Wayne as the 'First Batman' was retconned - he instead attended the masquerade ball as Zorro. Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Dr. These events were retold in the 1980 miniseries The Untold Legend of the Batman. Moxon remembers his crime, believes that he is being attacked by Thomas Wayne's ghost and flees into the streets where he is killed by a truck. When Batman's costume is torn, he wears Thomas Wayne's. When Batman realizes Moxon ordered his parents killed, he confronts Moxon, who can't remember what he did due to amnesia. Though this would make Bruce 12-15, the Silver Age Batman tales were known for their inaccuracies. According to the story, Thomas Wayne's actions resulted in Lew Moxon being imprisoned and ordering the murder of Thomas Wayne ten years later through Joe Chill. This was recognized as one of the inspirations for Bruce becoming Batman. Thomas Wayne was also the 'first Batman' according to The First Batman, a Silver Age tale where he attacked and defeated hoodlums while dressed like a 'Bat-Man' for a masquerade ball with flying creatures as a theme (the costume resembles the original Batman costume from 1939). Thomas Wayne eventually rescued his terrified son from the cave. He is frequently depicted as looking very much like Bruce Wayne, but sporting a thick moustache.Ī notable occurrence in Thomas Wayne's biography was when Bruce fell through a fissure on the Wayne property, into what would one day become the Batcave (sometimes the fissure is replaced with an abandoned well).

Thomas Wayne is seldom shown outside of Bruce Wayne's and Alfred Pennyworth's memories of him, and often through Bruce's dreams and nightmares.

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