Martha Wayne

Martha Wayne
Family	Thomas Wayne (husband; deceased) Bruce Wayne (son)
Affiliation	Wayne family
Status	Deceased
First	"Pilot"
Appeared in	4 episodes (see below)
Portrayed by	Brette Taylor

"The new Arkham Asylum will serve the mentally ill of Gotham in ways the present asylum never can. Those poor, sick souls deserve our help."

—Martha Wayne's note^[src]

Martha Wayne was the mother of Bruce Wayne and wife of Thomas Wayne. She was a noted philanthropist among Gotham's elite.

Biography

One night, while walking through an alley to catch a cab, Martha and her family were mugged by an armed robber. After taking Martha's pearl necklace, the robber deliberately murdered Martha, only seconds after he did the same to her husband Thomas.

Selina Kyle, picking up a photograph in Wayne Manor, observed to Bruce that "she looks nice", which gave him an opening to berate himself once more for his inaction.

Appearances

Season 1 "Pilot" "Viper" (mentioned) "The Mask" (mentioned) "Harvey Dent" (photograph) Season 2 "Wrath of the Villains: Transference" (flashback) Season 3 "Mad City: Burn the Witch..." (mentioned) "Mad City: The Executioner" (photograph) "Mad City: Time Bomb" (mentioned) "Heroes Rise: These Delicate and Dark Obsessions" (flashback) "Heroes Rise: Light The Wick" (flashback) "Heroes Rise: All Will Be Judged" (mentioned) "Heroes Rise: Pretty Hate Machine" (mentioned) "Heroes Rise: Destiny Calling" (mentioned) Novels Gotham: Dawn of Darkness

Notes

• The character of Martha Wayne was created by Bob Kane, Bill Finger and Gardner Fox. She first appears in Detective Comics #33 (November 1939), in the first exposition of Batman's origin story.