Lucius Fox is a fictional character created by John Calnan, and first appeared in Batman #307 (January 1979). As a supporting character, he acts as Bruce Wayne's business manager who supposedly unknowingly runs the business interests that supply Batman's equipment needs as well as financing his operations.In the DC Animated Universe, Lucius Fox was a brilliant and talented businessman who oversaw and managed the day to day operations of Wayne Enterprises. Fox's management of the company allowed Bruce Wayne the free time to pursue his crime fighting adventures as Batman. Fox also became indirectly involved in Batman's adventures several times. Examples include when Matt Hagen impersonated Bruce Wayne in order to steal incriminating records and Fox was injured in the process and when Vertigo stole a prototype sonic drill that Fox was supervising its unloading and transfer into Gotham City.On a personal note, Bruce and Fox shared a strong friendship; their relationship was so strong in fact, that he served as Bruce's best man when he married a plant based life form created by Poison Ivy as part of a scheme.In The Batman , he knows Bruce Wayne's secret identity as Batman, and helps design most of his arsenal along with the construction of the Batcave beneath Wayne Manor. He, along with Robin, Batgirl, and J'onn J'onzz, played a part in helping Batman defeat the alien robots known as The Joining. He gives Batman a new version of the Bat-bot, which he later uses against a brainwashed Superman, and provides Robin with a jetpack.In the Dark Knight Trilogy, Fox is a research head and friend of Thomas Wayne who is demoted by Wayne Enterprises CEO William Earle to overseeing the supplies of Wayne Enterprises' aborted research projects and prototypes. Upon returning to the business, Bruce Wayne strikes up a fast friendship which allows him to all but recruit Fox as his armorer for his Batman activities. Fox proves invaluable in this role, even when he is fired by Earle. Among other things, he supplies Wayne with the materials that will eventually become the Batsuit and the Batmobile. In addition, Fox provides the cure for the Scarecrow's fear toxin.Regarding Wayne's identity as Batman, he tells Wayne 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. At the end of the film, Wayne, having gained majority control of Wayne Enterprises' shares, makes Fox the company's CEO.Fox is obviously aware that Bruce Wayne is Batman- at one point conversing with Wayne in the Batsuit- and actively participates in a support capacity as Wayne's armorer, providing him with additional equipment such as the Batpod and a new Batsuit designed for more efficient mobility. In addition, Fox participates in his employer's vigilante activities both in the Batcave and in the field as his technical assistant and reconnaissance expert, using his professional duties as cover. Fox eventually learns that Wayne has expanded on the sonar technology and developed an advanced surveillance system that can listen in and track the movement of any of the thousands of cell phones in the city, but to ensure that the system is not misused Bruce has designed it so that only Fox can control it. Since this essentially contradicts everything Wayne believes in, Fox agrees to help but says he will resign if the machine is not destroyed after the Joker is gone. After the Joker is apprehended, Fox enters a code (his own name) as instructed by Wayne, which activates a self-destruct function for the system, and Fox continues to work under Wayne.Lucius Fox is surprised to hear of Bruce's emergence from hiding and offers to take him on a guided tour of the Applied Sciences Division, revealing the new vehicle The Bat, possibly dropping a hint to Bruce that Batman may still be needed. After Bruce loses his fortune and seat on the board of directors of Wayne Enterprises, Miranda Tate (Talia al Ghul) becomes the new CEO and chair of the board, replacing Lucius. Lucius' role becomes that of company president.Following Bane's takeover of Gotham City, Fox is coerced into unlocking the Wayne Enterprises nuclear fusion reactor with his fingerprints by Bane who was holding fellow board member Douglas Fredericks gunpoint, thereby enabling kidnapped nuclear physist Dr. Leonid Pavel to prime the reactor and turn it into a functioning weapon. Fox later attempts to deactivate the nuclear reactor but Talia activates the flooding mechanism and he is forced to leave the chamber. After Bruce Wayne's death , Lucius attends his funeral service alongside Alfred, Jim Gordon and John Blake. Sometime later, he learned about the software patch that Bruce Wayne used to fix the auto pilot problem on The Bat. Fox is once again head of Wayne Enterprises and has begun the process of rebuilding it back in a thriving company. He also appears in Gotham(2014). Show less «