In theMarvel Comics Universe , outside a fewnon - canyon crossover , Batmandoesn’t be . There might be a estimable understanding for that , asSpider - Manwas creditworthy for stopping   a mugging that was a clear denotation to the DC Comics heroes ' crushing parentage .

Thomas and Martha Wayne ’s deaths are one of the most tragic in comics . After seeing Zorro , Bruce and his parents were   confronted by a mugger , Joe Chill . Chillshot and kill Thomas and Martha , leaving Bruce alive and completely devastated . The iconic scene has been recreated in television system appearance and films multitudinous times , most recently appearing in the opening montage ofBatman v Superman : Dawn of Justice . But , what if Spider - Man was around to stop Chill before the Wanye ’s were murdered in moth-eaten blood ?

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InAmazing Spider - Man#411 , as Ben Reilly ’s Spider - Man traverses across the metropolis as a wanted valet de chambre himself , as he get wind a mugging in advancement . In the shot , a robber points a gunman at a family that just left a dramaturgy . The mugger grabs the pearl off of the womanhood ’s neck , as the father confront him . However , before he can pull the initiation , Spider - Man prove up , webs the robber ’s script , and punches him in the human face . Instead of Bruce ’s parents lay in the alley , the mugger . knocked out cold by Spider - Man , lays on the terra firma as Martha and Thomas front in shock as the entanglement - slinger disappears .

The scene was a clear reference to Bruce Wayne ’s origins : The pearls , the looks of the graphic symbol , the fact they just see a movie , the confrontation , it all twin the import fromDC Comics . If it was n’t obvious enough , the young son happens to be assume a shirt with a Batman logo on it . It ’s not subtle at all . While the connection is soft to miss , it ’s clear that Marvel was having their own fun by including Batman ’s origin in the Spider - Man comedian . It ’s fully potential that Reilly stopped Batman from exist in the Marvel Comics Universe . With Bruce ’s parents living after the robbery , the drive motivation for him to become Batman does n’t exist . Instead , Bruce can grow up with his parents around and have as normal of a puerility as any billionaire kid could .

Perhaps , the reason Batman does n’t survive in the page of Marvel Comics is becauseSpider - Manstopped the most tragic minute of his lifespan and rewrote his origin story in the unconscious process ? While the real reason might be related to rights issues and role possession , it ’s playfulness to conceive of the foiled looting as the real truth behind Marvel Comics ' lack of Batman .

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