Martha Wayne

Martha Wayne (née Kane) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She is the mother of Bruce Wayne, and wife of Thomas Wayne as well as the paternal grandmother of Damian Wayne, the fifth Robin. After she and her husband are murdered in a street robbery, her son—orphaned—is inspired to fight crime by adopting the vigilante identity of Batman. As a key figure in Batman's origin story, Martha Wayne has appeared in multiple forms of media.