Detective Comics Vol 1 1

Appearing in "The Career of Thomas Wayne"
Featured Characters: Villains: Location(s):
 * Batman (Thomas Wayne) (First appearance)
 * Bruce Wayne (First appearance)
 * Martha Wayne (First appearance)
 * Alfred Pennyworth (First appearance)
 * Lucius Fox (First appearance)
 * Antonio's Gang (First appearance)
 * Antonio (First appearance)
 * Antonio's Thugs (Only appearances)
 * Gotham City
 * Ace Chemicals Building
 * Antonio's Hideout

Synopsis for "The Career of Thomas Wayne"
As Thomas Wayne suits up to become the Batman one night, Martha stops him at the window an asks him why he does this. He replies that he must in order to protect a city he promised to protect, and that the actual nonsense would be doing nothing while the crime festers and flourishes at night.

Young Bruce wakes up from a nightmare and sees his father fly through the skies as he looks out the window. He runs down to the basement of Wayne Manor and asks Alfred if his father will ever return. Alfred looks down at him solemnly and says, "Well, young Master Bruce. I guess your father shall determine that for himself, don't you think?" Bruce replies that he hopes so.

Thomas stops by Lucius's office to pick up his latest non lethal weapon; the BatClaw. This launches a claw that clamps down on a wrist as the claw flies into a wall, trapping the victim with their wrist clamped to the wall. Batman goes off to face and defeat Antonio and his gang. The popular mob boss is arrested and Batman continues his good deeds toward Gotham.

Trivia

 * Detective Comics covers the career of Thomas Wayne as Batman in the past while Batman covers his son's career as Batman in the current timeline with all the other series.