Batman: Three Jokers #1 (August 2020). In Batman's origin story, Joe Chill is the mugger who murders young Bruce Wayne's parents, Dr. Thomas Wayne and Martha Wayne. The murder traumatizes Bruce, inspiring his vow to avenge their deaths by fighting crime in Gotham City as the vigilante Batman.
Casualties. The murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne was perpetrated by mugger Joe Chill in Gotham City on the night of April 26, 1981. The incident was the main catalyst of Bruce Wayne becoming the Batman.
No, Joker killing Thomas and Martha Wayne is only a thing in the Batman 1989 movie where his name was Jack Napier. In Comics, Joe Chill killed Martha and Thomas and he is not related to Joker. Joe Chill's full name is Joseph Chilton. In fact, Joe Chill has died in multiple timelines.
His presence often exists as a teaching lesson for Batman than anything else. He's never been an outright villain until now. But in this comic, not only are his actions outright malicious and evil, but Joe Chill actually has powers.
It wouldn't be much of a Batman story if Batman gets killed as a kid (other than Flashpoint as Richard commented). In Batman #673 - Joe Chill in Hell, Chill states that he spared Bruce because he reminded him of his own deceased son.
5 Minutes Ago / Died on the way to the hospital / Goodbye Jack Nicholson.
Did Batman ever forgive Joe Chill?
The Criminal Joker plans to dump Joe Chill in a mixture of the Lazarus Pit and Joker Venom in hopes of making him the ultimate Joker, but Joe Chill is saved by Batman who forgives him. Joe finally learns that Bruce Wayne is Batman.
In Frank Miller's 1986 limited series Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Bruce Wayne finally finds it in himself to (at least partially) forgive Chill after he is mugged by street punks.
Batman learns that Chill had been trying to express his guilt and regret for killing the Waynes for years. And Batman, as Bruce Wayne, is there to comfort Chill when Chill, an old sick man filled with remorse, finally passes away.
Batman eventually tracked Chill down and revealed his identity to him, outlining how Chill had inspired his war on crime. A panicked Chill fled and told his henchmen that he was responsible for creating Batman. The henchmen beat Chill to death, blaming him for everything Batman had ever done to them.
Desperate, Wayne turned to Falcone to have the latter intimidate the reporter, only for Falcone to kill him so he could have something on the Wayne family. Wayne, wracked with guilt, threatened to reveal everything to the police; he and his wife to be killed were murdered a week later.
During Batman's funeral, it was revealed that Alfred created the identity of the Joker to antagonize Batman, presenting himself as the Dark Knight's greatest villain.
Joe would also be hired by a couple of Falcone's associates, include Hamilton Hill and possibly Thomas Wayne. Eventually, Hill contacted Chill and gave him a job: Kill Thomas and his wife Martha and make it look like a mugging gone wrong.
The Joker's age changes depending on the version of the character – for example, in Batman: The Animated Series, he's 44 years old, but in some stories in the comics, he has been portrayed as being in his late 50's, so it's not surprising that the movie went for a younger portrayal.
He killed Commissioner James Gordon by pouring acid on him and leaving nothing except his coat and glasses. He blew up countless buildings which killed at least thousands of people. He infected several orphaned children with his Jokarized gas.
Tony Zucco appears in the Titans episode "Jason Todd", portrayed by Richard Zeppieri. As with previous depictions, he is responsible for the murders of John and Mary Grayson.
Batman and Joker definitely aren't brothers in the comics. While the Joker movie plays very deeply with this idea, it still maintains the same stance. In the books, Joker's origin story has been a mystery. Readers have come across multiple different ones over the years.
Has Batman ever lost his cool? Finally, we have possibly the most recent case of Batman finally losing his cool with a foe. Bane killed Alfred Pennyworth at the behest of Thomas Wayne, the Batman of the Flashpoint timeline.
The main premise behind Batman is that he was seeking answers and justice for hi parents death. Being that his parents died while he was a child it's hard for him to exact any type of effective revenge on them and it doesn't seem to fit his motivation that he would want to.
Comedian Joker reveals this was his plan. Now that Batman has forgiven the man who killed his parents, there can be no villain that is Batman's greatest pain than Joker, the man who "healed" Batman's greatest wound.
Gotham Police detective Jim Gordon is assigned to investigate the case, and deduces that a man named Mario Pepper was behind the killings, but eventually realizes that Pepper was framed and the real killer is still out there.
Batman's origin story features him swearing vengeance against criminals after witnessing the murder of his parents Thomas and Martha as a child, a vendetta tempered with the ideal of justice. He trains himself physically and intellectually, crafts a bat-inspired persona, and monitors the Gotham streets at night.
Bruce Wayne's Guilt-Obsessed Loneliness Makes Him Undermine His Mission as Batman. Bruce's fears of loneliness drive him to destructive desperation the moment he decides he needs his parents to be alive again.
Although most fans know of Batman being trained by Ra's al Ghul, there are plenty of other notable people who have shown the Caped Crusader how to beat criminals to a pulp. Bruce Wayne had to train his body to a high level, in order to keep pace with the baddies of Gotham, and all of DC.
