Raven places a beautiful pearl necklace around Martha’s neck, and Robin pushes the couple into Crime Alley. Perhaps this is what Batman and the Outsiders #13 was talking about?Īfter realizing the world needs heroes, the Titans go back in time to undo their original interference. The Waynes take the advice, preventing their murders and the creation of Batman.īy the way, this time around the Waynes are seeing a double feature- The Mark of Zorro and Beware the Grey Ghost. “May I suggest you take a shortcut through Happy Lane instead,” Starfire suggests. “That is Crime Alley, you dumb dumbs,” Cyborg says.
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(They wanted their own superhero movie and figured if they got rid of all the other heroes, then Hollywood would be forced to give them one.) Traveling back to the night of the Wayne murders, the Titans warn the family about the dangers of Crime Alley. In this 2018 animated movie, the Teen Titans go back in time to stop various superhero origins. This show gave an explanation-it was raining and Thomas Wayne wanted to take a shortcut through the alley. Naming the site of their demise Crime Alley only added to the confusion, which has caused people to ask why the affluent Waynes would walk home from a movie through an alley. While early depictions of the Wayne murders took place on a sidewalk, some versions placed the Waynes in an alley. The flashback is also the first time Alfred is depicted as Bruce’s childhood guardian following his parents’ murder, something the comics would adapt in the post-Crisis era. And speaking of Robins, this episode implies that Dick Grayson was unaware of the Wayne murders (!!). We never see Joe Chill’s gun during the murder, and the gunshot sounds are drowned out by the thunderstorm in the background.įor the first time, we learn definitively what movie the Waynes were watching- Robin Hood. Super Friends was an animated show for children, so the scene was heavily censored. It doesn’t help that Scarecrow makes his escape through Crime Alley, forcing Batman to stand in the spot where his life fell apart. After being infected with Scarecrow’s fear gas, Batman flashes back to the murder of his parents. This was the first time the death of the Waynes was depicted in any form of Batman media outside of the comics. Still, this is where Batman’s origin was born, making it one of the most important comic book sequences of all time.
The broken pearl imagery is also missing. In fact, the artwork makes it appear that the Waynes were shot on a city sidewalk. We don’t know what movie the Waynes were seeing, and Crime Alley isn’t named. Wayne are both unnamed, but that’s not the case with Thomas. It’s interesting to note what hadn’t been established yet. Both are gunned down before Bruce’s eyes. Wayne’s necklace (she wasn’t called Martha yet), causing Thomas to fight back. Although this moment has been retold many times, most of what we see in those five panels has remained.įor example, we’re told that the Wayne family is on their way home from a movie. Here, the origin story is two pages long, with five panels devoted to the Wayne murders. Batman’s origin is such a huge part of his mythology that it’s hard to believe that we didn’t get it until his seventh appearance.
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