Young Bruce Wayne falls down a closed up well on the Wayne Estate and finds himself in a dank underground cave. Before he his rescued by his father Thomas Wayne, Bruce is attacked by a swarm of bats. Shortly thereafter, the Wayne family attend the theatre and afterwards, as it begins to rain, decide to take a short cut through a back alley. A young man approaches them and reveals himself as an armed mugger and trying to keep everyone calm, Thomas willingly hands over his wallet. However, the mugger then makes a move for the pearls around Martha Wayne's neck. Thomas, infuriated, orders the mugger to leave his wife alone and attacks him, but is fatally shot in the struggle. When Martha begins to scream, the mugger panics and shoots her to. Horrified by what he has done, he quickly flees the