Thomas Wayne (Earth-2)

Thomas Wayne took up his son's mantle of Batman, protector of Gotham City on Earth-2.

History
While walking home from a movie theater with their young son Bruce, Thomas and his wife Martha were accosted by a robber named Joe Chill. Attempting to robbing Martha of her jewelry, Thomas Wayne tried to disarm the attacker. The mugger shot and killed Thomas. Martha was so distraught she had a heart attack and died soon after the murder of her husband (Some re-tellings of the Batman stories contended that Chill also killed Martha directly). Now orphaned, their son Bruce made a graveside promise to avenge their deaths. To this end, he dedicated his life towards stopping crime. As an adult, Wayne would get his long standing revenge on Chill after learning it was Chill who murdered his parents (Batman #47). Wayne would eventually overcome his longing for a new family when he took in Dick Grayson and later married Selina Kyle and had his own daughter.

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In Other Media

 * Thomas Wayne's batsuit is available to be unlocked in Batman: Arkham Origins.

Gallery

 * See: Thomas Wayne (Earth-2)/Gallery

See

 * Batman
 * Batman (Earth-2)