Me and my mates where having a discussion over who was at fault, i said it was a random villan, batman begins but my mate says it was the joker in the original batman film but yet another mate said it was a villan who shared a cell with the joker in the comics. Is there a proper answer? We have goggled but no answer, any help?
Who killed batmans parents????
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You are aware that Batman is a fictional character, and therefore neither he nor his parents actually exist aren't you? So, from that, nobody killed Batman's parents because there is no such person.
However, if you mean who originally killed Bruce Wayne's parents the first time that the character was created and that part of his life was first invented, it was a random un-named mugger in DC comics #33. This became Joe Chill in Batman #47 - and in DC #235 it turns out he wasn't a mugger but a hitman hired by a Mafia boss called Lew Moxon.
In the movies, Batman (1989) showed Jack Napier (the Joker) as being the murderer, whilst Batman Begins goes back to the Joe Chill story.
However, if you mean who originally killed Bruce Wayne's parents the first time that the character was created and that part of his life was first invented, it was a random un-named mugger in DC comics #33. This became Joe Chill in Batman #47 - and in DC #235 it turns out he wasn't a mugger but a hitman hired by a Mafia boss called Lew Moxon.
In the movies, Batman (1989) showed Jack Napier (the Joker) as being the murderer, whilst Batman Begins goes back to the Joe Chill story.
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hmmm.
the OP was asking about a fictional story, im sure he knows its not real as does everyone. im confused by your first statement really.
the OP was asking about a fictional story, im sure he knows its not real as does everyone. im confused by your first statement really.
xxhalighxx
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In Batman forever don't they re-write history again and two-face or someone else is the killer of his parents???
Alex Don Leis
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Damn batman isn't real, never knew that lol. The main one that we debated was the michael keaton movie where only 1 of us knew that it was the joker.
It is amazing what we will talk about after a few beers, thanks for the replys though.
It is amazing what we will talk about after a few beers, thanks for the replys though.
three_ladybug
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No, Two Face kills Robin's parents. The story of Bruce's parents being killed is revisited in Batman Forever as it mirrors what happens to Robin, and gives weight as to why Bruce takes Dick Grayson in.
It doesn't so much rewrite who killed Bruce's parents but it also doesn't specify it was Jack Napier as in the first film. They show a similar flashback to the one Bruce has in 1989's Batman, but in the flashback the killer is played by a different actor to the one who played Napier, and he doesn't say the line' ...have you ever danced with the Devil in the pale moonlight?'
Its left to the audience to decide if the character is meant to be Jack Napier or whether the films are ret-conning that. As the films, despite continuity issues are set in the same universe, I have always taken it to be Napier, even though they don't say so.
Still if Harvey Dent can go from being a black guy (Billy Dee Williams) to a white guy (Tommy Lee Jones) then I guess anything is possible.
It doesn't so much rewrite who killed Bruce's parents but it also doesn't specify it was Jack Napier as in the first film. They show a similar flashback to the one Bruce has in 1989's Batman, but in the flashback the killer is played by a different actor to the one who played Napier, and he doesn't say the line' ...have you ever danced with the Devil in the pale moonlight?'
Its left to the audience to decide if the character is meant to be Jack Napier or whether the films are ret-conning that. As the films, despite continuity issues are set in the same universe, I have always taken it to be Napier, even though they don't say so.
Still if Harvey Dent can go from being a black guy (Billy Dee Williams) to a white guy (Tommy Lee Jones) then I guess anything is possible.
Bill E Bee
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I dont know exactly but the way its carried out in Batman Begins is very good but i think i like the version where The Joker kills his parents best.
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I prefer the Batman Begins version. Jack Napier/Joker (1989) works very well for one film, but for a longer series i think Batman Begins took a better approach.
MeatHammer
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Agreed. Batman (1989) had a very plausible storyline concerning Bruce Wayne's Parents' murder which suited the storyline perfectly for the time but in this new modernised setting it suits the Joe Chill explanation.