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The expiry of Batman ’s parents was no accident . At least , not as random an fortuity as most risible fans have been run to trust , now that DC Comics has confirmed the truth . The conclusion of " The Gift " plot line in the tardy issue ofBatmananswers one of the biggest mystery regarding the deaths of Thomas and Martha Wayne , and why they come to find themselves the victims of an armed robbery gone wrong , after pack their son out to a night at the motion picture .
" The Gift " has so far chance Booster Gold assay to find the ultimate present beforeBatman ’s married couple to Catwoman . accept inspiration from Superman ’s stories of the Black Mercy - a parasitical plant which address its emcee to head game of a perfect life as it slowly eats them - Booster elected to show Bruce Wayne how horrible the world would be if Batman had never existed . After which point , Bruce could appreciate the substance his life arrest in bitchiness of the many tragedies he had endured .
Not a bad idea … but as a result , Booster represent a bigger role in Batman ’s stock story than he expected .
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Booster assume Bruce ’s grapheme would hammer a exchangeable homo in maturity . This ended as badly as one might imagine , with the bumbling Booster trammel in an alternative timeline where Bruce Wayne had grow up ample , spoiled and disagreeable to the penury of other citizenry . He loved the life he spent with his parent to guide him and did not require to give it up .
Things became even bad when Booster brokethis alternating , ferine version of Catwomanout of Arkham Asylum , hoping a " touch precious " and seeing the love of his life might doctor Bruce Wayne ’s memory board of the original timeline . Or at least snap him out of wanting Booster dead .
When Catwoman went high-risk , the resulting firefight left everyone except Booster and Bruce dead . This followed Bruce smashing Booster ’s clock time - traveling robot Skeets ( back inBatman # 45 ) and ended with Wayne putting the clock time traveler himself into chains . Batman # 47opens with an haggard Booster still a prisoner of Bruce Wayne , who has spent the last class yield his best employees to repair Skeets .
When Bruce orders Booster to take them back in time so he can prevent the gunfight and go on endure his life , Booster sees his opportunity . He convey this Bruce back to"minutes before his parents were murdered"- but in the original DC timeline , not this new one . And when the two human beings are interrupted by the preceding Booster - the one now show up to prevent The Waynes ' murder as part of his gift - all Hellreallybreaks loose .
The haphazardness of the resulting fight between the two Boosters and Bruce Wayne carry into the street below , prompting Thomas Wayne to pull his family down a dark alleyway aside from the sounds of violence and , ironically , towards his and his married woman ’s fierce ends at the hands of Joe Chill . This answers an age - older question that many a Bat - fan has raise , regardingwhyThe Waynes would ever wander down a dark alley and off of a well - lit street as they left the movie theater .
The satire that Booster deal to succeed in his goal while unknowingly being the catalyst that bring Batman into existence is n’t lost on him , either . Naturally , he ’s less than pleased with the revelation and feels the need to unburden himself to both Batman and Catwoman once the timeline is restored .
The story ends before we can hear their idea , but it seems everyone involved will side with Skeets ’s assessment . He really should have just last with the Malva sylvestris tray .
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Batman#47is now available fromDC Comics .
