10 Times The Past Came Back To Haunt Batman

10. Hush - Batman #609-619

When Tommy Elliot was a boy, he was best friends with Bruce Wayne. When Tommy's parents were involved in a car crash, Bruce's father, Thomas, used his expertise as a doctor to try and save them. Because Thomas only managed to save the mother, Maria, Tommy told Bruce he would never forgive him for his father's failure.

Many years later, Bruce learned that Tommy wasn't mad because Thomas failed to save his father - he was mad because he DID save his mother! It turns out Tommy cut the brakes of his parents' car so he could inherit their wealth after they died.

Although Maria survived she was confined to the indoors, forcing Tommy to look after her for years, and making him resent Bruce even more. When he learned Bruce's parents were killed, this compounded his hatred further since Bruce now had the life Tommy desperately desired.

When he reached adulthood, he became the supervillain, Hush, and surgically altered his face to look like Bruce Wayne. Believing Bruce is responsible for all the pain he has endured in his life, Hush's mission is to kill and replace him so he can finally have the life he always coveted.