Who killed Batman parents?

Joe Chill appears in The Batman Adventures #17. This version became a career criminal after murdering Thomas and Martha Wayne, though he has lived in fear of Bruce Wayne plotting revenge against him ever since, to the point where he sees Bruce's face everywhere he looks.

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Which Joker killed Batman's parents?

Jack Napier (Batman 1989)

Tim Burton's first Batman film released in 1989 contained the shocking revelation that a young Jack Napier killed the Waynes. Fans of the film know that Jack Napier would later become The Joker, adding a whole new layer to the infamous Batman/Joker rivalry.

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Is Thomas Wayne the Joker's Father?

In Joker, Thomas Wayne (Batman's father) and Penny Fleck (Joker's mother) are key characters. Penny claims that Thomas is actually Arthur's father.

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Is the Joker Batman's Brother?

If there is a Joker sequel, then Batman and the Joker's possible brotherhood might be further explored. However, in the wider DC Universe, the Batman and Joker are not brothers and never were.

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How were Batman's parents killed?

Batman's origin story—his parents were shot by a mugger when he was a boy, so he dedicates his life to fighting crime, grows up, and follows through—is now national mythology. And yet, for some reason, every new adaptation insists on depicting that brutal murder all over again.

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The Real Reason Bruce Wayne's Parents Were Murdered (Telltale Batman)

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What is the Joker's real name?

Legacy. Since the film's release, many different interpretations of the character of the Joker have featured Jack Napier as his real name.

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Who killed Joker?

As Batman himself once said, “if I allow myself to go down into that place, I'll never come back.” In the 1989 film “Batman,” the Caped Crusader allows the Joker to fall to his death, although it is unclear whether this was a deliberate act or an accident.

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Who is Harley Quinn's son?

Joker Jr. is the son of Harley Quinn and the mass-murdering criminal The Joker.

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What did Joker's dad do to him?

According to the Joker, his father was "a drinker and a fiend". Joker claimed that his father gave him his cheek scars due to his being terrified when his father brutally stabbed his mother sadistically with a kitchen knife when she attempted to use to defend herself.

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Does Batman know Joker's real name?

Batman finally discovers the Joker's real name

Thus, the Joker's real name is none other than Jack Oswald White; however, the story about the discovery of his identity has a storyline.

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Who is Joker's biological child?

Lucy Quinzel is the daughter of the Joker and Harley Quinn and the niece of Delia Quinzel.

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Who is Joker's real dad?

Image via Warner Bros. Key to Arthur's spiral is new information he learns from his mother Penny (Frances Conroy), with whom he lives. Arthur finds a letter Penny has written to Thomas Wayne, claiming that Wayne is Arthur's real father.

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Which Robin Joker killed?

Killing Jason Todd's Robin is one of the most famous things Joker has ever done, but looking back on the event shows a startling revelation.

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Why does Batman hate Joker?

In the different forms of Batman media, Batman and the Joker are depicted as being enemies because they have opposing goals within Gotham City. While Batman is trying to save the city from its own darkness, the Joker enjoys causing further chaos.

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Who trained Batman?

2012's Detective Comics #0 shows us Bruce's training with martial arts master Shihan Matsuda, from whom Bruce learns true mastery over his own body.

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Why did the Joker become evil?

The most common interpretation of the character is that of a man who, while disguised as the criminal Red Hood, is pursued by Batman and falls into a vat of chemicals that bleaches his skin, colors his hair green and his lips red, and drives him insane.

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Who is Joker's twin brother?

Each twin adapts different characteristics of the DC Comics supervillain the Joker. Jerome is depicted as a chaotic, nihilistic character who spreads chaos in Gotham City until his eventual death, while Jeremiah is a cunning psychopath obsessed with tormenting Bruce Wayne.

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Why did Robin turn into Joker?

In the DC Animated Universe's Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, former Robin Tim Drake was brainwashed and manipulated into becoming the new Joker after the original Clown Prince perished.

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Does Joker love Harley Quinn?

The Joker does not reciprocate her love and is in fact incapable of romantic emotion as he sees people only as tools to further his own plans. Harley is in denial of this fact and prefers to view him as an antihero until she eventually has to come face-to-face with his complete disregard for her.

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Is Harley Quinn a villain or hero?

Though originally a villain and enemy of the Batman, she has ended her relationship with the Joker and continued a career as an on-and off vigilante. She was created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm, and first appeared in Suicide Squad Vol 4 #1 in November of 2011 in the New 52.

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Who killed Superman?

"Doomsday!" "Reign of the Supermen!" "The Death of Superman" is divided into a trilogy of story arcs; the first is known as "Doomsday!", which leads to Superman's death at the hands of Doomsday.

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Which Robin died?

The death of Jason Todd was one of the most tragic events in Batman's life, as the Joker brutally tortured and killed Robin and left the hero to find the lifeless body of his sidekick.

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Who killed Harley Quinn?

The latest issue of Harley Quinn reveals that the mysterious cloaked figure who shot and killed Harley in Issue #22 is none other than her evil doppelganger, the Harley Who Laughs.

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