Grant Morrisons run on Batman will go down as one of the greatest runs in the characters history; however, it is not without controversy. At the end of Batman: RIP, the main villain Dr Hurt states that hes Thomas Wayne, claiming that he somehow survived his murder by Joe Chill. Doctor Hurt shows up through much of Morrisons run on Batman, and his identity is never truly revealed. Sometimes hes Thomas Wayne, other times hes a distant relative of Bruce Wayne. Hell there are even implications that hes the devil incarnate. Morrison has stated that he intentionally left the characters true identity a mystery, allowing the readers to decide for themselves. Needless to say, if Doctor Hurt is Thomas Wayne, then this would be a major change in the Batman mythos, as it strikes to the very heart of why Bruce Wayne became Batman. Batman has always been driven by the tragic murder of his parent. If this were to be rewritten, Batman thereby suffers an existential identity crisis.