History MissingMom / ComicBooks

* Matt Murdock, aka ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, was raised entirely by his father (this turned into ParentalAbandonment when the guy was murdered in the first issue of Matt's series). His mother went completely unmentioned for over twenty years before finally showing up out of the blue; turns out that she abandoned her child to become a nun. ''ComicBook/OriginalSin'' later revealed that she abandoned him because [[spoiler: she was hit with a major case of Post-Natal Depression that drove her to nearly kill him. She was so horrified of the actions that she ran away]]. Darkdevil, Daredevil's LegacyCharacter in ''ComicBook/SpiderGirl'', also has a missing mom and a dead dad. It's implied that Mom is still in jail for killing her abusive father. At least, that's what Darkdevil hopes.

* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': During the New 52, Wally West was reintroduced as a troubled, biracial delinquent whose father was the criminal Daniel West and his mother disappeared during ''ComicBook/{{Forever Evil|2013}}''. Even after the original Wally was made into a separate character and his New 52 counterpart retconned into his younger cousin Wallace, the status of Wallace's mother still hasn't been clarified. It's even subtly implied she might not actually exist due to Wallace later discovering he was created by a CosmicRetcon thanks to Doctor Manhattan meddling with the DCU.

* In ''ComicBook/GothamCityGarage'', [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Barbara]] and [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara Gordon]]'s mother died when they were very young. Kara barely remembers her.
* ComicBook/{{Jessica Jones}}' parents and little brother were killed in the car crash that gave Jessica her powers. She was adopted into a loving family (the mother had been adopted herself at a similar age), but except for flashbacks, she isn't seen in ''ComicBook/{{Alias}}''. Her adoptive parents both finally make a real-time appearance in ''ComicBook/ThePulse''.
* Gloria Mosely of ''ComicBook/{{Mosely}}'' left the family after the AI started getting more popular. [[spoiler: She left to join an Anti AI community.]]

* In the first issue of ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'', "Sleep of the Just", Alex Burgess's mother is absent from his life for unknown reasons.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Seconds}}'', Katie talks to her father on the phone, but her mom is never mentioned. [[spoiler: It's implied she died from an unspecified illness.]]

** ''ComicBook/TheGirlWithTheXRayMind'': Arlene Luthor died in a car crash when her daughter Lena was a toddler. Lena barely remembers her.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Violine}}'', Violine's mom turns out to be missing [[spoiler: and Marushka, the woman who adopted her, turns out to have lied about being her mother]].
* Brian Fies' ''Whatever happened to the World of Tomorrow'' is more about the world at large than the unnamed main characters, but the fact that the son's mother is never ever mentioned stands out like a sore thumb when it's heavily implied his father is serving in WWII - so ''who'' is taking care of the teenaged or pre-teen kid?
* Kenton's mother in ''ComicBook/WhiteSand'' is absent, presumably having returned to the Darkside after bearing Praxton a child.

** Elizabeth Howlett committed suicide after [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} her son]] killed [[AbusiveParents Thomas Logan]].
** [[ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} Scott Summers]]' mother Katherine was killed by [[EvilOverlord D'ken]] of the Shi'ar empire.
** ComicBook/{{Rogue}}'s biological mother would AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence when Rogue was a small child, leaving her traumatized and in the care of her strict aunt.
** Edie Eisenhardt would be killed in a concentration camp, leading to ComicBook/{{Magneto}}'s StartOfDarkness. His wife Magda fled into the wilderness after giving birth, continuing the pattern.
** ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} was probably better off not being raised by his real mother, ComicBook/{{Mystique}}.

* [[Characters/MarvelComicsKateBishop Kate Bishop]]'s mother died sometime before ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'' started. So did [[spoiler: Teddy's]], though he didn't know it for years, [[spoiler: and then the woman who raised him burned to death in front of him]].
* In ''ComicBook/ZodiacStarforce'', Emma's mother is implied to be one of the casualties of the girls' battles with Cimmeria.

* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': During the New 52, Wally West was reintroduced as a troubled, biracial delinquent whose father was the criminal Daniel West and his mother disappeared during ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil''. Even after the original Wally was made into a separate character and his New 52 counterpart retconned into his younger cousin Wallace, the status of Wallace's mother still hasn't been clarified. It's even subtly implied she might not actually exist due to Wallace later discovering he was created by a CosmicRetcon thanks to Doctor Manhattan meddling with the DCU.

* [[Characters/HawkeyeKateBishop Kate Bishop]]'s mother died sometime before ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'' started. So did [[spoiler: Teddy's]], though he didn't know it for years, [[spoiler: and then the woman who raised him burned to death in front of him]].

* ComicBook/JessicaJones parents and little brother were killed in the car crash that gave Jessica her powers. She was adopted into a loving family (the mother had been adopted herself at a similar age), but except for flashbacks, she isn't seen in ''ComicBook/{{Alias}}''. Her adoptive parents both finally make a real-time appearance in ''ComicBook/ThePulse''.

* ComicBook/JessicaJones parents and little brother were killed in the car crash that gave Jessica her powers. She was adopted into a loving family (the mother had been adopted herself at a similar age), but except for flashbacks, she isn't seen in ''Comicbook/{{Alias}}''. Her adoptive parents both finally make a real-time appearance in ''ComicBook/ThePulse''.

* In ''Franchise/SpiderMan'', Peter has full-on ParentalAbandonment, being raised by his aunt and uncle. Meanwhile, best friend Harry's mom also died when he was quite young ([[spoiler:at least, [[ComicBook/GoDownSwinging that's what everyone thought]]]]), which is a pity since his father ComicBook/{{Norman|Osborn}} isn't exactly "Father of the Year" material.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':

* Since there are many characters in ''Comicbook/XMen'', the following are only a few examples.

* [[Characters/HawkeyeKateBishop Kate Bishop]]'s mother died sometime before ''Comicbook/YoungAvengers'' started. So did [[spoiler: Teddy's]], though he didn't know it for years, [[spoiler: and then the woman who raised him burned to death in front of him]].

* ComicBook/KateBishop's mother died sometime before ''Comicbook/YoungAvengers'' started. So did [[spoiler: Teddy's]], though he didn't know it for years, [[spoiler: and then the woman who raised him burned to death in front of him]].

** N'Dare Munroe and her husband [[DisappearedDad David]] were killed when terrorists bombed the building they lived in, orphaning their daughter [[ComicBook/{{Storm}} Ororo]].

* ''ComicBook/{{Ghostopolis}}'': Garth's mom ran away before beginning of the story.

* Since there are many characters in ''Comicbook/XMen'', the following are only a few examples.
** Elizabeth Howlett committed suicide after [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} her son]] killed [[AbusiveParents Thomas Logan]].
** [[ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} Scott Summers]]' mother Katherine was killed by [[EvilOverlord D'ken]] of the Shi'ar empire.
** ComicBook/{{Rogue}}'s biological mother would AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence when Rogue was a small child, leaving her traumatized and in the care of her strict aunt.
** Edie Eisenhardt would be killed in a concentration camp, leading to ComicBook/{{Magneto}}'s StartOfDarkness. His wife Magda fled into the wilderness after giving birth, continuing the pattern.
** ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} was probably better off not being raised by his real mother, ComicBook/{{Mystique}}.
** N'Dare Munroe and her husband [[DisappearedDad David]] were killed when terrorists bombed the building they lived in, orphaning their daughter [[ComicBook/{{Storm}} Ororo]].
* Brian Fies' ''Whatever happened to the World of Tomorrow'' is more about the world at large than the unnamed main characters, but the fact that the son's mother is never ever mentioned stands out like a sore thumb when it's heavily implied his father is serving in WWII - so ''who'' is taking care of the teenaged or pre-teen kid?
* ComicBook/KateBishop's mother died some time before ''Comicbook/YoungAvengers'' started. So did [[spoiler: Teddy's]], though he didn't know it for years, [[spoiler: and then the woman who raised him burned to death in front of him]].
* ''ComicBook/QuantumAndWoody'': Quantum's parents went through a divorce after an auto accident, and she happily left after securing a huge alimony payment. Woody's mother divorced out of an abusive relationship and became an impoverished drug addict, emotionally absent as she left Woody to fend for himself.
* In ''Franchise/SpiderMan'', Peter has full-on ParentalAbandonment, being raised by his aunt and uncle. Meanwhile, best friend Harry's mom also died when he was quite young ([[spoiler:at least, [[ComicBook/GoDownSwinging that's what everyone thought]]]]), which is a pity, since his father ComicBook/{{Norman|Osborn}} isn't exactly "Father of the Year" material.

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':
** ''ComicBook/Batgirl2000'': Cassandra Cain's mother passed her to her father literally at birth, who in turn shot the midwife dead and took the infant to be trained as the [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower ultimate]] [[TykeBomb assassin]] in isolation from spoken language. Given that said mother became known as ComicBook/LadyShiva, it is hard to imagine that her influence would have helped...and the kid seemed to have turned out emotionally together enough to [[StreetUrchin run away from home]] [[ThouShaltNotKill rather than kill...]][[TheAtoner again]]... at least until she's forced to kill Shiva herself. [[UnexplainedRecovery She got better.]]

** Both of Tim Drake's parents spent a lot of time traveling the world while he stayed at home in Gotham and eventually both of them were murdered but his mother died first by about a year leaving just him and his dad as the surviving Drakes by the time Tim's solo series ''ComicBook/{{Robin|Series}}'' started.

** In [[ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton most]] [[ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004 of]] [[ComicBook/LastDaughterOfKrypton origin]] stories, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s mother Allura dies when her daughter is barely fifteen.

* Since there are LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters in ''Comicbook/XMen'', the following are only a few examples.

* ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'': Roy Harper once broke an [[LotusEaterMachine illusory world]] by asking about his mother -- she's so comprehensively missing that the illusion [[AGlitchInTheMatrix couldn't summon anything from his mind to fill in the details]]. (Note that this is ''in addition'' to being an orphan; his dad's dead, his mom just isn't part of the story.)

** Dewshine's mother died in the past due to being killed by a falling branch (she was deaf from a fever, and couldn't hear it).
** Kahvi dies off page, as related by her lover Tyldak, though she hadn't seen her daughter Venka for some time already, being constantly off on adventures. She previously abandoned Teir too and was distant at best to her daughter Vaya.

* Happens to both of the heroes in ''Comicbook/QuantumAndWoody''. Quantum's parents went through a divorce after an auto accident, and she happily left after securing a huge alimony payment. Woody's mother divorced out of an abusive relationship and became an impoverished drug addict, emotionally absent as she left Woody to fend for himself.

** In [[ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton most]] [[ComicBook/SupermanBatman of]] [[ComicBook/LastDaughterOfKrypton origin]] stories, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s mother Allura dies when her daughter is barely fifteen.

* ''ComicBook/DisneyKingdoms'': In the ''Big Thunder Mountain Railroad'' series, Abigail moves to the town of Big Thunder after her mother's death.

** In [[ComicBook/ActionComicsNumber252 most]] [[ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton of]] [[ComicBook/LastDaughterOfKrypton origin]] stories, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s mother Allura dies when her daughter is barely fifteen.

* ''Franchise/{{BAtman}}'':

* ''ComicBook/Batgirl2000'': Cassandra Cain's mother passed her to her father literally at birth, who in turn shot the midwife dead and took the infant to be trained as the [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower ultimate]] [[TykeBomb assassin]] in isolation from spoken language. Given that said mother became known as ComicBook/LadyShiva, it is hard to imagine that her influence would have helped...and the kid seemed to have turned out emotionally together enough to [[StreetUrchin run away from home]] [[ThouShaltNotKill rather than kill...]][[TheAtoner again]]... at least until she's forced to kill Shiva herself. [[UnexplainedRecovery She got better.]]
* ''Comicbook/{{Batwoman}}'' lost her mother in a hostage situation when she was a kid. [[spoiler:She also lost her twin sister...or so she thought.]]
* Both of Tim Drake's parents spent a lot of time traveling the world while he stayed at home in Gotham and eventually both of them were murdered but his mother died first by about a year leaving just him and his dad as the surviving Drakes by the time Tim's solo series ''ComicBook/{{Robin|Series}}'' started.

* Matt Murdock, aka Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}, was raised entirely by his father (this turned into ParentalAbandonment when the guy was murdered in the first issue of Matt's series). His mother went completely unmentioned for over twenty years before finally showing up out of the blue; turns out that she abandoned her child to become a nun. ''ComicBook/OriginalSin'' later revealed that she abandoned him because [[spoiler: she was hit with a major case of Post-Natal Depression that drove her to nearly kill him. She was so horrified of the actions that she ran away]]. Darkdevil, Daredevil's LegacyCharacter in ''ComicBook/SpiderGirl'', also has a missing mom and a dead dad. It's implied that Mom is still in jail for killing her abusive father. At least, that's what Darkdevil hopes.
* In Franchise/TheDCU, Roy Harper once broke an [[LotusEaterMachine illusory world]] by asking about his mother -- she's so comprehensively missing that the illusion [[AGlitchInTheMatrix couldn't summon anything from his mind to fill in the details]]. (Note that this is ''in addition'' to being an orphan; his dad's dead, his mom just isn't part of the story.)

* ComicBook/JessicaJones parents and little brother were killed in the car crash that gave Jessica her powers. She was adopted into a loving family (the mother had been adopted herself at a similar age), but except for flashbacks, she isn't seen in ''Comicbook/{{Alias}}''. Her adoptive parents both finally make a real-time appearance in ''Comicbook/ThePulse''.

* ''ComicBook/TaliaAlGhul'': Talia's mother, Melisande, is dead by the present (just how she died has varied).

* Comicbook/{{Batwoman}} lost her mother in a hostage situation when she was a kid. [[spoiler:She also lost her twin sister...or so she thought.]]

** Elizabeth Howlett committed suicide after [[Franchise/{{Wolverine}} her son]] killed [[AbusiveParents Thomas Logan]].

* ''ComicBook/{{Ghostopolis}}'': Garth's mom ran away before beginning of the story.