Lucius Fox

Lucius Fox is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Bruce Wayne / Batman.^[1] He is Wayne's business manager at Wayne Enterprises who runs the business interests that supply his equipment needs as well as financing his operations, and is the father of Luke Fox / Batwing, Tiffany Fox / Batgirl, and Jace Fox / Batman.^[2]

Lucius Fox has been featured in various media adaptations. The character was voiced by

Lucius Fox was created by writer Len Wein and penciller John Calnan and first appeared in Batman #307 (January 1979).^[4]

Fictional character biography

As CEO and President of Wayne Enterprises, Lucius Fox is one of Bruce Wayne's closest allies.^[5] He is an experienced businessman, entrepreneur, and inventor who runs the business interests that supply weapons, gadgets, vehicles, and armor for Bruce to use when he fights crime as the vigilante Batman. The character is depicted as being aware that Bruce is Batman, having replaced Alfred Pennyworth in cave operations, after Alfred's untimely death at the hands of Bane.^[6]

Business career

Fox is regarded as having the "Midas Touch", an ability to turn failing businesses into successful conglomerates, and is consequently a highly sought-after businessman throughout the corporate world. Fox is called in to the failing Wayne Enterprises and brings balance to both Bruce's private and business finances.^[2] In Batman Confidential, he is shown heading the project that produced the prototype that would become the Batwing. He also manages the particulars of the Wayne Foundation while Bruce dictates the organization's general policies. Since then, Fox has been approached repeatedly by other companies seeking his expertise. After overcoming the original challenge of returning Wayne Enterprises to its former glory, Fox has elected to stay, having been given an unparalleled freedom in the company.

In Batman: Haunted Knight, it is explained that a young Bruce rescued Fox from muggers in Paris. Later, Fox asked him if he wants to start a foundation for charity, to which Bruce agrees many years later, deciding that not all of his money has to go to crime fighting.

Bruce, as Batman, originally forms the Outsiders to rescue Fox from Baron Bedlam.^[7] When Fox later suffers a stroke, Bruce makes sure that Fox gets the best care possible and supports him and his family.

Family life

With his wife Tanya, Lucius has several children, all introduced in the comics at different stages over the years. Fox's daughter

Fox's youngest daughter, Tiffany, was first shown in Batman #308 (1979), but was not substantially explored until 2011's The New 52 reboot of DC's continuity, which reintroduced her along with her siblings in Batwing #22. The alternative future story shown in Batgirl: Futures End (2014) shows Tiffany grows up to be a gifted protege of Barbara Gordon, becoming one of several women to use the Batgirl moniker, with a pink-accented Batsuit.

Prior to The New 52, Lucius had a son named

After Bruce Wayne announces his public support for Batman Inc., Fox becomes active supplying him with the company's resources and research prototypes.[11]

Alternative versions

Anti-Matter Universe

An alternate version of Fox is shown in the Antimatter universe (where the

In the comic book series Batman Beyond, Lucius' son, Lucius Fox Jr., serves as a supporting character. He merged his company, Foxteca, with Wayne Enterprises as Wayne Incorporated, and becomes Wayne's business partner.^[13]

Batman: Earth One

In the graphic novel Batman: Earth One, by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank, Fox is a 22-year-old intern at Wayne Medical, hoping to develop an advanced prosthetic for his 5-year-old niece. After repairing Bruce Wayne's grapnel, he deduces that Batman is the billionaire after seeing the vigilante using the same device on the news. Believing that Wayne's crusade is for noble intentions, Fox accepts his role as an equipment developer for Batman and begins making some batarangs for him afterwards.^[14] As of Volume Two, Fox is promoted as head of Wayne Enterprises' Research and Development; he provides Wayne an armored Batsuit and is tasked to build the Batmobile.^[15]

Convergence

During the

Injustice 2

Main article: Injustice 2

During the prequel storyline of the video game Injustice 2, it is revealed before Lex Luthor's death at the hands of Superman during his suicide mission, then Superman's defeat, Lucius was called by Lex to give a message to Batman, such as their victory against Superman is finally near, despite Lex's noble sacrifice, with his fortunes are now under Batman's hand since Superman took away most of the Wayne family fortunes from him.^{[clarification needed]} Sometimes after Superman's defeat, Lucius precedes Luthor's wish for Batman.^{[clarification needed][17]}

In other media

Television

Animation

• Lucius Fox appears in series set in the DC Animated Universe (DCAU):^[18]
  • Introduced in Batman: The Animated Series, voiced by Brock Peters, this version is unaware of Bruce Wayne's secret identity. In Fox's most notable appearance in the two-part episode "Feat of Clay", Matt Hagen attempts to kill him under orders from Roland Daggett.
  • Fox appears in The New Batman Adventures, voiced by Mel Winkler.
  • While Fox does not appear in
    Derek Powers
    took over the company and fired him. This caused Fox Jr. to form his own technology company, Foxteca.

• Lucius Fox appears in The Batman, voiced by Louis Gossett Jr..^[18] This version is based on the version from Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy, being an old friend of Bruce Wayne's father, and knowing Bruce's secret identity as Batman. He helped design most of his arsenal along with the construction of the Batcave beneath Wayne Manor.
• Lucius Fox appears in DC Super Hero Girls, voiced by Phil LaMarr.^[18] This version is a teacher at Super Hero High.
• Lucius Fox appears in Harley Quinn, voiced again by Phil LaMarr.^[18] This version built a high-tech Batsuit for Batman to compensate for injuries he sustained in the first season finale.

Live-action

• A younger Lucius Fox appears in
  Jiu-jitsu, having taken night classes. Before Bruce confronts Bane and saves Gotham City, he meets with Lucius Fox who has plenty of new gadgets to give the budding vigilante. One of them is next-generation stealth-tech that functions as a beacon to bats. Lucius dubs it fittingly enough the "Nightwing Project." In the series finale
  , Bruce returns after 10 years of training abroad. Lucius is recruited by Bruce to design a suit and gadgets to begin a crusade as the vigilante, Batman. Lucius and Alfred agree to keep Batman’s identity secret and help Bruce however they can.
  • An even younger version of this iteration of Lucius Fox appears in
    CIA
    to infiltrate the Raven Union, he later becomes a member of the English League.
• Lucius Fox appears in
  Magpie
  decode.
  • The episode "Mad As a Hatter" introduces an A.I. version of Fox (voiced by Donny Lucas), who was created to assist Luke Fox. In the series finale, "We Having Fun Yet?", the Fox A.I. sacrifices itself to prevent Joker's acid from spreading throughout Gotham.

Film

Live-action

The Dark Knight Trilogy

Main article:

The Dark Knight Trilogy

Lucius Fox appears in the Dark Knight trilogy, portrayed by Morgan Freeman.

• Introduced in
  armorer for his Batman activities. Fox proves valuable in this role, even when he is fired by Earle. Regarding Bruce's identity as Batman, he tells Bruce, "[If] you don't want to tell me exactly what you're doing— when I'm asked, I don't have to lie. But don't think of me as an idiot." Fox later discovers Bruce's real identity through Alfred Pennyworth, who calls upon Fox to Bruce's rescue after he is assaulted by Scarecrow
  's fear toxin. At the end of the film, Bruce, having gained majority control of Wayne Enterprises' shares, fires Earle and makes Fox the company's CEO.
• In The Dark Knight, Fox actively participates in a support capacity as Bruce's armorer, designing a new Batsuit designed for more efficient mobility and which can withstand against dogs, though also makes Bruce vulnerable to knives and gunfire. When Wayne Enterprises negotiates a deal with Lau, an investment holdings owner who also is an accountant for the Gotham mafia, both Bruce and Fox look at the books and decide that Lau's business is illegal based on their profits. With Harvey Dent and Lt. James Gordon needing Lau alive to find where he has hidden the mob's money, Bruce makes a trip to Hong Kong and Fox accompanies him to make it look like they've only gone there to cancel the negotiations with Lau's investment company. When Batman uses Fox's cell phone sonar technology to create a computer system that can spy on the whole city to find Joker, Fox says that he will help just this once, but will resign immediately afterward. After the police arrest the Joker, Fox types his name into the system as instructed by Batman and the computer self-destructs. Fox walks away smiling, evidently having withdrawn his threat to resign.
• In
  Bane takes over Gotham City, Fox spends much of the intervening three-month period hiding in Wayne Enterprises property with fellow employees. Bane and his men raid Wayne Enterprises and kill the special forces soldiers that infiltrated Gotham City while rounding up the Wayne Enterprises employees to await judgement at Scarecrow's show trial. When Batman returns, he lets himself get captured as Bruce Wayne so that Selina Kyle can sneak in, knock out the guards and break Fox out. Fox attempts to help him disarm the newly weaponized fusion core, waiting in the reactor chamber for it to be returned by Batman. Miranda Tate, who was responsible for the project in the first place, reveals herself to be Talia al Ghul
  as she floods the chamber to make re-installment of the core impossible. Fox manages to escape. After Batman tows the core away from Gotham and it detonates at sea, Bruce Wayne is thought by Fox to be dead and his estate is divided to cover his debts, with the remainder being given to Alfred Pennyworth, except for Wayne Manor. While researching ways he could have fixed "The Bat"'s autopilot, Fox learns that Bruce fixed it himself six months earlier. He then realizes that Bruce is still alive.

DC Extended Universe

• In the original script of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, subtitled World's Finest, Fox was originally set to make an appearance. His death and the destruction of Wayne Enterprises during Superman's fight with General Zod would have brought Batman from his retirement back to his fight against crime. In the final film, Fox's role is replaced by financial director Jack Fox O'Dwyer (portrayed by Mark Edward Taylor).^[3]

Animation

• Lucius Fox appears in the Batman: Gotham Knight segment "Field Test", voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson. Taking place between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, the segment has him create an advanced sound sensor that electromagnetically deflects gunfire. After using the sensor to break up a fight between Sal Maroni's mob and the Russian mafia, accidentally injuring an operative, Batman returns the device to Fox, refusing to use it any further due to its power.
• Lucius Fox appears in Batman: Bad Blood, voiced by Ernie Hudson.^[22]
• An alternate universe version of Lucius Fox appears in Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham, voiced by Tim Russ.^[18]

Video games

• Morgan Freeman reprised his role as Lucius Fox in the Batman Begins video game.^[18]
• Lucius Fox appears in DC Universe Online, voiced by Leif Anders.^[18]
• Lucius Fox appears as a playable character in the Nintendo DS version of Lego Batman: The Videogame.
• Lucius Fox appears in The Dark Knight Rises tie-in game, voiced by Ezra Knight.^[18]
• Lucius Fox appears in Injustice 2, voiced again by Phil LaMarr. He participates in Bruce Wayne's efforts to rebuild Metropolis and Gotham City after Superman's Regime, and encourages Bruce to widen his circle of trust as he cannot be alone in his efforts.
• Lucius Fox appears in Gotham Knights, voiced by Peter Jay Fernandez.^[18] This version left Wayne Enterprises to start his own company, Foxteca, but remains an important ally of Batman and his protégés.

Batman: Arkham

Main article: Batman: Arkham

• Fox appears in Batman: Arkham Knight, voiced by Dave Fennoy.^[18] He appears throughout different times in the story assisting with Batman's technical needs. Batman can even visit him at Wayne Tower. He also appears in the "Friend in Need" side-quest where he is captured by Hush (disguised as Bruce Wayne) before being saved by Batman. In the DLC content it is revealed that following the alleged death of Bruce Wayne, Lucius now owns all of Wayne Enterprises.

Batman: The Telltale Series

Main article: Batman: The Telltale Series

• Lucius Fox appears in Batman: The Telltale Series, with Dave Fennoy reprising the role from the Arkham series.^[18] Like the comics, he is an employee at Wayne Enterprises and the main supply for many of Batman's gadgets and tech. He is also fully aware that Bruce Wayne is the vigilante, having sided with him to help make the city safer for his children. When the Wayne Enterprises board removes Bruce as CEO and replaces him with Oswald Cobblepot, he can either leave to continue working on Batman's tech or stay to keep an eye on the criminal. Lucius also helps Bruce track down the Children of Arkham after they kidnap Alfred.
• Lucius appears in the sequel
  Agency
  . If she does know the truth, she will either sever all ties with Bruce and go into hiding to avoid arrest or she will happily join Bruce in becoming his new sidekick and inventor while atoning for her crime on his terms.

References

1. ISBN 9780345501066
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3. ^ ^{a b} "Batman v Superman Originally Looked Very Different — moviepilot.com". Archived from the original on 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
4. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. Batman #307 (January 1979) Writer Len Wein and artist John Calnan introduced Bruce Wayne's new executive, Lucius Fox, in this issue of Batman. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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6. ^ "Batman Makes History With The Death of Alfred Pennyworth". ScreenRant. 2019-08-24. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
7. ^ Batman and the Outsiders #1 (August 1983)
8. ^ Red Robin #3 (October 2009)
9. ^ Red Robin #23–25 (May–July 2011)
10. ^ Johnston, Rich (January 15, 2021). "Next Batman And Robin – Tim Fox, Damian Wayne Get Own DC Comics". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
11. ^ Batman Inc. #1–3 (November 2010 – December 2011)
12. ^ JLA #604 – 605 (July – August 2002)
13. ^ Batman Beyond Unlimited #2 (May 2012)
14. ^ Batman: Earth One (2012)
15. ^ Batman: Earth One Volume Two (2015)
16. ^ Convergence: Adventures of Superman #1-2 (April – May 2015)
17. ^ Injustice 2 #2 (2017)
18. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} "Lucius Fox Voices (Batman)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved January 1, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
19. ^ Nellie Andreeva (7 March 2015). "Chris Chalk Cast As Lucius Fox On 'Gotham'". Deadline.
20. The Anvil or the Hammer". Gotham (TV series)
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21. All Happy Families Are Alike". Gotham (TV series)
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22. ^ Manning, Shaun (9 October 2015). "NYCC: Cast of "Batman: Bad Blood" Reveal First Footage". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2015.

External links

• Lucius Fox at DC Comics' official website