Owlman (character)

Owlman
The pre-Crisis version of Owlman as depicted in Convergence: Crime Syndicate #1 (April 2015).
Art by Phil Winslade (pencils and inks) and Lovern Kindzierski (colors).
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearance
Created by
In-story information
Alter egoThomas Wayne II
Thomas Alan Wayne Jr.
Lincoln March
Roy Raymond Jr.
Samantha T. Wayne
SpeciesHuman
Place of originEarth-Three
Team affiliationsCrime Syndicate of America
Crime Society of America
Outsiders
PartnershipsTalon
Abilities
  • (Pre-Crisis)
  • Ability to cause confusion
  • Expert boomerang killer
  • (Post-Crisis)
  • Chemically enhanced "super-cortex"
  • All versions
  • Master martial artist and hand-to-hand combatant
  • Genius-level intellect
  • Peak human physical and mental conditioning
  • Utilizes advanced technology

Owlman (Thomas Wayne, Jr.) is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. A supervillainous alternate-universe counterpart of Bruce Wayne / Batman, he is depicted as the adult version of Wayne's deceased older brother, who in most iterations dies as a child, before Bruce is born. In The New 52, the primary continuity Owlman, originally depicted as the asylum-bound Boomerang Killer, is retroactively revealed to be still alive, stolen from his parents as a child, and working in the service of the Court of Owls under the name Lincoln March.

Owlman is voiced by Diedrich Bader and James Woods in the 2008 animated series Batman: The Brave and the Bold and 2010 animated feature film Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths respectively, while Jayda Eyles portrays a young gender-swapped version of the character, Samantha Wayne, in the 2022 third season of Pennyworth in a recurring role, after being introduced as a baby in the 2020 second season finale. In December 2022, series showrunner Bruno Heller expressed interest in the character becoming a vigilante herself as the series approached the timeline of Gotham. Damon Dayoub portrays Lincoln March in the 2023 television series Gotham Knights.