Why do Superman and Batman's mothers have the same name, Martha?
In Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the major conflict between Superman and Batman ended after Batman got to know about Superman's mother's name:
Batman: [suffocating Superman with his foot on his throat] You were never a god. You were never even a man!
Superman: [hardly breathing] You're letting them kill Martha...
Batman: What does that mean? Why did you say that name?
Superman: Find him... Save Martha...
Batman: Why did you say that name? Martha? Why did you say that name? WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME?
Lois Lane: [enters running] It's his mother's name! It's his mother's name. src
This made Batman stop harming Superman and rethink his actions. But before this film I never realised that both superhero's mothers have the same first name - Martha Kent and Martha Wayne. Is it just a random coincidence that their mother's share same name, or is one character inspired by the other, or is this a reference to some other work?
Best Answer
Coincidence, I think.
Martha Kane/Wayne has always been Martha since 1939
Martha Clarke/Kent was variously called Mary, Sarah, and perhaps others in the 1940s before settling on Martha in 1951 and sticking with it.
There's nothing in the well-rounded Wikipedia articles on both characters to suggest that they'd have cause to conflict in Batman/Superman stories.
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Yes, it is a coincidence . Actually Batman's mother is Martha Wayne and Martha Kent is the adoptive mother of Superman.Does Batman and Superman mom have the same name?
During the battle, Batman comes very close to murdering the Man of Steel, but stops when he learns that Supes' mother is named Martha \u2013 which was also the name of Batman's mother.How is Martha related to Batman?
Martha Wayne (n\xe9e Kane) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Batman. She is the mother of Bruce Wayne, the future Batman, and wife of Dr. Thomas Wayne as well as the paternal grandmother of Damian Wayne, the fifth Robin.Why did Batman stop when Superman say Martha?
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It's just a coincidence that mothers of Superman and Batman share the same name. Martha was most common name in that era. However, before Superman's adoptive mother got name Martha in 1950s, she was called Mary and Sarah. After 1950s, This was started by DC comics to frequent more team-ups of Superman and Batman. This appears to be Easter eggs, but we can't know it for sure now as original authors are gone now.
However, sharing the common name was the something that Zack Snyder played around in this movie. He wanted to get to a moment with Batman where that moment with Martha resonates and according to him, this Martha scene pays off for the viewer because of the relationship established between Clark and Ma Kent in Man of Steel and Batman V Superman.
From his interview with Forbes
You know, they’re both born and live in a world where someone can care about them and mourn them, and they can love their mother. And that’s the cool thing, you know we spend so much time with the Martha-Clark relationship that I think it kind of pays off there. You realize, oh, we needed that as viewers, so we could get to a moment with Batman where that moment with Martha resonates. Because we’ve lived on with Clark’s relationship with his mother, so that moment is like, “Wow, that’s ringing for me and I feel it.”
When we were shooting the title sequence, that whole idea about, “Do we really need to see the death of the Waynes again,” is a big thing to take a shot at again. But you realize you need it, because it actually pays off. And I really wanted to do it all the way.
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