In Batman Unburied, Bruce Wayne works as a forensic pathologist in a hospital owned by his father. Yes, Thomas and Martha Wayne are alive, even though Bruce Wayne has reached adulthood.
Thomas and Martha Wayne are notable as two comic book characters who have remained dead. Since his death, Thomas Wayne has only appeared in the Batman series in flashback and in the occasional out-of-body experience or hallucination.
Batman: Unburied saw Bruce Wayne as a forensic doctor who worked in the system to help solve crimes. In this scenario, Bruce (voiced by Winston Duke) didn't use his billionaire "superpower" or Batman suit but solely relied on his medical training and extraordinary detective instinct.
Wayne returned to the main DC Universe in DC Rebirth, as a revived amalgamation of his original self killed by Joe Chill and his Flashpoint Batman self killed in "The Button". As a key figure in the origin of Batman, Thomas Wayne has appeared in multiple forms of media.
Later, Arthur goes to Arkham State Hospital and steals his mother's records, and finds out that he was in fact adopted, and that Thomas Wayne is not his father and that Penny is not his true mother.
According to Penny, Arthur was born of an affair she had with Thomas when she worked for him. She said in a flashback that Thomas' wealth, power, and influence helped to produce the claim and paperwork that Arthur was adopted.
One of the mysteries in director Todd Phillips' Joker is whether Arthur Fleck really is the son of Thomas Wayne as his mother Penny Fleck claimed. Both Wayne himself and Alfred Pennyworth said it was untrue and that Penny was delusional, hence her eventual stay in Arkham Asylum.
As the treadmill vanishes from the scene into the timestream, Thomas cites a quote he had told Bruce after he first fell into the cave: "Waynes never stay down... they rise!" These, in fact, are Thomas' final words as he defiantly plunges himself into the anti-matter wave while the world turns white around him.
Official confirmation will be required before we can consider Todd Phillips' Joker to be the brother of the much younger Bruce Wayne. Until then, they aren't officially related. In other comic updates, check out what Pink Kryptonite does to Superman.
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However, rather than die Thomas somehow found himself back in his own reality. On Earth 0, Bruce had used artefacts stolen from the Time Masters to trap the Flashpoint timeline in a snowglobe to preserve it and save Thomas' life, as it was the only environment in which he could survive.
The original Thomas Wayne Jr. was an assassin and was eventually possessed by Deadman, while an alternate version became Owlman. The current Thomas Wayne Jr., introduced as Lincoln March, claims to be Bruce's long-lost brother, creating uncertainty and potential for Batman's character development.
An alternate reality version of Thomas Wayne appears as the Flashpoint version of Batman. In this continuity, Thomas turns into a crime-fighting vigilante after he and Martha Wayne witness their son Bruce Wayne murdered by a gunman in an alley during a botched mugging.
33 years ago - 29-year-old Alfred Pennyworth receives word that his father is dying. He returns to Wayne manor and meets young Bruce Wayne. He helps him outsmart a bully, and decides to stay for him. 31 years ago - 31-year-old Alfred Pennyworth becomes Bruce's legal guardian after Thomas and Martha Wayne are killed.
In the process, he begins the training that shapes his destiny as a feared vigilante, known as Batman. In Pennyworth, Bruce is revealed to have had an older sister, Samantha, who disappeared long before he was born.
Damian Wayne is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, created by Grant Morrison and Andy Kubert, commonly in association with Batman. He is the son of Batman and Talia al Ghul, and thus the grandson of Batman villain Ra's al Ghul and the potential inheritor of Wayne Enterprises.
The psychopathology Arthur exhibits is unclear, preventing diagnosis of psychotic disorder or schizophrenia; the unusual combination of symptoms suggests a complex mix of features of certain personality traits, namely psychopathy and narcissism (he meets DSM-5 criteria for narcissistic personality disorder).
The series ended in controversy when the final issue suggested that Anarky was the biological son of the Joker. Originally a suggestion by Norm Breyfogle, the idea was advanced by Alan Grant as an attempt to solidify Anarky's role as a part of the Batman mythos.
History. The first generation of Waynes made their fortune by trading pelts and skins with the French, when Bruce Wayne was little, his father Thomas would sit Bruce down in Wayne Manor and explain to him the origins of the Wayne Manor and his family's legacy.
Martha Wayne (née Kane) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Batman. She is the mother of Bruce Wayne (Batman), and wife of Dr. Thomas Wayne as well as the paternal grandmother of Damian Wayne, the fifth Robin.
In modern times, Thomas Wayne was the only living descendant of the Wayne Family and he married Martha Kane. Together, they had a son named Bruce, and three years later after being involved in a car accident, Martha prematurely gave birth to another son, Thomas Wayne, Jr.
