Looking for a different version of this character? |
---|
As a result of the New 52 in 2011, the entire line of DC characters was relaunched, incorporating properties belonging to the company's imprints: Wildstorm, Milestone, and Vertigo. As such, elements of this character's history have been altered in some way from the previous incarnation. For a complete list of all versions of this character, see our disambiguation page. |
Martha Wayne is the wife of Thomas Wayne and mother of Bruce Wayne.
Contents
History
Martha Kane was a prominent Gotham City debutante socialite, heavily involved in charity work. She married Thomas Wayne and had a son, Bruce. Following her murder at the hands of a mugger named Joe Chill alongside her husband in Crime Alley, Bruce would be raised by their butler, Alfred Pennyworth, and grow up to become the vigilante super-hero Batman.
Notes
- Martha Wayne was created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, first appearing in Detective Comics #33. However, in the Prime Earth continuity, Martha Wayne first appeared as part of the New 52 DC Universe in Batman (Volume 2) #9 by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, and Rafael Albuquerque.
Trivia
- Martha was killed in September at 10:48 PM.[1]
Related
- 111 Appearances of Martha Kane (Prime Earth)
- 7 Images featuring Martha Kane (Prime Earth)
- Quotations by or about Martha Kane (Prime Earth)
- Character Gallery: Martha Kane (Prime Earth)
Footnotes
- Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls
- Pages using DynamicPageList parser function
- Gallery Page Needed
- Good Characters
- Female Characters
- Prime Earth Characters
- 2012 Character Debuts
- New 52 Characters
- Public Identity
- Americans
- Married Characters
- Height
- Height 5'
- Height 5' 4"
- Weight
- Blue Eyes
- Brown Hair
- Bill Finger/Creator
- Bob Kane/Creator
- Characters
- Deceased Characters
- Wayne Enterprises staff members
- Independently Wealthy
Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.