Joe Chill killed Thomas and Martha Wayne.
He was first identified as Joe Chill in Batman #47.
Contrary to what many of the posts in this thread claim Joe Chill remained the name of the killer even after 'Crisis on Infinite Earths' which was published in from 1985-1986.
It was during the 'Zero Hour' series published in 1994 that the name of the killer was temporarily removed.
During the 'Infinite Crisis' published in 2006 it is again established that Joe Chill killed Bruce's parents.
Batman finally confronts Joe Chill in 'Batman' #673 from March of 2008. However, like much of the Grant Morrison run on Batman it is hard to say if the events of this particular issue are real or imagined.
Joe Chill appears again in the post Batman-RIP story 'Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader'. The events in this story don't actually happen but the appearance of Chill in Batman's mind and Chill's statement that he was present at the birth of Batman further establish that he is the killer.
Oh, good. I loved the story presented in Batman Begins, so I'm glad to hear that that has very offical canon written all over it. That also shows that Nolan did his research, which makes me even more happy.
Does Bruce Wayne get his skills from the League of Shadows in the comics as well? Or, prime answer,
How does Batman Begins compare to the "creation" stories in the comics?
Re: Who killed Batman's parents
Originally posted by sentinelrv
On the original Batman, which is also my favorite, Batman finds out that the Joker kills Batman's parents. But then in Batman Forever they say that Two Face kills his parents. I don't get it. Something here doesn't make any sense, or do I not know what I'm talking about.
it doesnt make any sense because those two idiots Burton and Schumacher screwed up those Batman movies not being faithful to the comicbook like Nolan was for the most part.He took liberties as well but not to the extremes those two fools did. You got things mixed up though,in Batman Forever,Two face killed Robins parents which never happened in the comics,Also in Batman 89,The Joker killed his parents which betrayed the comicbook because The Joker did not kill his parents in the comics,it was a criminal named Joe Chill who killed his parents.Thank God for Nolan,he got it right.
Originally posted by spidermanrocks
Joe Chill killed Batman's parents in the comics. In the Burton films, it was the Joker.I think that it is better if Batman doesn't know who killed his parents because the thing that made Batman declare war on crime was a random crime.
yeah everything you said is true,thats why again I say thank god for Nolan. 💃