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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 .
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]
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]
Batman finally goes through a door that suddenly appears behind his casket. He enters a dark void and approaches a shaft of light. In the light, he sees that the woman that he has been speaking with is his mother, Martha Wayne. He has finally figured out what is happening: he is dying and having a near-death experience.
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.
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
In February 2010, she was cast in Death Race 2 [13] and was the lead in the 2016 supernatural-horror The Boy. [14] Also in 2016, she appeared as Martha Wayne, Batman's deceased mother, in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and played Leila Steinberg in the 2017 biographical drama All Eyez on Me.