Joe Chill facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Joe Chill |
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Joe Chill in Batman: The Dark Knight vol. 2, #0 (November 2012).
Art by Mico Suayan and Juan Jose Ryp. |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Detective Comics #33 (November 1939) Named: Batman #47 (June–July 1948) |
| Created by | Bill Finger Bob Kane |
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| Full name | Joseph Chilton |
Joe Chill is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Batman. Created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, the character first appeared in Detective Comics #33 (November 1939).
In Batman's origin story, Joe Chill is the Gotham City mugger who murders young Bruce Wayne's parents, Dr. Thomas Wayne and Martha Wayne. The murder traumatizes Bruce, and he swears to avenge their deaths by fighting crime as the vigilante Batman.
Publication history
Joe Chill first appears in Detective Comics #33 and was created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane.
Fictional character biography
Not much is known about Chill except that he is, in most versions of Batman, a petty mugger who kills Bruce's parents Thomas and Martha while trying to take their money and jewelry.
When he demands Martha's necklace, Thomas moves to protect his wife and Chill kills him; he then kills Martha when she screams for help (in later versions up to the 1970s, Martha dies from a heart attack brought on from the shock of seeing her husband murdered). Chill panics and runs away when Bruce begins crying and calling for help, but not before the boy memorizes his features.
Images for kids
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Joe Chill holding the Wayne family at gunpoint. Detective Comics #33 (November 1939) Art by Bob Kane
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Joe Chill in Detective Comics #577
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Thomas and Martha Wayne
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