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| * June 12: Superboy's first costumed foe is the Flame, a man carrying a flame-thrower and dressed in an asbestos suit. [World's Finest Comics #65] | * June 12: Superboy's first costumed foe is the Flame, a man carrying a flame-thrower and dressed in an asbestos suit. [World's Finest Comics #65] |
| * June 26 | * June 26 |
| * Thomas and Martha Wayne are murdered before eight-year-old Bruce Wayne's eyes. Bruce makes a vow to wage war upon all criminals from then on, beginning his training to develop the skills he will need to fight crime. Over the next 11 years, Bruce both trains himself and travels the world to seek out various teachers to master the skills he would need for his future war against criminals, a practice he even continues into his early days as the Batman. Superboy is away from Earth on a mission at this time. //Note: The date of June 26, 1958 comes from Batman Special #1, which places the murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne 25 years before 1983.// ["The Player on the Other Side," Batman Special #1 (1984); "The Forging of Young Batman," Superboy #182 (February, 1972)] | * Thomas and Martha Wayne are murdered before eight-year-old Bruce Wayne's eyes. Bruce makes a vow to wage war upon all criminals from then on, beginning his training to develop the skills he will need to fight crime. Over the next 11 years, Bruce both trains himself and travels the world to seek out various teachers to master the skills he would need for his future war against criminals, a practice he even continues into his early days as the Batman. Superboy is away from Earth on a mission at this time. //Note: The date of June 26, 1958 comes from Batman Special #1, which places the murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne 25 years before 1983.// ["The Player on the Other Side," Batman Special #1 (1984); "The Forging of Young Batman," Superboy #182 (February, 1972)] |
| * The criminal parents of the future Wrath are killed by police officer James W. Gordon. The future Wrath vows to wage war upon all lawmen. ["The Player on the Other Side," Batman Special #1 (1984)] | * The criminal parents of the future Wrath are allegedly killed by police officer James W. Gordon. The future Wrath vows to wage war upon all lawmen. ["The Player on the Other Side," Batman Special #1 (1984)] |
| * June 27: The day after his parents' murder, Bruce Wayne returns to the scene of the crime and overhears reporter Otis Higbee of the //Gotham Gazette// speak of supposed evidence linking the Zodiac Killer to the murder. //Note: The deaths of Thomas and Martha Wayne are placed on November 25 in this story, but this date is impossible, as the true date is specifically in the summer, and Batman Special #1 states that the true date is June 26. It is possible that November 25 refers to another important event in Bruce Wayne's life.// ["The Forging of Young Batman," Superboy #182 (February, 1972)] | * June 27: The day after his parents' murder, Bruce Wayne returns to the scene of the crime and overhears reporter Otis Higbee of the //Gotham Gazette// speak of supposed evidence linking the Zodiac Killer to the murder. //Note: The deaths of Thomas and Martha Wayne are placed on November 25 in this story, but this date is impossible, as the true date is specifically in the summer, and Batman Special #1 states that the true date is June 26. It is possible that November 25 refers to another important event in Bruce Wayne's life.// ["The Forging of Young Batman," Superboy #182 (February, 1972)] |
| * June 28: Philip Wayne is appointed Bruce Wayne's legal guardian. Since Philip travels quite a bit on business trips, Bruce is primarily raised by his uncle's housekeeper, Mrs. Chilton, who, unknown to him, is the mother of Joe Chill. ["The Women in Batman's Life," Batman #208 (January-February, 1969); "In the Beginning," The Untold Legend of the Batman #1 (July, 1980)] | * June 28: Philip Wayne is appointed Bruce Wayne's legal guardian. Since Philip travels quite a bit on business trips, Bruce is primarily raised by his uncle's housekeeper, Mrs. Chilton, who, unknown to him, is the mother of Joe Chill. ["The Women in Batman's Life," Batman #208 (January-February, 1969); "In the Beginning," The Untold Legend of the Batman #1 (July, 1980)] |