Martha Wayne (née Kane) was the mother of Bruce Wayne and wife of Thomas Wayne. She was killed by Joe Chill, later to be resurrected by her son using Frank the Plant.
Biography[]
Background[]
Martha was born into the wealthy Kane Family. She later met Thomas Wayne, whom she fell in love with and later married. She and Thomas would later have a son, Bruce Wayne. One night the family went to Monarch Theater in Crime Alley after Bruce begged Thomas to take him to the movies. After leaving the Monarch Theater, Thomas and Martha took a shortcut home by walking through Crime Alley to please Bruce rather than riding in their limousine. They were approached by Joe Chill, who mugged and killed them both right in front of their son, leaving Bruce traumatized. Bruce would be raised by their butler Alfred Pennyworth and become the vigilante superhero Batman.
Season 3[]
"Batman Begins Forever"[]
- Main article: Batman Begins Forever
After being paralyzed in his grief for 30 years, Bruce kidnapped Frank the Plant from a supervillain Poison Ivy, planning to bring Martha and Thomas back to life.
Harley's Crew meet the Waynes
While not physically present, Martha was still seen throughout Bruce Wayne's subconscious when Harley's crew entered Bruce's mind. Harley's crew were dropped into Bruce’s memory of her and her husband’s murder in Crime Alley. They all soon that this event is looping everywhere they go with dozens of clones of Martha as Bruce has blocked out all his memories except this one. Clayface tries to interview multiple of her husbands as research for his movie, but Joe Chill swiftly shoots Martha and Thomas before he has the chance to get his answers. Meanwhile, Harley Quinn takes action by shielding one of the young Bruces from seeing Martha and Thomas die from Joe’s gunshot.
After a while, back at Wayne Manor, Bruce and Alfred Pennyworth would go to Martha and Thomas' graves. They would inject the graves with Frank's serum, bringing Martha and Thomas back to life as zombies and reuniting with their son.
"Climax at Jazzapajizza"[]
- Main article: Climax at Jazzapajizza
Martha and Thomas as zombies
After Martha and Thomas were resurrected, Bruce returned with them to Wayne Manor. When Bruce entered his study and gleefully introduced his zombified parents as if they were humans to Batgirl, Nightwing, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Doctor Psycho, and Clayface. Zombified Martha and Thomas, more well-behaved than rabid, allowed themselves to be marched to the Batcave by Bruce. In the Batcave, zombified Martha and Thomas were introduced to their grandson, Damian Wayne, who didn’t seem to care and left the Batcave.
Bruce gets ready to re-kill his parents
Later, while walking through Wayne Manor, Bruce and the zombified Martha and Thomas ran into King Shark. He tells Bruce that there are masses of zombies beside Martha and Thomas. King relates to Bruce over the deaths in their families and Bruce decides to fix what he can and re-kill the zombified Martha and Thomas in the graveyard. To save Bruce from further trauma, King volunteers to kill them on his behalf and re-kills Martha and Thomas for Bruce.
"The Horse and the Sparrow"[]
- Main article: The Horse and the Sparrow
Martha and Thomas' bodies were later buried back in their graves by Alfred Pennyworth at Wayne Manor.
Trivia[]
- In "It's a Swamp Thing", Bruce named his two new cats after Martha and Bruce.
- In the biographical movie A Hard Wayne's Gonna Fall Martha was played by the actor Rita Farr.
Gallery[]
- See also: All images of Martha Wayne
