
Batman vanished, and in the confusion, Napier shot and killed Eckhardt, then attempted to shoot a re-emerged Batman. Batman captured Napier, but released him when Bob the Goon held Gordon hostage at gunpoint. The plot was foiled by the arrival of police commissioner James Gordon, who wanted Napier taken alive, and Batman. Napier decided to spare the boy and left, saying " See you around, kid." Little did Jack know that his prediction would come true - that he and Bruce would meet again someday.Īfter discovering Napier was having an affair with his mistress, Grissom sent him to raid Axis Chemicals, where unknowingly to him a corrupt cop, Lt. Before Napier could fire, his panicked partner urged him to leave, saying "Let's go, Jack" (which caused Napier to turn to his partner with a puzzled look). Napier inquired " Tell me, kid… you ever danced with the devil by the pale moon light?". Napier pulled the hammer back on his gun and next pointed it at Bruce. When Thomas interceded to protect his family, Napier stepped from the shadows and shot both him and Martha in cold-blooded murder. Thomas Wayne and his wife Martha, while they were walking home from the movies. Years later, as a young man at the age of 26, he and his partner in crime mugged Bruce Wayne's parents, Dr. When he was 15 years old, Jack was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon. He also turned to a life of violent crime. In his school years, Jack proved himself to be emotionally unstable, but highly intelligent, showing aptitude in art, science, and chemistry. Jack Napier was born in Brooklyn on October 4, 1964, and came to live in Gotham City.
