Mars Flynn

Mars Jude Flynn (March 29, 1978-May 18, 2002) was the CEO of the Gotham business Celestial Gotham Arts which he took over following the death of his parents Dr. Jupiter and Dr. Blake Flynn.

Early Life and Education
Mars Jude Flynn was born to Dr. Jupiter Flynn and Dr. Blake Flynn inheritors of Celestial Gotham Arts in downtown Gotham City. Flynn's parents were longtime friends of fellow businessman Dr. Thomas Wayne and his wife Martha which is when Flynn would meet his good friend Bruce Wayne.

Flynn entered Gotham Academy in 1992 and graduated with honors in 1996. Flynn also met his later wife October Bryant at 14 years old. The couple became pregnant with their first and only child when Flynn was sixteen years old. Their child August Blake Flynn was born on April 1, 1996 when Flynn was 17 years old.

Flynn entered Gotham University in 1996, a few months after the birth of his daughter. He graduated with honors in 2000.

Death and Legacy
In 2002, both Mars and October Flynn were on their way back from the Opera when a car rear ended the couple's taxi, flipping the car over and killing both them and the driver, their daughter was only six years of age.

After their untimely deaths, it was shown that the Flynns had left their daughter under the care of their longtime friend, Bruce Wayne. The dance studios and figure skating rinks that the business, Celestial Gotham Arts owned, went belly-up years later after a few mismanaged finances by the estates heir Professor Robert Eyler, an old friend of the Flynns.