The murder of Bruce Wayne's parents is a fixed pointed in time. Batman needs to exist, and the Waynes dying are what creates Batman. Fortunately, the team doesn't have to sit there and just allow their deaths to happen -- the moment in time they're placed into is just seconds after their deaths.
The footsteps of their murderer echo off into the distance as the robber runs away, and young Bruce Wayne kneels in a pool of his parents' blood. It's a moment that is meant to harden the boy's resolve into something that takes on a life of its own.
Instead, he hears a whisper that sounds like his own voice, one that tells him to stand up, ignore the man in the alley behind him (no one's there, he's alone, all alone now), and walk out in front of traffic.
The deaths of Thomas and Martha Wayne are fixed points in history. There are some who would try to undo the creation of Batman by allowing them to live. Dowling takes the more expedient route, by trying to make a tragic day even more tragic.
BATMAN - Rich Rider, Gwen Stacy, Sam Alexander [cw: parental death, suicide]
The footsteps of their murderer echo off into the distance as the robber runs away, and young Bruce Wayne kneels in a pool of his parents' blood. It's a moment that is meant to harden the boy's resolve into something that takes on a life of its own.
Instead, he hears a whisper that sounds like his own voice, one that tells him to stand up, ignore the man in the alley behind him (no one's there, he's alone, all alone now), and walk out in front of traffic.
The deaths of Thomas and Martha Wayne are fixed points in history. There are some who would try to undo the creation of Batman by allowing them to live. Dowling takes the more expedient route, by trying to make a tragic day even more tragic.