Joe Chill is the thug who murdered Thomas and Martha Wayne.
History[]
Joe Chill is the main focus in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Chill of the Night!". Batman finds a lead in the case of who murdered his parents is Joe Chill while the Spectre and the Phantom Stranger watch. After much investigation, Batman locates a dying Lew Moxon, who reveals that Chill was a hitman working for Moxon, who shoots Thomas and Martha Wayne out of spite. Batman interrogates several villains, including Louie the Lilac, about Chill and the Wayne murders, and is also shown scenes from the past about Chill by the Spectre. In the present day, Chill is an arms dealer who sells weapons to super-criminals on the black market. When Batman confronts him and reveals himself as Bruce Wayne, a terrified Chill asks for the villains (consisting of the Joker, the Mad Hatter, Mr. Freeze, the Penguin, Poison Ivy, Solomon Grundy, and Two-Face) for help, but they attempt to kill him for "creating" Batman". Batman foils the villains, but the Spectre manipulates the events so that Joe Chill dies when he ends up collapsed by debris as a result of Batman redirecting the sonic gun that was to be auctioned toward the ceiling.
Appearances[]
Batman: The Brave and the Bold[]
Season 2[]
Trivia[]
- This marked the first time in animation that Batman confronted his parents' killer.