Martha Wayne was the wife of prominent Gotham City physician Dr. Thomas Wayne and mother of Bruce Wayne.
History[]
Batman Begins[]
Martha's corpse.
She insisted on giving her son, Bruce, some culture and changed their plans of seeing The Mark of Zorro to going to the opera Mefistofele. Bruce was frightened by the portrayals of bat-like demons in the performance, so they exited into an alley. They were confronted by armed mugger Joe Chill, who shot and killed Martha and Thomas. Her and Thomas' murder motivated Bruce into becoming Batman.
Batman: Gotham Knight[]
Martha appears in a flashback in the Deadshot chapter.
The Dark Knight Rises[]
Martha's pearl necklace was kept in a safe in Wayne Manor, but they were later stolen by Selina Kyle, but they were later retrieved by Bruce while dancing with Selina at a club.