father.
In Christopher Nolan 's The Dark Knight trilogy, Bruce Wayne 's parents Thomas and Martha were murdered by low life mugger Joe Chill, who is arrested soon after. Fourteen years after the murder, Chill is paroled for testifying against his cellmate Carmine Falcone, who has Chill killed.
A gunman stepped out of the shadows and murdered young Bruce Wayne's parents while the family was out for a stroll along Gotham City's Park Row, and there's a pretty good chance you know...
The four youths attempt to clear their names and find out who really killed Bruce Wayne, with help from Turner's friend Stephanie Brown and Turner's classmate Carrie Kelley, who is secretly the superhero Robin.