King Thomas was the previous ruler of the Lands of El.
History
Years ago, J'onn J'onzz came to Thomas's court, revealing that he was a refugee from another planet and the last survivor of his race. The Waynes offered him a place in their home, but asked him to conceal his true nature from everyone else, concerned he would be mistaken for the "Green Man" who was prophesied to bring doom to the land. J'onn assumed human form and posed as a knight from a fallen kingdom named Alfred.
One day, Jor-El and Lara came to the Wayne's court to warn them that Mount Kristoff was about to explode. Thomas' advisor Alexander Luthor insisted that it would not, but was proven wrong when the mountain erupted. Jor-El and Lara saved the kingdom, and Luthor was exiled as Jor-El had attempted to warn him first and Luthor chose to ignore him.
Jor-El and Lara became Thomas' closest advisors, but Jor-El and Martha spent a single night together, a mistake that they both instantly regretted and confessed to. This almost broke up both couples, particularly when Martha became pregnant with Jor-El's child. However, when she gave birth to Bruce, Thomas, who could not father children, loved him as if he was his own son. Jor-El encouraged Thomas to pass Bruce off as his son, but honour demanded that Thomas reveal Bruce was a bastard, although he kept the fact that Jor-El was Bruce's father a secret from everyone, including Bruce. The two families became closer than ever, and raised Bruce alongside the Els children Kal-El and Zala.
After he had been exiled, Luthor had found a magic ring on the mountain, which had granted him great power but also left him disfigured and insane, becoming the Green Man who the prophecy spoke of. While the Els and Waynes were travelling to Amazonia, where Zala was to be fostered in the court of Queen Hippolyta, Luthor attacked the Wayne's carriage. Thomas was killed instantly and Martha was fatally wounded, but Bruce survived thanks to his star-born blood.
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Notes
- Thomas Wayne was created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, first appearing in Detective Comics #33. However, the Dark Knights of Steel version of Thomas Wayne first appeared in Dark Knights of Steel #4 by Tom Taylor and Bengal.
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