Martha Wayne is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Batman.
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Martha Wayne is the mother of Bruce Wayne, and wife of Dr Thomas Wayne as well as the paternal grandmother of Damian Wayne, the fifth Robin.
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Martha Wayne had a reputation as a notorious party girl, socialite, and debutante, frequenting all the most prestigious country clubs, night clubs, and soirees.
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Martha Wayne had a developed social conscience and often used her family's wealth and status to champion causes and charities.
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Martha Wayne attempted to hide the evidence of this by setting fire to the building but Martha discovered her duplicity.
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Shortly after Celia's departure, Martha met and fell in love with prominent physician and philanthropist Dr Thomas Wayne.
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When Bruce Martha Wayne was eight years old, his parents took him to a screening of a Zorro movie at a cinema in Gotham's Park Row.
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Since her death, Martha Wayne has only appeared in the Batman series in flashback and in the occasional out-of-body experience or hallucination.
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Martha Wayne is depicted here as a beautiful woman whose face is marred by a bleeding bullet wound, suggesting that Bruce remembers her this way because he has become 'focused' on her death rather than her life, the wound vanishing after she forces him to acknowledge that issue.
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In Jeph Loeb's Batman stories, Bruce feels responsible for his parents' murder because he advised Martha Wayne to wear the infamous pearl necklace the night she was murdered.
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Martha Wayne affirmed this reputation by being extremely drunk in public and vomiting on Martha's shoes, causing her to storm off in disgust despite his apologies.
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Martha Wayne accepted Pierce's money, but filed it as a donation to keep the clinic running.
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Martha Wayne's father was murdered by her mother when she was twelve, leaving her family with a series of scandals, including a rumor that the Arkham bloodline is peremptorily insane.
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Martha Wayne is the abusive and sadistic mother of Owlman, in contrast to Batman's mother being a kind woman who fought against child abuse and corruption.
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Martha Wayne blames her husband's surgical fetish for the family's huge expenses, despite the fact that she herself frequently indulges in the family fortune.
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Martha Wayne is featured in the Batman Arkham series where she is voiced by Tasia Valenza and Andrea Deck.
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