dr. thomas wayne hired joe chill to kill batman's parents.
who hired joe chill to kill batman's parents?
dr. thomas wayne
bullet::::- lew moxon appeared in the "" episode "chill of the night!" voiced by richard moll. the episode mirrors many elements from the original story from the comics. like the earlier appearances, he was the one who hired joe chill to kill thomas wayne. in this version, he admits to some guilt for leaving bruce an orphan as the hit was only to be for thomas wayne and not his wife martha. disguised as a priest, batman learns of joe chill's identity from lew moxon as he gives his confession on his deathbed. when phantom stranger brings batman to the past where he encounters his parents at a masquerade ball, he and thomas wayne fend off lew moxon's thugs who crashed the masquerade ball to rob it. while in prison, lew moxon hired joe chill to dispose of thomas wayne. when he learns of this, batman finds a lead on the identity of the man who killed his parents.
lew moxon
batman is eventually captured by chill, who unmasks the unconscious crimefighter, but does not recognize him, because batman applied elaborate makeup and hair dye to alter his physiognomy. chill subjects batman to a video reel and a hallucinogenic drug that reduces batman to a quivering wreck suffering from survivor's guilt. chill has batman posed at the top of a tall pedestal overlooking a pool of acid, forcing him to watch a video where a young boy's parents are killed in front of him and then the boy subsequently thanks god he did not die himself, hoping that batman will kill himself from the resulting guilt. when marcia, who saw her father as nothing more than a thug who abused her mother, and cared nothing for the revenge plot, attempts to double cross chill in order to deliver batman to mob boss morgan jones, chill slashes marcia, apparently killing her. robin arrives on the scene and coaxes batman out of his hallucinogenic haze, spurring him to break free of his bonds. batman and the reaper fight, and batman emerges victorious. as batman holds the unmasked chill over the acid pool, urged by robin to drop him in, chill's son joey reveals himself and his father's identity. deciding to act on the indecision that he faced when he had joe chill at his mercy years earlier, bruce spares chill jr.'s life, reflecting that what began with joe chill and thomas wayne should end with their 'grandsons' of joey and dick. after the police arrive and chill is taken away in an ambulance, batman goes to a bridge and discards joe chill's firearm into the ocean.
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