Martha Wayne (née Arkham) was a billionaire and socialite. A member of the wealthy Arkham Family in Gotham City, she was the mother of Bruce Wayne and the wife of the late Thomas Wayne.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Martha Wayne being photographed outside Gotham Asylum
Martha Arkham was born in Gotham City sometime in 1966. When Martha was 15, her mother killed her father and then shot herself. Martha's relatives used their money and influence to cover up the murder.
Following this tragedy, Martha spent time in and out of both her family's Arkham State Hospital and Gotham Asylum for an unknown mental illness. Her family paid off the hospitals to keep this a secret, as they didn’t want it known that one of their family members was mentally unwell.
She later married Thomas Wayne and gave birth to their only child, who they named Bruce, while engaging in acts of philanthropy. During Thomas' run for Mayor, a Gotham Gazette reporter named Edward Elliot learned of Martha's history with mental illness and threatened to expose it to the world. Thomas, not caring about his political career and only about how this would affect Martha and Bruce, went to mobster Carmine Falcone and asked Falcone to put the "fear of God" into Elliot and force him to not run the story. Unfortunately, Elliot turned up dead after he was killed by Falcone.[1]
Assassination[]
One night when walking home from seeing a movie with their son, Martha and Thomas were gunned down by a mugger in Crime Alley right in front of Bruce. After their murders, Bruce was adopted by the Wayne Family butler Alfred Pennyworth and grew up to become a vengeful vigilante.[1]
Personality[]
Most of Martha's personality remains unknown, however, according to Riddler, after the tragic death of her father and the suicide of her mother, Martha became mentally ill, being in and out of mental institutions, in which photos show her throwing violent fits with staff members. But after meeting and later marrying Thomas, Martha seemingly overcame her illness. She was a deeply caring mother to her son Bruce, and her death left him devastated.
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Behind the Scenes[]
- Martha Wayne in The Batman Universe is the eighth live-action incarnation of the character, following incarnations portrayed by Sharon Holm, Eileen Seeley, Sara Stewart, Brette Taylor, Lauren Cohan, Emma Paetz, and Carrie Louise Putrello.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Reeves, Matt & Craig, Peter (writers); Reeves, Matt & Clark, Dylan (producers); & Reeves, Matt (director) (March 4, 2022). The Batman.
- ↑ Riddler: Year One Chapter Four: There's No Place Like Home
