The many deaths of Bruce Wayne's parents, ranked

"The melodramatic offing of the Wayne family is, understandably, the mental springboard that launches baby Bruce Wayne into his vigilantism career as Batman. It’s the cornerstone of the unraveling of the mind of the millionaire and the physical representation of the corruption and injustice in Gotham that Batman must fight.

But sweet bat-pajamas, the Waynes have died more than a dozen times on film and television, twice already by director Zack Snyder (once in the recent “Batman v Superman” movie, and there was a Wayne death homage in his “Watchman” titles). And sadly they can’t all be Will Arnett's blustery Batman song from “The LEGO Movie," with the touching lyrics "Darkness! No parents!”

The scene plays out (almost) always the same since their fate was first depicted in a 1939 issue of "Detective Comics.” Just insert the appropriate symbolic prop (happy family, gun, "Mark of Zorro" marquee, Mrs. Wayne's pearls) at the appropriate time and presto, your superhero is now saddled with emotional baggage.

So who did the Wayne family justice? Here’s our collection of the Wayne family’s on screen demise, ranked. "

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The many deaths of Bruce Wayne's parents, ranked - LA Times