Lew Moxon

Lewis "Lew" Moxon is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. 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.

Lew Moxon
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Detective Comics #235 (November 1956)
Created by	Bill Finger (writer) Sheldon Moldoff (artist)
In-story information
Full name	Lewis Moxon
Species	Human
Team affiliations	Moxon Crime Family

Publication history

Lew Moxon first appeared in Detective Comics #235 and was created by Bill Finger and Sheldon Moldoff.^[1]

Fictional character biography

Golden / Silver Age version

Lew Moxon is a notorious racketeer and bank robber who enlists Thomas Wayne to remove a bullet from his shoulder. After completing the operation, Thomas overpowers Moxon and escapes. Moxon is arrested and swears revenge on Thomas.

Ten years later, Moxon hires Joe Chill to kill the Waynes. Bruce Wayne does not learn of Moxon's involvement until years later, learning that Moxon has been operating a blimp business and cannot remember hiring Chill due to suffering from amnesia. Determining that Moxon's blimp business is a front for illegal activities, Batman pursues him in Thomas's costume after his own is damaged. Regaining his memories and believing Batman to be Thomas' vengeful ghost, Moxon panics and runs into the street, where he is hit and killed by a truck.^[2]

Post Zero Hour version

Lew Moxon is reintroduced into post-Zero Hour continuity as an aging mob boss with failed political aspirations who returns to Gotham City after years in self-imposed exile. However, his motivations and desire for revenge against Thomas Wayne are largely the same as his previous self. Following a failed assassination attempt by Deadshot, Moxon is rendered wheelchair-bound and is later killed by his former bodyguard Zeiss during Batman: War Games.^[3][4]

In other media

• Lew Moxon appears in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Chill of the Night!", voiced by Richard Moll.^[5] This version ordered Thomas Wayne's murder and expresses regret over Martha Wayne's death and Bruce Wayne becoming an orphan.
• An alternate universe variant of Lew Moxon appears in the Justice League: Gods and Monsters tie-in comic, where he is killed by his universe's Batman.

See also

• List of Batman family enemies