Overdrive is unconnected to regular comic book continuity, its still made all the more poignant by recent events in the pages of batman. In which comic book series is batman actually thomas wayne. Maybe youre thinking, bruce looks a hell of a lot younger than 48. Welcome to ink spots, a quirky little corner of devoted entirely to all of our favorite young adult comics and fiction. He is the father of bruce wayne, and husband of martha wayne. Here we learn what role selina kyle played in this alternate world where bruce wayne died as a child. After final crisis bruce wayne is assumed to be dead, but really hes just sent through time by darkseid. At the time of his parents murder, bruce wayne also died. He is the genetically engineered son of batman and talia al ghul, and thus, the grandson of batman villain ras al ghul and the potential inheritor of wayne enterprises as the son of bruce.
Events then flashback to gotham city six months earlier, where dr. When catwoman went bad, the resulting firefight left everyone except booster and bruce dead. In an alternate time line, bruce wayne is killed by the. Batman proved to be so popular that a selftitled ongoing comic book series began publication with. This is an alternate universe where bruce wayne died instead of his parents. Tony daniel dc comics if you missed the new 52, you would have missed the deaging of batman that happened when dc abandoned its high numbering on detective comics. I do not believe that bruce wayne is suffering from mental illness because bruce is not the man behind the mask. As prosperous physician thomas wayne, his wife, martha, and their young son, bruce, exited a gotham city movie house after a nighttime showing of the mark of zorro, they were robbed by a thief brandishing a pistol. His most significant appearance in this latter category is in the miniseries batman. Thomas wayne and his wife martha, two very wealthy and charitable gotham city socialites. Has there ever been a comic book that inferred that bruce. As a supporting character, he acts as bruce wayne s business manager who apparently unknowingly runs the business. Thomas wayne is a fictional character appearing in american comic books published by dc comics.
The suicide squad director james gunn reveals his favorite joker actor. If youre looking for a hard to find back issue, we probably have it. The origin of batman, which was not revealed to readers until the characters seventh comic book appearance, is now a familiar tale. Oracle is feverishly trying to get information on the predicament of bruce wayne, and shes about to go to some incredible lengths to get it, revealing a new ability in the process. Comic book fans wanted him dead not too long after that. Thomas and martha wayne are notable as two comic book characters who have remained dead. It also takes elements of grant morrisons batman inc. No mans land and officer down, it seemed that things were looking up for bruce wayne, especially as he was starting to rekindle his romance with vesper fairchild, a radio personality who broke it off with bruce prior to nml. The imense mental strain of losing their son causes thomas wayne to become batman and martha to become the joker. Overdrive is the story of how bruce wayne came to rely on his biggest supporter and closest ally, alfred pennyworth.
New batman comic reveals bruce wayne can speak kryptonian. Batman is an ongoing american comic book series featuring the dc comics superhero batman as its main protagonist. It seems everyone knows thomas wayne was batman in flashpoint, but he was also batman in the new 52 series earth 2. His dad died in a car accident when bruce was twenty and away at college. However, things quickly fell apart as bruce would find vesper. Thomas survived but faked his death went into hiding. The most tragic moment in batmans history almost looked like this. Batman on several occasions has called dick his son or legally adopted him under t. An alternate universe where bruce wayne died instead of. No, because in every iteration of his origin story dick grayson has grown up an acrobat in the circus with parents who weve seen the face of and know the names of. Fugitive is a storyline that ran through the batman titles in 2002 after the events of batman. Bruce is brought up in wayne manor, with its wealthy splendor, and leads a happy and privileged existence until the age of eight, when his parents are killed by a smalltime criminal named joe chill while on their way home from a movie theater. When he was three, bruce s mother martha was expecting a second child to be named thomas wayne, jr.
Its a faith that bruce doesnt share, simply because hes unable to find a satisfying answer to the question of why a loving god would stand by and watch as a young boy lost his parents. Bruce, not knowing his father was alive, became the batman, but he died when the forces of darkseid invaded. Thomas wayne and his wife martha, who were themselves members of the prestigious wayne and kane families of gotham city, respectively. This batman comics price guide will help you to value all the early issues of batman comics, the series which began in 1940. Bruce wayne of earthtwo is commonly referred to as the golden age batman, thus being the main batman that appeared throughout the golden age of comic books. Robin a k a damian wayne, the 10yearold son of bruce wayne is slain fighting a hulking assassin who happens to be, in true comic book form, a brother cloned from his genetic material. In an alternate time line, bruce wayne is killed by the mugger in the alley.
If we dont, add it to your want list and well notify you when its in stock. This 2016 animated movie uses threads from multiple comic book storylines and streamlines them into one narrative. Comic books dramatically read by the eligible monster team. Dc comics still has the pages of the book in which he didnt. Dc comics, marvel comics and indie alike, nothing is free from our dramatic readings. The mystery of batmans parents death finally explained. Endgame storyline reached a dramatic conclusion last week, as batman and joker both apparently perished deep beneath the surface of gotham city. Adam west an actor defined and also constrained by his role in the 1960s series batman has died. With the conclusion of grant morrisons return story, bruce wayne returns to the dcu. Dc killing off batmans boy wonder damian wayne in new. Grant morrison first wanted him dead after four issues.
Lucius fox is a fictional character appearing in batman comic books by dc comics. According to my chronology he turns 48yearsold in february 2011 making him 48 at the flashpoint conclusion of the modern age. In this universe the attack on the waynes was a mob hit. Technically, bruce wayne died for a short time i think it was like 4 minutes. Bruce is dying and the robins return in batman beyond. Dc cant keep straight how old bruce wayne was when his. This wiki follows batman only throughout the golden age.
Alfred is the driving force behind bruce wayne in batman. The movie focuses largely on batwoman and her backstory. Bruce wayne s butler and frequent cover, alfred beagle, first appeared in. When wayne and his wife are murdered in a street mugging, bruce is inspired to fight crime as the vigilante batman. This ended as badly as one might imagine, with the bumbling booster trapped in an alternate timeline where bruce wayne had grown up rich, spoiled and unsympathetic to the needs of other people.
Since his death, thomas wayne has only appeared in the batman series in flashback and in the occasional outofbody experience or hallucination. Causing his father thomas wayne to become batman and his mother martha. This is an alternate universe where bruce wayne died. Bruce wayne is dating jezebel jet, a model who is very influential in her home country. Things became even worse when booster broke this alternate, feral version of catwoman out of arkham asylum, hoping a meet cute and seeing the love of his life might restore bruce wayne s memories of the original timeline. Booster gold gives bruce wayne a world without batman booster assumed bruce s character would forge a similar man in adulthood. Grant morrison recalls life and death of damian wayne. To avenge his death, his father turns into batman, and his mom turns into the joker. Dc comics killed off robin in a batman contest, but had a.