18 Facts About Thomas Wayne

Thomas Wayne is the father of Bruce Wayne, and husband of Martha Wayne as well as the paternal grandfather of Damian Wayne.

Thomas Wayne was revived in Geoff Johns' alternate timeline comic Flashpoint, in which he plays a major role as a hardened version of Batman, whose son was killed instead of his wife and himself, and dies again by the end of the storyline.

Thomas Wayne returned to the main DC Universe in DC Rebirth, as a revived amalgamation of his original self killed by Joe Chill and his Flashpoint Batman self killed in "The Button".

Thomas Wayne is frequently depicted as looking very much like his son, but with a mustache.

In many of the modern interpretations of the character, such as those by Frank Miller and Jeph Loeb, Thomas Wayne is portrayed as having been a somewhat distant, stern father, bestowing more kindness and generosity on his patients than his own son.

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Falcone's father Vincent Falcone came to Wayne Manor and begged Thomas to save his dying son, who had been shot by rival gangster Luigi Maroni.

Thomas Wayne wanted to take the younger Falcone to the hospital, but Vincent insisted that nobody know about the shooting; the surgery was thus performed in the dining room with Alfred assisting.

Thomas Wayne tells Jor-El that the people of Earth aren't perfect, but are essentially a good and kind race, who would raise the child right, convincing Jor-El to send Kal-El there.

Thomas Wayne recorded his encounter in a diary, which was discovered by Bruce in the present day.

In Batman: Castle of the Bat, Doctor Bruce Thomas Wayne discovers the preserved brain of his father deep below the research university where he works.

In Batman: Holy Terror, depicting an alternate timeline where Oliver Cromwell established a theocratic government across the globe, Thomas Wayne is the chief physician of the Privy Council, but when it is discovered that he is treating various 'enemies of the state' such as Jews or homosexuals, the Star Chamber votes by secret ballot to have him and Martha executed and make it look like a random mugging.

Fifth issue of the comic book continuation of the television series Smallville, written by executive story editor Bryan Q Miller, reveals that Lionel Luthor invited Thomas to join the secret society Veritas with Virgil Swann, which Thomas declined.

In contrast to his depiction on the Prime Earth, he and Martha Wayne are targeted for assassination due to Thomas's Mafia connections and subsequent efforts to "straighten out" when Bruce was born.

In stark contrast to Batman's father who was a highly skilled surgeon and philanthropist who had saved countless lives during his time, Earth 3's Thomas Wayne is a cowardly and sociopathic doctor who often kills his patients and spends his money on lawyers to cover up his patients' deaths as accidents.

However, in the final issue, set in 1960, the now grown up Bruce Thomas Wayne takes up training and becomes Batman, to honor the person who saved him and his parents' lives.

Arthur sneaks backstage at a campaign event and confronts Thomas Wayne, who denies that Arthur is his son or that he and Penny ever had an affair; he says that Penny is delusional and made up the whole thing.

Desperate, Thomas Wayne turned to Falcone to have the latter intimidate the reporter, only for Falcone to kill him so he could have something on the Thomas Wayne family.

Thomas Wayne is featured in the Batman Arkham series where Kevin Conroy reprises the role:.