Lew Moxon

Lew Moxon is a fictional character in the DC Comics Batman series. He is most famous for hiring Joe Chill to murder young Bruce Wayne's parents in early versions of Batman's origin story, thus making him indirectly responsible for Batman's existence. Sometime prior to their murder, Dr. Thomas Wayne and his wife Martha attend a costume party - to which Dr. Wayne wears a bat-like costume. Wayne is taken from the party, at gunpoint, to meet racketeer and bank robber Lew Moxon, who orders Wayne to remove a bullet from his shoulder. Wayne carries out the operation before overpowering Moxon and his men. Moxon is arrested and sentenced to 10 years in prison for armed robbery; as he is taken away, he swears revenge on Thomas Wayne. Ten years...